
Movies that feel likeTop Gun: Maverick (2022)
If you loved Top Gun: Maverick, the closest films we have are F1 (2025), Sound of Freedom (2023) and Creed II (2018). All three share Top Gun: Maverick's kinetic and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Once Upon a Time in China (1991).
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If Top Gun: Maverick hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Top Gun (1986)

Kosinski's formula rerun — an aging ace, a cocky protégé, machines at the limit
The difference: Racing paddock instead of carrier deck

One driven man risking everything on a near-impossible mission
The difference: Grim child-trafficking subject — heavy where yours is soaring

Legacy franchises passing the torch without dropping it
The difference: Boxing-family melodrama

Rivalry and machinery pushed to lethal edges
The difference: '70s F1 duel, true story

Estranged men settling old wounds through competition
The difference: MMA family tragedy

A champion rebuilt after losing everything
The difference: Boxing melodrama

Professional competence under catastrophic pressure
The difference: Real-disaster procedural

A cocky hotshot humbled, then rebuilt through discipline and duty
The difference: Wuxia warlords and monasteries — swap the jets for kung fu

An aging master proving the old ways still hold up
The difference: A modest late-franchise biopic — smaller fights, slower pace

Slick, kinetic action carried by loyalty and divided duty
The difference: Colonial-era Vietnam martial arts — obscure, rougher, subtitled

A national hero defending his people with jaw-dropping skill
The difference: Period Chinese epic — its politics and wire-fu need buy-in

Kinetic where it counts, contemplative underneath
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics
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