Movies like Men in Black

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Men in Black (1997)
 7.3
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Men in Black (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, not serious, funny, epic, action packed, saga, cult classic, action adventure ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: alien, ufo, government agency, space and aliens, buddy cop, alien encounter, creature, buddy, save the world, intergalactic, invasion, flying saucer, mentor, secret agent, superhero, undercover, escapades, alien invasion, partner, space, comic book, race against time, evil alien, cop, rookie ...
Time: year 1997, jurassic, 20th century, 90s, 1990s
Place: new york, persia, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city, north america, seattle ...
Keyword: partners, buddy movie, attack, visit, reboot, gangsters, change, oldies, plymouth

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Most similar movies to Men in Black

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out entertaining, exciting, humorous and cult classic films with plots about heroes, monster, explosion, danger, alien, good versus evil and escapades mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Comedy genres. Some movies like Men in Black: Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), R.I.P.D. (2013), Ghostbusters (1984), Independence Day (1996), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Men in Black II (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIB's untarnished mission statement – protecting Earth from the scum of the universe. It's ...
Style: light, funny, humorous, entertaining, visually appealing ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, ufo, alien, buddy cop, alien contact, extraterrestrial, hi-tech, top secret, secret agent, space and aliens, fantasy world, undercover ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place: new york, usa, north america, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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100%
 6.8
 385K
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, exciting, humorous, not serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: time travel, alien, alien invasion, ufo, hi-tech, time, time traveler, changing the past or future, time machine, benign alien, alternate timeline, technology ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, future, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, florida, coney island brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
Style: futuristic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: superhero, space opera, heroes, outer space, space travel, intergalactic, escapades, space and aliens, good versus evil, talking animal, raccoon, creature ...
Time: future, year 2014, year 2016, 80s, 2010s ...
Place: space western, london, usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 5.6
 143K
R.I.P.D. (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him. Based on the comic by Peter M. Lenkov.
Style: buddy comedy, not serious, stylized, exciting, action comedy ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: afterlife, supernatural, investigation, unlikely partners, ghost, escapades, obsessive quest, uncover truth, life & death, law enforcement, police detective, rivalry ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: boston, seattle, usa, new england, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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 7.8
 442K
Ghostbusters (1984)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, light, cult classic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, monster, nerd, transformation, paranormal investigation, giant monster, chase, imagination, accountant, friendship, librarian ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, year 2016, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, nova scotia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Independence Day (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspense, apocalyptic, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, end of the world, invasion, extraterrestrial, survival, ufo, space and aliens, alien, evil alien, first contact, alien encounter, save the world ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, jurassic, future
Place: new york, washington d.c., usa, houston texas, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, futuristic, funny ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: superhero, alien, outer space, space, space travel, superpower, chase, space battle, good versus evil, megalomaniac, patricide, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, future, year 1980, year 2014 ...
Place: space western, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
 1.1M
Deadpool (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Deadpool tells 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 with his new ...
Style: exciting, stylized, absurd, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, manly ...
Plot: superhero, revenge, fight scenes, immortality, escapades, anti hero, mutant, comic book, dark hero, weapons, violence, dark humor ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: america, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 4.9
 167K
Wild Wild West (1999)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, buddy comedy, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, kids, teens
Plot: steampunk, reluctant partners, partners against crime, escapades, heroes, buddy cop, cowboy, rivalry, buddy, justice, mad scientist, wild west ...
Time: 19th century, 90s, year 1999
Place: utah, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Fifth Element (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Style: futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, colorful, visually stunning ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot: alien, space opera, cyberpunk, dystopian future, space and aliens, good versus evil, space travel, end of the world, save the world, dystopia, life philosophy, love ...
Time: future, year 1997, 90s, 23rd century, 1910s
Place: egypt, usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.4
 242K
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy ...
Style: parody, spoof, dark comedy, humorous, absurd ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: mars, ufo, alien invasion, alien, space and aliens, evil alien, disaster, save the world, dark humor, outer space, flying saucer, invasion ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, future, year 1996
Place: washington d.c., usa, las vegas, kentucky, kansas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 5.4
 88K
The Tuxedo (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Cabbie-turned-chauffeur Jimmy Tong learns there is really only one rule when you work for playboy millionaire Clark Devlin : Never touch Devlin's prized tuxedo. But when Devlin is temporarily put out of commission in an explosive accident, ...
Style: humorous, action comedy, not serious, exciting, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly, teens, boys' night
Plot: martial arts, spy, mad scientist, secret agent, secret service, reluctant partners, kung fu, save the world, mistaken identity, espionage, fight scenes, heroes ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.1
 136K
Evolution (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 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 Julianne Moore are the ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, light ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, alien, evolution, heroic mission, save the world, giant monster, monster, space and aliens, disaster, disorder, alien contact, evil alien ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2001, post world war two, 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Style: light, cult classic, funny, philosophical, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: space travel, alien, outer space, space and aliens, robot, fantasy world, end of the world, benign alien, sarcasm, space, spacecraft, buddies ...
Time: future, year 2005, 2000s
Place: madagascar, himalaya
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 228K
Get Smart (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When the identities of secret agents from Control are compromised, the Chief promotes hapless but eager analyst Maxwell Smart and teams him with stylish, capable Agent 99, the only spy whose cover remains intact. Can they work together to thwart the ...
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, spoof, action comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot: spy, espionage, secret service, spy spoof, unlikely partners, goofy hero, chases and races, save the day, treason, danger, betrayal, traitor ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, chechnya, moscow russia, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
I Am Number Four (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him in this sci-fi action thriller. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly ...
Style: exciting, teen, romantic, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: alien, supernatural, supernatural romance, youth, superpower, alien invasion, good versus evil, supernatural ability, young heroes, high school, friendship, teenage love ...
Time: year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ohio, pittsburgh, usa, florida, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 204K
Stargate (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Style: exciting, futuristic, entertaining, visually stunning, visual ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, archaeology, space opera, slavery, pyramid, teleportation, creature, mythology, evil alien, archaeologist, ancient egypt, alien ...
Time: future, 90s, near future, 20th century, 1920s
Place: egypt, colorado, space western, middle east, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.0
 1.5M
The Avengers (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. ...
Style: exciting, epic, entertaining, heroic, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, alien invasion, good versus evil, monster, superhuman powers, teamwork, imaginary, tony stark character, female assassin, super villain, heroic mission ...
Time: year 2012, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, madagascar, manhattan new york city, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Movie in collections
 6.6
 221K
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.
Style: scary, humorous, funny, entertaining, not serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: ghost, supernatural, painting, ghost hunter, new year's eve, reincarnation, single mother, monster, chase, superhero, bookstore, heroes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Japan, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: monster, dinosaur, save the world, plumber, transformation, brothers, fantasy world, heroes, rescue, good versus evil, computer game, heroic mission ...
Time: 90s, future
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 295K
Green Lantern (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the ...
Style: entertaining, stylized, suspenseful, exciting, epic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: superhero, alien, superhuman powers, alien invasion, superpower, chosen one, super powers, comic book, good versus evil, humanoid, fantasy world, space ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 1993, year 1991, 90s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, exciting, clever, captivating ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: time loop, time travel, alien invasion, alien, invasion, battles, repeated event, military, danger, soldier, time paradox, space and aliens ...
Time: future, year 2014, near future, 2010s, 2020s ...
Place: france, paris france, united kingdom, europe, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Back to the Future (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his ...
Style: feel good, exciting, light, funny, cult classic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot: time travel, time machine, mad scientist, time loop, teenager, destiny, inventor, scientist, changing the past or future, time, fish out of water, high school ...
Time: future, 80s, 1950s, year 1985, year 1955 ...
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 6.9
 528K
Pacific Rim (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, stylized, serious, visually stunning ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: giant monster, monster, robot, kaiju, creature, battles, androids and robots, invasion, chaos and mayhem, destruction, danger, survival ...
Time: future, year 2013, near future, year 2017, 2010s ...
Place: tokyo, pacific ocean, seattle, san francisco, hong kong ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 7.0
 672K
Transformers (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Young teenager, Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will ...
Style: action packed, entertaining, saga, action adventure, mecha ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night, kids, manly
Plot: alien, robot, military, car, alien invasion, transformers, transforming robot, good versus evil, androids and robots, giant robot, transformation, benign alien ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, near future, future, 1890s ...
Place: california, washington d.c., los angeles, usa, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Evil Alien Conquerors (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Inept beings from the planet Kabijj land on Earth and attempt to behead all of its beings and take over the planet
Style: not serious, humorous, funny, entertaining, slapstick
Audience: teens
Plot: alien, space and aliens, escapades, rivalry, danger, race against time, disorder, evil alien, sword, invasion, satire, space ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 5.9
 719K
Suicide Squad (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: From DC Comics comes the Suicide Squad, an antihero team of incarcerated supervillains who act as deniable assets for the United States government, undertaking high-risk black ops missions in exchange for commuted prison sentences.
Style: entertaining, absurd, intense, psychotronic, saga ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot: villain, superhero, mission, super villain, dark hero, comic book, female warrior, creature, villainess, fight scenes, villain turns good, sarcasm ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: usa, washington d.c., louisiana, pentagon
⇓ similarity ⇓
14%
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, clever, light, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: time travel, time machine, alternate reality, inventor, changing the past or future, time loop, sent to the past, teenager, travel, alternate timeline, time, mad scientist ...
Time: future, year 2015, 20th century, 1950s, 2010s ...
Place: california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
14%
Men in Black: The Series (1997)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Story: Men in Black: The Series, also known as MIB: The Series and Men in Black: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series that originally aired on The WB's Kids' WB programming block from October 11, 1997 to June 30, 2001. ...
Style: exciting, humorous, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: space and aliens, heroes, danger, superhero, secret agent, gunfight, bounty hunter, reluctant partners, alien encounter, disorder, chases and races, rivalry ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.7
 133K
The Watch (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, alien invasion, father daughter relationship, invasion, friendship, space and aliens, creature, farce, profanity, disguise, silly humor, lifestyle ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
14%
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