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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 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024) and Koi... Mil Gaya (2003). All three share Spy Kids' warm and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Transformers: The Movie (1986).

🍅 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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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989 · dir. Joe Johnston
🍅 76%★ 6.5adventure · 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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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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Koi... Mil Gaya
2003 · dir. Rakesh Roshan
🍅 80%★ 7.2science fiction · action · adventure

Epic where it counts, cerebral underneath

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

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The Transformers: The Movie
1986 · dir. Nelson Shin
🍅 63%★ 7.2animation · science fiction · action

The same preoccupation in both: robot

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

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

One thread runs through both: robot

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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Charlie's Angels
2000 · dir. McG
🍅 68%★ 5.7action · comedy · adventureParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: 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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🍅 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

The same mix in both: wit, then play

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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Evolution
2001 · dir. Ivan Reitman
🍅 44%★ 6.1comedy · science fiction · action

Science fiction built on play, twice over

A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.

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