If You Liked X2, Watch These Next
Finished X2 (2003) 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 X2, most of them are adventure, action, science fiction.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Dark Phoenix(2019)
6.0Science FictionActionAdventureAlso science fiction and action
The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in outer space, Jean is nearly killed when she's hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far…
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2.The Wolverine(2013)
6.4ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso action and science fiction
Wolverine faces his ultimate nemesis - and tests of his physical, emotional, and mortal limits - in a life-changing voyage to modern-day Japan.
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3.X-Men: Apocalypse(2016)
6.5Science FictionFantasyActionAlso science fiction and action
After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.
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4.Superman Returns(2006)
5.8Science FictionActionAdventureAlso science fiction and action
Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.
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5.Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania(2023)
6.2ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought…
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6.Superman: Man of Tomorrow(2020)
7.1AnimationActionScience FictionAlso action and science fiction
It’s the dawn of a new age of heroes, and Metropolis has just met its first. But as Daily Planet intern Clark Kent – working alongside reporter Lois Lane – secretly wields his alien powers of flight, super-strength and x-ray vision in the battle for good, there’s even greater trouble on the horizon.
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7.Justice League(2017)
6.1ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and the Parademons who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth.
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8.Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3(2023)
7.9Science FictionAdventureActionAlso science fiction and adventure
Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.
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9.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness(2022)
7.2FantasyActionAdventureAlso action and adventure
Doctor Strange, with the help of mystical allies both old and new, traverses the mind-bending and dangerous alternate realities of the Multiverse to confront a mysterious new adversary.
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10.Iron Man 2(2010)
6.9AdventureActionScience FictionAlso adventure and action
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side,…
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11.Alita: Battle Angel(2019)
7.3ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso action and science fiction
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.
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12.Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut(2006)
7.4Science FictionActionAdventureAlso 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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13.Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1(2012)
7.7Science FictionActionAnimationAlso science fiction and action
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.Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One(2024)
7.2AnimationScience FictionActionAlso science fiction and action
Death is coming. Worse than death: oblivion. Not just for our Earth, but for everyone, everywhere, in every universe! Against this ultimate destruction, the mysterious Monitor has gathered the greatest team of Super Heroes ever assembled. But what can the combined might of Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, The Flash,…
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15.Avengers: Infinity War(2018)
8.2AdventureActionScience FictionAlso 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. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict…
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16.X-Men: Days of Future Past(2014)
7.5ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
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17.Captain America: Civil War(2016)
7.5AdventureActionScience FictionAlso adventure and action
Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.
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18.Black Panther(2018)
7.4ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the…
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20.The Amazing Spider-Man 2(2014)
6.6ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot…
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