10 Best Movies & TV Shows To Watch If You Love Twisted Metal

Twisted Metal is adapted from a videogame of the same name and features a lot of larger-than-life characters put into the most absurd situations, a combination that you can only find in a handful of movies and TV shows. The main characters in Twisted Metal have very distinctive looks, with Samoa Joe's clown-masked antagonist, Sweet Tooth stealing the show. Still, Anthony Mackie is also excellent as John Doe, the show's amnesia-stricken milkman hero, who is given a mission to transport a mysterious package across the United States.

Twisted Metal is not a strictly faithful adaptation of the videogame, but this works in the show's favor, allowing the characters to become more well-rounded than they originally were. That said, many of the Twisted Metal videogame characters appear in the TV adaptation. The show is just as gory as could be expected, with the "destruction derby-style" lethal competitions that form a central part of the plot, yet it keeps its sense of fun throughout. While waiting for Twisted Metal season 2, there are a few movies and TV shows with similar themes to watch next.

10 Alita: Battle Angel

The Central Sport In Alita: Battle Angel Has The Same Energy As Twisted Metal

Alita: Battle Angel and Twisted Metal are set in two different post-apocalyptic worlds. While the world of Twisted Metal is more of a wasteland, Alita: Battle Angel is a cyberpunk story, with the main character being a cyborg with a human brain.

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That said, both Twisted Metal and Alita feature a brutal game as a major plot point. Alita's game is Motorball, which is like giving life-or-death stakes to roller derby. Just like in Twisted Metal, both games involve modifications and extra weapons. People who want to see another game in a different environment should watch this next.

9 The Boys

Twisted Metal is both gory and funny, and often at the same time. The violent comic book adaptation The Boys has a similar sense of humor, and the goriest deaths in The Boys can be so grisly and ludicrous that they can cross the line into absurd humor. Twisted Metal and The Boys also have a similar theme, with both shows questioning what happens when characters are given access to seemingly limitless power. The answer both the shows offer is chaos.

8 Death Race

Jason Statham Plays The Masked Hero In This Improbable Car Chase Movie

While the Twisted Metal series made some changes to the source material, the movie Death Race is very similar to the Twisted Metal video game. Death Race is about a violent TV show in which prisoners must race to death in specially modified cars for the chance to win their freedom.

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Jason Statham's character is brought in to replace a mask-wearing driver who died during the last race but discovers that there is an even darker backstory to the show. For a more faithful adaptation of the Twisted Metal games, Death Race is the movie to watch.

7 Halo

Both Shows Are Videogame Adaptations With Apocalyptic War Zones

At first glance, the sci-fi war story Halo and Twisted Metal are very different shows. However, under the surface, both have similar features. Both Halo and Twisted Metal are adaptations of video games, and while Halo was a first-person shooter, it did feature some excellent vehicle battles. Both have some iconic weapons associated with them, and they each feature a theme in which one character feels as though they are taking on impossible odds.

6 Blood Drive

An Eccentric Premise And High-Octane Car Chases

Blood Drive is a show that was canceled much too early despite having a very interesting premise. It aired on SyFy, and like Twisted Metal, had a very improbable premise and a lot of extreme vehicle chases.

The show was Alan Ritchson's first lead action role before Reacher.

Blood Drive has been described as a "grindhouse for Mad Max fans," and is about an underground death race featuring cars that run on human blood. This makes Blood Drive even gorier than Twisted Metal, and the show was Alan Ritchson's first lead action role before Reacher.

5 Fallout

Endearing Characters Cross A Hostile Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland

Videogame adaptations can be risky, but both Twisted Metal and Fallout have been major successes, with Fallout being given a 92% positive audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes and Twisted Metal receiving a 93% rating.

The show centers on Lucy, who is out of her depth after emerging from a safe bunker to cross the wasteland of a chaotic post-apocalyptic world.

People who enjoyed the character-driven story and over-the-top atmosphere in Twisted Metal should watch Fallout next. The show centers on Lucy, who is out of her depth after emerging from a safe bunker to cross the wasteland of a chaotic post-apocalyptic world.

4 Blindspot

Both Feature A Main Character With Amnesia Trying To Figure Out Their Place In The World

Blindspot and Twisted Metal are similar in terms of their main characters, who are both called Doe. Like Twisted Metal's amnesiac John Doe, Blindspot centers on Jane Doe. Jane is a heavily tattooed woman who is found naked inside a duffel bag in Times Square, with only her tattoos to offer clues as to who she is. The show is not as frenetic or bizarre as Twisted Metal, but viewers who liked the central mystery aspect of it more than the post-apocalyptic vehicle chases should watch Blindspot next.

3 The Fast & Furious Franchise

Fast & Furious

Movie(s): The Fast And The Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Fast & Furious 6, Furious 7, The Fate of the Furious, Hobbs and Shaw, F9: The Fast Saga, Fast X, Hobbs and Shaw 2, Fast X: Part 2
First Film: The Fast And The Furious
Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Lucas Black, Sung Kang, Bow Wow, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, John Cena
Video Game(s): The Fast and the Furious (2004), The Fast and the Furious (2006), Fast & Furious: SuperCars, Fast & Furious: Showdown, Forza Horizon 2 Presents Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious Crossroads
Character(s): Dominic Toretto, Brian O'Conner, Letty Ortiz, Roman Pearce, Monica Fuentes, Sean Boswell, Han Lue, Twinkie, Mia Toretto, Luke Hobbs, Deckard Shaw, Cipher, Brixton Lore, Jakob Toretto
Comic Release Date: 213284

The Fast & Furious franchise revs through the adrenaline-fueled lives of Dominic Toretto and his crew of street racers turned global heroes. From the neon-lit streets of Los Angeles to the bustling cities and remote outposts worldwide, they take on high-stakes heists, espionage, and the underground world of street racing. Bound by loyalty and driven by the need for speed, they confront mercenaries, corrupt officials, and personal vendettas all in the name of their found family.

The Fast & Furious seriesbegan with a simple story involving undercover cops and illegal street racing. A few changes later, Fast and the Furious is now an 11-movie franchise, and with the vehicles involved improbably modified and the genre verging into sci-fi, the chases often have the same feel as some in Twisted Metal. It is not hard to imagine that Twisted Metal is what the Fast and the Furious universe could become in a few hundred years.

2 Doomsday

Characters From Different Factions Must Cross A Post-Apocalyptic Scotland

Doomsday's premise sounds about as wild as that of Twisted Metal, and people who enjoy movies with a lot of campy fun scenes as well as action should watch Doomsday while waiting for season 2 of Twisted Metal. Doomsday features cannibal punks who are in a conflict with medieval knights, in a post-apocalyptic Scotland that was quarantined to fight a gruesome virus. Rhona Mitra plays Major Eden Sinclair, who has been sent to cross the country looking for a cure.

1 Mad Max: Fury Road

The Movie Feels Like Several Intense Car Chases At Once

Mad Max: Fury Road and Twisted Metal both feature over-the-top villains and high-octane car chases. Fury Road revived the Mad Max franchise, and it has earned numerous awards and a 97% positive critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes. While Twisted Metal has its serious moments, Fury Road is much more of an epic and emotive story, though it also has its funny scenes. Both Twisted Metal and Fury Road center on vehicle battles in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and both are well worth watching.

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