Movies like Pacific Rim
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Pacific Rim (2013)
556K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed-up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, visually stunning, stylized, breathtaking, mecha, entertaining, apocalyptic, saga ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
giant monster, monster, robot, kaiju, creature, invasion, battles, chaos and mayhem, androids and robots, danger, destruction, heroic mission, survival, heroes, save the world, fate of humanity, evil alien, giant, deadly creature, worldwide chaos, dystopia, space and aliens, giant robot, characters in danger, heroism ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, near future, year 2017, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, pacific ocean, san francisco, seattle, hong kong, asia, australia ...
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Most similar movies to Pacific Rim
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, surprise ending, futuristic and psychotronic films with plots about explosion, monster, chase, danger, battles, pistol and apocalypse mostly in Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Pacific Rim: Battleship (2012), Battle Los Angeles (2011), The Tomorrow War (2021), Godzilla (2014), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
268K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
exciting, serious, entertaining, action packed, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, u.s. navy, military, battleship, navy, ship, evil alien, danger, invasion, ufo, space and aliens ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, 2000s, year 2005 ...
Place:
hawaii, london, pacific ocean, tokyo, new york ...
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to draw a ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, evil alien, alien encounter, survival, battlefield, invasion, military, heroic mission, chaos, alien attack, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, mojave desert, america, santa monica california ...
Similarity:
96%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An ordinary man is recruited by time travellers from 30 years in the future to fight in a war against deadly aliens.
Style:
futuristic, suspense, exciting, anamorphic, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
future war, alien invasion, time travel, alien, military, fictional war, struggle for survival, soldier, alien encounter, evil alien, alien monster, final battle ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
dominican republic, bahamas, miami, north america, russia ...
Similarity:
100%
462K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when Godzilla, King of the Monsters, arises ...
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, boys' night
Plot:
monster, giant monster, godzilla, dinosaur, disaster, creature, kaiju, catastrophe, military, mutant, deadly creature, chaos ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, year 2014, 2010s, year 1999 ...
Place:
japan, hawaii, san francisco, tokyo, honolulu hawaii ...
Similarity:
91%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, Japan, UK, Mexico, Australia
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
mecha, futuristic, saga, psychotronic, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
giant monster, monster, robot, kaiju, giant robot, giant creature, alien, chinawoman, killer robot, alien monster, creature, technology ...
Time:
2010s, future, near future
Place:
china, mount fuji, japan, tokyo, hong kong ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The new story 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 ...
Style:
captivating, action adventure, saga, perverse, psychotronic ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, monster, giant animal, creature, giant lizard, rescue, giant bird, giant creature, destruction, creature feature, humanity in peril ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
boston, japan, antarctica, tokyo, san francisco ...
Similarity:
89%
152K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer and a British survivor team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit -- leading a clan of survivors to ...
Style:
suspense, entertaining, intense, action packed, action adventure ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
dragon, apocalypse, monster, dystopia, creature, post apocalypse, deadly creature, extinction, heroes, heroic mission, danger, fire breathing dragon ...
Time:
future, near future, jurassic, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
ireland, europe, britain, edinburgh scotland, united kingdom ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet clash in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks ...
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, king kong, kaiju, giant ape, giant animal, creature, monster, monster versus monster, giant creature, dinosaur, giant lizard ...
Time:
jurassic, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, las vegas, usa, tokyo, japan ...
Similarity:
90%
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94K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Now the band of survivors must fight ...
Style:
suspense, futuristic, apocalyptic, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ufo, apocalypse, evil alien, alien invasion, alien, alien abduction, space and aliens, vestiges of humanity, alien encounter, fantasy world, creature, catastrophe ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, california, london ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that Hammond has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ...
Style:
suspenseful, saga, scenic, perverse, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
dinosaur, jungle, giant monster, tyrannosaurus rex, jurassic park, island, dangerous animal, amusement park, lost world, paleontology, expedition, killer animal ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, year 1997, prehistoric times, 20th century
Place:
costa rica, fictional island, san diego california, caribbean, kenya ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary, Spain, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The sixth film in the "Terminator" series will pick up where the second film left off, ignoring all the subsequent sequels.
Style:
saga, action adventure, apocalyptic, tech noir, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
terminator, time travel, robot, androids and robots, gunfight, technology, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, hand to hand combat, killer robot, escape, shapeshifter ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, year 2019, future, 90s ...
Place:
mexico, texas, mexico city, guatemala
Similarity:
100%
713K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Young teenager, Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will ...
Style:
action packed, entertaining, saga, breathtaking, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, manly, kids
Plot:
car, alien, robot, military, good versus evil, giant robot, transforming robot, alien invasion, transformers, androids and robots, transformation, man versus machine ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, near future, future, 1890s ...
Place:
california, washington d.c., los angeles, usa, pentagon ...
Similarity:
76%
70K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural being that have taken over a European city.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, violence, danger, technology, science, super soldier, chase, heroes, heroic mission, chaos and mayhem, military, escapades ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
virginia, usa, eastern europe, new york
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Jordan, UK, Egypt
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, action packed, saga, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, androids and robots, robot, giant robot, transformation, transforming robot, technology, battles, robot vs. robot, machine, shapeshifting, evil robot ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, near future, 18th century, stone age ...
Place:
egypt, new york, washington d.c., virginia, jordan ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, serious, suspenseful, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, apocalypse, robot, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, man versus machine, dark future, terminator, killer robot ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2017, year 1997, 70s ...
Place:
san francisco, los angeles
Similarity:
88%
264K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, entertaining, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
chosen one, invasion, alien, space wars, training, space and aliens, young heroes, battles, prodigy, danger, distopia, space battle ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, near future
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
alien invasion, extraterrestrial, invasion, end of the world, ufo, space and aliens, evil alien, first contact, survival, alien encounter, alien, creature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future, year 1996, jurassic
Place:
new york, washington d.c., usa, bombay india, london ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, disgusting ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
androids and robots, man versus machine, robot, dystopian future, good versus evil, alien invasion, save the day, danger, rivalry, life is a bitch, youth, escapades ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, saga, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, creature, human versus alien, technology, end of the world, independence day, ufo, president, psychic, apocalypse, chinawoman ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, paris france, minnesota, nevada, china ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
As humanity picks up the pieces, following the conclusion of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessman and scientists ...
Style:
exciting, saga, semi serious, humorous, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
robot, androids and robots, transforming robot, alien, robot vs. robot, giant robot, extraterrestrial, killer robot, cyborgs, heroes, benign alien, comic book ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, china, beijing china, hong kong ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, scary, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, disaster, survival, end of the world, alien, invasion, space and aliens, evil alien, extraterrestrial, catastrophe, humanity in peril ...
Time:
year 2005, future, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, boston, los angeles ...
Similarity:
82%
298K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and ...
Style:
exciting, epic, entertaining, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
mars, alien, superhuman powers, space opera, heroic mission, monster, space travel, mysterious planet, distant planet, imaginary kingdom, space adventure, warrior ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, 1880s, 19th century ...
Place:
virginia, arizona, new york, space western, seattle
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, India, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, exciting, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, alien invasion, alien, invasion, battles, space and aliens, changing the past or future, evil alien, soldier, repeated event, foreknowledge ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2014, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place:
united kingdom, france, paris france, europe, big ben london ...
Similarity:
55%
Movie in collections
1.5M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
fantasy world, alien, culture clash, alien planet, beautiful scenery, creature, space and aliens, battles, ecology, interspecies romance, alien encounter, space travel ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 20th century, 22nd century, distant future ...
Place:
iran, space western
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, scenic, saga, perverse ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, kids ...
Plot:
dinosaur, creature, killer animal, animal attack, dangerous animal, chase, tyrannosaurus rex, monster, human animal relationship, giant monster, velociraptor, jurassic park ...
Time:
jurassic, 2010s, year 2015, future, 20th century ...
Place:
fictional island, caribbean, costa rica
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has ...
Style:
exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, terminator, time travel, robot, man versus machine, cyborgs, dystopia, apocalypse, androids and robots, cyberpunk, chase, time traveler ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, persia, america, usa ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Indonesia, UK, China, Singapore
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien spaceship to rescue his estranged son. When the ship crashes in Southeast Asia, he forges an alliance with a band of survivors to take back the planet once and for all.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspense, disturbing, smart ...
Plot:
alien, rescue, alien technology, spaceship, brutality, alien invasion, invasion, evil alien, monster, abduction, police officer, alien creature ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
laos, southeast asia, los angeles
Similarity:
75%
468K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 187 min.
Story:
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, scenic, action adventure, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, manly, kids, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
king kong, creature, jungle, dinosaur, giant animal, monster, gorilla, giant ape, beast, rescue, island, dangerous animal ...
Time:
1930s, year 2005, prehistoric times, jurassic, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, fictional island, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In this continuation to the adventure of the demon superhero, an evil elf breaks an ancient pact between humans and creatures, as he declares war against humanity. He is on a mission to release The Golden Army, a deadly group of fighting machines ...
Style:
dark fantasy, visually stunning, scary, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, superhero, superhuman powers, creature, supernatural ability, heroic mission, comic book, villain, fantasy world, supernatural, magic, fate of humanity ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 1950s, 50s, 21st century
Place:
northern ireland, ireland, new york, manhattan new york city, seattle
Similarity:
80%
10K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, France, Lithuania, Spain
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
evil alien, alien invasion, alien encounter, space battle, alien planet, space travel, female warrior, apocalypse, creature, alien, martial arts, virus ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
london
Similarity:
75%
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