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Movies that feel like Chaos Walking (2021)

If you loved Chaos Walking, the closest films we have are Mortal Engines (2018), The 5th Wave (2016) and Finch (2021). All three share Chaos Walking's cerebral and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV and others, checked against today's data.

Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.

πŸ… 21% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Doug Limandreamlikecerebralepicbleak
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Mortal Engines
2018 Β· dir. Christian Rivers
πŸ… 26%β˜… 6.1adventure Β· science fiction

Two things both keep coming back to: dystopia and life after the end

The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike as Chaos Walking

Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

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The 5th Wave
2016 Β· dir. J Blakeson
πŸ… 16%β˜… 5.2science fiction Β· adventure Β· action

Both are built on the same subject: based on young adult novel

The difference: None of the dream logic Chaos Walking is built on

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

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Finch
2021 Β· dir. Miguel Sapochnik
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.9science fiction Β· drama Β· adventure

Common ground: unassuming

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.

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The Darkest Minds
2018 Β· dir. Jennifer Yuh Nelson
πŸ… 15%β˜… 5.7action Β· adventure Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia

The difference: Leans harder into action than Chaos Walking does

After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: based on young adult novel

As the war between the Capitol and the districts reaches its peak, Katniss Everdeen embarks on a perilous mission to liberate Panem and confront President Snow. Joined by a team of trusted allies, she navigates deadly traps, shifting loyalties, and the heavy cost of rebellion, determined to bring freedom to her people and end the Hunger Games once and for all.

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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 Β· dir. Lana Wachowski
πŸ… 63%β˜… 5.6science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

The same mix in both: dream logic, then ideas

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

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The Host
2013 Β· dir. Andrew Niccol
πŸ… 10%β˜… 5.8action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Both land scale and bleakness at once

A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024 Β· dir. Wes Ball
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.8science fiction Β· adventure Β· action

One thread runs through both: life after the end

Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all he's known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

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JUNG_E
2023 Β· dir. Yeon Sang-ho
πŸ… 52%β˜… 5.5science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.

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Edge of Tomorrow
2014 Β· dir. Doug Liman
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.9action Β· science fiction

Doug Liman working the same nerve twice

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

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Seventh Son
2014 Β· dir. Sergei Bodrov
πŸ… 12%β˜… 5.5adventure Β· fantasy

Both lean on dream logic more than on fantasy

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't?

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015 Β· dir. Wes Ball
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· thriller

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

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