Movies Like The Cosmic Machine

If you liked The Cosmic Machine (1981), a science fiction movie directed by Martin Zeuthen, 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
Extinction (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.
2
Long Distance (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
After crash-landing on an alien planet, an asteroid miner must contend with the challenges of his new surroundings, while making his way across the harsh terrain to the only other survivor – a woman who is trapped in…
3
Alien: Romulus (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also science fiction
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
4
Zygote (2017)
★ 7/10Also science fiction
The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.
5
Occupation: Rainfall (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that…
6
Osiris (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.
7
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…
8
Impostor (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
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Screamers (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one…
10
Signal One (2026)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
A computer scientist is invited by a tech billionaire to join his private facility on a Caribbean island to investigate extraterrestrial matter on Earth. When they make contact beyond our world, chaos erupts as we’re…
11
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an…
12
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.
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Rakka (2017)
★ 7/10Also science fiction
A story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing, and unrelenting, the humans must find enough courage to go on fighting.
14
Alien: Covenant (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.
15
The 5th Wave (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
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 Age.
16
Aliens (1986)
★ 8/10Also science fiction
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she…
17
Barbarella (1968)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
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Dark Star (1974)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to…
19
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in…
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.