If You Liked The Core, Watch These Next
Finished The Core (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 The Core, most of them are science fiction, adventure, thriller.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.2012(2009)
5.9ActionAdventureScience FictionAlso adventure and science fiction
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for…
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2.The Day After Tomorrow(2004)
6.6Science FictionThrillerAdventureAlso science fiction and thriller
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in…
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3.Geostorm(2017)
6.1ActionScience FictionThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race…
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4.Armageddon(1998)
6.8ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among…
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5.Underwater(2020)
6.3HorrorScience FictionActionAlso science fiction and adventure
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
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7.Superman(1978)
7.2Science FictionActionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
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8.Terminator Genisys(2015)
6.0Science FictionActionThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare…
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9.Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom(2018)
6.5AdventureScience FictionThrillerAlso adventure and science fiction
Three years after Jurassic World was destroyed, Isla Nublar now sits abandoned. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Claire mount a campaign to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from this extinction-level event.
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10.The Andromeda Strain(1971)
7.1Science FictionThrillerDramaAlso science fiction and thriller
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scrambles to a secure laboratory and tries first to isolate the life form…
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12.Greenland 2: Migration(2026)
6.4AdventureThrillerScience FictionAlso adventure and thriller
Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
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13.Super 8(2011)
6.8ThrillerScience FictionMysteryAlso thriller and science fiction
In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.
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14.Babylon 5: In the Beginning(1998)
7.1ActionScience FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
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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15.Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home(1986)
7.2Science FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.
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16.2073(2024)
6.7ThrillerScience FictionDramaAlso thriller and science fiction
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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17.Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials(2015)
6.7Science FictionActionThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly…
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18.The Astronaut(2025)
6.1HorrorScience FictionThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA’s care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth
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19.War of the Worlds(2005)
6.6AdventureThrillerScience FictionAlso adventure and thriller
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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20.Dawn of the Planet of the Apes(2014)
7.3Science FictionActionDramaAlso science fiction and thriller
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
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