Movies Like Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)

Starship Troopers: Invasion is a 2012 action, animation, science fiction film from Shinji Aramaki with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Starship Troopers and Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation.

Action Animation Science Fiction

Starship Troopers

1997

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."

7.1

MagicScore

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

2004

A group of troopers take refuge in an abandoned outpost after fighting alien bugs, failing to realize that more danger lays in wait.

4.5

MagicScore

Starship Troopers 3: Marauder

2008

The war against the Bugs continues! A Federation Starship crash-lands on the distant Alien planet OM-1, stranding beloved leader Sky Marshal Anoke and several others, including comely but tough pilot Lola Beck. It's up to Colonel/General Johnny Rico, reluctant hero of the original Bug Invasion on Planet P, to lead a team of Troopers on a daring rescue mission.

4.8

MagicScore

Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars

2017

Federation trooper Johnny Rico is ordered to work with a group of new recruits on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their next attack.

5.9

MagicScore

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack

1979

A compilation of Battlestar Galactica episodes 10–12 and 21, with alternate footage. Running low on fuel, the Battlestar Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylons.

7.0

MagicScore

Aliens

1986

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

8.0

MagicScore

AVP: Alien vs. Predator

2004

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.

5.9

MagicScore

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

2010

A squad of Ultramarines answer a distress call from an Imperial Shrine World. A full Company of Imperial Fists was stationed there, but there is no answer from them. The squad investigates to find out what has happened there.

5.8

MagicScore

The Thing

1982

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

8.1

MagicScore

#10

Redline

2009

A daredevil driver is determined to compete in Redline, the most popular race in the galaxy. The race only occurs every five years, but in order to participate he must overcome the mafia, the government and even love.

7.5

MagicScore

#11

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1982

The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.

7.4

MagicScore

#12

The Secret of the Third Planet

1981

At the end of the 22nd century Alisa Seleznyova, her father Professor Seleznyov and pilot Zelyony go on a space expedition to find rare animals for Moscow Zoo. On the way they seem to encounter a mysterious conspiracy led by Doctor Verhovtsev against legendary Two Captains Kim and Buran. The only clue is a talking bird Сhatterer [Govorun] that our heroes accidentally took possession of.

7.4

MagicScore

#13

Star Trek: First Contact

1996

The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1991

After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Enterprise. Both worlds brace for what may be their deadliest encounter.

7.0

MagicScore

#15

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

1984

A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.

6.6

MagicScore

#16

Ender's Game

2013

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Star Trek: Generations

1994

Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.

6.5

MagicScore

#18

Star Trek: Insurrection

1998

When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.

6.4

MagicScore

#19

Star Trek: Nemesis

2002

En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

1979

Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate.

6.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Starship Troopers: Invasion?

The top films similar to Starship Troopers: Invasion by MovieMagicScore are Starship Troopers (7.1), Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (4.5), Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (4.8). Each shares action/animation/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Starship Troopers: Invasion worth watching?

Starship Troopers: Invasion holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 415 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Starship Troopers: Invasion?

Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012) is a action, animation, science fiction film directed by Shinji Aramaki, starring Luci Christian, David Anthony Matranga, Justin Doran.

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About movies like Starship Troopers: Invasion

This ranked list pairs Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012), a action and animation and science fiction film from Shinji Aramaki, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Luci Christian take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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