Movies Like Strive

If you liked Strive (2026), a action and science fiction movie directed by Jussi Rautaniemi, 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
Death Race 2000 (1975)
★ 6.2/10Also action and science fiction
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped…
2
Death Race 2 (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also action and science fiction
In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head…
3
Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: Ignition (2005)
★ 8.4/10Also science fiction and action
Two rival race teams, the Teku and the Metal Maniacs, are recruited by Dr. Peter Tezla to race in the fantastic Racing Realms and retrieve the all-powerful AcceleChargers before they fall into the hands of the deadly…
4
Death Race: Inferno (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also action and science fiction
Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and all, are transferred to another prison where they will compete in a…
5
Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)
★ 5.9/10Also action and science fiction
Luc Deveraux, the heroic former Universal Soldier, is about to be thrown into action once again. When SETH, the supercomputer-controlled ultra-warrior, decides to take revenge and destroy its creators, only Luc can…
6
Blade Runner (1982)
★ 7.9/10Also science fiction
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 creator for a way to extend their…
7
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also action and science fiction
As the war between the Capitol and the districts reaches its peak, Katniss Everdeen embarks on a perilous mission to liberate Panem and confront President Snow. Joined by a team of trusted allies, she navigates deadly…
8
When I'm Ready (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction
It's the end of the world. Seeking meaning and thrills in their last days alive, Rose and Michael embark on a cross-country road trip to see Rose's grandmother as a devastating asteroid threatens to wipe out life on…
9
Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and action
After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.
10
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also action and science fiction
Black Ops specialist Connor Gibson infiltrates a maximum security prison to take down legendary driver Frankenstein in a violent and brutal car race.
11
Mortal Engines (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
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 traction cities, the old London, Tom…
12
Gran Turismo (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also action
The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.
13
Tomorrowland (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic…
14
Slash/Back (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and action
In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.
15
2073 (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also science fiction
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and…
16
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…
17
Rush (2013)
★ 7.7/10Also action
In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.
18
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also action and science fiction
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
19
Time Toys (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
A group of middle school kids stumble upon a chest full of incredible toys from the future. The discovery takes them on an adventure using their newfound toys to save their neighborhood and ultimately the world from a…
20
Furious 7 (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also action
Deckard Shaw seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family for his comatose brother.