Movies like Avatar
Avatar (2009) is a sci-fi movie directed by James Cameron. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Interstellar (2014)
★ 8.5 · 41,492 votes · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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2. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
★ 6.7 · 8,264 votes · Adventure, Sci-Fi, Action
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
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3. Aliens (1986)
★ 8.0 · 11,279 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
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4. Gattaca (1997)
★ 7.6 · 7,209 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
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5. Total Recall (1990)
★ 7.3 · 6,751 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Rekall, a virtual vacation company that manufactures memories. When something goes wrong during Quaid's memory implant procedure, his life turns upside down, leading him to question what is reality and what isn't.
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6. Independence Day (1996)
★ 6.9 · 10,811 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
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7. Planet of the Apes (1968)
★ 7.7 · 4,142 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama
Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
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8. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
★ 7.5 · 16,857 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
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9. 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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10. Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018)
★ 7.1 · 8,614 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
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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11. John Carter (2012)
★ 6.4 · 6,328 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
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12. Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
★ 7.3 · 9,925 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.
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13. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
★ 7.3 · 10,459 votes · Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
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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14. Ender's Game (2013)
★ 6.6 · 6,464 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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15. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
★ 7.5 · 15,407 votes · Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
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16. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
★ 7.1 · 12,418 votes · Adventure, Action, Thriller
The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.
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17. 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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18. Oblivion (2013)
★ 6.7 · 11,912 votes · Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
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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