Movies like The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

Name: The Transformers: The Movie
Released: 1986

8 films to watch after The Transformers: The Movie, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet-consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

1

G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)

Fit 56%

Shares Animation, Action, Science Fiction, Family and Adventure with The Transformers: The Movie.

G.I. Joe faces a new enemy as an ancient society of snake people known as Cobra-La try to forcefully take back the earth from those who drove them underground eons ago.
2

Ben 10 vs. the Universe: The Movie (2020)

Fit 47%

Shares Animation, Action, Adventure and Science Fiction with The Transformers: The Movie.

A blast from Ben's past returns to do double the damage on Team Tennyson and planet Earth itself, forcing Ben to go interstellar to save the day. Based on the 2016 reboot.
3

Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2019)

Fit 47%

Shares Animation, Science Fiction, Adventure and Action with The Transformers: The Movie.

Batman, Batgirl, and Robin forge an alliance with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to fight against the Turtles' sworn enemy, The Shredder, who has apparently teamed up with Ra's Al Ghul and The League of Assassins.
4

The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

Fit 43%

Shares Animation and Adventure with The Transformers: The Movie.

A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
5

Lightyear (2022)

Fit 41%

Shares Animation, Science Fiction, Family and Adventure with The Transformers: The Movie.

Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.
6

Transformers (2007)

Fit 37%

Shares Adventure, Science Fiction and Action with The Transformers: The Movie.

Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.
7

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

Fit 37%

Shares Science Fiction and Adventure with The Transformers: The Movie.

When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.
8

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

Fit 35%

Shares Animation, Family, Adventure and Science Fiction with The Transformers: The Movie.

When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...