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Movies that feel likeWaterworld (1995)

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'β€”which is tattooed on Enola's back.

If you loved Waterworld, the closest films we have are Superman Returns (2006), X-Men (2000) and Ra.One (2011). All three share Waterworld'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 Superman (1978).

πŸ… 61% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kevin Reynoldsepickineticcerebral
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Superman Returns
2006 Β· dir. Bryan Singer
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.1science fiction Β· action Β· adventureMax

The same mix in both: scale, then momentum

Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.

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X-Men
2000 Β· dir. Bryan Singer
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.3adventure Β· action Β· science fictionDisney+

One thread runs through both: mutant

Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

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Ra.One
2011 Β· dir. Anubhav Sinha
πŸ… 62%β˜… 5adventure Β· action Β· science fiction

Cerebral adventure, and it commits to that

When the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's up to the game's less powerful protagonist to save the world.

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Superman
1978 Β· dir. Richard Donner
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4science fiction Β· action Β· adventureMax

Action built on scale, twice over

The difference: Reviewed even better

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

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Ender's Game
2013 Β· dir. Gavin Hood
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.6science fiction Β· action Β· adventure

Kinetic science fiction in both cases

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

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The Wolverine
2013 Β· dir. James Mangold
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.7action Β· science fiction Β· adventureDisney+

The same preoccupation in both: mutant

Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.

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The Time Machine
2002 Β· dir. Simon Wells
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6science fiction Β· adventure Β· action

Adventure with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th-century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.

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Dune
1984 Β· dir. David Lynch
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.2action Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Both lean on scale more than on action

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
1997 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· action Β· science fictionHuluStarz

Science fiction built on momentum, twice over

Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
2012 Β· dir. Brad Peyton
πŸ… 44%β˜… 5.7adventure Β· action Β· science fiction

From the 2010s, and it lands the same way

Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

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Hardcore Henry
2015 Β· dir. Ilya Naishuller
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.7action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Both play action straight

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.

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Batman & Robin
1997 Β· dir. Joel Schumacher
πŸ… 11%β˜… 3.8action Β· science fiction Β· adventureMax

The same science fiction instincts

Batman and his sidekick Robin attempt to the foil the sinister schemes of a deranged set of new villains, most notably the melancholy Mr. Freeze, who wants to make Gotham City into an arctic region, and the sultry Poison Ivy, a botanical femme fatale. As the Dynamic Duo contend with these bad guys, a third hero, Batgirl, joins the ranks of the city's crime-fighters.

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