
Movies that feel likeStarship Troopers (1997)
If you loved Starship Troopers, the closest films we have are RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990) and eXistenZ (1999). All three share Starship Troopers' kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is District B13 (2004).
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If Starship Troopers hit the spot, these will too

Paul Verhoeven directing both, with the same fingerprints on each
The difference: Trades the scale of Starship Troopers for an angle of its own

The same hand behind both of them: Paul Verhoeven
The difference: Easier on the tension than Starship Troopers

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia

Both are built on the same subject: dystopia
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Epic and kinetic in the same breath
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

The same mix in both: tension, then ideas

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

Both lean on bleakness more than on thriller

Tense science fiction in both cases

Adventure built on scale, twice over

One thread runs through both: spacecraft

Cerebral action, and it commits to that
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