Movies Like The Vanishing Shadow

If you liked The Vanishing Shadow (1934), a science fiction and action movie directed by Lew Landers, 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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Monsters of Man (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and action
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
Knight Rider (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
When a group of ruthless mercenaries kill a reclusive scientist, his creation, a new model of artificially intelligent supercar, escapes to find his daughter and recruit a ex-soldier to thwart them. Pilot for the…
3
The Electric State (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also action and science fiction
An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.
4
Code 8 Part II (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and action
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.
5
Surrogates (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and action
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
6
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and action
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.
7
Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)
★ 5.9/10Also action and 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…
8
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also action and science fiction
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
9
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also action and science fiction
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered…
10
Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and action
Amanda Waller's top-secret "Task Force X" — consisting of Deadshot, Bronze Tiger, Killer Frost, Captain Boomerang, Harley Quinn, and Copperhead — is on a mission to retrieve a mystical object so powerful that they're…
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Bloodshot (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also action and science fiction
After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine—'Bloodshot'. As Ray first trains with…
12
Afterburn (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also action and 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…
13
Igor (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
14
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also action and science fiction
When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul…
15
Allegiant (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and action
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.
16
Henry Danger: The Movie (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also action and science fiction
Henry Hart meets a superfan—eager to fight crime with Kid Danger—who comes into possession of a device that can open up alternate realities. Facing a wild ride, Henry will need his best friend Jasper and his new…
17
Justice League (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also action and science fiction
Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince assemble a team of metahumans consisting of Barry Allen, Arthur Curry and Victor Stone to face the…
18
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and action
After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest…
19
Bumblebee (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also action and science fiction
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and…
20
Real Men (1987)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and action
A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.