Movies like Equilibrium
Equilibrium (2002) is a action movie directed by Kurt Wimmer. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. THX 1138 (1971)
★ 6.4 · 1,126 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.
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2. Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
★ 6.8 · 1,730 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.
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3. Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
★ 7.1 · 1,120 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…
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4. First Blood (1982)
★ 7.5 · 7,167 votes · Action, Thriller, Drama
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
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5. V for Vendetta (2006)
★ 7.9 · 16,056 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.
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6. RED (2010)
★ 6.7 · 7,341 votes · Action, Adventure, Comedy
After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.
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7. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
★ 6.8 · 17,095 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Thriller
After surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming the symbol of resistance, she must navigate fragile alliances while trying to protect those she loves. As propaganda battles rage and Panem moves closer to full-scale war, Katniss is forced to confront the true cost of revolution.
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8. The Suicide Squad (2021)
★ 7.4 · 9,982 votes · Action, Comedy, Adventure
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X as they are dropped off at the remote, enemy-infused island of Corto Maltese.
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9. The Matrix (1999)
★ 8.3 · 28,961 votes · Action, Sci-Fi
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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10. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
★ 8.2 · 15,023 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.
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11. Escape from New York (1981)
★ 7.0 · 3,679 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.
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12. Demolition Man (1993)
★ 6.8 · 4,306 votes · Crime, Action, Sci-Fi
In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak havoc on the future, Spartan is awakened to capture his nemesis the old-fashioned way.
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13. The Running Man (1987)
★ 6.5 · 3,008 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.
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14. Spectral (2016)
★ 6.6 · 2,133 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Action
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
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15. Kandahar (2023)
★ 6.8 · 1,327 votes · Action, Thriller, War
After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
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16. Looper (2012)
★ 6.9 · 11,273 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
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17. Elysium (2013)
★ 6.5 · 9,881 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Drama
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
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18. The Long Walk (2025)
★ 6.8 · 2,042 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Horror
In a dystopian 1970s America, fifty teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.
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19. Repo Men (2010)
★ 6.3 · 2,207 votes · Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.
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20. Serenity (2005)
★ 7.4 · 4,031 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret. Soon, the crew find themselves being pursued by an Alliance agent who will stop at nothing to find them.
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