
Movies that feel likeMaze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
If you loved Maze Runner: The Death Cure, the closest films we have are Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) and Looper (2012). All three share Maze Runner: The Death Cure's cerebral and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022).
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If Maze Runner: The Death Cure hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Maze Runner (2014) · Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

Wes Ball again staging survival quests across a ruined world
The difference: Slower and more contemplative — myth-building over jailbreaks

A relentless chase where an unstoppable enemy never falls behind
The difference: Franchise nostalgia aimed at older fans, not YA rebellion

Common ground: murder
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A lone mission across a wasteland where everyone wants what you carry
The difference: Grim adult western pacing — solitary, not an ensemble of friends

The same mix in both: ideas, then momentum
The difference: Goes its own way on the tension

Young rebels weaponized against the regime that caged them
The difference: A setup chapter — propaganda war instead of action set pieces

The same preoccupation in both: terminal illness

A controlled society hiding rot beneath its engineered surface
The difference: A mid-budget cop mystery — investigation, not escape

A dystopia where survival games mask the machinery of control
The difference: A villain-origin slow burn — talk and politics over escapes

Epic where it counts, bleak underneath

A rescue mission into a ruin ruled by a mad doctor's experiments
The difference: Pulpier Korean action — fists-first, with little world-building

Headlong flight through collapsing civilization with no safe ground
The difference: A family's terror, not a team's mission — dread over momentum
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