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Movies Like The Philadelphia Experiment

If you liked The Philadelphia Experiment (2012), a adventure and science fiction movie directed by Paul Ziller, 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. 1The Adam Project

    The Adam Project (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also adventure and science fiction

    After 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.

  2. 2The Time Machine

    The Time Machine (2002)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and adventure

    Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th-century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.

  3. 3The Perfect Storm

    The Perfect Storm (2000)

    ★ 6.5/10Also adventure and thriller

    In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.

  4. 4Moonraker

    Moonraker (1979)

    ★ 6.2/10Also adventure and thriller

    After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist…

  5. 5War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds (2005)

    ★ 6.6/10Also adventure and thriller

    Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm…

  6. 6Black Panther

    Black Panther (2018)

    ★ 7.4/10Also adventure and science fiction

    King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within…

  7. 7Avengers: Endgame

    Avengers: Endgame (2019)

    ★ 8.2/10Also adventure and science fiction

    After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo…

  8. 8Guardians of the Galaxy

    Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

    ★ 7.9/10Also science fiction and adventure

    Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.

  9. 9Cave Rescue

    Cave Rescue (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also adventure and thriller

    When a youth football team of 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach is trapped deep inside a cave in Northern Thailand, thousands of volunteers and soldiers from around the world unite in a race against time…

  10. 10Jumper

    Jumper (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also adventure and science fiction

    David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty…

  11. 11Deep Water

    Deep Water (2026)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller and adventure

    A group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their…

  12. 12Doctor Who: Last Christmas

    Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and adventure

    The 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!

  13. 13Man of Steel

    Man of Steel (2013)

    ★ 6.7/10Also adventure and science fiction

    A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save…

  14. 14Young Sherlock Holmes

    Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

    ★ 6.8/10Also mystery and adventure

    Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a…

  15. 15Firefox

    Firefox (1982)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thriller

    The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam…

  16. 16Déjà Vu

    Déjà Vu (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and science fiction

    Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a…

  17. 17X-Men: Days of Future Past

    X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

    ★ 7.5/10Also adventure and science fiction

    The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.

  18. 18Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

    Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)

    ★ 7.2/10Also thriller and adventure

    Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Hunt's…

  19. 19The Host

    The Host (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also adventure and science fiction

    A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to…

  20. 20Interstellar

    Interstellar (2014)

    ★ 8.5/10Also adventure and science fiction

    The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

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