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Movies that feel likeInsurgent (2015)

Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.

If you loved Insurgent, the closest films we have are The Island (2005), Minority Report (2002) and What Happened to Monday (2017). All three share Insurgent'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 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).

🍅 29% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Robert Schwentkekineticcerebraltensebleakparanoidhopeful
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Divergent (2014) · Allegiant (2016)

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The Island
2005 · dir. Michael Bay
★ 6.8action · thriller · science fictionParamount+

Two things both keep coming back to: dystopia and transhumanism

The difference: Takes it somewhere less hopeful than Insurgent does

In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.

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Minority Report
2002 · dir. Steven Spielberg
🍅 89%★ 7.6science fiction · action · thrillerPrime VideoParamount+

A system that claims to know you better than you know yourself

The difference: Denser detective sci-fi — ideas first, romance nowhere

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.

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What Happened to Monday
2017 · dir. Tommy Wirkola
🍅 62%★ 6.8science fiction · thriller · mysteryNetflix

Siblings outwitting a state that decides who is allowed to exist

The difference: Nastier and more violent — no YA safety net

In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.

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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · dir. Francis Lawrence
🍅 90%★ 7.5adventure · action · science fictionNetflix

A reluctant figurehead forced to carry a revolution she never asked for

The difference: Grimmer and more political — less simulation-style action

After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.

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The Book of Eli
2010 · dir. Allen Hughes
🍅 46%★ 6.8action · thriller · science fiction

One thread runs through both: dystopia

The difference: Easier on the paranoia than Insurgent

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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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
2003 · dir. Jonathan Mostow
🍅 70%★ 6.3action · thriller · science fiction

Kinetic and cerebral in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.

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RoboCop
2014 · dir. José Padilha
🍅 50%★ 6.1action · science fiction · thriller

A hero rebuilt by the powers that be and turning against their control

The difference: Colder corporate parable — no youth uprising to rally behind

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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Total Recall
2012 · dir. Len Wiseman
🍅 30%★ 6.2action · science fiction · thriller

Slick dystopian action built on doubting your own identity

The difference: Wall-to-wall chases — the remake has little on its mind

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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Surrogates
2009 · dir. Jonathan Mostow
🍅 37%★ 6.3science fiction · action · thriller

A society hiding from itself behind engineered perfect selves

The difference: A mid-budget procedural — brisk but forgettable

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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Death Race
2008 · dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
🍅 41%★ 6.4action · thriller · science fictionStarz

A rigged system turning people into entertainment and expendables

The difference: Pure gearhead carnage — dystopia as an excuse for races

Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized inmates, a global audience hungry for violence and a spectacular, enclosed arena come together to form the 'Death Race', the biggest, most brutal event.

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Gamer
2009 · dir. Brian Taylor
🍅 29%★ 5.7action · thriller · science fiction

The same mix in both: tension, then bleakness

Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.

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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
2015 · dir. Wes Ball
🍅 47%★ 6.3science fiction · action · thriller

Young runaways crossing a wasteland with the regime at their heels

The difference: More chase than plot — answers stay out of reach

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

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