Movies Like Benji (2018)

Benji is a 2018 adventure, crime, drama, family film from Brandon Camp with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Benji and For the Love of Benji.

Adventure Crime Drama Family

Benji

1974

Benji is a stray who has nonetheless worked his way into the hearts of a number of the townspeople, who give him food and attention whenever he stops by. His particular favorites are a pair of children who feed and play with him against the wishes of their parents. When the children are kidnapped, however, the parents and the police are at a loss to find them. Only Benji can track them down, but will he be in time? If he can save the day, he may just find the permanent home he's been longing for.

6.3

MagicScore

For the Love of Benji

1977

Benji gets lost after a flight overseas and becomes a stray in Athens, Greece. He then tries everyday to reunite with his family while mysterious people pursue him, in a race to get a code which was secretly tattooed on his paw at the airport. But who are the bad guys and who are the agents that can be trusted? Will Benji and his kids and their nanny ever get to enjoy their vacation?

5.8

MagicScore

Benji the Hunted

1987

Benji has become stranded on a remote island after a boating accident. He finds himself struggling to survive in the wilderness, avoiding close encounters with a wolf, a bear, and a territorial female cougar with her cub.

6.6

MagicScore

Benji: Off the Leash!

2004

Benji and his friends try to save his mother from a puppy mill.

5.5

MagicScore

Superman

2025

Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.

7.3

MagicScore

Supergirl

2026

When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.

6.7

MagicScore

Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove

2010

After young Kirra leaves her Australian home to summer with her grandfather in South Africa, she soon discovers a baby orca stranded in the lagoon near her grandfather’s rundown seaside amusement park. She names the lonely whale Willy--and embarks on a great quest to lead the little guy back to his anxious pod.

6.2

MagicScore

Spirit Untamed

2021

Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.

7.3

MagicScore

Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!

2017

Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep. He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab, but is told that the three starter List of Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander) have already been taken by Trainers who were on time. However, Oak reveals that he has one more Pokémon, an Electric-type named Pikachu. Despite its volatile and feisty personality, as well as its refusal to get inside a Poké Ball, Ash happily takes Pikachu for his journey.

7.1

MagicScore

#10

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

2023

A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

Bullet Train Explosion

2025

When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train that will explode if it slows below 100 kph, authorities race against time to save everyone on board.

6.9

MagicScore

#12

Smurfs: The Lost Village

2017

In this fully animated, all-new take on the Smurfs, a mysterious map sets Smurfette and her friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on an exciting race through the Forbidden Forest leading to the discovery of the biggest secret in Smurf history.

6.3

MagicScore

#13

The Love Bug

1997

The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life. Soon, Herbie is winning again, to the fury of his previous owner, who builds a menacing black bug to challenge Herbie to the ultimate race.

5.7

MagicScore

#14

Resident Evil

2026

Medical courier Bryan unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.

8.0

MagicScore

#15

Star Trek

2009

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.

7.4

MagicScore

#16

Spider-Man: Homecoming

2017

Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.

7.3

MagicScore

#17

Mortal Kombat

2021

Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.

7.0

MagicScore

#18

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

#19

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012

A teenage Peter Parker grapples with both high school and amazing super-human crises as his alter-ego Spider-Man.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

Man of Steel

2013

A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

6.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Benji?

The top films similar to Benji by MovieMagicScore are Benji (6.3), For the Love of Benji (5.8), Benji the Hunted (6.6). Each shares adventure/crime/drama/family themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Benji worth watching?

Benji holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 316 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Benji?

Benji (2018) is a adventure, crime, drama, family film directed by Brandon Camp, starring Gabriel Bateman, Darby Camp, Kiele Sanchez.

Where can I find more recommendations like Benji?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more adventure recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Benji

This ranked list pairs Benji (2018), a adventure and crime and drama and family film from Brandon Camp, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Gabriel Bateman 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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