Movies like Inception
If Inception's mix of mission, dreams and kidnapping stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Inception's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Christopher Nolan · Also adventure and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002 · Directed by Peter Jackson · 179 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: mission, allegory · Also adventure and action
Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt…
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The Matrix
1999 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 136 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: allegory · Also action and science fiction
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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Black Widow
2021 · Directed by Cate Shortland · 134 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: spy · Also action and adventure
Natasha Romanoff, also known as Black Widow, confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015 · Directed by Guy Ritchie · 116 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: spy · Also action and adventure · From the same decade (2010s)
At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union.
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The Creator
2023 · Directed by Gareth Edwards · 134 min7.0
Why you'll like itWith Ken Watanabe · Also science fiction and action
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive…
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Inside Out
2015 · Directed by Pete Docter · 95 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: dreams, memory · From the same decade (2010s)
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through…
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Romancing the Stone
1984 · Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 106 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping · Also action and adventure
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package.
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Get Out
2017 · Directed by Jordan Peele · 104 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: kidnapping, manipulation · From the same decade (2010s)
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial…