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Movies that feel likeDivergent (2014)

In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

If you loved Divergent, the closest films we have are The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), Alita: Battle Angel (2019) and Pacific Rim (2013). All three share Divergent's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024).

πŸ… 41% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Neil Burgerkineticepiccerebralbleak
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Insurgent (2015) Β· Allegiant (2016)

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

A young woman turned into a symbol by a system she wants to break

The difference: War-weary endgame, grimmer and heavier than a coming-of-age arc

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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Alita: Battle Angel
2019 Β· dir. Robert Rodriguez
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7.3action Β· science fiction Β· adventureHulu

A girl discovering she is built for far more than her world allows

The difference: Cyberpunk world-building and heavy effects over faction politics

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

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Pacific Rim
2013 Β· dir. Guillermo del Toro
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.9action Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Recruits trained into weapons against a threat far bigger than them

The difference: Giant-monster spectacle without the identity-and-romance core

Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, Earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as Earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.

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TRON: Legacy
2010 Β· dir. Joseph Kosinski
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.8adventure Β· action Β· science fictionDisney+

A sleek closed world with rigid rules and a hidden truth beneath

The difference: Neon computer fantasy driven by a father, not a sorted society

Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.

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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· actionPrime Video

A young outsider questioning everything they were raised to believe

The difference: Slower ape-world epic with no love story and no urban dystopia

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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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024 Β· dir. George Miller
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5action Β· science fiction Β· adventureMax

Both land momentum and scale at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

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

A teenager forced to fight and to work out who can be trusted

The difference: Alien-invasion survival rather than a society sorted by type

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

A regime that treats human identity as raw material

The difference: Somber Korean sci-fi β€” grief drama outweighs the action

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

Young runaways hunted by the shadowy power that sorted them

The difference: A messier middle chapter β€” momentum over meaning

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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Dredd
2012 Β· dir. Pete Travis
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1action Β· science fiction

Dystopian order enforced with brutal, stylish efficiency

The difference: Hard-R carnage β€” lean siege action, zero coming-of-age

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

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

YA sci-fi where identity itself is the battleground, romance included

The difference: Slower and dreamier, more romance than training and rebellion

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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Terminator: Dark Fate
2019 Β· dir. Tim Miller
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.2science fiction Β· action Β· adventureParamount+

Common ground: dystopia

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Divergent does

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

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