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Movies that feel likeThe Host (2013)

A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.

If you loved The Host, the closest films we have are The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), Pacific Rim (2013) and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024). All three share The Host's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985).

πŸ… 10% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Andrew Niccolkineticepiccerebralbleakromantic
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· science fictionNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: dystopia

The difference: Reviewed even better

As the war between the Capitol and the districts reaches its peak, Katniss Everdeen embarks on a perilous mission to liberate Panem and confront President Snow. Joined by a team of trusted allies, she navigates deadly traps, shifting loyalties, and the heavy cost of rebellion, determined to bring freedom to her people and end the Hunger Games once and for all.

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Pacific Rim
2013 Β· dir. Guillermo del Toro
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.9action Β· science fiction Β· adventure

The same preoccupation in both: alien invasion

The difference: Takes it somewhere less romantic than The Host does

Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, Earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as Earth's final hope against the mounting apocalypse.

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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024 Β· dir. Wes Ball
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.8science fiction Β· adventure Β· actionPrime Video

One thread runs through both: dystopia

Several generations following Caesar's reign, apes – now the dominant species – live harmoniously while humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. As a new tyrannical ape leader builds his empire, one young ape undertakes a harrowing journey that will cause him to question all he's known about the past and to make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.

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TRON: Legacy
2010 Β· dir. Joseph Kosinski
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.8adventure Β· action Β· science fictionDisney+

The same mix in both: momentum, then scale

Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.

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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985 Β· dir. George Miller
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.2action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Cerebral where it counts, bleak underneath

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

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Alita: Battle Angel
2019 Β· dir. Robert Rodriguez
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7.3action Β· science fiction Β· adventureHulu

Action with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

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The 5th Wave
2016 Β· dir. J Blakeson
πŸ… 16%β˜… 5.2science fiction Β· adventure Β· actionNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: alien invasion

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

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In Time
2011 Β· dir. Andrew Niccol
πŸ… 35%β˜… 6.7action Β· thriller Β· science fictionPrime Video

Andrew Niccol working the same nerve twice

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than The Host does

In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest struggle to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who suddenly comes into a fortune of time finds himself on the run from a corrupt police force known as the "time keepers".

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I Am Number Four
2011 Β· dir. D.J. Caruso
πŸ… 32%β˜… 6.1action Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Common ground: interspecies romance

A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly normal teen John Smith never gets too comfortable in the same identity, and along with his guardian, Henri, he is constantly moving from town to town. With each passing day, John gains a stronger grasp on his extraordinary new powers, and his bond to the beings that share his fantastic fate grows stronger.

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JUNG_E
2023 Β· dir. Yeon Sang-ho
πŸ… 52%β˜… 5.5science fiction Β· action Β· adventureNetflix

Adventure built on scale, twice over

On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.

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Divergent
2014 Β· dir. Neil Burger
πŸ… 41%β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that

In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.

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The Giver
2014 Β· dir. Phillip Noyce
πŸ… 34%β˜… 6.4drama Β· science fiction

Romantic science fiction in both cases

In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

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