Movies like Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) is a action movie directed by Nicholas Meyer. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
★ 8.4 · 18,977 votes · Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
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2. Armageddon (1998)
★ 6.8 · 8,894 votes · Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
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3. Passengers (2016)
★ 7.0 · 14,597 votes · Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
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4. Ender's Game (2013)
★ 6.6 · 6,465 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
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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5. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
★ 6.6 · 9,576 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
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6. Alien (1979)
★ 8.2 · 16,974 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
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7. Death Proof (2007)
★ 6.8 · 5,842 votes · Action, Thriller
Austin's hottest DJ, Jungle Julia, sets out into the night to unwind with her two friends Shanna and Arlene. Covertly tracking their moves is Stuntman Mike, a scarred rebel leering from behind the wheel of his muscle car, revving just feet away.
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8. Dune (2021)
★ 7.8 · 15,716 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence - a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential - only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
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9. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
★ 7.9 · 30,471 votes · Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
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10. Iron Man 2 (2010)
★ 6.9 · 23,056 votes · Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.
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11. The Hunger Games (2012)
★ 7.2 · 23,847 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.
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12. Finch (2021)
★ 7.8 · 4,235 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama, Adventure
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
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13. 2010 (1984)
★ 6.7 · 1,131 votes · Thriller, Sci-Fi
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
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14. Project Hail Mary (2026)
★ 8.6 · 8,304 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.
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