Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

This ain't no game.

1993105 min4.5 / 10

A campy, visually bizarre action-comedy that trades the cheerful simplicity of its source material for a grimy, surreal alternate-dimension adventure.

Mario and Luigi, plumbers from Brooklyn, find themselves in an alternate universe where evolved dinosaurs live in hi-tech squalor. They're the only hope to save our universe from invasion by the dino dictator, Koopa.

Essence

Ensemble

Closest match

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same mood

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Go darker

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Hidden gem

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.