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Movies that feel like Red One (2024)

If you loved Red One, the closest films we have are Violent Night (2022), Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017). All three share Red One's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 29% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jake Kasdankineticepicwittyplayfuldreamlike
Rent or buy:Amazon see price β†—Apple TV$3.99 rent Β· $14.99 buyApple price as of 2026-09-06
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If Red One hit the spot, these will too

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Violent Night
2022 Β· dir. Tommy Wirkola
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.7action Β· comedy Β· fantasy

The same two preoccupations: holiday, and santa claus

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.

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

The same hand behind both of them: Jake Kasdan

The difference: None of the momentum Red One is built on

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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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
2017 Β· dir. Jake Kasdan
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.9adventure Β· comedy Β· fantasy

Both are Jake Kasdan's work, and they rhyme

Four teenagers in detention discover an old video game console with a game they’ve never heard of. When they decide to play, they are immediately sucked into the jungle world of Jumanji in the bodies of their avatars. They’ll have to complete the adventure of their lives filled with fun, thrills and danger or be stuck in the game forever!

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πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.7action Β· fantasy Β· adventure

Both land momentum and scale at once

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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Boruto: Naruto the Movie
2015 Β· dir. Hiroyuki Yamashita
β˜… 7.7adventure Β· action Β· animation

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Red One does

The spirited Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto, is a skilled ninja who possesses the same brashness and passion his father once had. However, the constant absence of his father, who is busy with his Hokage duties, puts a damper on Boruto's fire. He ends up meeting his father's friend Sasuke, and requests to become... his apprentice!? The curtain on the story of the new generation rises!

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The Lost City
2022 Β· dir. Aaron Nee
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.1action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Both are built on the same subject: kidnapping

Reclusive author Loretta Sage writes about exotic places in her popular adventure novels that feature a handsome cover model named Alan. While on tour promoting her new book with Alan, Loretta gets kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire who hopes she can lead him to the ancient city's lost treasure that featured in her latest story. Alan, determined to prove he can be a hero in real life and not just on the pages of her books, sets off to rescue her.

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Secret Magic Control Agency
2021 Β· dir. Alexey Tsitsilin
β˜… 6.2animation Β· comedy Β· fantasy

Both are working the same pair: rescue, rescue mission

The Secret Magic Control Agency sends its two best agents, Hansel and Gretel, to fight against the witch of the Gingerbread House.

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Kung Fu Panda 4
2024 Β· dir. Mike Mitchell
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.3action Β· adventure Β· animation

Dreamlike action in both cases

Po is gearing up to become the spiritual leader of his Valley of Peace, but also needs someone to take his place as Dragon Warrior. As such, he will train a new kung fu practitioner for the spot and will encounter a villain called the Chameleon who conjures villains from the past.

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

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

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

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The Myth
2005 Β· dir. Stanley Tong Gwai-Lai
πŸ… 20%β˜… 6.1action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Kinetic comedy, and it commits to that

When a fellow scientist asks for Jack's help in locating the mausoleum of China's first emperor, the past collides violently with the present as Jack discovers his amazing visions are based in fact.

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Big Trouble in Little China
1986 Β· dir. John Carpenter
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7.2action Β· adventure Β· comedy

Common ground: kidnapping

The difference: 38 years apart, and the 1980s show

Truck driver Jack Burton gets embroiled in a supernatural battle when his best friend Wang Chi's green-eyed fiancΓ©e is kidnapped by henchmen of the sorcerer Lo Pan, who must marry a girl with green eyes in order to return to the human realm.

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The Brothers Grimm
2005 Β· dir. Terry Gilliam
πŸ… 38%β˜… 5.9adventure Β· fantasy Β· action

Fantasy built on wit, twice over

Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

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