If You Liked 2012, Watch These Next
Finished 2012 (2009) and want more of the same? These 18 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like 2012, most of them are action, adventure, science fiction.
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18 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.The Core(2003)
5.8Science FictionAdventureThrillerAlso science fiction and adventure
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 catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the…
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2.Geostorm(2017)
6.1ActionScience FictionThrillerAlso action and science fiction
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race…
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4.Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith(2005)
7.5AdventureActionScience FictionAlso adventure and action
When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.
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5.The Matrix Reloaded(2003)
7.1AdventureActionThrillerAlso adventure and action
The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the…
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6.Meg 2: The Trench(2023)
6.4ActionScience FictionHorrorAlso action and science fiction
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.
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7.Armageddon(1998)
6.8ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso action and science fiction
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 space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among…
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8.The Matrix(1999)
8.3ActionScience FictionAlso 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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9.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes(2014)
7.3Science FictionActionDramaAlso science fiction and action
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
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10.Volcano(1997)
6.0Science FictionActionDramaAlso science fiction and action
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and…
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11.Underwater(2020)
6.3HorrorScience FictionActionAlso 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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12.Maze Runner: The Death Cure(2018)
7.1Science FictionActionAdventureAlso science fiction and action
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have…
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13.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker(2019)
6.2AdventureActionScience FictionAlso adventure and action
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
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15.Independence Day(1996)
6.9ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
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 arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the…
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16.When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth(1970)
6.1AdventureFantasyScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along with him.
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17.The Host(2013)
6.3ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.
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18.Pacific Rim(2013)
7.0ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso action and science fiction
Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, Earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy, the forces of mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes who now stand as Earth's…
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