arloGet the appMovies like Terminator Genisys
2015 · Movie · PG-13 · your starting pointIf Terminator Genisys is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Movies like Terminator Genisys, ranked
1. The Terminator (1984)
James Cameron's original crafted the time-loop mythology that Genisys expands on, delivering the same blend of relentless cyborg pursuit, improvised survival tactics, and romantic tension between a soldier and the woman he's sworn to protect.
2. Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
A liquid metal Terminator pursues a new target across time with the same relentless momentum, forcing unlikely allies to band together against an even deadlier artificial threat determined to rewrite humanity's survival.
3. Terminator Salvation (2009)
McG's visceral action sequences and the resistance's desperate fight against Skynet's machine army deliver the same high-stakes temporal stakes and human-versus-AI conflict that defines the Terminator legacy.
4. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
James Cameron's relentless time-loop action template—a reprogrammed protector and desperate human allies racing against an unstoppable killing machine—established the blueprint that Genisys expands with multiple timelines and layered twists on predestination.
5. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
This sequel deepens the time-loop mythology with another shape-shifting antagonist and explores how past protectors become obsolete when the rules of fate itself keep shifting.
6. Nemesis 5: The New Model (2017)
The New Model protagonist Ari Frost faces the same stakes of training cyborg warriors against an oppressive future regime, mirroring the resistance-building desperation that drives Terminator Genisys's time-jumping narrative.
7. The Tomorrow War (2021)
A soldier pulled into a future war discovers that stopping the threat requires rewriting the past, mirroring the temporal paradoxes and father-son dynamics that drive the resistance against extinction.
8. X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
A resistance operative sent through time to alter a catastrophic future must navigate a radically changed past and rally unlikely allies before an unstoppable threat rewrites history.
Tell me what kind of night it is — I'll pick the one for you.