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Movies that feel likeShazam! (2019)

A boy is given the ability to become an adult superhero in times of need with a single magic word.

If you loved Shazam!, the closest films we have are Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Ghostbusters (2016) and The Old Guard (2020). All three share Shazam!'s kinetic and dreamlike 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).

🍅 90% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. David F. Sandbergkineticwittyplayfuldreamlike
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

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Thor: Love and Thunder
2022 · dir. Taika Waititi
🍅 64%★ 6.1fantasy · action · comedyDisney+

A hero who refuses to take his own myth seriously

The difference: The jokes undercut every stake — sillier and slighter than Shazam

After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of King Valkyrie, Korg, and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster, who now wields Mjolnir as the Mighty Thor. Together they embark upon a harrowing cosmic adventure to uncover the mystery of the God Butcher’s vengeance and stop him before it’s too late.

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Ghostbusters
2016 · dir. Paul Feig
🍅 74%★ 6.8action · fantasy · comedyHulu

The same mix in both: momentum, then wit

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.

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The Old Guard
2020 · dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
🍅 80%★ 6.7action · fantasyNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: superhero

The difference: Trades the wit of Shazam! for an angle of its own

Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

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🍅 73%★ 6.8fantasy · action · adventureDisney+

Superhero magic pushed into wilder, stranger visual territory

The difference: Raimi's horror streak replaces the kid-friendly sweetness

Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.

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Jumanji: The Next Level
2019 · dir. Jake Kasdan
🍅 71%★ 6.6adventure · comedy · fantasyHulu

Two things both keep coming back to: magic and superhuman strength

The difference: Easier on the momentum than Shazam!

As the gang return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored in order to escape the world’s most dangerous game.

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The Brand New Testament
2015 · dir. Jaco Van Dormael
🍅 82%★ 7.1comedy · fantasy

Playful and dreamlike in the same breath

God lives in Brussels. On Earth though, God is a coward, morally pathetic and odious to his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she decides to revolt against her dad...

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Last Action Hero
1993 · dir. John McTiernan
🍅 42%★ 6.5fantasy · action · comedy

Both are built on the same subject: magic

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.

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Ted 2
2015 · dir. Seth MacFarlane
🍅 45%★ 6.3comedy · fantasyRent or buy

Comedy built on wit, twice over

Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.

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Into the Woods
2014 · dir. Rob Marshall
🍅 71%★ 5.9fantasy · comedyDisney+

Playful fantasy in both cases

In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008 · dir. Guillermo del Toro
🍅 86%★ 7fantasy · actionStarz

The same preoccupation in both: superhero

Hellboy, his pyrokinetic girlfriend, Liz, and aquatic empath, Abe Sapien, face their biggest battle when an underworld elven prince plans to reclaim Earth for his magical kindred. Tired of living in the shadow of humans, Prince Nuada tries to awaken an ancient force of killing machines, the all-powerful Golden Army, to clear the way for fantasy creatures to roam free. Only Hellboy can stop the dark prince and prevent humanity's annihilation.

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🍅 94%★ 6.7action · fantasy · adventurePrime Video

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Shazam! does

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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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
2024 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 76%★ 6.6comedy · fantasyMax

Comedy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.

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