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Movies that feel likeThe Adam Project (2022)

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.

If you loved The Adam Project, the closest films we have are Free Guy (2021), The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022) and Hot Tub Time Machine (2010). All three share The Adam Project's epic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Rose Island (2020).

πŸ… 68% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Shawn Levyepiccerebralwittyplayful
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix Β· Disney Plus Β· Paramount Plus Premium

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

Both are Shawn Levy's work, and they rhyme

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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πŸ… 95%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· science fiction Β· adventureDisney+

Epic where it counts, cerebral underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.

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Hot Tub Time Machine
2010 Β· dir. Steve Pink
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.4science fiction Β· comedy Β· adventure

Both keep coming back to the same thing: time travel

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

Both land wit and play at once

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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Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 Β· dir. Shawn Levy
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.5action Β· comedy Β· science fictionDisney+

Shawn Levy working the same nerve twice

The difference: Easier on the scale than The Adam Project

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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Date Night
2010 Β· dir. Shawn Levy
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.3comedy Β· action Β· adventureStarz

Epic adventure in both cases

The difference: Trades the ideas of The Adam Project for an angle of its own

Phil and Claire Foster fear that their mild-mannered relationship may be falling into a stale rut. During their weekly date night, their dinner reservation leads to their being mistaken for a couple of thievesβ€”and now a number of unsavoury characters want Phil and Claire killed.

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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

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to action than The Adam Project does

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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Back to the Future Part III
1990 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· comedy Β· science fiction

Common ground: time travel

The difference: 32 years apart, and the 1990s show

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.

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Barbarella
1968 Β· dir. Roger Vadim
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5.9science fiction Β· adventure Β· comedy

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

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

Adventure with a pulse of play, in both cases

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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Rose Island
2020 Β· dir. Sydney Sibilia
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7comedy Β· adventureNetflix

Both lean on scale more than on comedy

In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.

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πŸ… 68%β˜… 7adventure Β· comedy Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: escape

After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.

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