Movies Like Dune

Dune (2021) is a science fiction and adventure film directed by Denis Villeneuve. Its recurring themes include empire, future, army, prophecy. 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. Dune stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac; where a recommendation shares one of those performers it is noted on the card.

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20 movies similar to Dune

Dune: Part Two (2024) poster

Dune: Part Two

2024Science Fiction, Adventure8.1

Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice betw…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Adventure • based on novel or book • chosen one • creature • Directed by Denis Villeneuve • Also stars Timothée Chalamet

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 • prophecy • dystopia • chosen one

Mortal Engines (2018) poster

Mortal Engines

2018Adventure, Science Fiction6.3

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 trac…

Why it’s similar: Adventure • Science Fiction • based on novel or book • dystopia • revenge

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: Adventure • Science Fiction • empire • space • desert

Ender's Game (2013) poster

Ender's Game

2013Science Fiction, Action6.6

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Adventure • based on novel or book • chosen one • space

Blade Runner 2049 (2017) poster

Blade Runner 2049

2017Science Fiction, Drama7.6

Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chao…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • future • dystopia • Directed by Denis Villeneuve

Chaos Walking (2021) poster

Chaos Walking

2021Fantasy, Science Fiction6.5

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 thou…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Adventure • based on novel or book • dystopia

The 5th Wave (2016) poster

The 5th Wave

2016Science Fiction, Adventure5.9

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Adventure • based on novel or book • 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: Adventure • Science Fiction • dystopia • space

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) poster

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017Adventure, Science Fiction6.7

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…

Why it’s similar: Adventure • Science Fiction • future • space opera

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) poster

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005Adventure, Action7.5

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…

Why it’s similar: Adventure • Science Fiction • chosen one • space opera

The Host (2013) poster

The Host

2013Action, Adventure6.3

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…

Why it’s similar: Adventure • Science Fiction • based on novel or book • dystopia

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) poster

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2013Adventure, Action7.4

After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symb…

Why it’s similar: Adventure • Science Fiction • based on novel or book • dystopia

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) poster

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007Adventure, Fantasy7.7

When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.

Why it’s similar: Adventure • based on novel or book • prophecy

Logan (2017) poster

Logan

2017Action, Drama7.8

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a…

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

Real Steel (2011) poster

Real Steel

2011Action, Science Fiction7.1

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebui…

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

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: Adventure • Science Fiction • dystopia

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023) poster

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

2023Science Fiction, Action7.0

64 years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from Distri…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

How this list was built

Candidates come from the recommendation and similar-title data TMDB publishes for Dune, 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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