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15 Movies Like Blade Runner

Loved Blade Runner? These are the films we’d put on next — matched by genre, themes, tone, era and the things that make the movie feel the way it does.

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Escape from New York

1981

Escape from New York shares key genre characteristics with Blade Runner and comes from a similar filmmaking era.

✓ They share Action, Thriller, Science Fiction genres✓ Both share dystopian science fiction✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity

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68%

Total Recall

1990

Total Recall shares key genre characteristics with Blade Runner and comes from a similar filmmaking era.

✓ They share Action, Dystopian, Science Fiction genres✓ Both share dystopian science fiction✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a violent tone

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66%

Christine

1983

Christine shares key genre characteristics with Blade Runner and comes from a similar filmmaking era.

✓ They share Drama, Thriller, Action genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a violent tone

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64%

Body Double

1984

Body Double shares key genre characteristics with Blade Runner and comes from a similar filmmaking era.

✓ They share Thriller, Crime Drama, Crime Thriller genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a violent tone

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64%

Lock Up

1989

Lock Up shares key genre characteristics with Blade Runner and comes from a similar filmmaking era.

✓ They share Thriller, Drama, Action genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a violent tone

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64%

Day of the Dead

1985

Day of the Dead shares key genre characteristics with Blade Runner and comes from a similar filmmaking era.

✓ They share Action, Thriller, Drama genres✓ Both share dystopian science fiction✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Similar movie-night length

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63%

Raising Arizona

1987

Raising Arizona shares both genre DNA and cast connections with Blade Runner, giving the two films a strong natural relationship.

✓ They share Action, Crime, Thriller genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Also stars M. Emmet Walsh

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63%

They Live

1988

They Live shares key genre characteristics with Blade Runner and comes from a similar filmmaking era.

✓ They share Action, Science Fiction, Dystopian genres✓ Both share dystopian science fiction✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Similar movie-night length

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63%

Blood Simple

1984

Blood Simple shares both genre DNA and cast connections with Blade Runner, giving the two films a strong natural relationship.

✓ They share Crime, Neo-noir, Film Noir genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Also stars M. Emmet Walsh✓ Both have a violent tone

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62%

The Running Man

1987

The Running Man shares key genre characteristics with Blade Runner and comes from a similar filmmaking era.

✓ They share Action, Science Fiction, Dystopian genres✓ Both share dystopian science fiction✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both have a violent tone

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61%

The Pope of Greenwich Village

1984

The Pope of Greenwich Village shares both genre DNA and cast connections with Blade Runner, giving the two films a strong natural relationship.

✓ They share Crime, Drama, Action genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Shares cast including Daryl Hannah and M. Emmet Walsh✓ Both explore identity

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60%

Black Rain

1989

Black Rain shares important genre DNA with Blade Runner and comes from the same director, making it a particularly strong follow-up.

✓ They share Action, Thriller, Drama genres✓ Directed by Ridley Scott✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity

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60%

The Thing

1982

The Thing shares key genre characteristics with Blade Runner and comes from a similar filmmaking era.

✓ They share Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Very similar runtime

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60%

Mad Max 2

1981

Mad Max 2 shares key genre characteristics with Blade Runner and comes from a similar filmmaking era.

✓ They share Action, Thriller, Dystopian genres✓ Both share dystopian science fiction✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both have a violent tone

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60%

Scanners

1981

Scanners shares key genre characteristics with Blade Runner and comes from a similar filmmaking era.

✓ They share Thriller, Science Fiction, Action genres✓ Both come from the 1980s✓ Both explore identity✓ Both have a violent tone

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60%

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