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Movies that feel likeJudge Dredd (1995)

In a dystopian future where Judges maintain law and order by acting as judge, jury, and executioner, Dredd fights to prove his innocence after being falsely accused of murder.

If you loved Judge Dredd, the closest films we have are Dredd (2012), Upgrade (2018) and Logan's Run (1976). All three share Judge Dredd's cerebral and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is eXistenZ (1999).

πŸ… 22% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Danny Cannoncerebralkineticbleakrelentless
9 of 12 streaming nowNetflix Β· Amazon Prime Video Β· Disney Plus

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Dredd
2012 Β· dir. Pete Travis
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.1action Β· science fiction

Both are working the same pair: corruption, judge

The difference: Reviewed even better

In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called Judges, who combine the duties of judge, jury and executioner to deliver a brutal brand of swift justice. But even the top-ranking Judge, Dredd, discovers that taking down Ma-Ma isn’t as easy as it seems in this explosive adaptation of the hugely popular comic series.

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Upgrade
2018 Β· dir. Leigh Whannell
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.5action Β· thriller Β· science fictionNetflix

The same two preoccupations: dystopia, and cyberpunk

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Judge Dredd does

A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure β€” an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility β€” skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

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Logan's Run
1976 Β· dir. Michael Anderson
πŸ… 58%β˜… 6.8action Β· science fiction

Common ground: life after the end

The difference: Takes it somewhere less relentless than Judge Dredd does

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures β€” but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.

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V for Vendetta
2006 Β· dir. James McTeigue
πŸ… 73%β˜… 8.1action Β· thriller Β· science fictionParamount+

One thread runs through both: dystopia

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as β€œV” 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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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
1985 Β· dir. George Miller
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.2action Β· adventure Β· science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: villain

The difference: Trades the relentlessness of Judge Dredd for an angle of its own

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

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eXistenZ
1999 Β· dir. David Cronenberg
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.8action Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Cerebral where it counts, kinetic underneath

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

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The 6th Day
2000 Β· dir. Roger Spottiswoode
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6action Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: villain

A world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who must destroy him to protect their secret, but uncover who and what is behind the horrible things happening to him.

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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

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 2010s show

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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Riddick
2013 Β· dir. David Twohy
πŸ… 58%β˜… 6.4science fiction Β· action Β· thriller

Both land bleakness and relentlessness at once

Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.

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Surrogates
2009 Β· dir. Jonathan Mostow
πŸ… 37%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both lean on ideas more than on science fiction

Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.

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Captain America: Brave New World
2025 Β· dir. Julius Onah
πŸ… 46%β˜… 5.6action Β· thriller Β· science fictionDisney+

Common ground: superhero

After meeting with newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross, Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident. He must discover the reason behind a nefarious global plot before the true mastermind has the entire world seeing red.

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Gamer
2009 Β· dir. Brian Taylor
πŸ… 29%β˜… 5.7action Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Kinetic action in both cases

Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.

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