Movies Like Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023
If you liked Doctor Who Children in Need Special 2023 (2023), a science fiction and mystery movie directed by Jamie Donoughue, 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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Afterburn (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and comedySet 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…
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The Adam Project (2022)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and comedyAfter accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
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Groot Takes a Bath (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and science fictionEverybody needs some alone time to relax and wash up, but things go quite differently when you’re a Flora Colossi toddler.
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Relax, I'm from the Future (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fictionCasper is a time traveller who arrives in the 2020s in an attempt to prevent a major future catastrophe. He meets Holly, a queer black woman he befriends and draws into his plan by giving her his knowledge of the…
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Real Men (1987)
★ 6/10Also comedy and science fictionA womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.
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The Little Guy (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and science fictionGroot discovers a miniature civilization that believes the seemingly enormous tree toddler is the hero they’ve been waiting for.
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Groot's First Steps (2022)
★ 7/10Also comedy and science fictionFollowing the events of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1,” Baby Groot is finally ready to try taking his first steps out of his pot—only to learn you have to walk before you can run.
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Henry Danger: The Movie (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and science fictionHenry Hart meets a superfan—eager to fight crime with Kid Danger—who comes into possession of a device that can open up alternate realities. Facing a wild ride, Henry will need his best friend Jasper and his new…
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and mysteryA meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.
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Magnum Opus (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also science fiction and comedyGroot sets out to paint a family portrait of himself and the Guardians, only to discover just how messy the artistic process can be.
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Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)
★ 7/10Also comedy and science fictionWhat was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, through the course of…
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Britannia Hospital (1982)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and science fictionBritannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the…
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Groot's Pursuit (2022)
★ 7/10Also comedy and science fictionGroot investigates a spooky noise that’s been haunting the Quadrant, which leads to an intense dance off.
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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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Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also science fiction and comedyPhineas and Ferb travel across the galaxy to rescue their older sister Candace, who has been abducted by aliens and taken to a utopia in a far-off planet, free of her pesky little brothers.
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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and science fictionDon't Panic! The story of Arthur Dent, an average Englishman whose life was spared by his friend, who turned out to be an alien, while the planet Earth is destroyed. His friend tells him about the Hitchhiker's Guide to…
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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and mysteryThe boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soon learn that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including…
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Fatal Death (1999)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and science fictionBefore the Doctor can settle down to married life, he must face one last confrontation with his deadly enemy of certain death - the Master.
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The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fictionIn 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.
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and comedyAdventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.