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Movies that feel likeIndependence Day: Resurgence (2016)

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.

If you loved Independence Day: Resurgence, the closest films we have are Superman Returns (2006), Captain Marvel (2019) and Ender's Game (2013). All three share Independence Day: Resurgence'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 Blue Beetle (2023).

🍅 29% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Roland Emmerichkineticepiccerebral
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Independence Day (1996)

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Superman Returns
2006 · dir. Bryan Singer
🍅 72%★ 6.1science fiction · action · adventureMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: alien

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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Captain Marvel
2019 · dir. Ryan Fleck
🍅 79%★ 6.7action · adventure · science fictionDisney+

The same preoccupation in both: alien invasion

The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Ender's Game
2013 · dir. Gavin Hood
🍅 63%★ 6.6science fiction · action · adventure

Both are built on the same subject: alien invasion

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.

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Ra.One
2011 · dir. Anubhav Sinha
🍅 62%★ 5adventure · action · science fiction

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

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 Wolverine
2013 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 70%★ 6.7action · science fiction · 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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Blue Beetle
2023 · dir. Ángel Manuel Soto
🍅 78%★ 5.9action · science fiction · adventurePrime VideoMax

Both lean on momentum more than on adventure

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.

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2009 · dir. Roland Emmerich
🍅 40%★ 5.9action · adventure · science fictionHuluStarz

Both are Roland Emmerich's work, and they rhyme

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

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Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014 · dir. Michael Bay
🍅 18%★ 5.6science fiction · action · adventureParamount+Starz

One thread runs through both: alien

As humanity picks up the pieces after the battle of Chicago, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history…while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from Cade Yeager, Optimus Prime and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet.

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Green Lantern
2011 · dir. Martin Campbell
🍅 26%★ 5.5adventure · action · science fictionMax

Epic science fiction, and it commits to that

For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012 · dir. Brad Peyton
🍅 44%★ 5.7adventure · action · science fiction

Cerebral action 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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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023 · dir. Steven Caple Jr.
🍅 51%★ 6science fiction · adventure · actionParamount+

Adventure with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans Noah and Elena will do whatever it takes to help the Transformers as they engage in the ultimate battle to save Earth.

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

Epic science fiction in both cases

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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