Movies Like Progress Mining

If you liked Progress Mining, a movie directed by Gabriel Böhmer, 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
Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)
★ 6.3/10
Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for…
2
The Machinist (2004)
★ 7.5/10
Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.
3
Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (2022)
★ 6.4/10
Everyone’s favorite rascals, the Aqua Teens, and everyone’s favorite perverted neighbor, Carl, split up then get back together to fight everyone’s favorite corporate overlord, Amazin, led by everyone’s favorite tech…
4
Tremors 3: Back to Perfection (2001)
★ 5.8/10
Survivalist Burt Gummer returns home to Perfection, to find that the little town has been shaken up again by morphing, man-eating Graboids.
5
The Nut Job (2014)
★ 5.9/10
Surly, a curmudgeon, independent squirrel is banished from his park and forced to survive in the city. Lucky for him, he stumbles on the one thing that may be able to save his life, and the rest of park community, as…
6
Tremors (1990)
★ 7/10
Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.
7
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
★ 6.4/10
Manny, Diego, and Sid embark upon another adventure after their continent is set adrift. Using an iceberg as a ship, they encounter sea creatures and battle pirates as they explore a new world.
8
Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000)
★ 7.1/10
A cosmic case of flying saucers, intergalactic intrigue and out-of-this-world romance launches Scooby-Doo! and the Mystery Inc., Gang into their most unearthly adventure ever.
9
Wicked Little Things (2006)
★ 5.8/10
Karen, Sarah, and Emma Tunney are all moving to a small town in Pennsylvania where, unknown to them, in 1913, a horrid mine accident trapped dozens of children alive, underground. But there's a problem. They're still…
10
Colossal (2017)
★ 6.3/10
A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.
11
Over the Hedge (2006)
★ 6.6/10
A scheming raccoon fools a mismatched family of forest creatures into helping him repay a debt of food, by invading the new suburban sprawl that popped up while they were hibernating – and learns a lesson about family…
12
Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
★ 6.3/10
When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to…
13
A Minecraft Movie (2025)
★ 6.2/10
Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home…
14
Deep (2017)
★ 5.9/10
In 2100, when humanity has abandoned the earth, a colony of extravagant creatures still thrives in the deepest abyss of the ocean.
15
Despicable Me 4 (2024)
★ 7/10
Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru also faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend…
16
Horrible Bosses (2011)
★ 6.6/10
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and…
17
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
★ 6.7/10
A quartet of humanoid turtles, trained by their mentor in Ninjutsu, must learn to work together to face the menace of Shredder and the Foot Clan.
18
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
★ 6.5/10
After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean…
19
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
★ 6.8/10
Times are changing for Manny the moody mammoth, Sid the motor mouthed sloth and Diego the crafty saber-toothed tiger. Life heats up for our heroes when they meet some new and none-too-friendly neighbors – the mighty…
20
Peter Rabbit (2018)
★ 6.7/10
Peter Rabbit's feud with Mr. McGregor escalates to greater heights than ever before as they rival for the affections of the warm-hearted animal lover who lives next door.