Movies like Armageddon
If Armageddon's mix of daughter, race against time and space marine stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Armageddon's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Directed by Roland Emmerich · 124 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: saving the world, end of the world, disaster · Also science fiction and adventure
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off…
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Deep Impact
1998 · Directed by Mimi Leder · 122 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: asteroid, nasa, natural disaster · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world.
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: race against time, nasa, space · Also adventure and science fiction
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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Independence Day
1996 · Directed by Roland Emmerich · 145 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: disaster, aggressive · Also action and adventure · From the same decade (1990s)
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has…
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Underwater
2020 · Directed by William Eubank · 95 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: self sacrifice, disaster · Also science fiction and action
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
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The Matrix
1999 · Directed by Lana Wachowski · 136 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: saving the world · 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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Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Directed by Joe Russo · 149 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: space · Also adventure and action
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos.
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Guardians of the Galaxy
2014 · Directed by James Gunn · 121 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: space · Also action and science fiction
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.
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Avatar
2009 · Directed by James Cameron · 162 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: bold · Also science fiction and action
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.
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Star Trek
2009 · Directed by J.J. Abrams · 127 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: space · Also science fiction and action
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion.
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006 · Directed by Richard Donner · 116 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: saving the world · Also science fiction and action
Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are conquering Earth.
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Superman
2025 · Directed by James Gunn · 130 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: bold · Also science fiction and adventure
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.