Movies Like King of the Lost World

If you liked King of the Lost World (2005), a action and drama movie directed by Leigh Scott, 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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Turbulence (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and action
A young married couple embark on a hot air balloon trip across the Italian Dolomites to rekindle their relationship, but the arrival of an unexpected passenger sends their journey in an unpredictable direction.
2
Interceptor (2022)
★ 6/10Also action and thriller
A U.S. Army Captain uses her years of tactical training to save humanity from sixteen nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. as a violent attack threatens her remote missile interceptor station.
3
40 Acres (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also action and thriller
Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they…
4
Awake (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and science fiction
After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in…
5
Right at Your Door (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller
A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
6
These Final Hours (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and drama
With the end of the world only hours away, self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing…
7
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thriller
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
8
Retroactive (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and thriller
A psychiatrist makes multiple trips through time to save a woman that was murdered by her brutal husband.
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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…
10
The Commuter (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also action and thriller
A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.
11
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and action
A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.
12
Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell (2018)
★ 5.8/10Also action and science fiction
Burt Gummer and Travis Welker find themselves in a fight for survival after investigating deadly giant worm attacks in the Canadian arctic.
13
Zardoz (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thriller
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
14
After the Dark (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction
At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a…
15
Gold (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also action and thriller
In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their…
16
The Quiet Earth (1985)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and science fiction
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
17
Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fiction
While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he…
18
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015)
★ 6/10Also drama and action
The true story of the kidnapping of Freddy Heineken, the grandson of the founder of the Heineken brewery, and his driver. They were released after a ransom of 35 million Dutch guilders was paid.
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2073 (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and science fiction
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…
20
Extinction (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also action and drama
A chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.