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Movies that feel likeSonic the Hedgehog (2020)

Powered with incredible speed, Sonic The Hedgehog embraces his new home on Earth. That is, until Sonic sparks the attention of super-uncool evil genius Dr. Robotnik. Now it’s super-villain vs. super-sonic in an all-out race across the globe to stop Robotnik from using Sonic’s unique power for world domination.

If you loved Sonic the Hedgehog, the closest films we have are Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), The World's End (2013) and Spy Kids (2001). All three share Sonic the Hedgehog's kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Legend of Drunken Master (1994).

🍅 64% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jeff Fowlerkineticcerebralwittyplayfulwarm
9 of 12 streaming nowAmazon Prime Video · Hulu · Disney Plus

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022) · Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024)

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Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 77%★ 7.5action · comedy · science fictionDisney+

The same mix in both: momentum, then ideas

The difference: Trades the warmth of Sonic the Hedgehog for an angle of its own

A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces an existential threat, Wade must reluctantly suit-up again with an even more reluctant Wolverine.

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The World's End
2013 · dir. Edgar Wright
🍅 89%★ 6.9comedy · action · science fictionPeacock

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

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Spy Kids
2001 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 92%★ 5.7family · action · comedy

Both lean on warmth more than on action

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Sonic the Hedgehog does

Carmen and Juni think their parents are boring. Little do they know that in their day, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez were the top secret agents from their respective countries. They gave up that life to raise their children. Now, the disappearances of several of their old colleagues forces the Cortez' return from retirement. What they didn't count on was Carmen and Juni joining the "family business."

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Men in Black 3
2012 · dir. Barry Sonnenfeld
🍅 67%★ 6.8action · comedy · science fictionParamount+

Science fiction built on momentum, twice over

Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

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The Intern
2015 · dir. Nancy Meyers
🍅 59%★ 7.1comedyParamount+

Odd-couple warmth between generations who need each other

The difference: A gentle workplace comedy — zero action, zero sci-fi

70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.

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The Legend of Drunken Master
1994 · dir. Lau Kar-leung
🍅 85%★ 7.5action · comedy

The same preoccupation in both: friendship

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 1990s show

Returning home with his father after a shopping expedition, Wong Fei-Hong is unwittingly caught up in the battle between foreigners who wish to export ancient Chinese artifacts and loyalists who don't want the pieces to leave the country. Fei-Hong must fight against the foreigners using his Drunken Boxing style, and overcome his father's antagonism as well.

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The Watch
2012 · dir. Akiva Schaffer
🍅 16%★ 5.7comedy · action · science fictionHulu

Ordinary suburban guys stumbling into sci-fi absurdity

The difference: Raunchy R-rated hangout — not one for the kids

Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood – and the world – from total extermination.

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🍅 38%★ 5.9action · adventure · comedyParamount+

Wisecracking CGI heroes versus a cartoonish domination plot

The difference: Noisier and emptier — the jokes land less often

After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop and Rocksteady, to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang.

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Despicable Me 4
2024 · dir. Chris Renaud
🍅 56%★ 6.2animation · comedy · actionPrime Video

A cartoon villain feud pitched at maximum silliness

The difference: Franchise autopilot — gags fly, the story barely exists

Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru also faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, forcing the family to go on the run.

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Journey to the Center of the Earth
2008 · dir. Eric Brevig
🍅 59%★ 5.8action · science fiction · adventure

A family-friendly sprint through outlandish set pieces

The difference: Theme-park thrills — the comedy is an afterthought

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

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American Ultra
2015 · dir. Nima Nourizadeh
🍅 44%★ 6.1action · comedy

Cerebral comedy in both cases

Mike is an unmotivated stoner whose small-town life with his live-in girlfriend, Phoebe, is suddenly turned upside down. Unbeknownst to him, Mike is actually a highly trained, lethal sleeper agent. In the blink of an eye, as his secret past comes back to haunt him, Mike is thrust into the middle of a deadly government operation and is forced to summon his inner action-hero in order to survive.

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Dumb and Dumber To
2014 · dir. Bobby Farrelly
🍅 31%★ 5.6comedy

A road-trip buddy comedy running on pure dumb momentum

The difference: No action or spectacle — just two idiots and a car

20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.

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