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Movies that feel like Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

If you loved Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, the closest films we have are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019). All three share Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams' warm and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount Plus Premium and Disney Plus and others, checked against today's data.

Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island populated by an imaginative menagerie of creatures. On this bizarre island, none of the Cortez's gadgets work and they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive and save the day.

🍅 75% Rotten Tomatoes5.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Robert Rodriguezwarmkineticepicwittyplayfulcerebral

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Spy Kids (2001) · Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

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🍅 38%5.9action · adventure · comedy

Both land warmth and momentum at once

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

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

Epic and witty in the same breath

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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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019 · dir. Mike Mitchell
🍅 84%6.5action · adventure · animation

One thread runs through both: villain

The difference: Without the same ideas

It's been five years since everything was awesome and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild.

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Men in Black: International
2019 · dir. F. Gary Gray
🍅 23%5.6comedy · science fiction · action

Both are built on the same subject: secret organization

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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Despicable Me 4
2024 · dir. Chris Renaud
🍅 56%6.2animation · comedy · action

Both keep coming back to the same thing: villain

The difference: Played as animation first

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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Spies in Disguise
2019 · dir. Nick Bruno
6.8animation · action · adventure

Common ground: spy

Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is… not. But what Walter lacks in social skills he makes up for in smarts and invention, creating the awesome gadgets Lance uses on his epic missions. But when events take an unexpected turn, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other in a whole new way.

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The Spy Who Dumped Me
2018 · dir. Susanna Fogel
🍅 49%6.1comedy · action · adventure

The same preoccupation in both: spy

A couple of thirtysomething best friends unwittingly become entangled in an international conspiracy when one’s ex-boyfriend shows up at their apartment with a team of deadly assassins on his trail.

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Paul Blart: Mall Cop
2009 · dir. Steve Carr
🍅 34%5.3action · adventure · comedy

Both lean on play more than on family

When a shopping mall is taken over by a gang of organized crooks, it's up to a mild-mannered security guard to save the day.

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

Cerebral action in both cases

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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Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2006 · dir. Tim Hill
🍅 12%5comedy · family · adventure

Common ground: wretch

Jon and Garfield visit the United Kingdom, where a case of mistaken cat identity finds Garfield ruling over a castle. His reign is soon jeopardized by the nefarious Lord Dargis, who has designs on the estate.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014 · dir. Jonathan Liebesman
🍅 20%5.8science fiction · action · adventure

Both are built on the same subject: experiment

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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Johnny English Strikes Again
2018 · dir. David Kerr
🍅 37%6.2action · adventure · comedy

Adventure built on momentum, twice over

Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep school, Johnny springs back into action to find the mysterious hacker. For this mission to succeed, he’ll need all of his skills - what few he has - as the man with yesterday’s analogue methods faces off against tomorrow’s digital technology.

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