Movies Like Trench
If you liked Trench (2024), a science fiction and mystery movie directed by Joshua Caesar Medroso, 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.
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Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and dramaThe Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!
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Light of My Life (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and dramaYears after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.
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Remember (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mysteryWith the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
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Cosmos (2019)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and mysteryThree astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.
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2073 (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and dramaInspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and…
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Arrival (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and science fictionTaking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mysteryA three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.
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Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and science fictionAn alien similar to Ra appears out of the Stargate, killing five soldiers and kidnapping another, a year after the original Stargate mission. A new team is assembled, including some old members, and they go in search…
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and dramaAstronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent…
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The Vast of Night (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mysteryAt 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.
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and mysteryThe sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface.
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The Last Mimzy (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fictionTwo siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…
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The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and mysteryRomulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…
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Affinity (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also science fiction and mysteryChilean martial-arts star Marko Zaror is Bruno, an ex-SEAL struggling with PTSD. He lives a life in fear of his demons until one day when he discovers a beautiful woman with no past of her own. Together they begin to…
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Marjorie Prime (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and mysteryA service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and mysteryWhen an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
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Inseparable (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and mysteryA troubled engineer faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. American expat Chuck, rescues him from the brink of despair and becomes an unlikely mentor.
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A Wrinkle in Time (2003)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fictionMeg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any…
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Oblivion (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and mysteryJack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly…
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Ad Astra (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and dramaThe near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission…