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Movies that feel like Deep Impact (1998)

If you loved Deep Impact, the closest films we have are The Wandering Earth (2019), Battle: Los Angeles (2011) and Warriors of Future (2022). All three share Deep Impact's kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Hulu and Crunchyroll and others, checked against today's data.

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

πŸ… 45% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Mimi Lederkineticcontemplativecerebralawe

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The Wandering Earth
2019 Β· dir. Frant Gwo
πŸ… 70%β˜… 5.9science fiction Β· action Β· drama

Kinetic and contemplative in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.

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Battle: Los Angeles
2011 Β· dir. Jonathan Liebesman
πŸ… 37%β˜… 5.7science fiction Β· action

Cerebral where it counts, awestruck underneath

The difference: Missing the stillness of Deep Impact

When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine staff sergeant and his team are sent into battle only to find they must take it upon themselves to defeat an unknown enemy and protect what remains of Los Angeles.

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Warriors of Future
2022 Β· dir. Ng Yuen-Fai
πŸ… 88%β˜… 5.6drama Β· action Β· science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: meteorite

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

When a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save their post-apocalyptic city from total collapse.

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Pitch Black
2000 Β· dir. David Twohy
πŸ… 58%β˜… 7thriller Β· science fiction Β· action

Both keep coming back to the same thing: comet

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Deep Impact does

When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.

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Dragon Ball Super: Broly
2018 Β· dir. Tatsuya Nagamine
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.7action Β· science fiction Β· animation

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2010s show

Earth is peaceful following the Tournament of Power. Realizing that the universes still hold many more strong people yet to see, Goku spends all his days training to reach even greater heights. Then one day, Goku and Vegeta are faced by a Saiyan called 'Broly' who they've never seen before. The Saiyans were supposed to have been almost completely wiped out in the destruction of Planet Vegeta, so what's this one doing on Earth? This encounter between the three Saiyans who have followed completely different destinies turns into a stupendous battle, with even Frieza (back from Hell) getting caught up in the mix.

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Salyut-7
2017 Β· dir. Klim Shipenko
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.2action Β· drama Β· adventure

Common ground: space mission

USSR, June 1985. After contact with the Salyut 7 space station is lost, cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh dock with the empty, frozen craft, and bring her back to life. Based on actual events.

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Dune
1984 Β· dir. David Lynch
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.3action Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Both lean on ideas more than on science fiction

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.

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Armageddon
1998 Β· dir. Michael Bay
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.7action Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Two things both keep coming back to: asteroid and nasa

When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.

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The Chronicles of Riddick
2004 Β· dir. David Twohy
πŸ… 29%β˜… 6.6action Β· science fiction

Awestruck drama in both cases

After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.

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Prospect
2018 Β· dir. Zeek Earl
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.3science fiction

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.

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Europa Report
2013 Β· dir. SebastiΓ‘n Cordero
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.4science fiction Β· thriller Β· drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

A crew travels to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, to investigate signs of life in its subsurface ocean, but disaster cuts them off from Earth, leading to a tense and dangerous exploration.

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The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008 Β· dir. Scott Derrickson
πŸ… 21%β˜… 5.5drama Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Both lean on stillness more than on action

A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

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