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Movies Like The Big Game

If you liked The Big Game (1973), a science fiction and action movie directed by Robert Day, 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 and adventure

    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. 2Code 8 Part II

    Code 8 Part II (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and action

    In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.

  3. 3Timescape

    Timescape (1992)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and adventure

    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…

  4. 4Doctor Who: Last Christmas

    Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and adventure

    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!

  5. 5Vesper

    Vesper (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and drama

    After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…

  6. 6Foxtrot Six

    Foxtrot Six (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and drama

    Escalating climate change is turning the world economy upside down. With crops dying and food price spiking, FOOD has replaced oil as the world's most valuable commodity. Among the very few lands still left fertile…

  7. 7Soldier

    Soldier (1998)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and action

    Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts…

  8. 8Monsters of Man

    Monsters of Man (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and action

    A robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing…

  9. 9Halo: Nightfall

    Halo: Nightfall (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also science fiction and action

    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…

  10. 10Allegiant

    Allegiant (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also adventure and science fiction

    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.

  11. 11The Dogs of War

    The Dogs of War (1980)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and adventure

    Mercenary soldiers Jamie and Drew are hired by a large corporation to liberate Zangaro, a small African nation, from an despot. Havoc ensues.

  12. 12Universal Soldier: The Return

    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…

  13. 13Gemini Man

    Gemini Man (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also action and science fiction

    Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…

  14. 14Spectral

    Spectral (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and action

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

  15. 15Walking Tall

    Walking Tall (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10Also adventure and drama

    A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house.

  16. 16Vera Cruz

    Vera Cruz (1954)

    ★ 6.7/10Also adventure and drama

    After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are…

  17. 17Outlaws - For Greater Glory

    Outlaws - For Greater Glory (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and action

    A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country.

  18. 18Sahara

    Sahara (1995)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and adventure

    After the fall of Tobruk in June 1942, U.S. Army sergeant Joe Gunn leads his tank into the Sahara desert, in order to evade advancing Rommel's forces and reach Allied lines. Along the way he picks up few Allied…

  19. 19Light of My Life

    Light of My Life (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and drama

    Years after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.

  20. 20Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

    Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)

    ★ 6.2/10Also action and adventure

    A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.

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