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

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.

If you loved Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, the closest films we have are Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024), Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) and Ra.One (2011). All three share Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams' kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989).

🍅 75% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.3 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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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024 · dir. Jeff Fowler
🍅 86%★ 6.9action · science fiction · comedyPrime VideoParamount+

Both land warmth and momentum at once

The difference: Less epic, more its own thing

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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Koi... Mil Gaya
2003 · dir. Rakesh Roshan
🍅 80%★ 7.2science fiction · action · adventure

The same mix in both: scale, then ideas

The difference: Goes its own way on the wit

A developmentally disabled boy's life changes after he encounters an extraterrestrial being.

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Ra.One
2011 · dir. Anubhav Sinha
🍅 62%★ 5adventure · action · science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: villain

When the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's up to the game's less powerful protagonist to save the world.

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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989 · dir. Joe Johnston
🍅 76%★ 6.5adventure · comedy · familyDisney+

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

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

Adventure built on scale, twice over

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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Superman Returns
2006 · dir. Bryan Singer
🍅 72%★ 6.1science fiction · action · adventureMax

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.

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🍅 38%★ 5.9action · adventure · comedyParamount+

Warm family in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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

Both lean on play more than on science fiction

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 warmth 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

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

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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