Movies like recess: school's out

Recess: School's Out (also known as Recess: The Movie - School's Out and Recess: The Ultimate Summer Vacation or Summer Vacation: The Ultimate Recess in the working titles) is a 2001 American animated comedy film based on the Disney television series Recess. It was produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Television Animation and Walt Disney Television Animation Digital Production with animation done by Sunwoo Animation and Sunwoo Digital International. The film was distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, premiered on February 10, 2001 and released theatrically in the United States on February 16, 2001. The film also serves as the show's season five finale.

An unknown group steals a top-secret project from a U.S Army base in the Nevada Desert, whereupon they make their way to secure Third Street Elementary School as base of operations per their leader's instructions. Prior to their arrival, T.J. Detweiler and his friends pull off one last big prank at their school before they break off for summer vacation. T.J. is shocked that his friends are heading to summer camps, leaving him bored at home. While heading for a play date with the school's snitch Randall, he comes across something strange involving a tractor beam being used within the school, but no one wants to believe his story. Left with no choice, T.J. attempts to convince the school's principal Peter Prickly to abandon his time at a golf club to check things out, only to witness him dematerialize when he tries entering the school. Out of options, T.J. blackmails his sister Becky into driving him to each of his friends' summer camps to bring them back and help him investigate more. Although they initially accuse him of inventing a plot to drag them back, the group witnessed the tractor beam being used from the school and agreed to help him investigate.