Movies Like They Call Me Jeeg (2016)

They Call Me Jeeg is a 2016 action, drama, science fiction film from Gabriele Mainetti with a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Toxic Avenger and The Big Night.

Action Drama Science Fiction

The Toxic Avenger

1984

A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazardous toxic waste.

6.3

MagicScore

The Big Night

1959

The exploits of three young Roman criminals are chronicled in this socially conscious drama. The young men commit petty crimes all day, beginning with arms theft, leading to an encounter with three streetwalkers. After their pleasure, the boys try to cheat the hookers, but the ladies are smarter than that and have stolen their cash ahead of time. It's back to the city for the boys, where they continue their destructive games...

5.9

MagicScore

Blackhat

2015

Nicholas Hathaway, a furloughed convict, and his American and Chinese partners hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. As Hathaway closes in, the stakes become personal as he discovers that the attack on a Chinese nuclear power plant was just the beginning.

5.5

MagicScore

Rome, Armed to the Teeth

1976

A tough, violent cop who doesn't mind bending the law goes after a machine-gun-carrying, hunchbacked psychotic killer.

6.6

MagicScore

Avengement

2019

While on a prison furlough, a lowly criminal evades his guards and returns to his old stomping ground to take revenge on the people who turned him into a cold blooded killer.

6.8

MagicScore

The Evil Within

2017

The sadistic tale of a lonely, mentally handicapped boy who befriends his reflection in an antique mirror. This demonic creature orders him to go on a murderous rampage to kill the people he loves most.

5.7

MagicScore

Mystery Men

1999

When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.

5.8

MagicScore

Deep Blue Sea 3

2020

Dr. Emma Collins and her team are spending their third summer on the island of Little Happy studying the effect of climate change on the great white sharks who come to the nearby nursery every year to give birth. Along with the last two inhabitants of this former fishing village, their peaceful life is disrupted when a "scientific" team led by her ex-boyfriend and marine biologist Richard show up looking for three bull sharks who we soon learn aren't just any bull sharks.

5.6

MagicScore

Argoman the Fantastic Superman

1967

Argoman is practically invincible with powers beyond the scope of mortal man. Who is Sir Reginald Hoover, he seems to know what mission Argoman is involved with? Will Jenabell become the Queen of the World and achieve her wishes to outsmart Argoman?

4.9

MagicScore

#10

Scrubbers

1982

Inmates fight, pair off, try suicide and attempt escape at a British reform school for girls.

5.0

MagicScore

#11

Shin Kamen Rider

2023

A man forced to bear power and stripped of humanity. A woman skeptical of happiness. Takeshi Hongo, an Augmentation made by SHOCKER, and Ruriko Midorikawa, a rebel of the organization, escape while fighting off assassins. What’s justice? What’s evil? Will this violence end? Despite his power, Hongo tries to remain human. Along with freedom, Ruriko has regained a heart. What paths will they choose?

6.9

MagicScore

#12

Deadpool: No Good Deed

2017

Deadpool sees an opportunity to save the day, but it doesn't go entirely as planned.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

Sathuranga Vettai

2014

A con artist is caught by the cops and is swindled off the money by his own partners. Meanwhile, a person who he had scammed hires a gangster to finish him off. Can he outwit these people and turn over a new leaf?

8.0

MagicScore

#14

Star Trek Into Darkness

2013

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

7.3

MagicScore

#15

Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D.

1991

A streetwise New York police officer transforms into the world's most unusual superhuman hero.

5.6

MagicScore

#16

Kiss of Death

1947

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

King Kong Lives

1986

After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.

5.1

MagicScore

#18

Lake Placid: The Final Chapter

2013

Black Lake is now a crocodile sanctuary, surrounded by an electric fence. When the fence is left open, a high-school bus unknowingly enters the park. It's up to Reba and the Sheriff to save the kids from becoming crocodile food.

5.1

MagicScore

#19

The Professor

1986

An imprisoned murderer carries out a violent bid for control of Naples' underworld crime syndicate.

7.1

MagicScore

#20

Lake Placid 2

2007

Man-eating crocodiles return to the lake as two males and one aggressive female crocodile, which is protecting her nest, wreak havoc on the locals.

4.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like They Call Me Jeeg?

The top films similar to They Call Me Jeeg by MovieMagicScore are The Toxic Avenger (6.3), The Big Night (5.9), Blackhat (5.5). Each shares action/drama/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is They Call Me Jeeg worth watching?

They Call Me Jeeg holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10 from 2,547 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is They Call Me Jeeg?

They Call Me Jeeg (2016) is a action, drama, science fiction film directed by Gabriele Mainetti, starring Claudio Santamaria, Luca Marinelli, Ilenia Pastorelli.

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About movies like They Call Me Jeeg

This ranked list pairs They Call Me Jeeg (2016), a action and drama and science fiction film from Gabriele Mainetti, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Claudio Santamaria 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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