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Movies Like The Girl Who Was Plugged In

If you liked The Girl Who Was Plugged In, a science fiction and drama movie directed by Jennifer Kent, 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. 1Allegiant

    Allegiant (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.

  2. 21984

    1984 (1956)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and drama

    In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

  3. 3Insurgent

    Insurgent (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.

  4. 4Chaos Walking

    Chaos Walking (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction

    Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.

  5. 5Stormageddon

    Stormageddon (2015)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction

    What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human…

  6. 6The Giver

    The Giver (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and science fiction

    In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

  7. 7The Man Who Fell to Earth

    The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and drama

    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…

  8. 8The Host

    The Host (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to…

  9. 9The Running Man

    The Running Man (1987)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction

    By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which…

  10. 10The 5th Wave

    The 5th Wave (2016)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

  11. 11Advantageous

    Advantageous (2015)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction and drama

    In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

  12. 12The Running Man

    The Running Man (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also science fiction

    Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and…

  13. 13Divergent

    Divergent (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10Also science fiction

    In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find…

  14. 142073

    2073 (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and drama

    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…

  15. 15RoboCop

    RoboCop (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in…

  16. 16Vesper

    Vesper (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and drama

    After 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…

  17. 17The Hunger Games

    The Hunger Games (2012)

    ★ 7.2/10Also science fiction

    In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of…

  18. 18Spectral

    Spectral (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

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

  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. 20RoboCop

    RoboCop (1987)

    ★ 7.4/10Also science fiction

    In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street…

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