Updated October 16, 2021 14.1k votes 3k voters 238.8k views
With its strong-willed heroine, high-stakes competitions, and richly imagined world, The Hunger Games series was a box-office smash. If you're feeling Panem withdrawal, this list is full of suggestions of what to watch afterThe Hunger Games. There are plenty of movies and TV shows that are similar to the series, featuring heroic characters making life-or-death choices. Here, you'll find shows and movies like The Hunger Games that range from Battle Royale to Gladiator to The Maze Runner.
What programs will you find on this list of the top shows and movies like The Hunger Games? In Divergent, Beatrice "Tris" Prior fights against the oppressive class system that divides a future Chicago. The Running Man features a futuristic setting as well, and focuses on a deadly television show. And not all of these shows are fiction - just look at how the reality TV show Survivor pits people against each other for a cash prize. Other good shows and movies for fans of The Hunger Games include Hanna, Lord of the Flies, and Surviving the Game. If you can't get enough of The Hunger Games, take a moment to scroll through some Hunger Games memes poking fun at the franchise.
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For fans of the young adult dystopian novel, the Divergent adapatations are a spot-on watch.
The Divergent Series is a feature film series based on the Divergent novels by the American author Veronica Roth. Distributed by Summit Entertainment and Lionsgate Films, the series consists of four science fiction films set in a dystopian society. They have been produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian, and Douglas Wick and star Shailene Woodley and Theo James as lead characters Beatrice Prior (Tris) and Tobias Eaton (Four), respectively. The supporting cast includes Ansel Elgort, Zoë Kravitz and Miles Teller. The first film in the series was directed by Neil Burger, while the second and third films were directed by Robert Schwentke.
Dylan O'Brien stars in a well received adaptation of The Maze Runner, a series of YA dystopian society novels.
The Maze Runner film series consists of science-fiction dystopian action adventure films based on The Maze Runner novels by the American author James Dashner. Produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the films star Dylan O'Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Ki Hong Lee, Dexter Darden and Patricia Clarkson. Wes Ball directed the first two films and is set to direct the third film.
People who liked The Hunger Games should check out I Am Number Four, a movie based on the young adult science fiction novels.
John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) seems like an ordinary teenager, but he is an alien on the run from merciless enemies hunting him and the eight others like him. Always changing his identity and moving to different towns with his guardian, Henri (Timothy Olyphant), John has no real past and no true home. However, in the small Ohio town where he now lives, he discovers love, powerful new abilities, and a connection to others of his kind.
