Movies like Code 8
If Code 8's mix of drug trafficking, dystopia and superhero stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Code 8's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Code 8 Part II
2024 · Directed by Jeff Chan · 101 min6.4
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Jeff Chan · With Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell · Shares: superhero · Also 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.
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Logan
2017 · Directed by James Mangold · 137 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, superhero, super power · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark…
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Samaritan
2022 · Directed by Julius Avery · 102 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: superhero, super power, criminal gang · Also science fiction and crime
Thirteen year old Sam Cleary suspects that his mysteriously reclusive neighbor Mr. Smith is actually the legendary vigilante Samaritan, who was reported dead 25 years ago.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
2013 · Directed by Jay Oliva · 78 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia, super power · Also science fiction and action · From the same decade (2010s)
Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.
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The Dark Knight
2008 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 152 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: superhero, super power · Also action and crime
Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets.
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Avengers: Infinity War
2018 · Directed by Joe Russo · 149 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: superhero, super power · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
1991 · Directed by James Cameron · 137 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and 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.
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The Terminator
1984 · Directed by James Cameron · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and 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…
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Kick-Ass
2010 · Directed by Matthew Vaughn · 118 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: superhero · Also action and crime · From the same decade (2010s)
Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
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Dredd
2012 · Directed by Pete Travis · 96 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city.
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Resident Evil
2002 · Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · 100 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and science fiction
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain…
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The Chronicles of Riddick
2004 · Directed by David Twohy · 119 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: dystopia · Also action and 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.