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Movies that feel like Rollerball (1975)

If you loved Rollerball, the closest films we have are Logan's Run (1976), I, Robot (2004) and The Matrix (1999). All three share Rollerball's cerebral and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, YouTube TV and Apple TV and others, checked against today's data.

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.

πŸ… 55% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Norman Jewisoncerebralkineticbleak

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If Rollerball hit the spot, these will too

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Logan's Run
1976 Β· dir. Michael Anderson
πŸ… 58%β˜… 6.8action Β· science fiction

Both keep circling back to dystopia

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures β€” but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.

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I, Robot
2004 Β· dir. Alex Proyas
β˜… 7.1action Β· science fiction

Future is the engine of both

The difference: 29 years apart, and the 2000s show

In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.

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The Matrix
1999 Β· dir. Lana Wachowski
πŸ… 83%β˜… 8.7action Β· science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.

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Dredd
2012 Β· dir. Pete Travis
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1action Β· science fiction

Both land ideas and momentum at once

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

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Edge of Tomorrow
2014 Β· dir. Doug Liman
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.9action Β· science fiction

Both trade on bleakness more than on being science fiction

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

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The Chronicles of Riddick
2004 Β· dir. David Twohy
πŸ… 29%β˜… 6.6action Β· science fiction

Cerebral action in both cases

After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.

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Mad Max
1979 Β· dir. George Miller
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.8action Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Science fiction built on momentum, twice over

The difference: Leans thriller where Rollerball does not

In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.

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Demolition Man
1993 Β· dir. Marco Brambilla
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.7crime Β· action Β· science fiction

Both built around future

The difference: Plays it as crime more than Rollerball does

In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.

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Mad Max 2
1981 Β· dir. George Miller
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.6action Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Bleak action, and it commits to that

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

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The Terminator
1984 Β· dir. James Cameron
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8.1action Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

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RoboCop
1987 Β· dir. Paul Verhoeven
πŸ… 84%β˜… 7.6action Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Kinetic action in both cases

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

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Lucy
2014 Β· dir. Luc Besson
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.4action Β· science fiction

The same science fiction instincts

The difference: None of the bleakness that defines Rollerball

A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

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