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Movies that feel likeDredd (2012)

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.

If you loved Dredd, the closest films we have are The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), The Book of Eli (2010) and Snowpiercer (2013). All three share Dredd's kinetic and cerebral 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… 80% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Pete Traviskineticcerebralbleak
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The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes poster
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.6science fiction Β· actionNetflix

Both are working the same pair: dystopia, survival

64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.

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The Book of Eli
2010 Β· dir. Allen Hughes
πŸ… 46%β˜… 6.8action Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: life after the end

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

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Snowpiercer
2013 Β· dir. Bong Joon Ho
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.1action Β· science fiction Β· drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dystopia

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Dredd does

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.

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I, Robot
2004 Β· dir. Alex Proyas
β˜… 7.1action Β· science fictionApple TV+

Kinetic and cerebral in the same breath

In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.

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

Bleak action, and it commits to that

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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Logan's Run
1976 Β· dir. Michael Anderson
πŸ… 58%β˜… 6.8action Β· science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: life after the end

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures β€” but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.

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RoboCop
2014 Β· dir. JosΓ© Padilha
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.1action Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Common ground: police

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Dredd does

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.

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Surrogates
2009 Β· dir. Jonathan Mostow
πŸ… 37%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· thriller

Both lean on momentum more than on science fiction

Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.

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Ghost in the Shell
2017 Β· dir. Rupert Sanders
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· drama Β· actionParamount+

Action built on ideas, twice over

In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

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Terminator Salvation
2009 Β· dir. McG
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.5action Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Science fiction with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.

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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

Kinetic action in both cases

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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Total Recall
2012 Β· dir. Len Wiseman
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.2action Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Factory worker Doug Quaid takes a virtual mind-trip vacation with the Rekall company, opting for implanted memories of being a spy. When the procedure goes wrong, Quaid becomes a wanted man by the police and joins forces with a rebel fighter to stop the evil Chancellor Cohaagen.

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