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Movies that feel like The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)

If you loved The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the closest films we have are The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) and Dredd (2012). All three share The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' cerebral and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 64% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Francis Lawrencecerebralkineticbleak
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Both are Francis Lawrence's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Played as adventure first

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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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· action Β· science fiction

Francis Lawrence working the same nerve twice

The difference: Reviewed even better

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.

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Dredd
2012 Β· dir. Pete Travis
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1action Β· science fiction

Two things both keep coming back to: dystopia and survival

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

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Surrogates
2009 Β· dir. Jonathan Mostow
πŸ… 37%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

The difference: Leans further into thriller

Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.

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Maze Runner: The Death Cure
2018 Β· dir. Wes Ball
πŸ… 43%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

Common ground: fight

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

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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· action

Both are built on the same subject: 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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I, Robot
2004 Β· dir. Alex Proyas
β˜… 7.1action Β· science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: murder

In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.

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The Book of Eli
2010 Β· dir. Allen Hughes
πŸ… 46%β˜… 6.8action Β· thriller Β· science fiction

One thread runs through both: survival

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

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

Both land ideas and momentum at once

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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Logan's Run
1976 Β· dir. Michael Anderson
πŸ… 58%β˜… 6.8action Β· science fiction

Bleak science fiction, and it commits to that

The difference: 47 years apart, and the 1970s show

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures β€” but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.

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

Cerebral action in both cases

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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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
2014 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.6science fiction Β· adventure Β· thriller

Science fiction built on bleakness, twice over

The difference: Without the same momentum

After surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming the symbol of resistance, she must navigate fragile alliances while trying to protect those she loves. As propaganda battles rage and Panem moves closer to full-scale war, Katniss is forced to confront the true cost of revolution.

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