20 best movies like Man with the Screaming Brain (2005)

List of the best movies like Man with the Screaming Brain (2005): The One and Only Ivan, Batman vs. Two-Face, Theodore Rex, Underdog, Aliens Ate My Homework, The House with a Clock in Its Walls, Aliens Stole My Body, We Can Be Heroes, R.I.P.D., Seventeen Again.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA

Ivan is a 400-pound silverback gorilla who shares a communal habitat in a suburban shopping mall with Stella the elephant, Bob the dog, and various other animals. He has few memories of the jungle where he was captured, but when a baby elephant named Ruby arrives, it touches something deep within him. Ruby is recently separated from her family in the wild, which causes him to question his life, where he comes from and where he ultimately wants to be.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Former Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent, one side of his face scarred by acid, goes on a crime spree based on the number '2'. All of his actions are decided by the flip of a defaced, two-headed silver dollar.

Markimdb: 2.3
Genrefantastic, action, comedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA

A lab accident gives a hound named Shoeshine some serious superpowers -- a secret that the dog eventually shares with the young boy who becomes his owner and friend.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA

When a tiny intergalactic starship crashes into the bedroom of middle-schooler Rod Allbright, he is enlisted by the extraterrestrial Galactic Patrol, a group of out-of-this-world lawmen, and must race to save the world from Total Planetary Disaster with his cousin Elspeth.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:14

When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his uncle is a warlock, Lewis begins learning magic, but when he rebelliously resurrects an evil warlock he must find the secret of the house and save the world from destruction.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA

The Galactic Patrol is back - but they've lost Deputy Rod Allbright's body. It's been stolen by B'KR, the most fiendish villain in the galaxy, which leaves Rod's mind sharing one body with his annoying cousin Elspeth. Stranded on a mysterious alien planet, our young heroes embark on a mission to find the only being who can stop B'KR once and for all, the legendary time-strider himself; Art Allbright - who also happens to be Rod's dad. The Galactic Patrol's high-flying adventures continue in this thrilling second film based on the global best-selling book series from acclaimed author Bruce Coville and Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing. This rip-roaring sequel draws the crew of the Good Ship Ferkel into a web of alien plots that will test their courage to the utmost -- and ultimately bring them face-to-face with one of the galaxy's most guarded secrets.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUSA

When alien invaders capture Earth's superheroes, their kids must learn to work together to save their parents - and the planet.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    Cat and Gene have been divorced for several years. They are both visiting their son and their grandchildren, Sydney and Willie. Willie's a genius who develops a formula that makes who uses it young again, it inadvertently spills into some soap that Willie places in his grandparents room. When each of them uses it they finds themselves 17 again. Willie had to find a way to reverse the process but will his grandparents want to be old again?

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:30

    A boy is the only family member without superpowers in this Disney Film. The world depends on him saving his family from computerized brainwashers. Will he realize that it doesn't take superpowers to be a hero in time to help them defeat the villains?

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure, family, detective
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration02:25

    In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    Jack Shepard is an out-of-shape auto shop owner, far removed from the man who once protected the world's freedom. Reluctantly called back into action by the government, Jack is tasked with turning a ragtag group of kids with special powers into a new generation of superheroes to save the world from certain destruction.

    Markimdb: 3.2
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA

    An embarrassing video of Anthony surfaces online right before his fifth high school reunion. The Smosh dudes then race to pull down the clip before it blows Anthony's chances of reconnecting with his teen crush Anna.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, detective
    CountryUSA, Australia, Canada
    Duration01:33

    When Mystery, Inc. are guests of honor at the grand opening of the Coolsville Museum of Criminology, a masked villain shows up and creates havoc before stealing the costumes of the gang's most notorious villains...Could it be that their nemesis, mad scientist Jonathan Jacobo has returned and is trying to recreate their deadliest foes?

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:29

    Skylar finds out that her parents are monster hunters after she accidentally releases some monsters from a secret containment chamber; so she and her techno friends must recapture all the monsters and also save her mom and dad from these monsters who are out for revenge.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Harry is having a very, very bad day. He returns home from an all-night drinking binge with his cousin Cecil, to discover that his little dog Jolly...Harry's one true love and the source of light in his dark, solitary life-has been murdered. Brokenhearted and beyond consolation, he vows to track down the dog's murderer at any cost. Armed with a stockpile of firepower in the trunk of his car, he and Cecil embark on a frenzied, alcohol-fueled wild-goose chase, leaving a bloody path of destruction in their wake.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

    An aging police sheriff who has recently lost his position due to an angry outburst begrudgingly joins an alliance with new sheriff, Evie Barret to battle angry demons haunting their small New Hampshire town.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    Two boys follow in their late fathers foot steps by inventing weird and wonderful gadgets. Trouble lies ahead when after a halloween party the spirit of their father ends up in the latest invention, a robot.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:13

    Wisecracking mercenary Deadpool battles the evil and powerful Cable and other bad guys to save a boy's life.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    An intergalactic dog pilot from Sirius (the dog star), visits Earth to verify the rumors that dogs have failed to take over the planet.

    Markimdb: 3.6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA

    Six children genetically cross-bred with avian DNA, complete with wings, take flight around the country to discover their origins.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Japan, France
    Duration01:44

    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.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Yet another variation on Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee At King Arthur's Court." Here, a computer malfunction causes a science researcher to be sent back in time with her laptop, which she uses to amaze the court.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family
    CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
    Duration01:29

    A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, short
    CountryUSA

    A continuation of the documentary spoof of what Thor and his roommate Darryl were up to during the events of "Captain America: Civil War". While Cap and Iron Man duke it out, Thor tries to pay Darryl his rent in Asgardian coins.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family, music
    CountryUSA

    Samantha's band, the Zettabytes, is meeting with little success, so her friend Roscoe uses his knowledge of technology designed by his father to create a holographic lead singer, Loretta Modern. The band instantly becomes successful, but Samantha begins to feel alienated, Roscoe discovers feelings for Samantha, and Loretta struggles with individuality.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryFrance, Italy, Germany
    Duration01:50

    Asterix crosses the channel to help second-cousin Anticlimax face down Julius Caesar and invading Romans.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:26

    A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.

    Markimdb: 2.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA

    While returning from a military expedition a helicopter crash lands a commando unit in a dense, remote tropical jungle – a lost world populated by dinosaurs. Now they must find a way out of this isolated valley before becoming prey for prehistoric predators.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:48

    Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a thrilling misadventure involving three ingenious orphans and a villainous actor named Count Olaf (Jim Carrey) who wants their enormous fortune." It includes a suspicious fire, delicious pasta, Jim Carrey, poorly behaved looches, Billy Connolly, an incredibly deadly viper, Meryl Streep, and the voice of an imposter named Jude Law.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, Japan, Nigeria
    Duration02:05

    Taking all that was great from the first installment, ABCs OF DEATH 2 aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
    Duration02:11

    Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrefantastic, comedy, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    News producer, Tim O'Hara gets himself fired for unwillingly compromising his bosses' daughter during a live transmission. A little later, he witnesses the crashing of a small Martian spacecraft, realizing his one-time chance of delivering a story that will rock the earth. Since Tim took the original but scaled-down spaceship with him, the Martian follows him to retrieve it.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrefantastic, action, comedy, western
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:46

    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 Loveless' plans.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, family
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:10

    Shrek The Musical is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. It is based on the 2001 DreamWorks Animation's film Shrek and William Steig's 1990 book Shrek! It was nominated for 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical. On July 19, 2013, following the closure of the national tour and West End productions, Amazon.com confirmed that the filmed performance would be available for instant viewing on September 17, 2013. A DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download was also released on that day.The performance is an edit of several live performances as well as a performance shot without an audience. The original principal cast appear, as well as various alumni across the show's Broadway run. Also, it keeps the song "Donkey Pot Pie" instead of the replacement, "Forever."

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    Steve Brooks, a sexist womanizer, is killed by a group of his angry former lovers. In heaven, he makes a bargain with God for redemption and agrees to return to Earth. Once there, he must have a sincere relationship with a female and make her fall in love with him. If not, Steve's soul will become the property of the devil. But the devil hedges his bet, and Steve is reincarnated as a woman named Amanda Brooks.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, comedy, adventure, family, western
    CountryUSA, Germany, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
    Duration02:00

    A bet pits a British inventor, a Chinese thief and a French artist on a worldwide adventure that they can circle the globe in 80 days.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA

    When three high-school friends invent a time-machine, they decide to use it to go back in time and prevent other youngsters from making humiliating mistakes.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
    CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
    Duration01:47

    A financial executive who can't stop his career downspiral is invited into his daughter's imaginary world, where solutions to his problems await.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantasy, comedy, musical, family
    CountryUSA

    Ollie Dee and Stanley Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby into marrying Stanley Dum instead of Bo Peep. Enraged, Barnaby unleashes the bogeymen from their caverns to destroy Toyland.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA

    Imagine if all mythical artifacts, from Jason's Golden Fleece to Cinderella's glass slippers, were real. Well, they are -- and for centuries, a secret society called the Hunters has been sworn to protect them from an evil force called the Krugen.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA, Australia
    Duration01:52

      Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop the otherworldly threat.




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