
Movies that feel likeDark Phoenix (2019)
If you loved Dark Phoenix, the closest films we have are The Wolverine (2013), The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025) and Thunderbolts* (2025). All three share Dark Phoenix's cerebral and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Captain Marvel (2019).
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If Dark Phoenix hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: X-Men (2000) · X2 (2003) · X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) · X-Men: First Class (2011) · X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) · X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

A mutant hero wrestling grief and his own destructive power
The difference: A lone-samurai detour — smaller in scale, and better for it

Common ground in both: superhero and superhero team

One thread runs through both: superhero
The difference: Reviewed even better

A melancholy superhero film about the cost of great power
The difference: Reverent and slow — mood over action set pieces

Both land ideas and momentum at once

Science fiction built on scale, twice over

A superhero team fractured by powers they didn't choose
The difference: Even more troubled — famously unfinished-feeling and joyless

Both are built on the same subject: superhero team

A weaponized hero learning his handlers wrote his memories
The difference: B-movie comic pulp — twists you'll clock long before he does

A franchise send-off where the heroes are hunted from all sides
The difference: Goofball buddy chemistry — no interest in tragedy at all

Both lean on ideas more than on action

Nineties-set spectacle about a planet-ending cosmic threat
The difference: Robot-brawl franchise fare — human drama is an afterthought
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