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Movies that feel likePacific Rim: Uprising (2018)

It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls upon the best and brightest to rise up and become the next generation of heroes when the Kaiju threat returns.

If you loved Pacific Rim: Uprising, the closest films we have are X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Alienoid (2022) and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022). All three share Pacific Rim: Uprising's kinetic and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Old Guard (2020).

πŸ… 41% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Steven S. DeKnightkineticdreamlikecerebral
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Pacific Rim (2013)

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X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 Β· dir. Bryan Singer
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6.8science fiction Β· fantasy Β· actionDisney+

Kinetic where it counts, dreamlike underneath

After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.

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

Cerebral action in both cases

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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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Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022 Β· dir. Daniel Scheinert
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.7action Β· adventure Β· science fictionHulu

Science fiction built on momentum, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Pacific Rim: Uprising does

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp
2018 Β· dir. Peyton Reed
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7action Β· adventure Β· science fictionDisney+

Both lean on dream logic more than on fantasy

Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into the quantum realm and try to accomplish, against time and any chance of success, a very dangerous rescue mission.

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The Old Guard
2020 Β· dir. Gina Prince-Bythewood
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.7action Β· fantasyNetflix

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

The difference: Trades the ideas of Pacific Rim: Uprising for an angle of its own

Four undying warriors who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.

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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 Β· dir. Lana Wachowski
πŸ… 63%β˜… 5.6science fiction Β· action Β· adventureRent or buy

The same preoccupation in both: artificial intelligence

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

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The Dark Tower
2017 Β· dir. Nikolaj Arcel
πŸ… 16%β˜… 5.6fantasy Β· action Β· science fictionParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: mind control

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

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Morbius
2022 Β· dir. Daniel Espinosa
πŸ… 15%β˜… 5.1action Β· science fiction Β· fantasyPrime VideoDisney+

Fantasy with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder, and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Michael Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. What at first appears to be a radical success soon reveals itself to be a remedy potentially worse than the disease.

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003 Β· dir. Stephen Norrington
πŸ… 16%β˜… 5.8fantasy Β· action Β· thriller

Common ground: saving the world

To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.

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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 Β· dir. Michael Dougherty
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6science fiction Β· actionRent or buy

Both are built on the same subject: giant monster

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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Battle: Los Angeles
2011 Β· dir. Jonathan Liebesman
πŸ… 37%β˜… 5.7science fiction Β· action

One thread runs through both: saving the world

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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Fantastic Four
2005 Β· dir. Tim Story
πŸ… 28%β˜… 5.7action Β· fantasy Β· science fictionDisney+

Both lean on dream logic more than on science fiction

During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing. Together, these "Fantastic Four" must now thwart the evil plans of Dr. Doom and save the world from certain destruction.

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