Movies like Terminator 2: Judgment Day
If Terminator 2: Judgment Day's mix of man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.) and cyborg stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Terminator 2: Judgment Day's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Terminator
1984 · Directed by James Cameron · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso directed by James Cameron · With Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton · Shares: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), cyborg · Also action and thriller
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st…
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Terminator: Dark Fate
2019 · Directed by Tim Miller · 128 min6.4
Why you'll like itWith Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger · Shares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), cyborg, dystopia · Also science fiction and action
Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected…
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Blade Runner
1982 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 118 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia, suspenseful · Also science fiction and thriller
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their…
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Upgrade
2018 · Directed by Leigh Whannell · 100 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), cyborg, dystopia · Also action and thriller
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body.
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Escape from New York
1981 · Directed by John Carpenter · 99 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, villain · Also action and thriller
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to…
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Looper
2012 · Directed by Rian Johnson · 118 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, time travel, suspenseful · Also action and thriller
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is…
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The Matrix Revolutions
2003 · Directed by Lilly Wachowski · 129 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · Also action and thriller
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
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The Matrix Resurrections
2021 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 148 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · Also science fiction and action
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
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The Matrix
1999 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 136 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
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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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia, time travel
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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Chappie
2015 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 120 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: artificial intelligence (a.i.), dystopia · Also action and science fiction
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he…
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The Running Man
1987 · Directed by Paul Michael Glaser · 101 min6.5
Why you'll like itWith Arnold Schwarzenegger · Shares: dystopia · Also action and thriller
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which…