Over the weekend, the highly anticipated live-action Barbie movie released in theaters. Directed by Academy Award nominee Greta Gerwig (Little Women, Lady Bird) and co-written by Gerwig and Academy Award nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach (White Noise, Marriage Story), Barbie has since broken box office records since it’s Friday, July 21 premiere.
Starring Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, the film racked up a historic $162 million domestic opening weekend, the biggest opening for a female director. Barbie follows the iconic doll venturing into the real world once she starts to question her existence. The film depicted a message about womanhood and the human experience along with taking audience members back to their childhood and what it felt like to play with the fashion doll.
Barbie isn’t the only time childhood toys and games came to life in an innovative way on screen. After you watch Barbie in theaters, here are 11 other movies you can stream inspired by more toys and games.
The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage, Sean Penn, Keegan-Michael Key, Kate McKinnon, Tony Hale, Hannibal Buress, Ike Barinholtz, Tituss Burgess
Synopsis: “When an island populated by happy, flightless birds is visited by mysterious green piggies, it’s up to three unlikely outcasts – Red, Chuck and Bomb – to figure out what the pigs are up to.”
Where to watch: Netflix
The Care Bears Movie (1985)
Cast: Georgia Engel, Mickey Rooney, Jackie Burroughs, Sunny Besen Thrasher, Cree Summer, Brian George, Janet-Laine Green, Luba Goy, Hadley Kay
Synopsis: “The Care Bears team up with a troubled brother and sister who just moved to a new town to help a neglected young magician’s apprentice whose evil spell book causes sinister things to happen.”
Where to watch: Pluto TV
Battleship (2012)
Cast: Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano, Hamish Linklater, Peter MacNicol, John Tui, Jesse Plemons, Gregory D. Gadson, Jerry Ferrara
Synopsis: “A fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals.”
Where to watch: Prime Video, TBS
Bratz (2007)
Cast: Skyler Shaye, Janel Parrish, Logan Browning, Nathalia Ramos, Malese Jow, Chelsea Kane, Anneliese van der Pol, Ian Nelson, Sean McNamara, Stephen Ford, Jon Voight, Lainie Kazan
Synopsis: “During their first year of high school, four best girlfriends face off against the domineering student body President, who wants to split them up into different social cliques.”
Where to watch: Freevee, Roku Channel
Clue (1985)
Cast: Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Mull, Lesley Ann Warren, Colleen Camp, Lee Ving, Kellye Nakahara
Synopsis: “Six guests are anonymously invited to a strange mansion for dinner, but after their host is killed, they must cooperate with the staff to identify the murderer as the bodies pile up.”
Where to watch: Paramount+, Pluto TV, Prime Video
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
Cast: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Chloe Coleman, Daisy Head, Will Irvine
Synopsis: “A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.”
Where to watch: MGM+, Paramount+
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Adrianne Palicki, Lee Byung-hun, Jonathan Pryce, Elodie Yung, Ray Stevenson, D.J. Cotrona, Ray Park, Luke Bracey, Walton Goggins, Arnold Vosloo
Synopsis: “The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.”
Where to watch: Netflix, Paramount+
Ouija (2014)
Cast: Olivia Cooke, Ana Coto, Daren Kagasoff, Bianca A. Santos, Douglas Smith, Shelley Hennig, Sierra Heuermann, Sunny May Allison, Erin Moriarty, Lin Shaye, Robyn Lively
Synopsis: “A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Cast: Peter Cullen, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Isabel Lucas, Josh Duhamel, Erin Naas, Tyrese Gibson, Rainn Wilson, John Turturro, Ramón Rodríguez, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Tony Todd, John Benjamin Hickey
Synopsis: “Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers’ war.”
Where to watch: Max
Trolls (2016)
Cast: Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Christine Baranski, Russell Brand, Ron Funches, Gwen Stefani, Walt Dohrn, John Cleese, Kunal Nayyar, James Corden, Jeffrey Tambor, Quvenzhané Wallis
Synopsis: “After the Bergens invade Troll Village, Poppy, the happiest Troll ever born, and the curmudgeonly Branch set off on a journey to rescue her friends.”
Where to watch: Netflix
The Lego Movie (2014)
Cast: Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Alison Brie, David Burrows, Charlie Day, Dave Franco, Morgan Freeman, Will Forte, Jonah Hill, Jake Johnson, Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Liam Neeson, Nick Offerman, Channing Tatum, Billy Dee Williams
Synopsis: “An ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as “special”, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis.”
Where to watch: Max
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Amber Dover is a multimedia journalist with over a decade writing about pop culture. Cat mom with a deep love of horror, you can follow Amber at @Glambergirlblog on Instagram and Twitter.