Movies Like Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

If you liked Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013), a science fiction and action movie directed by Jay Oliva, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and action
Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?
2
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and science fiction
Death is coming. Worse than death: oblivion. Not just for our Earth, but for everyone, everywhere, in every universe! Against this ultimate destruction, the mysterious Monitor has gathered the greatest team of Super…
3
Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also action and animation
The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and The Flash can stop it. But can they overcome their differences to…
4
Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020)
★ 7/10Also animation and action
It’s the dawn of a new age of heroes, and Metropolis has just met its first. But as Daily Planet intern Clark Kent – working alongside reporter Lois Lane – secretly wields his alien powers of flight, super-strength and…
5
Oblivion (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also action and science fiction
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly…
6
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also animation and science fiction
Now fully revealed as the ultimate threat to existence, the Anti-Monitor wages an unrelenting attack on the surviving Earths that struggle for survival in a pocket universe. One by one, these worlds and all their…
7
Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also action and animation
In an alternate universe, very different versions of DC's Trinity fight against the government after they are framed for an embassy bombing.
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Divergent (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also action and science fiction
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, Tris and the mysterious Four must find…
9
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and action
After the events of Justice League: War, Ocean Master and Black Manta have declared a war against the surface in retaliation of the aftermath of Apokoliptian-tyrant Darkseid's planetary invasion. Queen Atlanna seeks…
10
Legion of Super-Heroes (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and science fiction
Kara, devastated by the loss of Krypton, struggles to adjust to her new life on Earth. Her cousin, Superman, mentors her and suggests she leave their space-time to attend the Legion Academy in the 31st century, where…
11
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and action
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 undertake a mission to Alpha, an…
12
Batman: Bad Blood (2016)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and action
When Batman goes missing, it takes the entire Bat "family" - including Batwoman and Batwing - to keep the peace in Gotham and unravel the mystery behind the Dark Knight's disappearance.
13
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and action
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
14
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also action and science fiction
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul…
15
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
★ 7.9/10Also animation and action
The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to restore the timeline.
16
The Flash (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also action and science fiction
When his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry Allen becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned and there are no Super Heroes to turn to. In order to save the world that…
17
Secret Headquarters (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also action and science fiction
While hanging out after school, Charlie and his friends discover the headquarters of the world’s most powerful superhero hidden beneath his home. When villains attack, they must team up to defend the headquarters and…
18
Allegiant (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and action
Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.
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Justice League (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and science fiction
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the…
20
Green Lantern: Beware My Power (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also animation and science fiction
Recently discharged Marine sniper John Stewart is at a crossroads in his life, one which is only complicated by receiving an extraterrestrial ring which grants him the powers of the Green Lantern of Earth…