Movies Like The Matrix

The Matrix (1999) is an action and science fiction film directed by Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski. Its recurring themes include man vs machine, martial arts, fortune teller, 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. The Matrix stars Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss; where a recommendation shares one of those performers it is noted on the card.

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20 movies similar to The Matrix

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: Action • Science Fiction • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • saving the world

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: Action • Science Fiction • man vs machine • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • saving the world

Terminator Genisys (2015) poster

Terminator Genisys

2015Science Fiction, Action6.0

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 whe…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Action • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • saving the world • 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: Action • Science Fiction • man vs machine • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • dystopia

The Creator (2023) poster

The Creator

2023Science Fiction, Action7.0

Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt…

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

Eternals (2021) poster

Eternals

2021Science Fiction, Action6.8

The Eternals are a team of ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years. When an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows, they are forced…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Action • saving the world • woman director

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 • artificial intelligence (a.i.) • dystopia • cyberpunk

Next (2007) poster

Next

2007Action, Science Fiction6.1

Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interes…

Why it’s similar: Action • Science Fiction • fortune teller

The Electric State (2025) poster

The Electric State

2025Action, Adventure6.5

An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.

Why it’s similar: Action • Science Fiction • man vs machine • artificial intelligence (a.i.)

Geostorm (2017) poster

Geostorm

2017Action, Science Fiction6.1

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 clima…

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

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010) poster

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths

2010Animation, Science Fiction7.3

A heroic version of Lex Luthor from an alternate universe appears to recruit the Justice League to help save his Earth from the Crime Syndicate, an evil version of the League. What…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • saving the world • woman director

Divergent (2014) poster

Divergent

2014Action, Adventure6.9

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,…

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

2012 (2009) poster

2012

2009Action, Adventure5.9

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 heatin…

Why it’s similar: Action • Science Fiction

The Dark Tower (2017) poster

The Dark Tower

2017Fantasy, Action5.8

A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.

Why it’s similar: Action • Science Fiction

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) poster

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

2006Adventure, Fantasy7.4

Captain Jack Sparrow’s got a blood debt to pay: he owes his soul to the legendary Davy Jones, ghastly Ruler of the Ocean Depths. To escape eternal servitude aboard the Flying Dutch…

Why it’s similar: Action

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

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: Science Fiction

TRON: Legacy (2010) poster

TRON: Legacy

2010Adventure, Action6.5

Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sa…

Why it’s similar: Action • Science Fiction

Automata (2014) poster

Automata

2014Thriller, Science Fiction5.9

Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the futu…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) poster

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025Action, Thriller7.2

Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments…

Why it’s similar: Action

How this list was built

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