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Movies that feel likePush (2009)

After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to destroying Division. Together with Cassie, a teenage clairvoyant, Nick goes in search of a missing girl and a stolen suitcase that could be the key to accomplishing their mutual goal.

If you loved Push, the closest films we have are Ra.One (2011), Superman Returns (2006) and Predators (2010). All three share Push'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 Blue Beetle (2023).

🍅 23% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Paul McGuigancerebralkineticepictense
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Ra.One
2011 · dir. Anubhav Sinha
🍅 62%★ 5adventure · action · science fiction

Both land ideas and momentum at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

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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Superman Returns
2006 · dir. Bryan Singer
🍅 72%★ 6.1science fiction · action · adventureMax

Both lean on scale more than on science fiction

The difference: Trades the tension of Push for an angle of its own

Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.

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Predators
2010 · dir. Nimród Antal
🍅 66%★ 6.4science fiction · action · thriller

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

A group of cold-blooded killers find themselves trapped on an alien planet to be hunted by extraterrestrial Predators.

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Blue Beetle
2023 · dir. Ángel Manuel Soto
🍅 78%★ 5.9action · science fiction · adventureMax

Cerebral adventure, and it commits to that

Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.

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War Machine
2026 · dir. Patrick Hughes
🍅 66%★ 6.3action · science fiction · thrillerNetflix

Kinetic thriller in both cases

On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.

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Ender's Game
2013 · dir. Gavin Hood
🍅 63%★ 6.6science fiction · action · adventure

Science fiction built on scale, twice over

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

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Battleship
2012 · dir. Peter Berg
🍅 33%★ 5.8thriller · action · adventureNetflix

Both rooted in Hong Kong

When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him.

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Bleeding Steel
2017 · dir. Leo Zhang
🍅 24%★ 5.2science fiction · action · adventure

Action built on tension, twice over

A hardened special forces agent fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they have met in a different life.

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Jurassic Park III
2001 · dir. Joe Johnston
🍅 49%★ 6adventure · thriller · science fictionStarz

Adventure with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.

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The Time Machine
2002 · dir. Simon Wells
🍅 28%★ 6science fiction · adventure · action

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th-century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.

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Jason Bourne
2016 · dir. Paul Greengrass
🍅 55%★ 6.6action · adventure · thrillerNetflix

Epic action in both cases

The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.

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

Science fiction with a pulse of tension, in both cases

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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