Movies like Inception (2010)

Name: Inception
Released: 2010

10 films to watch after Inception, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

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Paycheck (2003)

Fit 67%

Shares Action, Adventure and Science Fiction with Inception.

Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.
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Push (2009)

Fit 63%

Shares Science Fiction, Action and Adventure with Inception.

After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to destroying Division. Together with Cassie, a teenage clairvoyant, Nick goes in search of a missing girl and a stolen suitcase that could be the key to accomplishing their mutual goal.
3

Strange Days (1995)

Fit 61%

Shares Science Fiction with Inception.

In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.
4

Impostor (2001)

Fit 53%

Shares Action and Science Fiction with Inception.

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.
5

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Fit 48%

Shares Adventure and Action with Inception.

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
6

North by Northwest (1959)

Fit 47%

Shares Adventure with Inception.

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
7

Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Fit 44%

Shares Science Fiction, Adventure and Action with Inception.

Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Fit 40%

Shares Adventure and Action with Inception.

Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. Their destinies lie at two towers--Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupt wizard Saruman awaits, and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dur, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.
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The Contractor (2022)

Fit 39%

Shares Action with Inception.

After being involuntarily discharged from the U.S. Special Forces, James Harper decides to support his family by joining a private contracting organization alongside his best friend and under the command of a fellow veteran. Overseas on a covert mission, Harper must evade those trying to kill him while making his way back home.
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The Wages of Fear (1953)

Fit 36%

Shares Adventure with Inception.

In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upon the perilous journey.