If You Liked 1984, Watch These Next
Finished 1984 (1956) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like 1984, most of them are science fiction, drama.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
4.Divergent(2014)
6.9ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso science fiction
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
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5.Chaos Walking(2021)
6.5FantasyScience FictionAdventureAlso science fiction
Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
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6.Fahrenheit 451(1966)
7.1DramaScience FictionAlso drama and science fiction
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…
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7.2073(2024)
6.7ThrillerScience FictionDramaAlso science fiction and drama
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.
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8.The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1(2014)
6.8Science FictionAdventureThrillerAlso science fiction
After surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming the symbol of resistance, she must navigate fragile alliances while trying to protect those she loves. As propaganda…
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9.The Hunger Games(2012)
7.2Science FictionAdventureActionAlso science fiction
In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.
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10.The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2(2015)
6.9ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso science fiction
As the war between the Capitol and the districts reaches its peak, Katniss Everdeen embarks on a perilous mission to liberate Panem and confront President Snow. Joined by a team of trusted allies, she navigates deadly traps, shifting loyalties, and the heavy cost of rebellion, determined to bring freedom to her…
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11.Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets(2017)
6.7AdventureScience FictionActionAlso science fiction
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share…
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12.Logan's Run(1976)
6.6ActionScience FictionAlso science fiction
In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.
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13.Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1(2012)
7.7Science FictionActionAnimationAlso science fiction
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
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14.Surrogates(2009)
6.2Science FictionActionThrillerAlso science fiction
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
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15.The Dark Tower(2017)
5.8FantasyActionScience FictionAlso science fiction
A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.
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16.The Hunger Games: Catching Fire(2013)
7.4AdventureActionScience FictionAlso science fiction
After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.
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17.The Matrix(1999)
8.3ActionScience FictionAlso 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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18.Mortal Engines(2018)
6.3AdventureScience FictionAlso science fiction
Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change…
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19.The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes(2023)
7.0Science FictionActionAlso science fiction
64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12.
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20.Stormageddon(2015)
6.0ActionDramaThrillerAlso drama and science fiction
What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human. When a master computer program, Echelon, takes over America's entire online system, our country is…
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