Movies Like Star Wars The Force Awakens to Watch Next

Rey ignites that lightsaber for the first time in the snowy forest, blue light cutting through the darkness, and you feel that rush. The Force Awakens brings back everything you loved about the original trilogy: scrappy heroes, galaxy-spanning stakes, and the belief that nobodies can become legends. If you're hunting for more films that scratch that same itch, these six picks deliver epic scale, underdog heroes, and worlds big enough to get lost in.

The race through Manhattan while King Kong swats cars off the road feels exactly like piloting an X-wing through a trench. A teenager named Wade hunts for an Easter egg hidden inside a massive virtual reality universe, racing against a corporate army that wants total control. The whole thing runs on nostalgia and spectacle, throwing you into world after world where anything can happen. It's got the same underdog energy as Force Awakens, the same belief that a kid with heart can beat an empire. Steven Spielberg directs, so every set piece lands with weight. Find where it's streaming on Shownex

The feeling lingers after the credits roll: wonder mixed with just enough danger to keep your pulse up. A group of kids making a zombie movie witness a train crash that releases something into their small town. What starts as mystery turns into a chase, with the military closing in and the friends trying to survive. It nails that Spielberg magic J.J. Abrams clearly loves, the same spirit he brought to Force Awakens. Kids bickering, impossible stakes, and a creature that's scarier in shadow than in full view. It's smaller in scale but huge in heart. Find where it's streaming on Shownex

You know the moment Captain America lifts that hammer and the theater erupts. Endgame delivers the same team-up thrill Force Awakens promised when Finn and Rey ran from TIE fighters side by side. The surviving Avengers scramble to undo Thanos's snap, jumping through time to steal the tools they need for one last fight. Every hero gets a beat. Every callback lands. It's massive, emotional, and earned after a dozen films of buildup. Space opera films like this bet everything on characters you care about, and Endgame pays off in full. Find where it's streaming on Shownex

The park is open. That's all it takes to pull you back into a world you thought you knew. A new dinosaur theme park thrives until corporate greed engineers a hybrid monster that breaks containment. Two brothers are stranded on the island. Their aunt, an operations manager, teams up with a raptor trainer to stop the chaos before the body count climbs higher. It's the same formula as Force Awakens: take a beloved franchise, update the tech, throw in fresh faces, and let nostalgia and spectacle do the work. The velociraptor pack running alongside Chris Pratt's motorcycle hits like the Millennium Falcon dodging through wreckage. Find where it's streaming on Shownex

Like Force Awakens, Passengers traps two strangers on a ship hurtling through space with no easy way out. A man wakes up 90 years too early on a colony ship bound for a distant planet. Alone for a year, he makes a terrible choice and wakes a woman to keep him company. Then the ship starts failing, and survival becomes the only goal. It's quieter than Star Wars, trading dogfights for moral weight, but the isolation and the vastness of space feel just as overwhelming. The stakes are smaller, but the tension never lets up. Find where it's streaming on Shownex

Tony Stark wants to prove he doesn't need a team, but an alien invasion forces him and five other heroes to work together or lose Earth. The first Avengers film crackles with the same energy as watching Rey, Finn, and Poe meet for the first time: strangers becoming a crew under fire. Loki opens a portal over New York, and suddenly gods, soldiers, and scientists are fighting side by side. Joss Whedon keeps the banter sharp and the action clear. It's sci-fi movies similar to Force Awakens in structure: gather the heroes, raise the stakes, and let them save the galaxy together. Find where it's streaming on Shownex

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