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Movies like Troma's War (1988)

The best movies like Troma's War (1988) are Dave Made a Maze (2017), Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020) and Double Threat (2022). If Troma's War hooked you with its comedy and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Dave Made a Maze (2017)

    Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. Ignoring his warnings, Dave’s girlfriend Annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. Once inside, they find themselves trapped in an ever-changing supernatural world, threatened by booby traps and pursued by a bloodthirsty Minotaur.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & adventure

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  2. Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020)

    A rebellious teenage princess discovers she has superhuman abilities and joins a secret society of extraordinary second-born royals tasked with protecting the world.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure

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  3. Double Threat (2022)

    With ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother's ashes.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure

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  4. Airborne (1993)

    Good-natured teen surfer Mitchell Goosen finds himself staying with his aunt and uncle in Cincinnati, Ohio when his parents head to Australia for work. There he meets his cousin, Wiley, and together they try to navigate the perils of high school—avoid the bullies, get the girl, and win a little respect.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure

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  5. LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League - Attack of the Legion of Doom! (2015)

    Crime is on the run as the newly formed Justice League keeps Metropolis safe and this makes evil genius Lex Luthor very unhappy. Together with Black Manta, Sinestro and a gang of ruthless recruits, Lex builds his own league and declares them the Legion of Doom. With this super powered team of terror and a plan to attack the top-secret government site, Area 52, can Lex finally be on the verge of victory? Sound the alarm and get ready for the bricks to fly when Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the rest of the Justice League face off against the world's greatest Super-Villains! It's the next all-new original movie from LEGO® and DC Comics.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure

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  6. Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)

    Disaster strikes when a criminal mastermind reveals the identities of all active undercover agents in Britain. The secret service can now rely on only one man - Johnny English. Currently teaching at a minor prep school, Johnny springs back into action to find the mysterious hacker. For this mission to succeed, he’ll need all of his skills - what few he has - as the man with yesterday’s analogue methods faces off against tomorrow’s digital technology.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure

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  7. The Silencers (1966)

    Matt Helm is called out of retirement to stop the evil Big O organization who plan to explode an atomic bomb over Alamagordo, NM, and start WW III.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & action

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  8. LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League (2015)

    Superman’s clone, Bizarro, has become an embarrassing problem. Chaos and destruction follow Bizarro everywhere as he always hears the opposite of what is said, says the opposite of what he means and does the opposite of what is right. And when the citizens of Metropolis keep confusing Bizarro with Superman, the Man of Steel decides it’s time to find a new home for him…on another planet! It’s up to the Justice League to come to terms with their backward counterparts and team up with them to stop Darkseid and save the galaxy!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & adventure

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  9. Our Man Flint (1966)

    When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy

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  10. Slumberland (2022)

    A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy

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  11. Henry Danger: The Movie (2025)

    Henry Hart meets a superfan—eager to fight crime with Kid Danger—who comes into possession of a device that can open up alternate realities. Facing a wild ride, Henry will need his best friend Jasper and his new superfan sidekick to find his way out or be stuck in another dimension forever.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy

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  12. See Spot Run (2001)

    A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & action

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  13. Henchmen (2018)

    When a new recruit joins the Union of Evil, he is assigned to a motley crew of blue-collar workers led by fallen henchmen Hank. But when “The Kid” accidentally steals the ultimate weapon, Hank must break his “risk nothing” code to save the boy he’s befriended, even if it means becoming the one thing he has always avoided… being a hero.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & adventure

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  14. Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)

    Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they accidentally burned down. But in addition to sneaking suspicions, there's some romance in the air.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & adventure

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  15. The Willoughbys (2020)

    When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy

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  16. Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)

    After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest city on record and a clue to a dangerous ancient race.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & action

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  17. Arctic Dogs (2019)

    Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy

  18. Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)

    The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy

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  19. LEGO DC: Shazam! Magic and Monsters (2020)

    It’s high time the Justice League took notice of Shazam, but joining the world’s greatest team of superheroes is a lot harder when they’ve all been turned into kids.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy

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  20. Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)

    Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by modern archaeologist Harrison 'Harry' McColl's expedition. Despite a cryptic warning from tribal locals, everything goes to his Colorado university's museum. It's all exhibited during another eclipse, which leads to the monster reviving. Harry and some of his friends must try to petrify the monster again.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & horror

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  21. The VelociPastor (2018)

    After losing his parents, a priest travels to China, where he inherits a mysterious ability to turn into a dinosaur. At first horrified by this new power, a prostitute convinces him to fight crime. And ninjas.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & horror

  22. Critters (1986)

    Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & horror

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  23. Black Sheep (2006)

    After a childhood prank by his brother Angus causes Henry to develop a phobia of sheep, he must step up to the onslaught of a genetically-mutated man-eating flock with the help of his friend and a young environmentalist.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy

  24. Critters 2 (1988)

    Three bounty hunters from space fly back to the town of Grovers Bend, hoping to save local residents from a new batch of Critter eggs.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & horror

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  25. Leprechaun (1993)

    A demonic leprechaun terrorizes a group of young people whom he believes stole his gold.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy

  26. Student Bodies (1981)

    This zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather, who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's unusual weapons include paper clips, blackboard erasers and eggplants.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & horror

  27. Elvira's Haunted Hills (2002)

    The setting is Carpathia. The year is 1851. When Elvira gets kicked out of an Inn for a slight monetary discrepancy, she is rescued by a local who takes her to stay at the castle in the hills high above the village. The fact that she happens to resemble the count's former "missing" wife opens a can of worms or two.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & horror

  28. Class of Nuke 'Em High (1986)

    The pupils at a high school next to a nuclear power plant start acting and looking strange after buying contaminated drugs from a plant worker.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy

  29. The Midnight Hour (1985)

    Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & horror

  30. Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008)

    When campers and staff at Camp Manabe mysteriously begin disappearing and turning into gruesome corpses, paranoid Ronnie can't shake the memory of a series of grisly murders that took place at Camp Arawak two decades earlier.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Troma's War?

The closest matches to Troma's War are Dave Made a Maze (2017), Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020) and Double Threat (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Troma's War?

Start with Dave Made a Maze (2017), the closest match to Troma's War.

What is the highest-rated movie like Troma's War?

Henry Danger: The Movie (2025), rated 7.6/10 by 277 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Troma's War?

Henry Danger: The Movie (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Troma's War?

Yes: Dave Made a Maze (2017), Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020) and Double Threat (2022).

How are movies similar to Troma's War chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Troma's War, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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