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Movies Like Axanar: The Gathering Storm

If you liked Axanar: The Gathering Storm (2026), a science fiction movie, 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. 1Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

    Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest…

  2. 2Timescape

    Timescape (1992)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    Before they can complete renovations on their new country inn, a widowed father and his young daughter are visited by a strange group of tourists. He soon makes a chilling discovery: they are disaster junkies from the…

  3. 3Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also 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.

  4. 4Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

  5. 5Halo: Nightfall

    Halo: Nightfall (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also science fiction

    Set between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians… Halo: Nightfall tells the dramatic story of legendary man hunter and Naval Intelligence Officer Jameson Locke and his team as they are caught in a horrific…

  6. 6Alien: Night Shift

    Alien: Night Shift (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    When a missing space trucker is discovered hungover and disoriented, his co-worker suggests a nightcap as a remedy. Near closing time, they are reluctantly allowed inside the colony supply depot where the trucker’s…

  7. 7Alien: Alone

    Alien: Alone (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    An abandoned crew member aboard a derelict chemical hauler is trying to keep her ship and herself alive. After discovering hidden cargo, she risks it all to power up the broken ship in search of human life.

  8. 8Guardians of the Galaxy

    Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

    ★ 7.9/10Also science fiction

    Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.

  9. 9Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

    Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999)

    ★ 6.9/10Also science fiction

    Allies of the Shadows seek revenge against humanity. This movie sets up the series, "Crusade," the sequel to "Babylon 5."

  10. 10Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

    ★ 6.7/10Also science fiction

    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…

  11. 11Zygote

    Zygote (2017)

    ★ 7/10Also science fiction

    The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.

  12. 12Ender's Game

    Ender's Game (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    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.

  13. 13Osiris

    Osiris (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.

  14. 14Star Trek Into Darkness

    Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

    ★ 7.3/10Also science fiction

    When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of…

  15. 15Spectral

    Spectral (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.

  16. 16The 5th Wave

    The 5th Wave (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    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 Age.

  17. 17Star Trek Beyond

    Star Trek Beyond (2016)

    ★ 6.8/10Also science fiction

    The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

  18. 18Doctor Who: Last Christmas

    Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also science fiction

    The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!

  19. 19Books of Blood

    Books of Blood (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.

  20. 20Stowaway

    Stowaway (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.

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