Movies Like IARA: Synthetic Memories
If you liked IARA: Synthetic Memories (2023), a science fiction movie directed by Gabriel Rodrigues, 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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Superintelligence (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionWhen an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to…
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionWhen an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
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Robot & Frank (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also science fictionCurmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown children are concerned about their father’s well-being and…
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The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionBased on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
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Bicentennial Man (1999)
★ 7.3/10Also science fictionRichard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance…
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Circle (2015)
★ 6/10Also science fictionIn a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two…
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Short Circuit (1986)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionAfter a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does…
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Minutemen (2008)
★ 5.8/10Also science fictionWhen three high-school friends invent a time-machine, they decide to use it to go back in time and prevent other youngsters from making humiliating mistakes.
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TRON: Ares (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionA highly sophisticated Program called Ares is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind's first encounter with A.I. beings.
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The Second Renaissance Part II (2003)
★ 7.5/10Also science fictionThe battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies.
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WarGames (1983)
★ 7.1/10Also science fictionHigh school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and…
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TRON: Legacy (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionSam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu…
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Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also science fictionAfter 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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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
★ 8/10Also science fictionHumanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
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After Yang (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionWhen his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting…
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Time Freak (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionStillman, a heartbroken physics student, builds a time machine when his girlfriend breaks up with him. Going back in time, he attempts to save their relationship by fixing every mistake he made—while dragging his best…
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The Man from Earth (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also science fictionA departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and…
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The Last Mimzy (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also science fictionTwo siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…
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The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (2026)
★ 8.8/10Also science fictionWith Caine gone and the circus dark, the cast are left with only the mistakes and traumas of their pasts to keep them company. As the prospect of eternity closes in around them, they discover the truth about the…
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Starman (1984)
★ 6.9/10Also science fictionWhen an alien takes the form of a young widow's husband and asks her to drive him from Wisconsin to Arizona, the government tries to stop them.