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Movies Like The Counterfeit Man

If you liked The Counterfeit Man (1965), a tv movie and science fiction movie directed by George Spenton-Foster, 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. 1Doctor Who: Deep Breath

    Doctor Who: Deep Breath (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also tv movie and science fiction

    The newly-regenerated Doctor arrives in Victorian London, and Clara Oswald struggles to embrace the man he has become. All the while, they reunite with the Paternoster Gang to investigate a series of combustions that…

  2. 2The Man Who Fell to Earth

    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…

  3. 3Megaboa

    Megaboa (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and tv movie

    On a trip to Colombia, a group of college students encounter a fifty-foot boa constrictor, hungry for blood.

  4. 4Pandorum

    Pandorum (2009)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their…

  5. 5Stargate: Continuum

    Stargate: Continuum (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and tv movie

    Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.

  6. 6Signal One

    Signal One (2026)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction and tv movie

    A computer scientist is invited by a tech billionaire to join his private facility on a Caribbean island to investigate extraterrestrial matter on Earth. When they make contact beyond our world, chaos erupts as we’re…

  7. 7Roswell

    Roswell (1994)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and tv movie

    Based on the book "UFO Crash at Roswell" by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, Roswell follows the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth about strange debris found on a local rancher's field in July of…

  8. 8Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods

    Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (2009)

    ★ 7.2/10Also science fiction and tv movie

    An alien similar to Ra appears out of the Stargate, killing five soldiers and kidnapping another, a year after the original Stargate mission. A new team is assembled, including some old members, and they go in search…

  9. 9Stargate: The Ark of Truth

    Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and tv movie

    SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, SG-1 travels to…

  10. 10Zygote

    Zygote (2017)

    ★ 7/10Also science fiction

    The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.

  11. 11Ben 10: Race Against Time

    Ben 10: Race Against Time (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and tv movie

    Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien invasion.

  12. 12Alien: Covenant

    Alien: Covenant (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

  13. 13Frankenstein Unbound

    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…

  14. 14Ben 10: Alien Swarm

    Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)

    ★ 6.2/10Also tv movie and science fiction

    Ben and a mysterious girl from his past must prevent an alien threat from destroying the world.

  15. 15Moon

    Moon (2009)

    ★ 7.6/10Also science fiction

    With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of…

  16. 16Attack on Titan

    Attack on Titan (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and tv movie

    As viable water is depleted on Earth, a mission is sent to Saturn's moon Titan to retrieve sustainable H2O reserves from its alien inhabitants. But just as the humans acquire the precious resource, they are attacked by…

  17. 17Babylon 5: The Gathering

    Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction

    The feature-length pilot for this Emmy award-winning show. Babylon 5 is the latest in a series of space stations built by humans. The Vorlon ambassador, Kosh, has been poisoned. It is the new commanding officer…

  18. 18Spectral

    Spectral (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.

  19. 19Blackadder: Back & Forth

    Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)

    ★ 7/10Also science fiction and tv movie

    What 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…

  20. 202001: A Space Odyssey

    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    ★ 8/10Also science fiction

    Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.

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