Movies Like In the Pines
If you liked In the Pines (2011), a drama and science fiction movie directed by Zeek Earl and Christopher Caldwell, 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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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and dramaThomas 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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Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionA group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.
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Vesper (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and dramaAfter the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…
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Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor (2013)
★ 8/10Also science fiction and dramaThe Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a dear cost to the life he's lived for hundreds of years.
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2073 (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and dramaInspired 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…
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The Congress (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and science fictionAn aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
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Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and dramaThe Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!
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Right at Your Door (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and science fictionA dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
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The End of Oak Street (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also science fictionAfter a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they…
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Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionBen and a mysterious girl from his past must prevent an alien threat from destroying the world.
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Arrival (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and science fictionTaking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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Prodigy (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionJimmy 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…
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Signal One (2026)
★ 6/10Also science fictionA computer scientist is invited by a tech billionaire to join his private facility on a Caribbean island to investigate extraterrestrial matter on Earth. When they make contact beyond our world, chaos erupts as we’re…
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The X-Files (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also science fictionMulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.
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Battle for Terra (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionA peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
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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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Jonathan (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and 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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Tuesday (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaA mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
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Light of My Life (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and dramaYears after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.
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Stowaway (2021)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and dramaA three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.