Divergent
2014 was the year of YA adaptations , Divergentbeing one of the most noteworthy . Shailene Woodley , the hotshot of the movie , also appeared inThe Fault In Our Starsthe same year . Divergentis about a futurist dystopian world wherein order is split into five factions : Amity , Abnegation , Dauntless , Candor , and Erudite .
Beatrice " Tris " Prior does n’t fit square into any of the factions , attain her a Divergent ( hence the title ) . But Divergents are dangerous , so she pretend to pick out Dauntless . Soon enough , though , potent people are after her and her have it away 1 . The science - fiction drama filled the void leave behind by theHunger Gamesfranchise with its first release , but the sequels did n’t live up to fans ' expectations . Fortunately , there are other movies likeDivergentto pick up the slack .
Updated on May 20th , 2021 by Svetlana Sterlin : Divergent may have been the beginning of the end for the stripling dystopian sci - fi epoch , but many films like Divergent continue to be popular with TV audience year subsequently . Though it seems that movies like Divergent and The Hunger Games have all been made , fans of these YA series can look back through the archive to photographic film that may have inspired these popular franchises . The target audience for pic standardised to Divergent has maturate enough to explore some of the titles that may have influenced the YA smasher , along with other contemporary dystopian moving picture likeThe Maze Runner .
V For Vendetta (2005) - Available on HBO Max
LikeDivergent , V For Vendettais set in a futuristic world , but the story take place in Britain . Also likeDivergent , the nation is ruled by a totalitarian government . However , V For Vendettais direct at onetime audiences .
A masked freedom belligerent who goes by V uses little terror manoeuvre to scare off his company ’s oppressor , but he ’s just one person against an entire politics . When he deliver Evey from the neo - fascist police , she decide to link up him on his quest to take down the government .
Minority Report (2002) - Available on Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+, YouTube, and Pluto TV
Minority Reportis set in the year 2054 -a not - so - remote future , much like Tris ’s , only in this speculative version of America , new technology has been break that allows constabulary officers to capture criminals before they institutionalise the offense they ’re accused of .
John Anderton is a police ship’s officer who is accused of a crime he does n’t believe he ’s go to commit . He fructify out on a commission to demonstrate his innocence while on the run from fellow law enforcement ship’s officer .
The Matrix (1999) - Available on HBO Max
For watcher who enjoy the computer simulation view ofDivergent , The Matrixis the double-dyed option to watch over next . Computer computer programmer Thomas Anderson , whose hacking alias is Neo , is pick out to lead a privy state of war against powerful computing machine that have make the world he knows as reality - the Matrix .
Neo must rise above himself to open his eyes to the truth of the world , not the trueness that he , along with so many others , has told himself . The sci - fi action film deals with alternating realities , conformation , ritual killing , and other themes explored inDivergent .
Ready Player One (2018) - Available on HBO Max
Virtual realness has taken precedence over the veridical world inReady Player One , establish on the acclaimed novel by Ernest Cline . This post - apocalyptical adolescent movie is one of the few successful successors toDivergent .
A business king mention James Halliday has created a virtual world that mass much favor over reality , one where they can be anyone and do anything . Wade , a teenager , prepare off on a journeying to discover the key to Halliday ’s fortune leave for a suitable player to find after his death . The film isdirected by Steven Spielbergand was his first big Hollywood action movie in years .
The Fault In Our Stars (2014) - Available to buy on Amazon Prime Video
Shailene Woodley is n’t the onlyDivergentstar to appear in this movie . Ansel Elgort , who plays her brother in the sci - fi flick , portrays Augustus Waters , Hazel ’s star - span lover . Hazel and Augustus see at a cancer reenforcement group and soon settle in love .
The Fault In Our Starsisadapted from John Green ’s popular novelof the same name . The title comes from a line in Shakespeare’sJulius Caesar(“The flaw , devout Brutus , is not in our stars / But in ourselves , that we are underlings . " ) .
The Spectacular Now (2013) - Available on Showtime
Another Shailene Woodley picture , The Spectacular Nowalso star her fellowDivergentcastmate Miles Teller . They play romantic partners in this coming - of - age story .
Aimee is a formula - abiding introvert , while Sutter is a troubled party animal . However , both teens are clever and caring and find slipway to connect amid their lonely , counterpoint lives . Brie Larson also stars .
Tomorrowland: A World Beyond (2015) - Available on DirecTV, TNT, and TBS
For lovers of the dystopian , Tomorrowlandis an exciting and unexpected watch . What seems to be a utopian world is in fact the opposite word . UnlikeDivergent , the movie is pose in the present day , but in an unexplored dimension .
Britt Robertson ’s character , a curious teen make Casey , embarks on a journeying of discovery when a strange artifact dry land in her possession . She is aid by a former inventor , Frank Walker , who isportrayed by George Clooney .
The 5th Wave (2016) - Available on Fubo TV
Based on Rick Yancey’sThe fifth Wavetrilogy , this first installment in the enfranchisement , unfortunately , did n’t appeal the variety of attention needed to warrant a subsequence . However , fans ofDivergentare likely to enjoy the picture ’s sci - fi and military action elements .
Set in the not - too - aloof hereafter , a strange exotic species invades Earth , seemingly with the aim of pass over out humanity . However , when people figure out that they have used human bodies as host , nobody can entrust anyone . Cassiopia ( Chloë Grace Moretz ) is severalize from her younger buddy and must find him before it ’s too late .
Ender’s Game (2013) - Available on Fubo TV
Asa Butterfield stars in this adaptation of Orson Scott Card ’s book serial . Much likeDivergent ’s Tris , the young Ender finds the exercising weight of his lodge rest on his shoulders .
He is recruited by the International Military to lead the defense against a genocidal alien invasion . Hailee Steinfeld , Harrison Ford , and Abigail Breslin also asterisk .
The Giver (2014) - Available on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, and Pluto TV
The Giver , likeDivergent , is set in a futurist company that ’s theorize to be utopian but is in fact not . Much like Kate Winslet ’s fictional character in Tris ’s story , here Meryl Streep plays the devil ’s advocate .
As an Elder , she ensures that member of her society do not get any kind of emotion so as to lead dictate , satisfactory life . The impression stem from the accretion of humankind ’s residuary harm and nuisance — but of course , without painfulness , one can not cognize pleasure .
