If You Liked Independence Day, Watch These Next
Finished Independence Day (1996) 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 Independence Day, most of them are action, adventure, science fiction.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Star Trek Into Darkness(2013)
7.3ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a…
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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.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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4.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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5.Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within(2001)
6.2ActionAdventureAnimationAlso action and adventure
Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its darkest hate and unleash the spirits within.
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7.The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension(1984)
6.0Science FictionComedyAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
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8.Star Trek Beyond(2016)
6.8ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso action and adventure
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
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10.Battle: Los Angeles(2011)
5.8Science FictionActionAlso science fiction and action
When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine staff sergeant and his team are sent into battle only to find they must take it upon themselves to defeat an unknown enemy and protect what remains of Los Angeles.
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11.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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12.Oblivion(2013)
6.7ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso action and science fiction
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed…
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14.Justice League: Gods and Monsters(2015)
7.1ActionAnimationFantasyAlso action and adventure
In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity fight against the government after they are framed for an embassy bombing.
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15.Planet Hulk(2010)
7.1Science FictionAnimationActionAlso science fiction and action
When the Hulk's presence on Earth becomes too great a risk, the Illuminati trick him to board a shuttle destined for a planet where he will be able to live in peace, and launch it into space. The Hulk's struggle to escape causes the shuttle to malfunction and crash land on the planet Sakaar, however, where he is sold…
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16.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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17.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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18.Halo: Nightfall(2014)
6.8Science FictionActionAdventureAlso science fiction and action
Set between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians… Halo: Nightfall tells the dramatic story of legendary man hunter and Naval Intelligence Officer Jameson Locke and his team as they are caught in a horrific biological attack while investigating terrorist activity on the distant colony world of Sedra. As they…
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19.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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20.Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three(2024)
7.1AnimationScience FictionActionAlso science fiction and action
Now fully revealed as the ultimate threat to existence, the Anti-Monitor wages an unrelenting attack on the surviving Earths that struggle for survival in a pocket universe. One by one, these worlds and all their inhabitants are vaporized! On the planets that remain, even time itself is shattered, and heroes from the…
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