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Movies that feel likeJupiter Ascending (2015)

In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…

If you loved Jupiter Ascending, the closest films we have are Space Sweepers (2021), The Wandering Earth (2019) and Star Trek Beyond (2016). All three share Jupiter Ascending's cerebral and awe feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

🍅 28% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Lana Wachowskicerebraldreamlikekineticaweromantic
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Space Sweepers
2021 · dir. Jo Sung-hee
🍅 70%★ 6.5drama · fantasy · science fictionNetflix

A colorful, awe-struck space opera with a scrappy crew at its center

The difference: Scavengers and androids replace dynastic intrigue and inheritance

When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal which puts their lives at stake.

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The Wandering Earth
2019 · dir. Frant Gwo
🍅 70%★ 5.9science fiction · action · dramaRent or buy

A Jupiter-scale spectacle where humanity's fate hangs on one desperate plan

The difference: A planet-saving disaster epic, not a story of hidden royal birthright

When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.

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Star Trek Beyond
2016 · dir. Justin Lin
🍅 86%★ 7action · adventure · science fictionParamount+

A crew thrown into cosmic danger with the same wide-eyed sense of scale

The difference: An ensemble ship crew, not one ordinary woman discovering her destiny

The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

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Solo: A Star Wars Story
2018 · dir. Ron Howard
🍅 69%★ 6.9science fiction · adventure · actionDisney+

A criminal underworld operating on the same galaxy-spanning space-opera scale

The difference: A heist-and-smuggling origin story, no dynasty or inheritance plot

Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

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The Matrix Revolutions
2003 · dir. Lana Wachowski
🍅 33%★ 6.8action · thriller · science fiction

Lana Wachowski working the same nerve twice

The difference: Takes it somewhere less awestruck than Jupiter Ascending does

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

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The Marvels
2023 · dir. Nia DaCosta
🍅 63%★ 5.4science fiction · adventure · actionDisney+

A woman-led cosmic adventure with the same sense of awe at what's out there

The difference: A superhero team-up, not one ordinary woman's rise to power

When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, Carol's powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · dir. J.J. Abrams
🍅 51%★ 6.3adventure · action · science fictionDisney+

Space-opera scale where the fate of everything hinges on one chosen figure

The difference: The capstone of a decades-long saga, not a standalone genetic-dynasty tale

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

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🍅 22%★ 5.6science fiction · action · adventureNetflix

A lavish space opera built around a powerful family's cosmic ambitions

The difference: A rebellion-against-empire plot, not an inheritance and identity mystery

When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.

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The Dark Tower
2017 · dir. Nikolaj Arcel
🍅 16%★ 5.6fantasy · action · science fictionParamount+

Cerebral and dreamlike in the same breath

The difference: Easier on the awe than Jupiter Ascending

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

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Power Rangers
2017 · dir. Dean Israelite
🍅 51%★ 5.9action · adventure · science fictionRent or buy

Both land momentum and awe at once

The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Jupiter Ascending does

Five ordinary teens must become something extraordinary when they learn that their small town of Angel Grove — and the world — is on the verge of being obliterated by an alien threat. Chosen by destiny, our heroes quickly discover they are the only ones who can save the planet. But to do so, they will have to overcome their real-life issues and before it’s too late, band together as the Power Rangers.

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Pacific Rim: Uprising
2018 · dir. Steven S. DeKnight
🍅 41%★ 5.6action · fantasy · science fictionMax

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

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Moonfall
2022 · dir. Roland Emmerich
🍅 35%★ 5.2science fiction · adventure · actionRent or buy

Both lean on momentum more than on action

A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.

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