Movies like Noobz (2013)
The best movies like Noobz (2013) are Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014), Best Player (2011) and Hero Mode (2021). If Noobz hooked you with its comedy and adventure, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedScooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001)7.3/10 from 579 votes
- Newest1UP (2022)Released 2022
Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014)
Based on the hit web series of the same name, a disgruntled gamer must overcome his fear of the worst video game of all time in order to save his fans. Hilarity ensues as a simple road trip becomes an extravagant pursuit of the unexpected.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBest Player (2011)
After his parents decide to move to a retirement home in Florida, professional gamer Quincy “Q” Johnson (Jerry Trainor) must find a way to raise 175,000 dollars to buy his family home. After hearing about a tournament for the game “Black Hole” with a grand prize of 175,500 dollars, Quincy enters the tournament, only to be faced with a new challenge. An equally skilled gamer, named Chris Saunders “Prodigy” (Jeanette McCurdy), has become the one block in Quincy’s plan, defeating him at every turn. Quincy then teams-up with his friend Wendell (Amir Talai), to try and find ways to stop Chris from entering the tournament.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHero Mode (2021)
A teenage coding genius has just 30 days to create the world's greatest video game or his family loses everything. No pressure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001)
When Scooby and the gang get trapped in a video game created for the gang, they must fight against the 'Phantom Virus.' To escape the game they must go level by level and defeat the game once and for all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like this1UP (2022)
After Valerie Lee quits her college esports team, she quickly realizes that her decision comes at the cost of her scholarship. Valerie soon discovers a loophole to save her collegiate future, if she can find a coach and assemble a whole new varsity-caliber team capable of reaching the State Finals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Gamechangers (2015)
The struggle of Houser's legal feud against American lawyer Jack Thompson, over the morality of the "Grand Theft Auto" video game series.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisGrandma's Boy (2006)
Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But when he gets kicked out of his apartment, he's forced to move in with his grandmother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Grand (2007)
The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Call Up (2016)
When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, it’s a dream come true and impossible to resist. Arriving at the test site, the group step into hi-tech gear and prepare for a revolutionary, next-level gaming experience that brings modern warfare to life with frightening realism. At first it’s a unique and exhilarating experience. But what starts out like a dream encounter with cutting edge technology quickly takes a turn for the sinister. Once the group are attacked by enemy combatants, they soon realize this is no game after all. Make a mistake here and you pay with your life. Now these masters of the shoot ‘em up will have to fight for survival within a game gone bad, but this time it’s for real.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Wizard (1989)
A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross-country, with help from a girl they meet, to compete in the ultimate video game championship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisAshens and the Polybius Heist (2020)
A heist like no other! A motley crew of misfits hunt down an infamous 80's arcade game that can supposedly control people's minds. But is the legend all that it appears? Can the No-Confidence Crew get to it before it's too late? And what do lawnmowers have to do with it? The clock is ticking...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
Fanboys (2009)
In 1999, Star Wars fanatics take a cross-country trip to George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see a screening of The Phantom Menace before its release.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeVour (2005)
Friends become increasingly addicted to a video game that has an evil agenda.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisJay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
Jay and Silent Bob embark on a cross-country mission to stop Hollywood from rebooting a film based on their comic book characters Bluntman and Chronic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisDave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure (2004)
Dave Gorman tells the story of his attempt to find 10 'Googlewhacks' (websites containing two unique words when searched on Google) and meet their owners before his 32nd birthday, in order to win a bet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
VGHS: The Movie (2012)
In a world where professional video gaming is the most popular sport, a hapless young gamer gets the chance to sharpen his skills at an elite academy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising (2008)
All Lodge wants is for his gaming group to finish their adventure. Unfortunately, they're more interested in seducing barmaids, mooning their enemies, and setting random villagers on fire. Desperate to rein in his players, Lodge injects two newbies into the party: a non-player character controlled by Lodge, who the power gamers immediately distrust, and the rarest gamer of all... a girl. Can the group overcome their bickering to save the kingdom, or will the evil necromancer Mort Kemnon triumph unopposed? A fun parody of fantasy films and the adventure gaming community.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
After their first adventure with the Hot Tub Time Machine, Lou and Nick are living very well off their ill-gotten gains, while Jacob still cannot rely on Lou to be a positive role model. When an unknown assailant breaks into Lou's mansion and shoots him, Nick and Jacob take him for another trip in the hot tub. They emerge in the year 2025, where they must figure out who shot Lou and prevent it from happening again.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisOffline: Are You Ready for the Next Level? (2016)
Champion gamer Jan has to fight for his digital identity, winning back his real life as well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAccepted (2006)
A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisProject X (2012)
Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisComputer Chess (2013)
At the American Computer Chess Convention, enthusiasts gather to pit their programs against other computer chess programs and human players in a tournament for a grand prize of $7500.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCheats (2002)
While other kids buy into countless hours of studying just so they can get a mark in some teacher's report book, Handsome Davis sees it as nothing more than a system of control over your mind. That's why Handsome and his three best friends Sammy, Victor and the cribsheet genius Applebee have banded together and found ways to cheat on their tests all through their school years.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPixels (2015)
Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Gamers: Hands of Fate (2013)
The Gamers: Hands of Fate follows Cass (Brian Lewis) as he sets out to win a collectible card game world championship… and a date with Natalie (Trin Miller), one of the game's top players. Meanwhile in Countermay, a world far across time and space, Myriad (Samara Lerman) begins to suspect that fate has stacked the deck against her as she attempts to save her kingdom from a ravenous army of the undead. Set at Gen Con Indy, a massive midwest games convention, this fantasy comedy from the makers of Dorkness Rising and JourneyQuest presents a new chapter in the epic, decade-spanning tale that began in The Gamers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
Strange Wilderness (2008)
With the ratings dropping for a wilderness-themed TV show, two animal fans go to the Andes in search of Bigfoot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Sasquatch Gang (2006)
Young fantasy and science fiction aficionado Gavin Gore and his friends stumble onto some huge footprints in the woods. A local cop, reporter, and a renowned Sasquatch authority investigate, while two of Gavin's dim-witted neighbors hatch a scheme to profit from the situation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisJay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
When Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travel to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & adventure
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Noobz?
The closest matches to Noobz are Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014), Best Player (2011) and Hero Mode (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Noobz?
People who watched Noobz most often go on to Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014), Best Player (2011) and Hero Mode (2021).
What is the highest-rated movie like Noobz?
Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001), rated 7.3/10 by 579 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Noobz?
1UP (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Noobz?
Yes: Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014), Best Player (2011) and Hero Mode (2021).
How are movies similar to Noobz chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Noobz, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.