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10 Best Movies Like 2012: Ice Age

If you loved 2012: Ice Age, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow

2004★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 2012: Ice Age for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when...

#2
Journey to the Center of the Earth

Journey to the Center of the Earth

2008★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 2012: Ice Age for fans of Action & Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the ear...

#3
2012

2012

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 2012: Ice Age for fans of Action & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heatin...

#4
The Core

The Core

2003★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 2012: Ice Age for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphe...

#5
Global Meltdown

Global Meltdown

2017★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 2012: Ice Age for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A helicopter pilot and an environmental scientist lead a exodus of survivors in a search for a safe haven after a catastrophic tectonic event causes the crust of the earth to break...

#6
The 5th Wave

The 5th Wave

2016★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 2012: Ice Age for fans of Action & Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone...

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