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Movies Like The Principle of Causality

If you liked The Principle of Causality (2018), a movie directed by Missa X, 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. 1A Toxic Love Story

    A Toxic Love Story (2026)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.

  2. 2Ted

    Ted (2012)

    ★ 6.5/10

    John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.

  3. 3Shazam! Fury of the Gods

    Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying "Shazam!", are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters of Atlas, who they must stop from using a weapon that could destroy…

  4. 4Mad Max

    Mad Max (1979)

    ★ 6.7/10

    In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.

  5. 5Imaginary

    Imaginary (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10

    When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with…

  6. 6For a Good Time, Call...

    For a Good Time, Call... (2012)

    ★ 5.8/10

    College "frenemies" Lauren and Katie move in together after losing a relationship and rent control, respectively. Sharing Katie's late grandmother's apartment in New York City, the girls bicker with each other until…

  7. 7After We Fell

    After We Fell (2021)

    ★ 7/10

    Just as Tessa's life begins to become unglued, nothing is what she thought it would be. Not her friends nor her family. The only person that she should be able to rely on is Hardin, who is furious when he discovers the…

  8. 8Mad Max 2

    Mad Max 2 (1981)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot…

  9. 9The Car

    The Car (1977)

    ★ 6.4/10

    The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined…

  10. 10Iron Man 3

    Iron Man 3 (2013)

    ★ 6.9/10

    When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

  11. 11Captain Marvel

    Captain Marvel (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10

    The story follows Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new…

  12. 12Megamind

    Megamind (2010)

    ★ 7/10

    After Megamind, a highly intelligent alien supervillain, defeats his long-time nemesis Metro Man, Megamind creates a new hero to fight, but must act to save the city when his "creation" becomes an even worse villain…

  13. 13The Wolf of Snow Hollow

    The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)

    ★ 6/10

    Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such…

  14. 14Bill & Ted Face the Music

    Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the stakes are higher than ever for the now middle-aged Bill and Ted who set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save…

  15. 15The Blob

    The Blob (1958)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to…

  16. 16If There Be Thorns

    If There Be Thorns (2015)

    ★ 6/10

    Christopher and Cathy Dollanganger live together as man and wife with Cathy's two sons who are unaware of the incestuous nature of their parents' relationship. But when a mysterious woman moves in next door and…

  17. 17Prodigy

    Prodigy (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Jimmy 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…

  18. 18Serial Mom

    Serial Mom (1994)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.

  19. 19Drop Dead Gorgeous

    Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)

    ★ 6.5/10

    In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires…

  20. 20Abominable

    Abominable (2019)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A group of misfits encounter a young Yeti named Everest, and they set off to reunite the magical creature with his family on the mountain of his namesake.

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