Movies Like Academy

If you liked Academy (2022), a science fiction movie directed by Ian Salazar, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
In an underground city in a dystopian future, the protagonist, whose name is "THX 1138 4EB", is shown running through passageways and enclosed spaces. It is soon discovered that THX is escaping his community. The…
2
Alien: Containment (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
Aboard a small escape pod, four survivors try to discover what caused the destruction of their spaceship.
3
Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor (2013)
★ 8/10Also science fiction
The Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a dear cost to the life he's lived for hundreds of years.
4
The Zero Theorem (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
5
Advantageous (2015)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.
6
Afterburn (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of…
7
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride (2006)
★ 7.8/10Also science fiction
A young bride in the midst of her wedding finds herself mysteriously transported to the TARDIS. The Doctor must discover what her connection is with the Empress of the Racnoss's plan to destroy the world.
8
The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.
9
Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
10
Stormageddon (2015)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human…
11
Peter's To-Do List (2019)
★ 7/10Also science fiction
On the eve of his departure to Europe, Peter Parker tells Ned Leeds that he has several things to do before they leave.
12
The Giver (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
13
Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction
After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.
14
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction
Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions…
15
Alien: Specimen (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
During the night shift in a colony greenhouse, a botanist does her best to contain suspicious soil samples that have alarmed her sensitive lab dog.
16
Vesper (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…
17
Wanderers (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also science fiction
This short film visualizes potential human exploration of the Solar System through a sequence of digitally reconstructed environments based on real astronomical data and spacecraft imagery. Depicting locations such as…
18
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
19
More (1998)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction
A factory worker in a dark, gray world assembles devices that promise happiness. In his spare time he tinkers to create something better, and finally succeeds in perfecting his invention, which allows people to see…
20
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.