Movies Like Virtual Girl

If you liked Virtual Girl (1998), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Richard Gabai, 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 Assessment (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also science fiction and thriller
In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.
2
The Zero Theorem (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
3
eXistenZ (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and science fiction
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
4
Wifelike (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and thriller
A grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the…
5
Bad Sister (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…
6
Love Me (2025)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
In a story that spans billions of years, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover themselves and what it means to be alive and in love.
7
Spring (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
8
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.
9
The Signal (2014)
★ 6/10Also thriller and science fiction
On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness – only to find himself in a waking nightmare.
10
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also science fiction
In 1998, Beavis and Butt-Head are sentenced to Space Camp by a “creative” judge. Their obsession with a docking simulator (huh huh) leads to a trip on the Space Shuttle, with predictably disastrous results. After going…
11
Voyagers (2021)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and thriller
With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women -- bred for intelligence and obedience -- embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. When they uncover disturbing secrets about the…
12
Unfaithful (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
13
The Congress (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
14
Demon Seed (1977)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.
15
X (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
A veteran call girl and a runaway prostitute witness a murder which sends them on an out-of-control roller coaster ride through the twilight zone of sex-for-sale.
16
57 Seconds (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and science fiction
When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.
17
Shades of Desire (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.
18
Infinity Pool (2023)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and thriller
While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture…
19
In Secret (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching…
20
Margaux (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a…