Movies Like Surface Madness
If you liked Surface Madness (2024), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Luke Grierson, 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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Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and thrillerAfter 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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Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)
★ 6/10Also science fictionAfter being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest…
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The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionIn the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
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The Time Shifters (1999)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and thrillerTom Merrick gets caught up in a time-traveling conspiracy and must set the timeline right before it is irrevocably altered.
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9 (2009)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and thrillerWhen 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that…
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Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also science fictionWhen a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with a powerful faction known as the Maximals. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, humans…
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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.
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Time Toys (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionA group of middle school kids stumble upon a chest full of incredible toys from the future. The discovery takes them on an adventure using their newfound toys to save their neighborhood and ultimately the world from a…
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No Name on the Bullet (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerWhen hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and thrillerA meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.
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1984 (1956)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionIn a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
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Earth to Echo (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionAfter a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going…
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Sleeper (1973)
★ 6.8/10Also science fictionMiles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
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Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionYet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the stakes are higher than ever for the now middle-aged Bill and Ted who set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save…
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Jonathan (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionJonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.
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When I'm Ready (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionIt's the end of the world. Seeking meaning and thrills in their last days alive, Rose and Michael embark on a cross-country road trip to see Rose's grandmother as a devastating asteroid threatens to wipe out life on…
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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and thrillerWhen an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as…
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Arctic Apocalypse (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionA massive influx of glacial melting triggers a new ice age in the Northern Hemisphere, forcing a family to make their way across the ice-covered landscape before they are frozen out for good.
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The Last Starfighter (1984)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionVideo game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering the video game The Last Starfighter, only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters…
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Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerTwo couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.