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Movies that feel likePixels (2015)

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

If you loved Pixels, the closest films we have are Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013), Alienoid (2022) and Free Guy (2021). All three share Pixels' epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

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Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons poster
πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.7action Β· fantasy Β· adventurePrime Video

Broad, goofy fantasy-action chaos played mostly for laughs

The difference: A mythic Chinese demon-hunting quest, no 1980s nostalgia in sight

In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Tang Sanzang must fight against monstrous demons, as well as contend with a beautiful demon hunting woman on his path to enlightenment.

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Alienoid
2022 Β· dir. Choi Dong-hoon
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· fantasy

A collision between eras and worlds that turns everything chaotic

The difference: A Korean historical fantasy about a fabled sword, not arcade nostalgia

Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.

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Free Guy
2021 Β· dir. Shawn Levy
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· adventure Β· science fictionDisney+

A video-game world's rules spilling out to threaten the real one

The difference: One NPC's self-aware journey, not a full-blown outside invasion

A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a world where there are no limits, he is determined to be the guy who saves his world his way before it's too late.

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Monster Hunt
2015 Β· dir. Raman Hui Shing-Ngai
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· fantasy Β· adventure

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.

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Jumanji: The Next Level
2019 Β· dir. Jake Kasdan
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· comedy Β· fantasyHulu

Both keep coming back to the same thing: video game

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Pixels does

As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

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Paul
2011 Β· dir. Greg Mottola
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.9adventure Β· comedy Β· science fictionPeacock

Common ground: alien

For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.

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Men in Black: International
2019 Β· dir. F. Gary Gray
πŸ… 23%β˜… 5.6comedy Β· science fiction Β· actionParamount+Starz

Wisecracking heroes tackling an alien threat with more jokes than dread

The difference: A secret-agency spy caper, not gamers repelling classic arcade villains

The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.

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Small Soldiers
1998 Β· dir. Joe Dante
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.3comedy Β· adventure Β· fantasyPrime Video

Toys and games turning dangerously, absurdly real in ordinary life

The difference: Living action figures at war, not 1980s video-game invaders

When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014 Β· dir. Jonathan Liebesman
πŸ… 20%β˜… 5.8science fiction Β· action Β· adventureParamount+

Unlikely heroes rising up to save New York from something bizarre

The difference: A mutant-vigilante origin story, no video-game nostalgia at all

When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.

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Independence Day: Resurgence
2016 Β· dir. Roland Emmerich
πŸ… 29%β˜… 5.2action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

An alien invasion turning ordinary people into humanity's last defense

The difference: A straight-faced disaster sequel, none of Pixels' arcade-nerd goofiness

We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.

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Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018 Β· dir. Steven S. DeKnight
πŸ… 41%β˜… 5.6action Β· fantasy Β· science fictionMax

Giant-scale battles fought by an unlikely team saving the world

The difference: A grim kaiju-mecha war saga, none of Pixels' arcade-game silliness

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

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Red One
2024 Β· dir. Jake Kasdan
πŸ… 29%β˜… 6.2action Β· adventure Β· comedyPrime Video

A globe-trotting rescue mission played mostly for comic spectacle

The difference: A Santa-kidnapping holiday caper, nothing to do with video games

After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with the world's most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.

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