Movies Like Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner 2049 (2017) is a science fiction and drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve. Its recurring themes include future, android, bounty hunter, artificial intelligence (a.i.). The 20 films below were selected because they overlap with it on measurable signals — shared genres, shared themes, overlapping cast or crew, and the audiences TMDB records as watching both. Blade Runner 2049 stars Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas; where a recommendation shares one of those performers it is noted on the card.

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20 movies similar to Blade Runner 2049

Blade Runner (1982) poster

Blade Runner

1982Science Fiction, Drama7.9

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Drama • android • bounty hunter • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • Also stars Harrison Ford

The Terminator (1984) poster

The Terminator

1984Action, Thriller7.7

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is desti…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • dystopia • los angeles, california

Upgrade (2018) poster

Upgrade

2018Action, Thriller7.5

A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • future • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • dystopia

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) poster

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991Action, Thriller8.2

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, h…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • dystopia • sequel

Dune (2021) poster

Dune

2021Science Fiction, Adventure7.8

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • future • dystopia • Directed by Denis Villeneuve • Also stars Dave Bautista

Chappie (2015) poster

Chappie

2015Crime, Action6.8

Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surr…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • future • android • artificial intelligence (a.i.)

Cloud Atlas (2012) poster

Cloud Atlas

2012Drama, Science Fiction6.9

A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Science Fiction • future • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • dystopia

Interstellar (2014) poster

Interstellar

2014Adventure, Drama8.5

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an in…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Science Fiction • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • dystopia

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) poster

The Chronicles of Riddick

2004Action, Science Fiction6.6

After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, w…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • bounty hunter • dystopia • sequel

The Matrix (1999) poster

The Matrix

1999Action, Science Fiction8.3

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • dystopia • cyberpunk

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) poster

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015Action, Adventure7.6

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of li…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • dystopia • sequel

Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) poster

Avengers: Age of Ultron

2015Action, Adventure7.3

When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the b…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • sequel

Monsters of Man (2020) poster

Monsters of Man

2020Science Fiction, Action6.4

A robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots i…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Alien (1979) poster

Alien

1979Horror, Science Fiction8.2

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containin…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

The Maze Runner (2014) poster

The Maze Runner

2014Action, Mystery7.2

A teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to thei…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Terminator Salvation (2009) poster

Terminator Salvation

2009Action, Science Fiction6.1

All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his e…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) poster

The Mandalorian and Grogu

2026Action, Adventure7.5

The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they h…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026) poster

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

2026Science Fiction, Action7.1

A 'Man from the Future' arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the term…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Star Wars (1977) poster

Star Wars

1977Adventure, Action8.2

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo tea…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Soulm8te (2026) poster

Soulm8te

2026Horror, Science Fiction7.4

After a ruthless tech giant acquires a small robotics company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to reprogram her to be a trul…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

How this list was built

Candidates come from the recommendation and similar-title data TMDB publishes for Blade Runner 2049, merged and deduplicated. Each candidate is then re-ranked on genre overlap, shared TMDB keywords, shared director or cast members, and audience-rating confidence. Titles without a poster, a synopsis or enough votes to be a meaningful signal are dropped rather than padded in — which is why some pages show ten results and others twenty.

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