Movies Like Airboss II: Preemptive Strike

If you liked Airboss II: Preemptive Strike (1998), a science fiction and action movie directed by J. Christian Ingvordsen, 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
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
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…
3
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…
4
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…
5
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also action and 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.
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Osiris (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and action
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.
7
Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and action
The feature-length pilot for this Emmy award-winning show. Babylon 5 is the latest in a series of space stations built by humans. The Vorlon ambassador, Kosh, has been poisoned. It is the new commanding officer…
8
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and adventure
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.
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F.R.E.D.I. (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and adventure
An intelligent, lovable robot known as "F.R.E.D.I." is stolen from a secret research facility by the project's lead scientist. The robot is found by a 15 year old teenager, James. Soon the two begin to communicate and…
10
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also action and adventure
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.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and action
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.
12
Ender's Game (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and action
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
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.
14
Afterburn (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also action and science fiction
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of…
15
Star Trek (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and action
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As…
16
Interceptor (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and adventure
A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
17
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and action
When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.
18
The Creator (2023)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and action
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive…
19
Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
★ 6.4/10Also action and science fiction
A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.
20
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and action
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as…