Movies Like Meet the Spartans

If you liked Meet the Spartans (2008), a comedy and fantasy movie directed by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, 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
Black Dynamite (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one…
2
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Exploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle, this biopic…
3
This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and…
4
Die Hart (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Kevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. And with a little help from John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Josh Hartnett - he just might pull it off.
5
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
6
Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movies of the 1980s and '90s.
7
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
Everyone’s favorite rascals, the Aqua Teens, and everyone’s favorite perverted neighbor, Carl, split up then get back together to fight everyone’s favorite corporate overlord, Amazin, led by everyone’s favorite tech…
8
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try…
9
Dogma (1999)
★ 6.9/10Also fantasy and comedy
An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and re-enter Heaven.
10
Deadpool (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed…
11
In the Loop (2009)
★ 7/10Also comedy
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are planning on launching a war in the Middle East, but—behind the scenes—government officials and advisers are either promoting the war or are trying to prevent it.
12
The Dictator (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
13
Mortal Kombat II (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasy
The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the…
14
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and fantasy
An action epic that explores the origins of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (better known as Master Shake, Frylock, and Meatwad,) who somehow become pitted in a battle over an immortal piece of exercise equipment.
15
Ladies First (2026)
★ 6/10Also comedy and fantasy
An arrogant but charismatic ladies' man finds his life of money, power and casual flings upended when he wakes up in a parallel world dominated by women.
16
A Night at the Opera (1935)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and…
17
UHF (1989)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
18
South Park: Joining the Panderverse (2023)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
Cartman's deeply disturbing dreams portend the end of the life he knows and loves. Meanwhile, the adults in South Park are wrestling with their own life decisions, as the advent of AI is turning their world upside down.
19
Soul Men (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer…
20
Paul (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
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…