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Movies Like The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

If you liked The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987), a adventure and comedy movie directed by Rod Amateau, 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. 1Love and Monsters

    Love and Monsters (2020)

    ★ 7.3/10Also adventure and comedy

    Seven years since the Monsterpocalypse began, Joel Dawson has been living underground in order to survive. But after reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, Joel decides to venture out to reunite…

  2. 2Dark Star

    Dark Star (1974)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and science fiction

    A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to…

  3. 3Evolution

    Evolution (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and science fiction

    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…

  4. 4The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

    The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction and comedy

    Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.

  5. 5Rim of the World

    Rim of the World (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction and adventure

    Stranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.

  6. 6Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and family

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

  7. 7Problem Child 2

    Problem Child 2 (1991)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and family

    Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his dates.

  8. 8The Adam Project

    The Adam Project (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also adventure and science fiction

    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.

  9. 9The Meteor Man

    The Meteor Man (1993)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and science fiction

    One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and…

  10. 10Real Men

    Real Men (1987)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and science fiction

    A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.

  11. 11Chaos Walking

    Chaos Walking (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and adventure

    Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.

  12. 12LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Attack of the Legion of Doom!

    LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Attack of the Legion of Doom! (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also adventure and family

    Crime is on the run as the newly formed Justice League keeps Metropolis safe and this makes evil genius Lex Luthor very unhappy. Together with Black Manta, Sinestro and a gang of ruthless recruits, Lex builds his own…

  13. 13The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

    The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

    ★ 6.6/10Also adventure and comedy

    Doctor Gulliver is poor, so nothing - not even his charming fiancée Elisabeth - keeps him in the town he lives. He signs on to a ship to India, but in a storm he's washed off the ship and ends up on an island, which is…

  14. 14The Adventures of Baron Munchausen

    The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

    ★ 7/10Also adventure and comedy

    An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits.

  15. 15Secret Headquarters

    Secret Headquarters (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and science fiction

    While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and…

  16. 16Sleeper

    Sleeper (1973)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and science fiction

    Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.

  17. 17The 5th Wave

    The 5th Wave (2016)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction and adventure

    16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

  18. 18Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest

    Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest (2007)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy and science fiction

    With the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope".

  19. 19The Bed Sitting Room

    The Bed Sitting Room (1969)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fiction

    In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.

  20. 20LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League

    LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (2015)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and family

    Superman’s clone, Bizarro, has become an embarrassing problem. Chaos and destruction follow Bizarro everywhere as he always hears the opposite of what is said, says the opposite of what he means and does the opposite…

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