
Movies that feel likeStar Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
If you loved Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the closest films we have are Star Trek Into Darkness (2013), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023). All three share Star Wars: The Force Awakens' epic and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Wandering Earth II (2023).
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If Star Wars: The Force Awakens hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Star Wars (1977) Β· The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Β· Return of the Jedi (1983) Β· Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Β· Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) Β· Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Legacy sci-fi spectacle wrestling with its franchise's ghosts
The difference: A villain-driven thriller in Starfleet colors

The galaxy's scoundrel underworld and the making of a beloved rogue
The difference: A backstory whose shape you already know β the stakes stay small

Space-opera heart β found family against a cruel maker
The difference: A farewell tour, tears earned

Legacy-franchise event cinema honoring decades of story
The difference: A finale, not a reawakening

One thread runs through both: spacecraft

Both land scale and momentum at once

Planet-scale sci-fi spectacle with secrets buried in space history
The difference: Bay's wall of noise β spectacle without characters to love

Ordinary kids handed a legacy of power and a world to save
The difference: Teen-drama origin that spends most of its runtime pre-suit

Both keep coming back to the same thing: space opera
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Cerebral where it counts, awestruck underneath

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Kinetic action, and it commits to that
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all epic movies βThe best-reviewed films that share Star Wars: The Force Awakensβ defining feeling.









