Movies Like Criteria One

If you liked Criteria One (2016), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Simon Bisset, 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
How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
In 1970s London, a teenage outsider named Enn falls in love with a rebellious alien girl named Zan, who has come to Earth for a party. Together, they navigate the complexities of intergalactic culture and the trials of…
2
Monolith (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thriller
A desperate young journalist turns to podcasting to salvage her career, but her rush to make headlines leads her to an alien conspiracy.
3
Psycho Goreman (2020)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
Siblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues’ gallery of intergalactic assassins…
4
Surrogates (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and thriller
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
5
Prodigy (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and science fiction
Jimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he…
6
Disclosure Day (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and thriller
A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove…
7
Impostor (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thriller
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
8
Companion (2025)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and thriller
During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover…
9
Gemini Man (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and science fiction
Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…
10
Rim of the World (2019)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
Stranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.
11
2073 (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and science fiction
Inspired 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…
12
Upgrade (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and science fiction
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now…
13
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…
14
Earth to Echo (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
After a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going…
15
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and thriller
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
16
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.
17
Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in…
18
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…
19
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction
Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions…
20
A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and thriller
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk…