Movies like Avatar
12 films like Avatar (2009), Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Alita: Battle Angel among them. They're picked by what the story is about and what each shares with Avatar: its director, cast, franchise or setting.
2009 · 162 min · Action, Adventure, Fantasy. A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
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Avatar: The Way of Water
Also directed by James Cameron · Also stars Sam Worthington and Zoe SaldañaJake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
Also directed by James Cameron · Also stars Sam Worthington and Zoe SaldañaJake and Neytiri's family grapples with grief, encountering a new, aggressive Na'vi tribe, the Ash People, who are led by the fiery Varang, as the conflict on Pandora escalates and a new moral focus emerges.
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Alita: Battle Angel
Also action and adventureA deactivated cyborg's revived, but can't remember anything of her past and goes on a quest to find out who she is.
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Prometheus
Also adventureFollowing clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.
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Oblivion
Also action and adventureA stranger's arrival triggers one man's battle to save mankind.
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Aliens
Also directed by James Cameron · Also stars Sigourney WeaverDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
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Spectral
Also actionA sci-fi/thriller story centered on a special-ops team that is dispatched to fight supernatural beings.
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Beyond Skyline
Also action and adventureA tough-as-nails detective embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship.
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The Abyss
Also directed by James CameronA civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and faces danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.
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The Assignment
Also actionAfter waking up and discovering that he has undergone gender reassignment surgery, an assassin seeks to find the doctor responsible.
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Relay
Also stars Sam WorthingtonA broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive.
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The Martian
Also adventureAn astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assumes him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.
