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Movies that feel likeThe Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022)

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

If you loved The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, the closest films we have are Superman (2025), The Adam Project (2022) and Hot Tub Time Machine (2010). All three share The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special's cerebral and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023).

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. James Gunnwittyplayfulcerebralepic
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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Superman
2025 · dir. James Gunn
🍅 83%★ 7science fiction · adventure · actionPrime VideoMax

Both are James Gunn's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Lighter on wit

Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.

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The Adam Project
2022 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 68%★ 6.7adventure · science fiction · comedyNetflix

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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.

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

The same mix in both: ideas, then scale

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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Free Guy
2021 · dir. Shawn Levy
🍅 80%★ 7.1comedy · adventure · science fictionDisney+

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

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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Paul
2011 · dir. Greg Mottola
🍅 70%★ 6.9adventure · comedy · science fictionPeacock

Science fiction built on play, twice over

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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Barbarella
1968 · dir. Roger Vadim
🍅 64%★ 5.9science fiction · adventure · comedy

Cerebral adventure, and it commits to that

The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

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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The Suicide Squad
2021 · dir. James Gunn
★ 7.2action · comedy · adventureMax

James Gunn working the same nerve twice

The difference: Goes its own way on the ideas

Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.

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

Comedy with a pulse of scale, in both cases

The difference: Played as action first

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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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023 · dir. James Gunn
🍅 82%★ 7.9science fiction · adventure · actionDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: superhero

Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014 · dir. Jonathan Liebesman
🍅 20%★ 5.8science fiction · action · adventureParamount+

Common ground: superhero

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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Thor: Ragnarok
2017 · dir. Taika Waititi
🍅 93%★ 7.9action · adventure · comedyDisney+

Witty science fiction in both cases

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

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The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025 · dir. Matt Shakman
★ 6.8science fiction · adventure · actionDisney+

Both lean on ideas more than on adventure

Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

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