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Movies that feel like The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)

If you loved The Fantastic 4: First Steps, the closest films we have are Thunderbolts* (2025), Justice League (2017) and Eternals (2021). All three share The Fantastic 4: First Steps' cerebral and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Hulu and Disney Plus and others, checked against today's data.

Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

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Thunderbolts*
2025 · dir. Jake Schreier
🍅 88%7.1action · science fiction · adventure

Two things both keep coming back to: superhero and superpowers

After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, seven disillusioned castoffs must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.

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Justice League
2017 · dir. Zack Snyder
🍅 39%6action · adventure · science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: superhero team

Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.

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Eternals
2021 · dir. Chloé Zhao
🍅 48%6.2science fiction · action · adventure

Both are working the same pair: saving the world, marvel cinematic universe (mcu)

The Eternals are a team of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. When an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows, they are forced to reunite against mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants.

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

Common ground: superhero

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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Black Panther
2018 · dir. Ryan Coogler
🍅 96%7.3action · adventure · science fiction

One thread runs through both: marvel cinematic universe (mcu)

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
2023 · dir. Peyton Reed
🍅 46%6action · adventure · science fiction

Cerebral and epic in the same breath

Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible.

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🍅 73%6.9fantasy · action · adventure

Both are built on the same subject: alternative reality

The difference: Lighter on ideas

Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.

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Captain Marvel
2019 · dir. Ryan Fleck
🍅 79%6.7action · adventure · science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: superpowers

The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Avengers: Age of Ultron
2015 · dir. Joss Whedon
🍅 75%7.3action · adventure · science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: saving the world

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

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The Avengers
2012 · dir. Joss Whedon
🍅 91%8science fiction · action · adventure

One thread runs through both: superhero team

When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017 · dir. James Gunn
🍅 85%7.6science fiction · adventure · action

The same mix in both: momentum, then awe

The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.

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Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · dir. Joe Russo
🍅 85%8.4adventure · action · science fiction

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment - the fate of Earth and existence itself has never been more uncertain.

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