Movies like Blade Runner 2049: 20 to watch next

If you loved Blade Runner 2049 (2017) — a science fiction and drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Blade Runner 2049 most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like future, android and bounty hunter. 15 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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   Blade Runner 1982★ 7.9

   Shares: Science Fiction, Drama

   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 short life spans.

   Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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   The Chronicles of Riddick 2004★ 6.6

   Shares: Science Fiction

   After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.

   Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, VI movies and tv

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   Upgrade 2018★ 7.5

   Shares: Science Fiction

   A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

   Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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   Monsters of Man 2020★ 6.4

   Shares: Science Fiction

   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 camp in the Golden Triangle, assuming they'd be killing drug runners that no one would miss. Six doctors on a humanitarian mission witness the brutal slaughter and become prime targets.

   Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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   Chappie 2015★ 6.8

   Shares: Science Fiction

   Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

   Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel, Sonyliv Amazon Channel

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   Terminator Salvation 2009★ 6.1

   Shares: Science Fiction

   All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.

   Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Sony Liv, VI movies and tv

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   RoboCop 2 1990★ 6.0

   Shares: Science Fiction

   After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path, uses Cane as the new subject for the RoboCop 2 project, a living God.

   Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel

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   Impostor 2001★ 6.1

   Shares: Science Fiction

   A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.

   Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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   The Terminator 1984★ 7.7

   Shares: Science Fiction

   In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

   Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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    Terminator: Dark Fate 2019★ 6.4

    Shares: Science Fiction

    Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

    Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv

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    Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991★ 8.2

    Shares: Science Fiction

    Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

    Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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    The Machine 2013★ 5.9

    Shares: Science Fiction

    Already deep into a second Cold War, Britain’s Ministry of Defense seeks a game-changing weapon. Programmer Vincent McCarthy unwittingly provides an answer in The Machine, a super-strong human cyborg. When a programming bug causes the prototype to decimate his lab, McCarthy takes his obsessive efforts underground, far away from inquisitive eyes.

    Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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    Wifelike 2022★ 6.5

    Shares: Science Fiction

    A grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the programming of the artificial human assigned as his companion to behave like his late wife. She begins to question her reality as memories of a past life begin to surface in a world where nothing is as it seems.

    Stream in India on Netflix

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    Predator 2 1990★ 6.3

    Shares: Science Fiction

    A police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.

    Stream in India on JioHotstar

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    Class of 1999 1990★ 6.0

    Shares: Science Fiction

    The time is in the future and the youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free-fire zones", into which not even the police will venture. When Miles Langford, the head of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest provides "tactical education units". These are amazingly human-like androids that have been programmed to teach and are supplied with devastatingly effective solutions to discipline problems. So when the violent, out-of-control students of Kennedy High report for class tomorrow, they're going to get a real education... in staying alive!

    Stream in India on Movie Sphere+

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    Cloud Atlas 2012★ 6.9

    Shares: Drama, Science Fiction

    A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

    Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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    Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2003★ 6.2

    Shares: Science Fiction

    It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.

    Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sonyliv Amazon Channel

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    Repo Men 2010★ 6.3

    Shares: Science Fiction

    In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.

    Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv

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    The Matrix Resurrections 2021★ 6.3

    Shares: Science Fiction

    Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

    Stream in India on JioHotstar

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    Spectral 2016★ 6.6

    Shares: Science Fiction

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

    Stream in India on Netflix