Movies Like Joysticks

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Wacko

1982·1h 25m·★ 4.9·Greydon Clark

2 shared crewBoth star Joe Don Baker & Scott McGinnisDir. Greydon Clark

Final Justice

1984·1h 30m·★ 2.4·Greydon Clark

2 shared crewDir. Greydon ClarkDP: Nicholas Josef von Sternberg

Uninvited

1988·1h 30m·★ 4.5·Greydon Clark

2 shared crewDir. Greydon ClarkDP: Nicholas Josef von Sternberg

Stargames

1998·1h 30m·★ 1.7·Greydon Clark

2 shared crewDir. Greydon ClarkDP: Nicholas Josef von Sternberg

Kung Fury

2015·32m·★ 7.9·David Sandberg

Themes: arcade, nerd, video gameTMDB recommends

Wreck-It Ralph

2012·1h 41m·★ 7.7·Rich Moore

Themes: arcade, video game

Some Like It Hot

1959·2h 3m·★ 8.2·Billy Wilder

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The Edukators

2004·2h 7m·★ 7.4·Hans Weingartner

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Pillow Talk

1959·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Michael Gordon

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The Science of Sleep

2006·1h 46m·★ 7.2·Michel Gondry

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The Band's Visit

2007·1h 23m·★ 7.5·Eran Kolirin

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Send Me No Flowers

1964·1h 40m·★ 7.0·Norman Jewison

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Playing by Heart

1998·2h 1m·★ 6.9·Willard Carroll

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Mambo Italiano

2003·1h 29m·★ 6.7·Émile Gaudreault

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Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens

1979·1h 33m·★ 5.4·Russ Meyer

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Idiot Love

2004·1h 44m·★ 5.2·Ventura Pons

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Without You I'm Nothing

1990·1h 30m·★ 6.4·John Boskovich

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Inspector Gadget

1999·1h 18m·★ 4.2·David Kellogg

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Pixels

2015·1h 46m·★ 5.6·Chris Columbus

Themes: nerd, video game

How Good Is Joysticks?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.