Films like The Hunger Games (2012)

The Hunger Games plot: In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

Keywords: Violent, Deadly game, Class divide, Dystopia, Competition, Survival, Survival game, Fake relationship, Class warfare, Battle royale

Style characteristics: Tension, Darkness, Bleakness, Pacing, Violence, Action

1. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

IMDB: 7.5

2013 · 2h 26minUnited States

Director: Francis Lawrence

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Tension, Pacing, Darkness, Tone, Conflict

Shared keywords

Violent, Deadly game, Dystopia, Competition, Survival, Survival game, Fake relationship, Class warfare

2. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

IMDB: 6.6

2014 · 2h 3minUnited States

Director: Francis Lawrence

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Bleakness, Darkness, Complexity, Tone, PlotNotable differences: Violence (-14%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Dystopia, Survival

3. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

IMDB: 6.6

2015 · 2h 17minUnited States, Germany

Director: Francis Lawrence

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Pacing, Bleakness, Tension, Tone, Plot

Shared keywords

Violent, Dystopia, Survival

4. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

IMDB: 6.6

2023 · 2h 37minUnited States, Germany

Director: Francis Lawrence

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Violence, Darkness, Bleakness, Setting, Tone

Shared keywords

Violent, Deadly game, Class divide, Dystopia, Competition, Survival, Survival game

5. Snowpiercer

IMDB: 7.1

2013 · 2h 7minSouth Korea

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Tension, Pacing, Darkness, Tropes, ToneNotable differences: Violence (+12%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Class divide, Dystopia, Survival, Class warfare

6. Divergent

IMDB: 6.6

2014 · 2h 20minUnited States

Director: Neil Burger

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Pacing, Action, Tone, TropesNotable differences: Bleakness (-15%), Darkness (-15%), Tension (-12%), Violence (-17%)

Shared keywords

Dystopia, Survival

7. Elysium

IMDB: 6.6

2013 · 1h 49minUnited States

Director: Neill Blomkamp

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Pacing, Tension, Violence, Tropes, ToneNotable differences: Bleakness (-15%), Action (+18%)

Shared keywords

Class divide, Dystopia, Survival

8. The Maze Runner

IMDB: 6.8

2014 · 1h 53minUnited States, United Kingdom

Director: Wes Ball

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Pacing, Action, Tension, Tone, TropesNotable differences: Bleakness (-15%)

Shared keywords

Dystopia, Survival

9. Children of Men

IMDB: 7.9

2006 · 1h 49minUnited States, United Kingdom

Director: Alfonso Cuarón

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Darkness, Pacing, Complexity, Tone, TropesNotable differences: Bleakness (+12%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Dystopia, Survival

10. V for Vendetta

IMDB: 8.1

2006 · 2h 12minUnited States, Germany

Director: James McTeigue

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Darkness, Pacing, Bleakness, Tone, TropesNotable differences: Tension (-12%)

11. Battle Royale

IMDB: 7.5

2000 · 1h 53minJapan

Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Pacing, Complexity, Tension, Tone, TropesNotable differences: Bleakness (+15%), Darkness (+15%), Violence (+30%)

Shared keywords

Violent, Deadly game, Competition, Survival, Survival game, Battle royale

12. What Happened to Monday

IMDB: 6.8

2017 · 2h 3minUnited States, Belgium

Director: Tommy Wirkola

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Tension, Bleakness, Darkness, Tropes, Tone

Shared keywords

Dystopia, Survival

13. The Island

IMDB: 6.8

2005 · 2h 16minUnited States

Director: Michael Bay

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Tension, Violence, Pacing, Tone, TropesNotable differences: Bleakness (-15%), Darkness (-15%), Action (+20%)

14. In Time

IMDB: 6.7

2011 · 1h 49minUnited States

Director: Andrew Niccol

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Pacing, Action, Bleakness, Tropes, ToneNotable differences: Darkness (-15%), Violence (-24%)

Shared keywords

Class divide, Survival, Survival game

15. I Am Legend

IMDB: 7.2

2007 · 1h 41minUnited States, United Kingdom

Director: Francis Lawrence

Similarity

Closest characteristics: Darkness, Bleakness, Tension, Tone, Tropes

Shared keywords

Violent, Survival