Movies like Stargate

The adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune, particularly David Lynch's 1984 version or Denis Villeneuve's 2021 take, offers a deep dive into an expansive universe. Stargate fans will appreciate the complex world-building and the central theme of a prophesied savior.

Predator is a high-stakes extraterrestrial thriller featuring a strong military component and an alien antagonist. Although less focused on interstellar travel, it offers the same kind of intense action and science fiction elements that audiences enjoyed in Stargate.

The Fifth Element is a visually dazzling sci-fi epic that shares Stargate's sense of cosmic adventure. With its ancient alien mythologies and an unlikely hero saving the world, it embodies a similar pulpy and adventurous spirit.

Starship Troopers combines military science fiction with a satirical edge, presenting an interstellar war against insectoid aliens. Like Stargate, it features a rich world with its own politics and society, paired with thrilling action sequences.

Directed by Roland Emmerich, who also helmed Stargate, Independence Day shares the theme of humanity's fight against an otherworldly force. With its grandiose set-pieces and a narrative centered around alien invasion, fans of Stargate's sci-fi action will feel right at home.

Total Recall, initially released in 1990 and remade in 2012, involves futuristic technology and a journey to Mars which intersects memory, identity, and reality. The film's mix of action and mind-bending concepts presents a universe that Stargate enthusiasts may find thrilling.

As a sequel to Pitch Black, The Chronicles of Riddick expands the universe to include different planets and alien species. Fans of Stargate's interstellar excursions and ancient alien civilizations might find Riddick's universe similarly enthralling.