
Movies that feel likeStar Trek Into Darkness (2013)
If you loved Star Trek Into Darkness, the closest films we have are Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Project Hail Mary (2026). All three share Star Trek Into Darkness' 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 Wandering Earth II (2023).
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If Star Trek Into Darkness hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Star Trek (2009) Β· Star Trek Beyond (2016)

J.J. Abrams' other galaxy-spanning legacy sequel, same propulsive scale
The difference: A new generation displaces old heroes instead of reuniting a crew

A younger crew's origin story told with the same swaggering scale
The difference: A heist-and-smuggling prequel, less crew camaraderie under fire

The same two preoccupations: friendship, and alien
The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Star Trek Into Darkness does

A crew's loyalty tested while defending the galaxy from a new threat
The difference: Darker backstory reveals, more emotionally raw than Trek's polish

The same preoccupation in both: spacecraft

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

Big, effects-driven spectacle chasing awe at a planetary scale
The difference: Robot warfare on Earth, no ship's crew or exploration at all

A stranded hero thrust into a wondrous, dangerous alien world
The difference: A solitary warrior's tale, not an ensemble crew's shared mission

One thread runs through both: alien
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

A ragtag band rallying against an empire's overwhelming force
The difference: A grim farming-village siege, far bleaker than Trek's crew banter

Both keep coming back to the same thing: spacecraft

Cerebral where it counts, awestruck underneath
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