Movies Like The Universe and You

If you liked The Universe and You (2022), a movie directed by Brendan Mitchell, 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
The Man from Earth (2007)
★ 7.6/10
A departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and…
2
Backrooms (2026)
★ 7/10
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
3
Doctor Who (1996)
★ 6.2/10
The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.
4
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
★ 5.9/10
Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some…
5
Red Lights (2012)
★ 6.2/10
Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon…
6
You Don't Know Jack (2010)
★ 7/10
Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
7
Repo Man (1984)
★ 6.6/10
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
8
Late Night with the Devil (2024)
★ 7.1/10
A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.
9
The Truman Show (1998)
★ 8.2/10
In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.
10
What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2018)
★ 7.1/10
A documentary exploring the legacy of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the reasons it went from the black sheep of Star Trek to a beloved mainstay of the franchise, and a brainstorm with the original writers on what a…
11
My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
★ 5.8/10
Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young…
12
Money Monster (2016)
★ 6.4/10
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.
13
Joker (2019)
★ 8.1/10
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
14
Spellbound (1945)
★ 7.4/10
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the…
15
The Vast of Night (2019)
★ 6.6/10
At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.
16
The Professor (2019)
★ 6.8/10
A world-weary college professor is given a life-changing diagnosis and decides to throw all pretense and conventions to the wind and live his life as boldly and freely as possible with a biting sense of humor, a…
17
Soapdish (1991)
★ 6.3/10
Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton…
18
Clara (2018)
★ 7.4/10
An astronomer becomes obsessed with searching the cosmos for signs of life beyond Earth which leads to a shocking discovery.
19
Don't Hang Up (2016)
★ 6.2/10
An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them.
20
Videodrome (1983)
★ 7.2/10
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential…