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Movies that feel like Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)

If you loved Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, the closest films we have are Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (2022), Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018) and Krrish (2006). All three share Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods' 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, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

After the defeat of Majin Buu, a powerful God of Destruction known as Beerus searches for the Saiyan warrior who defeated Frieza. Realizing the threat Beerus poses to Earth, the Z-fighters must stop him. Only Goku, humanity’s last hope, can ascend to the level of a legendary Super Saiyan God and save the planet, and possibly the entire universe!

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Masahiro Hosodakineticcerebral
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990) · Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015)

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Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
2022 · dir. Tetsuro Kodama
🍅 95%7.1animation · science fiction · action

Both are working the same pair: martial arts, shounen

The Red Ribbon Army, an evil organization that was once destroyed by Goku in the past, has been reformed by a group of people who have created new and mightier Androids, Gamma 1 and Gamma 2, and seek vengeance against Goku and his family.

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Dragon Ball Super: Broly
2018 · dir. Tatsuya Nagamine
🍅 84%7.7action · science fiction · animation

Common ground in both: anime and adventure

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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Krrish
2006 · dir. Rakesh Roshan
🍅 88%6.5action · science fiction

The same mix in both: momentum, then ideas

In Singapore, Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become a masked superhero named Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.

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The Protector 2
2013 · dir. Prachya Pinkaew
🍅 18%5.3action

Both keep coming back to the same thing: martial arts

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Kham finds himself in trouble when he is accused of killing a trader. While on the run from the trader's nieces who are martial artists, Kham meets a friend who warns him of a terrorist plot.

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Ra.One
2011 · dir. Anubhav Sinha
🍅 59%4.8adventure · action · science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: adventure

The difference: Leans further into adventure

When the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's up to the game's less powerful protagonist to save the world.

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Boruto: Naruto the Movie
2015 · dir. Hiroyuki Yamashita
7.7adventure · action · animation

Common ground: shounen

The difference: Not nearly as cerebral

The spirited Boruto Uzumaki, son of Seventh Hokage Naruto, is a skilled ninja who possesses the same brashness and passion his father once had. However, the constant absence of his father, who is busy with his Hokage duties, puts a damper on Boruto's fire. He ends up meeting his father's friend Sasuke, and requests to become... his apprentice!? The curtain on the story of the new generation rises!

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Summer Wars
2009 · dir. Mamoru Hosoda
🍅 81%7.4animation · science fiction

One thread runs through both: anime

Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.

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They Call Me Jeeg
2016 · dir. Gabriele Mainetti
🍅 82%7science fiction · action · drama

Both lean on momentum more than on action

The difference: Played as drama first

Exposed to radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally ill girl who believes Enzo is the hero from her favorite anime, Steel Jeeg.

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The Flu
2013 · dir. Kim Sung-soo
🍅 33%6.6action · science fiction · thriller

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that

A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.

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Warriors of Future
2022 · dir. Ng Yuen-Fai
🍅 88%5.6drama · action · science fiction

Kinetic animation in both cases

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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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · dir. Michael Dougherty
🍅 42%6science fiction · action

Action built on ideas, twice over

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

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Cloverfield
2008 · dir. Matt Reeves
🍅 78%7action · thriller · science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: destruction

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

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