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Movies that feel likeTRON: Legacy (2010)

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.

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

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024).

πŸ… 51% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Joseph Kosinskiepickineticcerebralbleak
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Tron (1982)

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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

A young rebel pushing back against a controlling regime's final stand

The difference: A dystopian revolution with real casualties, not a stylized cyber-realm

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

A young hero navigating a fractured world built by a tyrant's ambition

The difference: A generations-later ape saga, no digital world or dueling programs

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

Spectacle-scale battles between humanity's creations and an overwhelming threat

The difference: Giant robots versus sea monsters, no digital frontier or programs

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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Oblivion
2013 Β· dir. Joseph Kosinski
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7action Β· science fiction Β· adventurePrime VideoStarz

The same director's visual sense: a lone figure questioning a manufactured world

The difference: A lonely post-apocalyptic mystery, not a rebellion inside a digital grid

Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

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

A cyberpunk world where identity and memory are hard to trust

The difference: A cyborg-heroine origin story, not a father-son rescue inside a program

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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Terminator: Dark Fate
2019 Β· dir. Tim Miller
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.2science fiction Β· action Β· adventureParamount+

A rogue AI creation turning into an unstoppable threat to fight back against

The difference: Boots-on-the-ground action against a killer machine, not a digital realm

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

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

Humanity's future hijacked by a force reshaping the world from above

The difference: A YA alien-invasion survival story, not a battle inside a computer

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

A rigid system testing who gets to be different and who gets erased

The difference: A faction-based YA dystopia, not a battle across a digital frontier

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

A cloned mind fighting to determine who really controls its fate

The difference: A grim Korean sci-fi about war and cloning, sparser than a digital arena

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

Epic and kinetic in the same breath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 Β· dir. Lana Wachowski
πŸ… 63%β˜… 5.6science fiction Β· action Β· adventureRent or buy

A hero pulled back into a simulated world built to control him

The difference: A simulated-reality sequel decades removed, murkier than the Grid

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

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

One thread runs through both: dystopia

The difference: Trades the scale of TRON: Legacy for an angle of its own

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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