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Movies that feel likeChaos Walking (2021)

Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.

If you loved Chaos Walking, the closest films we have are The Matrix Resurrections (2021), Finch (2021) and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024). All three share Chaos Walking's cerebral and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Alienoid (2022).

πŸ… 21% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Doug Limandreamlikecerebralepicbleak
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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 Β· dir. Lana Wachowski
πŸ… 63%β˜… 5.6science fiction Β· action Β· adventureRent or buy

Common ground: dystopia

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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

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Finch
2021 Β· dir. Miguel Sapochnik
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.9science fiction Β· drama Β· adventureApple TV+

Common ground in both: life after the end and unassuming

The difference: Takes it somewhere less dreamlike than Chaos Walking does

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dystopia

The difference: Easier on the dream logic than Chaos Walking

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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Vesper
2022 Β· dir. Kristina BuoΕΎytΔ—
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6science fiction Β· drama Β· adventureRent or buy

The same mix in both: dream logic, then ideas

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Chaos Walking does

After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· science fictionHulu

Epic and bleak in the same breath

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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Alienoid
2022 Β· dir. Choi Dong-hoon
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· fantasy

Both lean on dream logic more than on fantasy

Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.

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Mortal Engines
2018 Β· dir. Christian Rivers
πŸ… 26%β˜… 6.1adventure Β· science fictionRent or buy

Both are built on the same subject: life after the end

Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.

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

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

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

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

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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The Host
2013 Β· dir. Andrew Niccol
πŸ… 10%β˜… 5.8action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

Bleak science fiction, and it commits to that

A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.

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Dune
2021 Β· dir. Denis Villeneuve
πŸ… 83%β˜… 8science fiction Β· adventureMax

Adventure built on ideas, twice over

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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Edge of Tomorrow
2014 Β· dir. Doug Liman
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.9action Β· science fictionParamount+

Doug Liman working the same nerve twice

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

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