Movies Like Attic Archaeology
If you liked Attic Archaeology (2025), a science fiction and history movie directed by Ben Woolley, 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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Timescape (1992)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionBefore they can complete renovations on their new country inn, a widowed father and his young daughter are visited by a strange group of tourists. He soon makes a chilling discovery: they are disaster junkies from the…
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Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionThe 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…
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Screamers (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also science fictionSIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one…
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Zygote (2017)
★ 7/10Also science fictionThe two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.
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Scanners (1981)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionA scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.
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Innerspace (1987)
★ 6.8/10Also science fictionTest pilot Tuck Pendleton volunteers to test a special vessel for a miniaturization experiment. Accidentally injected into a neurotic hypochondriac, Jack Putter, Tuck must convince Jack to find his ex-girlfriend, Lydia…
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The Resurrected (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionCharles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
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The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also historyIn Victorian England, graverobbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to seek an easier means of getting the job done.
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Blood and Snow (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionWhen researchers rescue a fellow scientist who survived a meteorite strike in the Arctic, they discover she may not be who they think she is. Is she some-how changed?
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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionThomas 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…
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Species (1995)
★ 6/10Also science fictionIn 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but…
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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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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
★ 7.2/10Also science fictionThe residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionOn a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
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Cosmos (2019)
★ 6/10Also science fictionThree 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.
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Pandorum (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionTwo 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…
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Alien: Alone (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionAn abandoned crew member aboard a derelict chemical hauler is trying to keep her ship and herself alive. After discovering hidden cargo, she risks it all to power up the broken ship in search of human life.
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Prometheus (2012)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionA team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
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Body Snatchers (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionWhen Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage…
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Radioactive (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also historyThe story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of…