If You Liked John Carter, Watch These Next
Finished John Carter (2012) 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 John Carter, most of them are action, adventure, science fiction.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.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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2.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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3.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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4.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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5.The Time Machine(2002)
6.4Science FictionAdventureActionAlso science fiction and adventure
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th-century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.
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6.Guardians of the Galaxy(2014)
7.9ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso 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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7.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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8.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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9.The Adam Project(2022)
7.0AdventureScience FictionComedyAlso adventure and science fiction
After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
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10.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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11.Green Lantern: First Flight(2009)
6.9ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.
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12.Star Trek(2009)
7.4Science FictionActionAdventureAlso 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. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing…
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13.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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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.Green Lantern: Beware My Power(2022)
6.8AnimationScience FictionActionAlso science fiction and action
Recently discharged Marine sniper John Stewart is at a crossroads in his life, one which is only complicated by receiving an extraterrestrial ring which grants him the powers of the Green Lantern of Earth. Unfortunately, the ring doesn't come with instructions - but it does come with baggage, like a horde of…
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16.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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17.Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire(2023)
6.2Science FictionActionAdventureAlso science fiction and action
When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.
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19.Project Hail Mary(2026)
8.6Science FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox…
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20.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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