Movies Like Understanding

If you liked Understanding, a animation and thriller movie directed by Eric Gray, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also animation and science fiction
An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
2
Regular Show: The Movie (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and science fiction
After a high school lab experiment goes horribly wrong, Mordecai and Rigby must go back in time to battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe — and their friendship.
3
Blush (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also animation and science fiction
When a horticulturalist-astronaut crashes onto a desolate planet, he encounters an ethereal visitor and discovers the joy of building a new life—realizing the universe has delivered something astonishing.
4
Ben 10 vs. the Universe: The Movie (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also animation and science fiction
A blast from Ben's past returns to do double the damage on Team Tennyson and planet Earth itself, forcing Ben to go interstellar to save the day. Based on the 2016 reboot.
5
Megamind: The Button of Doom (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and science fiction
For their first day on the job as the new protectors of Metro City, Megamind and Minion are selling off the gadgets from their evil lair. But when one seemingly harmless "button" unleashes the gigantic robot…
6
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and science fiction
When a mysterious stranger arrives from the future with a dire warning, Leo is forced to rise and lead his brothers, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey in a fight to save the world from a terrifying alien species.
7
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also animation and science fiction
A nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while The Monarch is literally out for Dr Venture's blood. An imposing evil from the past reemerges to wreak havoc on the…
8
Matriculated (2003)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fiction
The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
9
Yellow Mirror (2026)
★ 8.1/10Also animation and science fiction
A defective lamp reveals a heartbreaking truth about what Homer believes is reality, and an AI-powered tablet befriends and controls Maggie. The Simpsons struggle to find the light through two dark tales of the curious…
10
Plankton: The Movie (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and science fiction
Plankton's tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand — and decides to destroy the world without him.
11
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and science fiction
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
12
Japoteurs (1942)
★ 6/10Also animation and science fiction
Superman vs. Japanese spies hijacking a new super-bomber.
13
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie (2020)
★ 7/10Also animation and science fiction
The assassin Deathstroke tries to save his family from the wrath of H.I.V.E. and the murderous Jackal.
14
Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fiction
A series of 30 sketches, following the hilarious antics of various characters from a galaxy, far, far away.
15
Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and science fiction
In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity fight against the government after they are framed for an embassy bombing.
16
Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and science fiction
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he…
17
Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also animation and science fiction
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
18
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.
19
Babylon 5: The Road Home (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and science fiction
Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way he reunites with some…
20
Futurama: Bender's Game (2008)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and science fiction
When Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space), she enters the Planet Express ship in a demolition derby. Leela emerges victorious, but when she brings the damaged ship home…