Movies Like Handbook for Superheroes

If you liked Handbook for Superheroes (2025), a animation and adventure movie directed by Patrik Forsberg and Anoo Bhagavan, 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
Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and family
Gotham City is under siege by a series of bizarre crimes and only the world's greatest detective, Batman, can unravel the mystery! The trail leads to none other than the Penguin and his Animilitia, an animal-inspired…
2
Marvel Rising: Playing with Fire (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also animation and adventure
Inferno’s powers are stolen by a young and powerful villain and it’s up to the Secret Warriors to defeat their new foe and help their friend. But does Inferno even WANT his powers back? Meanwhile, America Chavez learns…
3
Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also animation and family
The Joker is aided in his Halloween quest to render modern technology useless and take over Gotham City by Solomon Grundy, Silver Banshee, Clayface and Scarecrow.
4
Minions & More Volume 1 (2022)
★ 7/10Also animation and adventure
This collection of 10 short films produced by Illumination includes: From the "Despicable Me" franchise: Puppy (2013); Minion Scouts (2019); Training Wheels (2013); The Secret Life of Kyle (2017); Santa's Little…
5
Batman and Harley Quinn (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and animation
Batman and Nightwing are forced to team with the Joker's sometimes-girlfriend Harley Quinn to stop a global threat brought about by Poison Ivy and Jason Woodrue, the Floronic Man.
6
Daredevil vs. Spider-Man (2003)
★ 7.5/10Also animation and adventure
Spider-Man is transported to an alien world by the Beyonder. He must lead a force of Earth's greatest heroes against their greatest foes.
7
SlugTerra: Return of the Elementals (2014)
★ 7/10Also family and animation
A new member has joined Eli and the Shane Gang! Junjie, once the protector of the Eastern Caverns, is a master of the slugslinging art of Slug Fu! But even with the power of five slingers, the Shane Gang find…
8
Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and adventure
In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity fight against the government after they are framed for an embassy bombing.
9
Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and family
The Toa Metru return to their glorious city of Metru Nui to finally accomplish their mission, only to find the city in ruins, overrun by the dreaded Visorak horde. Captured by their new enemy and transformed into…
10
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and animation
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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Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also family and animation
When a threat no one could have expected bears down on the Marvel Universe, this ragtag, untrained band of teens have no choice but to rise together and prove to the world that sometimes the difference between a 'hero'…
12
Spymate (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and family
Amelia, a young genius and daughter of a top secret agent, unknowingly invents a contraption that makes her the target of an evil scientist.
13
Bionicle: Mask of Light (2003)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and family
With darkness encroaching on the island of Mata Nui, the only hope for the survival of the islanders rests with two Matoran villagers, who must find the seventh Toa and deliver to him the fabled Mask of Light.
14
Ultimate Avengers: The Movie (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and family
When a nuclear missile was fired at Washington in 1945, Captain America managed to detonate it in the upper atmosphere. But then he fell miles into the icy depths of the North Atlantic, where he remained lost for over…
15
Anastasia: Once Upon a Time (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also family and adventure
Anastasia Romanov escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by Vladimir Lenin, and she finds herself in the year 1988, befriended by a young American girl.
16
Batman: Bad Blood (2016)
★ 7/10Also animation and adventure
When Batman goes missing, it takes the entire Bat "family" - including Batwoman and Batwing - to keep the peace in Gotham and unravel the mystery behind the Dark Knight's disappearance.
17
Son of Batman (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and adventure
Batman learns he has a violent, unruly pre-teen son, secretly raised by the terrorist group known as The League of Assassins.
18
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and animation
Batman discovers a mysterious teen-aged girl with superhuman powers and a connection to Superman. When the girl comes to the attention of Darkseid, the evil overlord of Apokolips, events take a decidedly dangerous turn.
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All Star Superman (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and adventure
Lex Luthor enacts his plan to rid the world of Superman, once and for all. Succeeding with solar radiation poisoning, the Man of Steel is slowly dying. With what little times remains, the Last Son of Krypton must…
20
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also adventure and animation
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.