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Movies that feel likeSolo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

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.

If you loved Solo: A Star Wars Story, the closest films we have are Star Trek Beyond (2016), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). All three share Solo: A Star Wars Story's cerebral and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Wandering Earth II (2023).

🍅 69% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Ron Howardcerebralepickineticawe
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Hulu · Disney Plus

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

A fast, likable crew adventure out on the franchise's frontier

The difference: Optimistic Federation polish, none of the underworld grime

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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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · dir. J.J. Abrams
🍅 93%★ 7.7adventure · action · science fictionDisney+Starz

Han's world again — smugglers, old debts and the Falcon in full flight

The difference: A saga-scale relaunch — Han is a supporting player, not the show

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · dir. Gareth Edwards
🍅 84%★ 7.8action · adventure · science fictionDisney+

The other standalone — Star Wars from ground level, scoundrels included

The difference: Grim war-movie stakes — the roguish fun curdles into sacrifice

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023 · dir. James Gunn
🍅 82%★ 7.9science fiction · adventure · actionDisney+

A crew of lovable outlaws risking everything for one of their own

The difference: Openly emotional — it wants tears where Solo wants a grin

Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

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The Wandering Earth II
2023 · dir. Frant Gwo
🍅 83%★ 6.7science fiction · action · adventure

Both land ideas and scale at once

Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.

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Independence Day
1996 · dir. Roland Emmerich
🍅 77%★ 7action · adventure · science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: spacecraft

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1990s show

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.

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

Underdogs stumbling into a destiny far bigger than themselves

The difference: Teen origin drama with a toyetic finale — thin on swagger

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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Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011 · dir. Michael Bay
🍅 35%★ 6.2action · science fiction · adventureParamount+Starz

Blockbuster spectacle built on a secret history hiding in plain sight

The difference: Deafening Bay maximalism — spectacle without the charm

The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.

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🍅 22%★ 5.6science fiction · action · adventureNetflix

Common ground: space opera

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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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🍅 47%★ 6.4adventure · science fiction · actionMaxHulu

Kinetic and awestruck in the same breath

In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

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John Carter
2012 · dir. Andrew Stanton
🍅 52%★ 6.6action · adventure · science fictionDisney+

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

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The Marvels
2023 · dir. Nia DaCosta
🍅 63%★ 5.5science fiction · adventure · actionDisney+

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

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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