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Movies that feel likeJurassic Park III (2001)

In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.

If you loved Jurassic Park III, the closest films we have are Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Rocketeer (1991) and Predator (1987). All three share Jurassic Park III's epic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Matrix Reloaded (2003).

🍅 49% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Joe Johnstonepictensecerebralkinetic
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Jurassic Park (1993) · The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) · Jurassic World (2015) · Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) · Jurassic World Dominion (2022) · Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)

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Captain America: The First Avenger
2011 · dir. Joe Johnston
🍅 80%★ 6.9action · adventure · science fictionDisney+

Joe Johnston working the same nerve twice

The difference: Reviewed even better

During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.

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The Rocketeer
1991 · dir. Joe Johnston
🍅 73%★ 6.6adventure · science fictionDisney+

Both are Joe Johnston's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Easier on the tension than Jurassic Park III

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.

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Predator
1987 · dir. John McTiernan
🍅 65%★ 7.8science fiction · action · adventure

The same mix in both: scale, then tension

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

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

Both land ideas and momentum at once

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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The Matrix Reloaded
2003 · dir. Lilly Wachowski
🍅 74%★ 7.2adventure · action · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: mission

The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.

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Waterworld
1995 · dir. Kevin Reynolds
🍅 61%★ 6.3adventure · action · science fictionStarz

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.

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Push
2009 · dir. Paul McGuigan
🍅 23%★ 6.1science fiction · action · adventure

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to destroying Division. Together with Cassie, a teenage clairvoyant, Nick goes in search of a missing girl and a stolen suitcase that could be the key to accomplishing their mutual goal.

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Battleship
2012 · dir. Peter Berg
🍅 33%★ 5.8thriller · action · adventureNetflix

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him.

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Jason Bourne
2016 · dir. Paul Greengrass
🍅 55%★ 6.6action · adventure · thrillerNetflix

Kinetic action in both cases

The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.

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Bleeding Steel
2017 · dir. Leo Zhang
🍅 24%★ 5.2science fiction · action · adventure

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

A hardened special forces agent fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they have met in a different life.

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

Common ground: mission

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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🍅 38%★ 5.6science fiction · adventure · actionDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: airplane

The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.

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