Movies Like The Strange Dark
If you liked The Strange Dark (2024), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Chris Messineo, 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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Aftermath (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA returning war veteran, stricken with PTSD, gets trapped with his teenage sister on Boston's Tobin Memorial Bridge when a heavily armed group of ex-military revolutionaries take everyone hostage.
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Signs (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and science fictionA family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
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Arcadian (2024)
★ 6/10Also science fictionIn the near future, on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons face terror at night when ferocious creatures awaken. When Paul is nearly killed, the boys come up with a plan for survival, using everything their…
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Afraid (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionCurtis Pike and his family are selected to test a new home device: a digital assistant called AIA. AIA observes the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can – and will – make sure nothing…
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Margaux (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionAs 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…
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Minority Report (2002)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and thrillerJohn Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
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Next (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and thrillerLas Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical…
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Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and science fictionNeighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
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Rage of Stars (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and thrillerA story about a woman from the International Special Forces Unit, who has a premonition about the impending end of humanity.
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Worldbreaker (2025)
★ 6/10Also science fictionFive years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for…
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Wifelike (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and thrillerA 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…
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Foe (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionHenrietta and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling…
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Color Out of Space (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thrillerThe Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the…
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Eraserhead (1977)
★ 7.3/10Also science fictionFirst-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
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A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and thrillerFollowing 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…
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Mr. Nobody (2009)
★ 7.8/10Also science fictionNemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
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Locked (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerWhen Eddie breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap set by William, a self-proclaimed vigilante delivering his own brand of twisted justice. With no means of escape, Eddie must fight to survive in a ride…
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Fortress (1992)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and science fictionIn the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife Karen are locked inside…
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Subservience (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and thrillerWith his wife out sick, a struggling father brings home a lifelike AI, only to have his self-aware new help want everything her new family has to offer... Like the affection of her owner and she'll kill to get it.
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ARQ (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thrillerTwo old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.