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Movies that feel likeThe Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.

If you loved The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the closest films we have are The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), Minority Report (2002) and TRON: Legacy (2010). All three share The Hunger Games: Catching Fire's kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024).

πŸ… 90% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Francis Lawrenceepickineticcerebralbleakparanoid
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Hunger Games (2012) Β· The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014) Β· The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

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πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.6science fiction Β· actionNetflix

Back to Panem's arena, this time watching the tyrant learn his cruelty

The difference: A slower origin story β€” you follow the villain, not a heroine to root for

64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.

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Minority Report
2002 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.6science fiction Β· action Β· thrillerPrime VideoParamount+

A state that sees your every move, and a hero it turns into prey

The difference: A future-noir chase with no rebellion β€” one man's case, not a movement

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.

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

A gleaming artificial arena hiding rot at its core

The difference: Digital-world spectacle, revolution muted

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

Spectacle-scale stakes carried by reluctant champions

The difference: Monster-punching optimism, no regime

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

A young woman built into a weapon the powerful can't control

The difference: Cyberpunk origin, romance forward

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

Empires built on controlling the story of the past

The difference: Post-human parable, patient pace

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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Allegiant
2016 Β· dir. Robert Schwentke
πŸ… 11%β˜… 5.7adventure Β· science fiction Β· action

YA dystopia revealing the system behind the system

The difference: Franchise running on fumes

Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.

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Assassin's Creed
2016 Β· dir. Justin Kurzel
πŸ… 18%β˜… 5.6action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Captive fighters forced to perform for a controlling institution

The difference: Video-game mythology, joyless

Through a technology that unlocks the genetic memories of his ancestor in 15th century Spain, Callum Lynch discovers he is a descendant of an ancient line of Assassins and amasses lethal skills to take on the oppressive Templar Order.

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G.I. Joe: Retaliation
2013 Β· dir. Jon M. Chu
πŸ… 29%β˜… 5.7action Β· science fiction Β· adventureParamount+

Heroes branded traitors by their own government and hunted for it

The difference: Pure toyline spectacle β€” the conspiracy is an excuse for explosions

Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.

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

Young survivors weaponized by adults' wars

The difference: Alien-invasion YA, craft thinner

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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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024 Β· dir. George Miller
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5action Β· science fiction Β· adventureMax

A stolen girl forged into a revolution waiting to happen

The difference: Wasteland revenge saga, decades-spanning

As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

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Green Zone
2010 Β· dir. Paul Greengrass
πŸ… 53%β˜… 6.8war Β· action Β· adventure

Both are built on the same subject: conspiracy

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that threatens to invert the purpose of their mission.

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