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Movies Like Dark City

If you liked Dark City (1998), a mystery and science fiction movie directed by Alex Proyas, 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. 1Possessor

    Possessor (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped…

  2. 2Hollow Man

    Hollow Man (2000)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the…

  3. 3Resident Evil

    Resident Evil (2002)

    ★ 6.7/10Also science fiction

    When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain…

  4. 4Old

    Old (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery

    A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

  5. 5Upgrade

    Upgrade (2018)

    ★ 7.5/10Also science fiction

    A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now…

  6. 6Looper

    Looper (2012)

    ★ 6.9/10Also science fiction

    In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is…

  7. 7Scanners

    Scanners (1981)

    ★ 6.7/10Also science fiction

    A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

  8. 8Anon

    Anon (2018)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction and mystery

    Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles…

  9. 9The 6th Day

    The 6th Day (2000)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    A world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson comes home from work one day to find a clone has…

  10. 10A Scanner Darkly

    A Scanner Darkly (2006)

    ★ 6.8/10Also science fiction

    An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

  11. 11Twelve Monkeys

    Twelve Monkeys (1995)

    ★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and mystery

    In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground…

  12. 12Infinity Pool

    Infinity Pool (2023)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture…

  13. 13Repo Men

    Repo Men (2010)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess…

  14. 14Open Grave

    Open Grave (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery

    A man awakes -- without memory -- in a pit full of bodies and must figure out if the people who rescued him are the killers, or if he is the murderer.

  15. 15Reminiscence

    Reminiscence (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery and science fiction

    Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life…

  16. 16Daybreakers

    Daybreakers (2010)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of…

  17. 17The Hidden

    The Hidden (1987)

    ★ 6.9/10Also science fiction

    When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.

  18. 18Enemy

    Enemy (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also mystery

    A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

  19. 19Swan Song

    Swan Song (2021)

    ★ 7.1/10Also science fiction

    In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate in this thought-provoking…

  20. 20The Zero Theorem

    The Zero Theorem (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

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