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Movies that feel likeEnder's Game (2013)

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

If you loved Ender's Game, the closest films we have are Bumblebee (2018), The Flash (2023) and The Wolverine (2013). All three share Ender's Game's cerebral and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

πŸ… 63% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Gavin Hoodcerebralkineticepic
12 of 12 streaming nowHBO Max Β· Amazon Prime Video Β· Disney Plus

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Bumblebee
2018 Β· dir. Travis Knight
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.7action Β· adventure Β· science fictionParamount+

Both land ideas and momentum at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary yellow VW bug.

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The Flash
2023 Β· dir. Andy Muschietti
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.6action Β· science fiction Β· adventureMax

Science fiction with a pulse of scale, in both cases

When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry's only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?

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The Wolverine
2013 Β· dir. James Mangold
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.7action Β· science fiction Β· adventureDisney+

Action built on ideas, twice over

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

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Superman Returns
2006 Β· dir. Bryan Singer
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.1science fiction Β· action Β· adventureMax

Both lean on momentum more than on adventure

Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.

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Ra.One
2011 Β· dir. Anubhav Sinha
πŸ… 62%β˜… 5adventure Β· action Β· science fiction

Epic science fiction in both cases

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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The Fantastic 4: First Steps
2025 Β· dir. Matt Shakman
β˜… 6.8science fiction Β· adventure Β· actionDisney+

Cerebral action, and it commits to that

Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

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Independence Day: Resurgence
2016 Β· dir. Roland Emmerich
πŸ… 29%β˜… 5.2action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

One thread runs through both: alien invasion

We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012 Β· dir. Brad Peyton
πŸ… 44%β˜… 5.7adventure Β· action Β· science fiction

Kinetic adventure in both cases

Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

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Hardcore Henry
2015 Β· dir. Ilya Naishuller
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.7action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Another one that scratches it

Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.

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Transformers: The Last Knight
2017 Β· dir. Michael Bay
πŸ… 16%β˜… 5.2action Β· adventure Β· science fictionPrime Video

Common ground: chosen one

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager; Bumblebee; an English Lord; and an Oxford Professor.

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Coma
2020 Β· dir. Nikita Argunov
β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· adventure Β· actionPrime Video

Both know what they want from action

A young and talented architect comes to his senses after a horrific accident only to find himself in the odd dystopian world. A world that is filled with the memories of all current coma patients. Just like a human memory this world is fragmental, chaotic and unstable. This is COMA: icecaps, rivers and cities can all exist in a space of a single room and laws of physics are no longer laws as they can be bent.

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The Time Machine
2002 Β· dir. Simon Wells
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6science fiction Β· adventure Β· action

Adventure in the same key

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th-century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.

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