
Movies that feel likeStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
If you loved Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, the closest films we have are Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Independence Day (1996) and Star Trek Beyond (2016). All three share Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace's epic and kinetic 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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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Star Wars (1977) Β· The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Β· Return of the Jedi (1983) Β· Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) Β· Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Β· Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Another backstory chapter of the saga, showing how a legend began
The difference: A smaller criminal caper β no Jedi, no prophecy, lower stakes

Massive craft in the sky and a planet's fate resting on a few people
The difference: Earthbound disaster spectacle, with no myth or prophecy behind it

A crew crossing unmapped space into somebody else's conflict
The difference: Character banter and pace over ceremony and prophecy

Planet-scale spectacle where whole governments mobilize against doom
The difference: Dense, hardware-heavy plotting with no Jedi-style mythology

The same preoccupation in both: space opera
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

One thread runs through both: space opera

An alien world with its own races, politics and desert grandeur
The difference: Pulpier and lonelier β one man rather than a whole mythology

Enormous machines and armies colliding in wall-to-wall spectacle
The difference: Crashing chaos where Star Wars keeps a sense of order and design

Both land scale and momentum at once

The same mix in both: ideas, then awe
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Epic adventure in both cases

Action built on momentum, twice over
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