
Movies that feel likeStar Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
If you loved Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the closest films we have are Star Trek Beyond (2016), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). All three share Star Wars: The Last Jedi'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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If Star Wars: The Last Jedi hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Star Wars (1977) · The Empire Strikes Back (1980) · Return of the Jedi (1983) · Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) · Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) · Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

A crew scattered and improvising far out where help is not coming
The difference: Episodic problem-solving, no weight of legend or inheritance

The galaxy's scoundrel underbelly, far from the Jedi's burdens
The difference: A lighter heist origin — no stakes beyond one smuggler's luck

A ragtag crew holding together as the cosmos throws its worst
The difference: Marvel quips and needle-drops in place of Star Wars solemnity

Epic and kinetic in the same breath

Cerebral where it counts, awestruck underneath
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Star Wars where victory costs everything and heroes stay unsung
The difference: A war film without Jedi — grim mission, little Force mythology

Overflowing alien design and worlds you want to pause and stare at
The difference: All surface wonder: thin characters, no emotional undertow

Farmers, rebels and a tyrannical empire in full space-opera dress
The difference: A Star Wars echo without the soul — style outruns substance

Betrayals and secret history reshaping a war for civilization
The difference: Bay's mayhem — bludgeoning action with no interest in myth

Adventure built on scale, twice over

Kinetic action in both cases

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that
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