Movies Like Small Soldiers (1998)

Small Soldiers is a 1998 action, adventure, comedy, fantasy, science fiction film from Joe Dante with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Toys and Welcome to Marwen.

Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction

Toys

1992

Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.

5.3

MagicScore

Welcome to Marwen

2018

When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous town named Marwen where he can heal and be heroic. As he builds an astonishing art installation — a testament to the most powerful women he knows — through his fantasy world, he draws strength to triumph in the real one.

6.5

MagicScore

Bride of Chucky

1998

Chucky is reborn when his old flame, Tiffany, rescues his battered doll parts from a police impound.

6.1

MagicScore

Seed of Chucky

2004

This time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then the horror goes Hollywood as Chucky unleashes his own brand of murderous mayhem!

5.5

MagicScore

Child's Play

1988

An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.

6.7

MagicScore

Child's Play 2

1990

Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where the chase begins again.

6.3

MagicScore

Curse of Chucky

2013

After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to the mounting bloodshed and chaos.

5.9

MagicScore

Child's Play 3

1991

Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, teen Andy Barclay is placed in a military school, and the spirit of Chucky returns to renew his quest and seek vengeance after being recreated from a mass of melted plastic.

5.9

MagicScore

Cult of Chucky

2017

Confined to an asylum for the criminally insane for the past four years, Nica is wrongly convinced that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family... until a string of grisly deaths occur after her psychiatrist introduces a new group therapy tool -- a "Good Guy" doll.

5.8

MagicScore

#10

Annabelle

2014

A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.

5.8

MagicScore

#11

Home Alone 3

1997

9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try to break into his house to get it back.

5.3

MagicScore

#12

Liberty Stands Still

2002

As the heir and current marketing director for one of the nation's biggest gun manufacturers, Liberty Wallace is indifferent to the atrocities made possible through her business and her CEO husband, Victor. On her way to see her actor lover, Liberty ends up chained to a food cart full of explosives -- all at the insistence of "Joe", a sniper whose young daughter was a victim of gun violence, and who now has Liberty in his sights.

5.4

MagicScore

#13

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

2007

Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—the strangest, most fantastic and most wonderful toy store in the world. After Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once-remarkable Emporium.

6.2

MagicScore

#14

Kill Command

2016

Set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines. Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for Captain Bukes and his tight-knit unit, descends into a terrifying battle to the death, as the marines discover the island is overrun by an enemy that transcends the human concept of evil.

5.6

MagicScore

#15

Schindler's List

1993

The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.

8.6

MagicScore

#16

The Prototype

2022

A government agent stumbles upon an alien conspiracy to conquer Earth. Using a blue liquid created by the aliens to make soldiers stronger, he becomes The Prototype-the only hope for mankind.

4.3

MagicScore

#17

Elevator to the Gallows

1958

A self-assured businessman murders his employer, the husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.

7.6

MagicScore

#18

Alma

2009

Alma, a little girl, skips through the snow covered streets of a small town. Her attention is caught by a strange doll in an antique toy shop window. Fascinated, Alma decides to enter.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

Dollman vs. Demonic Toys

1993

The Demonic Toys are back, so policewoman Judith Grey seeks the help of 12 inch tall Dollman and his 12 inch tall girlfriend, Nurse Ginger. The Toys hole up in an evil deserted toy factory and it's up to Dollman to keep the Toys from summoning the powers of darkness to the Earth.

4.8

MagicScore

#20

The Little Bather

1968

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...

6.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Small Soldiers?

The top films similar to Small Soldiers by MovieMagicScore are Toys (5.3), Welcome to Marwen (6.5), Bride of Chucky (6.1). Each shares action/adventure/comedy/fantasy/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Small Soldiers worth watching?

Small Soldiers holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 2,232 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Small Soldiers?

Small Soldiers (1998) is a action, adventure, comedy, fantasy, science fiction film directed by Joe Dante, starring Gregory Smith, Kirsten Dunst, Denis Leary.

Where can I find more recommendations like Small Soldiers?

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About movies like Small Soldiers

This ranked list pairs Small Soldiers (1998), a action and adventure and comedy and fantasy and science fiction film from Joe Dante, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Gregory Smith take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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