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Movies that feel likeDune (2021)

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence - a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential - only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

If you loved Dune, the closest films we have are Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), Finch (2021) and Alita: Battle Angel (2019). All three share Dune's cerebral and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024).

🍅 83% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Denis Villeneuvecerebralepicbleak
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Dune: Part Two (2024)

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🍅 80%★ 6.8science fiction · adventure · actionPrime Video

Empires, prophecy, and contested legacies after collapse

The difference: Ape-civilization parable

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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Finch
2021 · dir. Miguel Sapochnik
🍅 74%★ 6.9science fiction · drama · adventureApple TV+

Survival in a world scorched past forgiveness

The difference: Intimate road story

On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.

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Alita: Battle Angel
2019 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 61%★ 7.3action · science fiction · adventureHulu

A chosen one awakening to their true capability

The difference: Cyberpunk kinetics

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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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 · dir. Francis Lawrence
🍅 70%★ 6.6action · adventure · science fictionNetflix

Reluctant messiahs weaponized by rebellions

The difference: YA war finale

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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Blade Runner 2049
2017 · dir. Denis Villeneuve
🍅 88%★ 8science fiction · dramaPrime VideoParamount+

Villeneuve's patient, monumental sci-fi — every frame heavy with mood

The difference: A lone detective's quiet mystery — no armies, no grand destiny

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024 · dir. George Miller
🍅 90%★ 7.5action · science fiction · adventureMax

Both land ideas and scale at once

The difference: Sits closer to action than Dune does

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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Divergent
2014 · dir. Neil Burger
🍅 41%★ 6.6action · adventure · science fiction

A young person marked as more than their assigned place

The difference: YA dystopia formula

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.

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Pacific Rim
2013 · dir. Guillermo del Toro
🍅 72%★ 6.9action · science fiction · adventure

Humanity's fate riding on massive machinery

The difference: Monster-punching optimism

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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Chaos Walking
2021 · dir. Doug Liman
🍅 21%★ 5.7fantasy · science fiction · adventureRent or buy

A dangerous frontier planet where survival means learning strange rules

The difference: YA-thriller scale — a botched adaptation with little grandeur

Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.

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The 5th Wave
2016 · dir. J Blakeson
🍅 16%★ 5.2science fiction · adventure · actionNetflix

Humanity brought to its knees, with the young left to carry the fight

The difference: Teen-survival formula — spectacle and ideas both run thin

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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TRON: Legacy
2010 · dir. Joseph Kosinski
🍅 51%★ 6.8adventure · action · science fictionDisney+

Sons inheriting their fathers' unfinished worlds

The difference: Digital-realm sleekness

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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JUNG_E
2023 · dir. Yeon Sang-ho
🍅 52%★ 5.5science fiction · action · adventureNetflix

A grim future where one soldier's mind carries a war's entire weight

The difference: Compact streaming sci-fi — intimate stakes and modest craft

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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