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Movies that feel likeSpy Kids (2001)

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."

If you loved Spy Kids, the closest films we have are Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and Machete (2010). All three share Spy Kids' witty and playful 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).

🍅 92% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Robert Rodriguezwarmkineticwittyplayfulepiccerebral
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002) · Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024 · dir. Jeff Fowler
🍅 86%★ 6.9action · science fiction · comedyPrime VideoParamount+

Both land warmth and momentum at once

The difference: Easier on the scale than Spy Kids

Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989 · dir. Joe Johnston
🍅 76%★ 6.4adventure · comedy · familyDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: parents and children

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Spy Kids does

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

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Machete
2010 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 70%★ 6.6action · comedy · thrillerPeacock

The same hand behind both of them: Robert Rodriguez

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Spy Kids does

After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.

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Charlie's Angels
2000 · dir. McG
🍅 68%★ 5.6action · comedy · adventureParamount+

The same preoccupation in both: secret agent

The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plot to destroy individual privacy, the Angels, aided by their loyal sidekick Bosley, set out to bring down the bad guys. But when a terrible secret is revealed, it makes the Angels targets for assassination.

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Hot Tub Time Machine
2010 · dir. Steve Pink
🍅 64%★ 6.4science fiction · comedy · adventure

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986.

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

One thread runs through both: parents and children

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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🍅 38%★ 5.9action · adventure · comedyParamount+

Common ground: brothers and sisters

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 where it counts, cerebral underneath

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

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

Both lean on momentum 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 Spy Who Dumped Me
2018 · dir. Susanna Fogel
🍅 49%★ 6.1comedy · action · adventureRent or buy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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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Men in Black: International
2019 · dir. F. Gary Gray
🍅 23%★ 5.6comedy · science fiction · actionParamount+Starz

Adventure built on play, twice over

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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