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Movies Like Trial and Error

If you liked Trial and Error (2014), a science fiction movie directed by Wong Luk Ho, 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. 1Monsters of Man

    Monsters of Man (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    A robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing…

  2. 2The Mandela Effect

    The Mandela Effect (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    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…

  3. 3Universal Soldier: The Return

    Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    Luc Deveraux, the heroic former Universal Soldier, is about to be thrown into action once again. When SETH, the supercomputer-controlled ultra-warrior, decides to take revenge and destroy its creators, only Luc can…

  4. 42073

    2073 (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also 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…

  5. 5Code 8 Part II

    Code 8 Part II (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.

  6. 6Zygote

    Zygote (2017)

    ★ 7/10Also science fiction

    The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.

  7. 7Spectral

    Spectral (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.

  8. 8Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

  9. 9Space/Time

    Space/Time (2025)

    ★ 5.8/10Also science fiction

    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.

  10. 10Afterburn

    Afterburn (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of…

  11. 11Gemini Man

    Gemini Man (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also 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…

  12. 12The Signal

    The Signal (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.

  13. 13Osiris

    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.

  14. 14The Man Who Fell to Earth

    The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction

    Thomas 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…

  15. 15Alien: Alone

    Alien: Alone (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    An 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.

  16. 16Margaux

    Margaux (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    As 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…

  17. 17RoboCop 2

    RoboCop 2 (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by…

  18. 18The Wave

    The Wave (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    A man on the verge of a promotion takes a mysterious hallucinogenic drug that begins to tear down his reality and expose his life for what it really is.

  19. 19The Matrix Resurrections

    The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix.

  20. 20Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

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