Movies Like Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian is a 2009 action, adventure, comedy, family, fantasy film from Shawn Levy with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Night at the Museum and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb.

Action Adventure Comedy Family Fantasy

Night at the Museum

2006

Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.

6.6

MagicScore

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

2014

When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

6.2

MagicScore

Toy Story 2

1999

Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.

7.6

MagicScore

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

2022

Nick Daley is following in his father's footsteps as night watchman at the American Museum of Natural History, so he knows what happens when the sun goes down. But when the maniacal ruler Kahmunrah escapes, it is up to Nick to save the museum once and for all.

6.4

MagicScore

Toy Story 3

2010

Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.

7.8

MagicScore

Megamind

2010

After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his "creation" becomes an even worse villain than he was.

7.0

MagicScore

Unfinished Business

2015

A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.

5.5

MagicScore

Wristcutters: A Love Story

2007

Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ex-girlfriend has also "offed" herself, he sets out on a road trip to find her.

7.0

MagicScore

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

2013

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

Amelia

2009

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

5.7

MagicScore

#11

Last Action Hero

1993

After his father's death, a young boy finds solace in action movies featuring an indestructible cop. Given a magic ticket by a theater manager, he is transported into the film and teams up with the cop to stop a villain who escapes into the real world.

6.5

MagicScore

#12

Arthur & Claire

2018

The chance meeting of two people at the darkest moments of their lives leads to a bright new beginning : Arthur (around 50) and Claire (around 30) pull each other from the abyss – by trying to save the other they see the worth of their own life.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

Asterix and Cleopatra

1968

Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help Cleopatra build a new summer home. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar have made a bet, with Caesar wagering the project cannot be completed in a few weeks time. With the help of a magic potion, Asterix comes to the rescue of the Queen of the Nile as Caesar and an angry architect plot against them.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

The Brave Little Toaster

1987

A group of dated appliances, finding themselves stranded in a summer home that their family had just sold, decide to seek out their eight year old 'master'.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

Felix the Cat: The Movie

1988

In another dimension, the villainous scientist Duke of Zill, with the help of his mechanical, geometric army, ultimately takes over the golden kingdom of Oriana, where Duke has just escaped exile! But Felix the Cat must bravely save Princess Oriana and restore order once again, from her terrible Uncle Zill and his smoke-belching mechanical troops before he can put his sinister plot into action!

4.6

MagicScore

#16

Sabrina the Teenage Witch

1996

A girl, sent by her parents to live with her two eccentric aunts, finds out on her sixteenth birthday that she is a witch.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 4

2015

The fourth instalment in the surreal Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared videos in which the three returning characters enter a sinister digital world through their computer.

7.7

MagicScore

#18

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 2

2014

Step back into the imaginative and frankly terrifying world of Becky & Joe with Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared. In this episode: Some things change over Time.

7.6

MagicScore

#19

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

2018

When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret realms—where she discovers her greatest strength could change the world.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

Krull

1983

A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.

6.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian?

The top films similar to Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian by MovieMagicScore are Night at the Museum (6.6), Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (6.2), Toy Story 2 (7.6). Each shares action/adventure/comedy/family/fantasy themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian worth watching?

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 7,079 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian?

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) is a action, adventure, comedy, family, fantasy film directed by Shawn Levy, starring Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Owen Wilson.

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About movies like Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

This ranked list pairs Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), a action and adventure and comedy and family and fantasy film from Shawn Levy, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ben Stiller 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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