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Movies Like Orion

If you liked Orion (2026), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Jaco Bouwer, 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. 1Slingshot

    Slingshot (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thriller

    An elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn's moon, Titan, gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot manoeuvre that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space.

  2. 2Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…

  3. 3Gemini Man

    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…

  4. 4The Mandela Effect

    The Mandela Effect (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and thriller

    A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to…

  5. 52073

    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…

  6. 6Prodigy

    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…

  7. 7Project Ithaca

    Project Ithaca (2019)

    ★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and thriller

    Five strangers awaken to find themselves trapped aboard an alien spaceship that seems to be harnessing their terror to power the ship. They begin to understand that these species have been abducting humans for decades…

  8. 8Contagion of Fear

    Contagion of Fear (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thriller

    A catastrophic train derailment sends the city spiraling into chaos. But the derailment is just the beginning. A biological gas attack sees crash survivors collapsing and dying within minutes. And the sickness is…

  9. 9Cosmos

    Cosmos (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    Three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.

  10. 10Stowaway

    Stowaway (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction and thriller

    A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.

  11. 11Voyagers

    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. 12Wifelike

    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…

  13. 13The Astronaut

    The Astronaut (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thriller

    After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA’s care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening…

  14. 14Space/Time

    Space/Time (2025)

    ★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and thriller

    After 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.

  15. 15Project Hail Mary

    Project Hail Mary (2026)

    ★ 8.6/10Also science fiction

    Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the…

  16. 16Dangerous

    Dangerous (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…

  17. 176 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

    6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he…

  18. 18Not Without Hope

    Not Without Hope (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.

  19. 19Canary Black

    Canary Black (2024)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the…

  20. 20Osiris

    Osiris (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.

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