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Movies like Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Finished Top Gun: Maverick and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Top Gun: Maverick, and what it does not.
What did you love about Top Gun: Maverick? Pick up to 3, and the matches below will be ranked around them. Optional — leave it blank for the closest overall.
Duty Perfectionism Military Action Loyalty Adventure Friendship Saturated Your best matches Ranked against what Top Gun: Maverick is actually about, not its genre labels.
71% Reverina match Top pick 1986 · Film · Drama · Action
Good match
Why it matches Built around the same friendship and redemption Centres on the same rebel figure Shares its high contrast and desaturated look More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Shares its tense and playful register What's different Not about loyalty or self-discovery Not really adventure or action Darkness Fairly light
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Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Top Gun: Maverick.
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2014 · Film · Adventure · Fantasy
Good match
Why it matches Also action and adventure at heart Also about loyalty and self-discovery Built around the same friendship and redemption Shares its desaturated look What's different Does not promise action packed sequences or nostalgic value Not built around perfectionism Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV HBO Max Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against Top Gun: Maverick.
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2000 · Film · Drama · Action
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Why it matches Also about duty and loyalty Centres on the same rebel figure Shares its tense and playful register Builds as slowly What's different Not built around friendship or redemption Not about self-discovery More violent Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Top Gun: Maverick.
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 · 2h 7m
Centres on the same rebel figure Also about self-discovery 300 2007 · 1h 57m
Also about duty Shares its saturated and desaturated look Top Gear 2002
Also adventure at heart Built around the same friendship
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