If You Liked The 5th Wave, Watch These Next
Finished The 5th Wave (2016) 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 The 5th Wave, most of them are science fiction, adventure, action.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.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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2.Occupation: Rainfall(2020)
6.2Science FictionActionAlso science fiction and action
Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. With the Alien invaders hell-bent on making earth their new…
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3.Chaos Walking(2021)
6.5FantasyScience FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
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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4.War of the Worlds(2005)
6.6AdventureThrillerScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
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5.The War of the Worlds(1953)
6.8Science FictionActionAlso science fiction and action
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
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6.Babylon 5: In the Beginning(1998)
7.1ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso action and science fiction
Londo Mollari, the Centauri Emperor, recounts the initial contact between the Humans and Minbari, which resulted in a major incident and subsequent war, for an eager pair of youngsters wanting a story about love and conflict.
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7.Rim of the World(2019)
6.0Science FictionAdventureComedyAlso science fiction and adventure
Stranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.
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8.Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets(2017)
6.7AdventureScience FictionActionAlso adventure and 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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9.Ender's Game(2013)
6.6Science FictionActionAdventureAlso science fiction and action
Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
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10.John Carter(2012)
6.4ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its…
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11.The Avengers(2012)
8.1Science FictionActionAdventureAlso science fiction and action
When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins!
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12.Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons(2022)
7.6AnimationActionScience FictionAlso action and science fiction
After discovering he has powers, 11-year-old Jonathan Kent and assassin-turned-Boy-Wonder Damian Wayne must join forces to rescue their fathers (Superman & Batman) and save the planet from the malevolent alien force known as Starro.
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13.Man of Steel(2013)
6.7ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
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14.Divergent(2014)
6.9ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
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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15.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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16.Mortal Engines(2018)
6.3AdventureScience FictionAlso adventure and 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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18.The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2(2015)
6.9ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
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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19.I Am Number Four(2011)
6.2ActionThrillerScience FictionAlso action and science fiction
A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly normal teen John Smith never gets too comfortable in the same identity, and along with his guardian,…
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