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Movies that feel likeThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)

64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.

If you loved The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the closest films we have are The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), Dredd (2012) and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024). All three share The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes' cerebral and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024).

πŸ… 64% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Francis Lawrencecerebralkineticbleak
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
2015 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 70%β˜… 6.6action Β· adventure Β· science fictionHulu

Both are Francis Lawrence's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Played as adventure first

As the war between the Capitol and the districts reaches its peak, Katniss Everdeen embarks on a perilous mission to liberate Panem and confront President Snow. Joined by a team of trusted allies, she navigates deadly traps, shifting loyalties, and the heavy cost of rebellion, determined to bring freedom to her people and end the Hunger Games once and for all.

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

Two things both keep coming back to: dystopia and survival

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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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024 Β· dir. Wes Ball
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.8science fiction Β· adventure Β· actionPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dystopia

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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I, Robot
2004 Β· dir. Alex Proyas
β˜… 7.1action Β· science fictionApple TV+

The same preoccupation in both: murder

In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.

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

Both land ideas and momentum at once

The difference: 47 years apart, and the 1970s show

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

Both lean on bleakness more than on science fiction

The difference: Reviewed even better

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

Common ground: murder

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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The War of the Worlds
1953 Β· dir. Byron Haskin
β˜… 7science fiction Β· action

Cerebral action, and it commits to that

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

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Ghost in the Shell
2017 Β· dir. Rupert Sanders
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· drama Β· actionParamount+

Science fiction built on momentum, twice over

In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

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Edge of Tomorrow
2014 Β· dir. Doug Liman
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.9action Β· science fictionParamount+

Action with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

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

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

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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The Book of Eli
2010 Β· dir. Albert Hughes
πŸ… 46%β˜… 6.8action Β· thriller Β· science fiction

One thread runs through both: survival

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

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