Movies Like Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga
If you liked Nathanial Hornblower’s: The Robot V the Octopus Monster Saga (1998), a music and science fiction movie directed by Adam Yauch, 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 fictionSet 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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Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor (2013)
★ 8/10Also science fictionThe Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a dear cost to the life he's lived for hundreds of years.
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
★ 6/10Also music and science fictionIn 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…
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2073 (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionInspired 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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Vesper (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionAfter the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionThe surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
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Marvel One-Shot: The Consultant (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also science fictionAgent Coulson informs Agent Sitwell that the World Security Council wishes Emil Blonsky to be released from prison to join the Avengers Initiative. As Nick Fury doesn't want to release Blonsky, the two agents decide to…
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Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also science fictionAfter a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.
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Fight for Your Right Revisited (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also music and science fictionFight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and Will Ferrell as the "old" Beastie Boys from the future. The…
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Press Play (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also music and science fictionLaura and Harrison have the picture-perfect romance built on the foundation of a shared love of music. After a deadly accident, Laura gets the chance to save the love of her life when she discovers that their mixtape…
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Books of Blood (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionA journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
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Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also science fictionThe maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.
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Heavy Metal (1981)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and musicThe embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
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Alien: Containment (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionAboard a small escape pod, four survivors try to discover what caused the destruction of their spaceship.
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Regular Show: The Movie (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also science fictionAfter a high school lab experiment goes horribly wrong, Mordecai and Rigby must go back in time to battle an evil volleyball coach in order to save the universe — and their friendship.
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Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
★ 7.8/10Also science fiction and musicFour talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth. Reprogrammed to forget their real identities…
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Superintelligence (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionWhen an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to…
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Infestation (2009)
★ 5.8/10Also science fictionAfter being stung by a giant insect, Cooper learns that these bugs are attacking the whole city. He joins forces with the survivors, in order to find a way to counter-attack.
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Team Thor: Part 2 (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also science fictionA continuation of the documentary spoof of what Thor and his roommate Darryl were up to during the events of "Captain America: Civil War". While Cap and Iron Man duke it out, Thor tries to pay Darryl his rent in…
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Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionA young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.