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Movies like Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers (2013)

The best movies like Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers (2013) are Turbo Kid (2015), Afterburn (2025) and Real Men (1987). If Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers hooked you with its comedy and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Turbo Kid (2015)

    In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, an orphaned teen must battle a ruthless warlord to save the girl of his dreams.

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

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  2. Afterburn (2025)

    Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.

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

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  3. Real Men (1987)

    A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.

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

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  4. The Meteor Man (1993)

    One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the information in any book ... for about thirty seconds. Now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the dreaded Golden Lords.

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

  5. Idiocracy (2006)

    To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

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

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  6. The Book of Eli (2010)

    A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

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

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  7. The Maze Runner (2014)

    A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to uncover clues that may lead to escape and the truth behind their confinement.

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

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  8. The Running Man (1987)

    By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.

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

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  9. Power Rangers Samurai: Clash of the Red Rangers - The Movie (2011)

    The Samurai Rangers team up with the mysterious RPM Ranger Red to fight off Master Xandred's Mooger army and a robotic supervillain from the RPM Ranger's dimension. But when both Red Rangers get struck with hypnobolts, they turn against one another.

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

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  10. 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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  11. The Running Man (2025)

    Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into an unexpected fan favorite — and a threat to the entire system. As ratings skyrocket, so does the danger, and Ben must outwit not just the Hunters, but a nation addicted to watching him fall.

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

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  12. Relax, I'm from the Future (2023)

    Casper is a time traveller who arrives in the 2020s in an attempt to prevent a major future catastrophe. He meets Holly, a queer black woman he befriends and draws into his plan by giving her his knowledge of the future so that she can make quick money. However, they unwittingly alter the future themselves with their actions, until Doris, another time traveller, arrives to stop them.

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

  13. The Bed Sitting Room (1969)

    In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.

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

  14. The Losers (2010)

    On a mission deep in the Bolivian jungle, a team of elite commandos finds itself on the receiving end of a lethal betrayal. Now presumed dead, the men join forces with a mysterious operative named Aisha to hunt down their enemy and even the score.

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

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  15. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

    Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.

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

  16. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

    The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

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

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  17. Sleeper (1973)

    Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.

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

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  18. Britannia Hospital (1982)

    Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the hospital under siege by striking workers, ruthless unions, violent demonstrators, racist aristocrats, an African cannibal dictator, and sinister human experiments.

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

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  19. Code 8 Part II (2024)

    In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.

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

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  20. The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

    Don't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman whose life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed. His friend tells him about the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a guide with anything you ever needed, and wanted to know. They travel across the galaxy, meeting friendly, and not so friendly characters in order to find the great question (the answer being 42).

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

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  21. Mad Max 2 (1981)

    Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

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

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  22. Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

    Three generations of the same family deal with the consequences of unleashing the forces of hell.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction & thriller

  23. The Rabbit Factor (TBA)

    In the adaptation of the darkly comic novel by the Finnish author, Carell will play insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen, who knows most of life’s answers because he calculates everything down to the very last decimal. Everything changes when he suddenly loses his job, and other variables enter the fray. Henri inherits an adventure park from his brother – its peculiar employees and troubling financial problems included. Most pressing: big loans were taken from criminal elements, and the lenders are now keen to get their money back. In the adventure park, Henri also crosses paths with Laura, an artist with a checkered past. As the criminals begin to collect their debts and as Henri’s relationship with Laura deepens, he finds himself faced with situations and emotions that simply cannot be quantified on a spread sheet.

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

  24. Seesaw Monster (TBA)

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

  25. The War of the Worlds (1953)

    The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

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

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  26. Gunhed (1989)

    High-concept Sci-Fi adventure about an island that actually is a computer called Kyron 5, itself created to design and manufacture super-advanced robots to be used as slaves for the rest of the world. One day Kyron decides that human beings are unnecessary, so it declares war on the world. But Kyron cannot be tamed, and after many lives are lost in the attempt, mankind decides to leave Kyron to its own devices.

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

  27. Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

    In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

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  28. Runt (2024)

    In the Australian town of Upson Downs, ten-year-old Annie and Runt, her stray dog, attempt to win the Agility Course Championship at the Krumpets Dog Show in London in order to save their family's farm from drought and misery.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

  29. My Life as a Dog (1985)

    A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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  30. 99 Francs (2007)

    Paris, France, 2001. Octave Parango, a young advertiser working at the Ross & Witchcraft advertising agency, lives a suicidal existence, ruled by cynicism, irresponsibility and debauchery. The obstacles he will encounter in developing a campaign for a new yogurt brand will force him to face the meaning of his work and the way he manages his relationship with those who orbit around his egotistic lifestyle.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy

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What are the best movies like Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers?

The closest matches to Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers are Turbo Kid (2015), Afterburn (2025) and Real Men (1987). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers?

Start with Turbo Kid (2015), the closest match to Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers.

What is the highest-rated movie like Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers?

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

What is the newest movie like Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers?

The Running Man (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers?

Yes: Turbo Kid (2015), Afterburn (2025) and Real Men (1987).

How are movies similar to Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Rifftrax Live: Starship Troopers, 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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