Movies like Independence Day
If you like "Independence Day" you are looking for exciting, entertaining and tense movies about / with alien invasion, invasion, space and aliens, end of the world, alien, ufo and survival themes of Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi genre shot in USA.
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Independence Day (1996)
582K
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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 counterattack that fails. On July 4, a plan is devised to gain access to the interior of the alien mothership in space, in order to plant a nuclear missile.
Style:
exciting, entertaining, tense, futuristic, apocalyptic, suspenseful, semi serious, feel good, humorous, sinister ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, invasion, space and aliens, end of the world, alien, ufo, survival, extraterrestrial, evil alien, first contact, alien encounter, natural disaster, save the world, space, suspense, disaster, human versus alien, apocalypse, military, battles, creature, spacecraft, exotic dancer, trailer trash, post apocalypse ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, future, jurassic, 1990s
Place:
new york, washington d.c., usa, rome italy, moscow russia, london, los angeles ...
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Most similar movies to Independence Day
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, futuristic, entertaining and cult film films with plots about alien, distopia, danger, space, apocalypse, technology and alien invasion mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Independence Day: Independence Day: Resurgence (2016), War of the Worlds (2005), Battle Los Angeles (2011), The Tomorrow War (2021), Predators (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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, exciting, entertaining, parody, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, human versus alien, end of the world, space, disaster, military, alien civilization, space battle, independence day, chinawoman, ufo ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., paris france, atlantic ocean, africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 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, tense, futuristic, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, alien, alien invasion, survival, end of the world, catastrophe, disaster, space and aliens, invasion, evil alien, destruction, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, asia, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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:
serious, futuristic, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, battles, survival, battlefield, evil alien, military, invasion, extraterrestrial, alien encounter, heroic mission, save the world ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, mojave desert, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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, exciting, anamorphic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
time travel, alien invasion, alien, future war, military, soldier, evil alien, resistance, father daughter relationship, struggle for survival, future dystopia, alien encounter ...
Time:
future
Place:
dominican republic, usa, north america, russia, bahamas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A mercenary reluctantly leads a motley crew of warriors who soon come to realize they've been captured and deposited on an alien planet by an unknown nemesis. With the exception of a peculiar physician, they are all cold-blooded killers, ...
Style:
scary, intense, suspenseful, futuristic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, monster, jungle, predator, space and aliens, evil alien, alien life-form, deadly creature, space, hunting, hi-tech, survival horror ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Avatar
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous ...
Style:
exciting, sentimental, entertaining, apocalyptic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, nasa, astronaut, space travel, space, save the world, race against time, suspense ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, washington d.c., paris france, usa, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
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, futuristic, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, military, u.s. navy, ship, battleship, evil alien, navy, alien encounter, battles, sea battle, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, year 2012, year 2005, year 2006, 2010s ...
Place:
hawaii, tokyo, new york, pacific ocean, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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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: ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
giant monster, monster, robot, battles, kaiju, creature, androids and robots, chaos and mayhem, destruction, survival, heroic mission, giant robots ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, year 2017, 2020s ...
Place:
tokyo, pacific ocean, hong kong, asia, australia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, exciting, humorous, tricky ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, alien, technology, ufo, secret agents, alien invasion, time traveler, hi-tech, changing the past or future, superhero, time machine, alternate timeline ...
Time:
future, jurassic, 20th century, 60s, year 1969 ...
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, florida, coney island brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, natural disaster, catastrophe, race against time, tsunami, forces of nature, humanity in peril, destruction, human existence, vestiges of humanity ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, 2000s, year 2009 ...
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, mount everest, british columbia, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Movies similar to I Am Legend
578K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent Kay and new recruit Agent Jay find ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, funny, not serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
alien, government agency, secret agents, partners, ufo, space and aliens, superhero, invasion, alien encounter, undercover, save the world, creature ...
Time:
jurassic, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, plymouth, north america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, witty, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, robot, superhero team, artificial intelligence, heroes, superhuman powers, tony stark character, master villain, supernatural ability, iron man character, good versus evil, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway, usa, africa, eastern europe, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, UK, Canada
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, mysterious, psychotronic, captivating ...
Plot:
disaster, moon, apocalypse, end of the world, catastrophe, space exploration, friendship, space and aliens, space, survival, space travel, meteor shower ...
Time:
year 2011, year 1969, year 2012, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
usa, new york, houston texas, california, colorado ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, Canada
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, suspenseful, heroic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, alien invasion, alien, soldier, military, battles, invasion, repeated event, changing the past or future, time paradox, evil alien ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
france, paris france, united kingdom, europe, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. ...
Style:
exciting, heroic, epic, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, heroes, alien invasion, good versus evil, monster, superhuman powers, teamwork, team, partners, heroic mission, female assassin, save the world ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, new york, berlin germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Films like World War Z
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, intense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, alien, distopia, alien invasion, survival, future dystopia, space, space travel, catastrophe, destruction, disorder ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, washington d.c., pentagon, empire state building manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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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:
entertaining, exciting, breathtaking, visually appealing, perverse ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
alien, robot, military, car, alien invasion, transforming robot, good versus evil, androids and robots, giant robots, save the world, transformation, man versus machine ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 1890s, 19th century, 21st century
Place:
california, washington d.c., los angeles, usa, plymouth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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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:
exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, military, technology, science, chase, heroes, heroic mission, chaos and mayhem, escapades, survival, super soldier, distopia ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
virginia, usa, eastern europe, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Sam Witwicky takes his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Autobot-leader Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the USSR and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in ...
Style:
exciting, heroic, absurd, humorous, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
robot, androids and robots, alien, alien invasion, transforming robot, space, good versus evil, warrior, giant robots, battles, fight, transformation ...
Time:
year 1969, year 2011, year 1961, 60s, 2010s ...
Place:
washington d.c., egypt, wisconsin, chicago illinois, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, entertaining, bloody, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
military, alien, monster, alien invasion, creature, soldier, space and aliens, space wars, distopia, space travel, evil alien, fictional war ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, jurassic, 22nd century
Place:
argentina, buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
end of the world, ufo, alien, alien contact, alien encounter, evil alien, giant robots, disaster, alien invasion, robot, apocalypse, first contact ...
Time:
future, 1920s, 21st century
Place:
usa, egypt, antarctica, washington d.c., virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
726K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style:
scary, futuristic, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
alien, strong female character, survival, space travel, monster, space, space and aliens, female warrior, human versus alien, strong female lead, deadly creature, mysterious planet ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, heroes, space opera, space travel, space, monster, escapades, alien, good versus evil, intergalactic, teamwork, creature ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 2014, year 1988, 2010s
Place:
usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Stranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.
Style:
humorous, light, satirical, enigmatic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
obsessive quest, child protagonist, summer camp, alien encounter, alien, interracial friendship, social misfits, apocalypse, boyhood, female protagonist, teenager, interracial couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, stylized, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, ufo, evil alien, fate of humanity, alien encounter, fbi, conspiracy, uncover truth, invasion, world domination, space and aliens ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Tomorrow War similar movies
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with ...
Style:
intense, serious, entertaining, apocalyptic, ridiculous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, end of the world, disaster, survival, apocalypse, save the world, post apocalypse, catastrophe, hacker, worldwide chaos, space, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, rome italy, washington d.c., los angeles, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, catastrophe, natural disaster, post apocalypse, end of the world, apocalypse, climate change, environmental, nature, scientist, stranded, global warming ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, washington d.c., antarctica, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
430K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, futuristic, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
alien, monster, survival, jungle, military, creature, suspense, deadly creature, hunting, predator, squad, chase ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
latin america, south america, central america
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Aliens invade, this time delivering a clear ultimatum. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance as the U.S. President and citizens decide if these aliens are to be trusted ...or feared.
Style:
intense, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
spacecraft, alien invasion, government official, alien encounter, evil alien, invasion, teamwork, save the world, race against time, patriotism, destruction, battles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of ...
Style:
futuristic, campy, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, evil alien, heroic mission, stupidity, save the world, survival, planet, rivalry, heroes, miner ...
Time:
future
Place:
denver colorado, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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