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Movies that feel likeFinch (2021)

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.

If you loved Finch, the closest films we have are Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024), Advantageous (2015) and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). All three share Finch's cerebral and bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is I Am Mother (2019).

πŸ… 74% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Miguel Sapochnikcerebralcontemplativeepicbleak
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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

The same preoccupation in both: life after the end

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Finch does

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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Advantageous
2015 Β· dir. Jennifer Phang
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6science fiction Β· drama

Cerebral where it counts, contemplative underneath

The difference: Trades the scale of Finch for an angle of its own

In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024 Β· dir. George Miller
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.4action Β· science fiction Β· adventureMax

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

The difference: Leans harder into action than Finch does

As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

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The Road
2009 Β· dir. John Hillcoat
πŸ… 74%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· dramaPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: survival

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.

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

The same mix in both: scale, then bleakness

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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Cloud Atlas
2012 Β· dir. Lilly Wachowski
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.3drama Β· science fiction

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

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

Common ground: robot

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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Chaos Walking
2021 Β· dir. Doug Liman
πŸ… 21%β˜… 5.7fantasy Β· science fiction Β· adventureRent or buy

One thread runs through both: unassuming

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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.

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I Am Mother
2019 Β· dir. Grant Sputore
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· thrillerNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: robot

A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

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Alita: Battle Angel
2019 Β· dir. Robert Rodriguez
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7.3action Β· science fiction Β· adventureRent or buy

Adventure built on scale, twice over

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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The Champion
2021 Β· dir. Maciej Barczewski
β˜… 6.8drama Β· history Β· warPrime Video

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

It is 1940. The first transport of prisoners arrives at the newly created concentration camp Auschwitz. One of them is Tadeusz β€œTeddy” Pietrzykowski, pre-war boxing champion of Warsaw. The camp officers force him to fight in the ring for his and other prisoners’ lives. However, his every win strengthens the hope that Nazis are not invincible. Auschwitz officers notice the growing resistance. The confrontation with the authorities of the camp becomes inevitable.

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

Both lean on bleakness more than on science fiction

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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