Movies like The Matrix: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Matrix (1999) — a action and science fiction film directed by Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Matrix most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like man vs machine, martial arts and fortune teller. 13 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Matrix Reloaded 2003★ 7.1
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Matrix Revolutions 2003★ 6.8
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Matrix Resurrections 2021★ 6.3
Shares: Science Fiction, Action
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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Terminator Salvation 2009★ 6.1
Shares: Action, 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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The Terminator 1984★ 7.7
Shares: Action, 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 3: Rise of the Machines 2003★ 6.2
Shares: Action, 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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The Book of Eli 2010★ 6.8
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sonyliv Amazon Channel
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Next 2007★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies low under an assumed name in Vegas, performing cheap tricks and living off small-time gambling "winnings." But when a terrorist group threatens to detonate a nuclear device in Los Angeles, government agent Callie Ferris must use all her wiles to capture Cris and convince him to help her stop the cataclysm.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Chappie 2015★ 6.8
Shares: Action, 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 2: Judgment Day 1991★ 8.2
Shares: Action, 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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Afterburn 2025★ 6.2
Shares: Action, 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 treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Universal Soldier: The Return 1999★ 5.9
Shares: Action, 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 stop it. All hell breaks loose as Luc battles SETH and a deadly team of perfect soldiers in a struggle that pits man against machine and good against evil.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cloud Atlas 2012★ 6.9
Shares: 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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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die 2026★ 7.1
Shares: Science Fiction, Action
A 'Man from the Future' arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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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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The Running Man 1987★ 6.5
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mad Max: Fury Road 2015★ 7.6
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Monsters of Man 2020★ 6.4
Shares: Science Fiction, 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 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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RoboCop 1987★ 7.4
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight 2002★ 6.0
Shares: Science Fiction, Action
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 city on record and a clue to a dangerous ancient race.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now