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Movies that feel likePixels (2015)

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

If you loved Pixels, the closest films we have are Alienoid (2022), Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). All three share Pixels' kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013).

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Alienoid
2022 Β· dir. Choi Dong-hoon
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· fantasy

A collision between eras and worlds that turns everything chaotic

The difference: A Korean historical fantasy about a fabled sword, not arcade nostalgia

Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.

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Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 Β· dir. Daniel Scheinert
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.7action Β· adventure Β· science fictionHulu

Kinetic where it counts, cerebral underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018 Β· dir. Peyton Reed
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7action Β· adventure Β· science fictionDisney+

The same mix in both: scale, then dream logic

The difference: Easier on the wit than Pixels

Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into the quantum realm and try to accomplish, against time and any chance of success, a very dangerous rescue mission.

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

Broad, goofy fantasy-action chaos played mostly for laughs

The difference: A mythic Chinese demon-hunting quest, no 1980s nostalgia in sight

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

A video-game world's rules spilling out to threaten the real one

The difference: One NPC's self-aware journey, not a full-blown outside invasion

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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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 Β· dir. Lana Wachowski
πŸ… 63%β˜… 5.6science fiction Β· action Β· adventureRent or buy

Kinetic action in both cases

The difference: Takes it somewhere less witty than Pixels does

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

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Small Soldiers
1998 Β· dir. Joe Dante
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.3comedy Β· adventure Β· fantasyPrime Video

Toys and games turning dangerously, absurdly real in ordinary life

The difference: Living action figures at war, not 1980s video-game invaders

When missile technology is used to enhance toy action figures, the toys soon begin to take their battle programming too seriously.

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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

Wisecracking heroes tackling an alien threat with more jokes than dread

The difference: A secret-agency spy caper, not gamers repelling classic arcade villains

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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Independence Day: Resurgence
2016 Β· dir. Roland Emmerich
πŸ… 29%β˜… 5.2action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

An alien invasion turning ordinary people into humanity's last defense

The difference: A straight-faced disaster sequel, none of Pixels' arcade-nerd goofiness

We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.

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

Unlikely heroes rising up to save New York from something bizarre

The difference: A mutant-vigilante origin story, no video-game nostalgia at all

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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The Dark Tower
2017 Β· dir. Nikolaj Arcel
πŸ… 16%β˜… 5.6fantasy Β· action Β· science fictionParamount+

Both rooted in New York City

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

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Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018 Β· dir. Steven S. DeKnight
πŸ… 41%β˜… 5.6action Β· fantasy Β· science fictionMax

Giant-scale battles fought by an unlikely team saving the world

The difference: A grim kaiju-mecha war saga, none of Pixels' arcade-game silliness

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

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