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Movies that feel likeDragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods (2013)

After the defeat of Majin Buu, a powerful God of Destruction known as Beerus searches for the Saiyan warrior who defeated Frieza. Realizing the threat Beerus poses to Earth, the Z-fighters must stop him. Only Goku, humanity’s last hope, can ascend to the level of a legendary Super Saiyan God and save the planet, and possibly the entire universe!

If you loved Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, the closest films we have are Dragon Ball Super: Broly (2018), Krrish (2006) and They Call Me Jeeg (2016). All three share Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods' kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

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

🍅 89% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Masahiro Hosodakineticcerebral
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might (1990) · Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' (2015)

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Dragon Ball Super: Broly
2018 · dir. Tatsuya Nagamine
🍅 84%★ 7.7action · science fiction · animationHulu

Common ground in both: martial arts and shounen

Earth is peaceful following the Tournament of Power. Realizing that the universes still hold many more strong people yet to see, Goku spends all his days training to reach even greater heights. Then one day, Goku and Vegeta are faced by a Saiyan called 'Broly' who they've never seen before. The Saiyans were supposed to have been almost completely wiped out in the destruction of Planet Vegeta, so what's this one doing on Earth? This encounter between the three Saiyans who have followed completely different destinies turns into a stupendous battle, with even Frieza (back from Hell) getting caught up in the mix.

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Krrish
2006 · dir. Rakesh Roshan
🍅 88%★ 6.5action · science fiction

The same mix in both: momentum, then ideas

In Singapore, Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become a masked superhero named Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.

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They Call Me Jeeg
2016 · dir. Gabriele Mainetti
🍅 82%★ 7science fiction · action · dramaPrime Video

Both lean on momentum more than on action

The difference: Played as drama first

Exposed to radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally ill girl who believes Enzo is the hero from her favorite anime, Steel Jeeg.

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Ra.One
2011 · dir. Anubhav Sinha
🍅 62%★ 5adventure · action · science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: adventure

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

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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Warriors of Future
2022 · dir. Ng Yuen-Fai
🍅 88%★ 5.6drama · action · science fictionNetflix

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

When a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save their post-apocalyptic city from total collapse.

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Summer Wars
2009 · dir. Mamoru Hosoda
🍅 81%★ 7.4animation · science fictionMax

One thread runs through both: anime

The difference: Lighter on momentum

Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.

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Battle: Los Angeles
2011 · dir. Jonathan Liebesman
🍅 37%★ 5.7science fiction · action

Animation built on momentum, twice over

When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine staff sergeant and his team are sent into battle only to find they must take it upon themselves to defeat an unknown enemy and protect what remains of Los Angeles.

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · dir. Michael Dougherty
🍅 42%★ 6science fiction · actionRent or buy

Cerebral action, and it commits to that

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species, thought to be mere myths, rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity's very existence hanging in the balance.

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The Flu
2013 · dir. Kim Sung-soo
🍅 33%★ 6.6action · science fiction · thrillerPrime Video

Science fiction in the same key

A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.

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Hardcore Henry
2015 · dir. Ilya Naishuller
🍅 52%★ 6.7action · adventure · science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: martial arts

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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Lucy
2014 · dir. Luc Besson
🍅 67%★ 6.4action · science fictionRent or buy

Both know what they want from action

A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

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The Blackout
2019 · dir. Egor Baranov
🍅 57%★ 6thriller · science fiction · actionPrime Video

The science fiction is handled with the same confidence

Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from space. What military forces find outside the ring is shocking.

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