
Movies that feel like Judge Dredd (1995)
If you loved Judge Dredd, the closest films we have are Dredd (2012), Upgrade (2018) and Ghost in the Shell (1995). All three share Judge Dredd's cerebral and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.
If Judge Dredd hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: corruption, judge
The difference: Reviewed even better

The same two preoccupations: dystopia, and cyberpunk
The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Judge Dredd does

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia
The difference: None of the relentlessness Judge Dredd is built on

Two things both keep coming back to: life after the end and villain
The difference: Missing the relentlessness of Judge Dredd

Common ground: life after the end

Both land ideas and bleakness at once
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Both keep coming back to the same thing: superhero

Both lean on momentum more than on science fiction

Cerebral action in both cases

One thread runs through both: cyberpunk

Both are built on the same subject: villain

Science fiction built on relentlessness, twice over
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