Movies Like Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

If you liked Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1985), a comedy and science fiction movie directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, 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
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and science fiction
Zenon Kar, a 13-year-old girl who lives on a space station in the year 2049, gets into some trouble and is banished to Earth. With help from some Earth friends she must find her way back.
2
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fiction
Centered on a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some…
3
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and science fiction
Millions of years from now, after Socrates, Shakespeare and the bible are long forgotten, only two great works will remain: the sci-fi cinema epic Star Wars and Adult Swim's stop-motion animated, cheap gag…
4
Family Guy Presents: Blue Harvest (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and science fiction
With the Griffins stuck at home during a blackout, Peter tells the story of "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope".
5
South Park: Joining the Panderverse (2023)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and science fiction
Cartman's deeply disturbing dreams portend the end of the life he knows and loves. Meanwhile, the adults in South Park are wrestling with their own life decisions, as the advent of AI is turning their world upside down.
6
Ricky Gervais: Mortality (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedy and tv movie
Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
7
My Babysitter's a Vampire (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and tv movie
Geeky 14-year old Ethan is left to babysit his younger sister, Jane, with his best friend Benny but after Ethan inadvertently puts Jane in harm's way, his parents hire a professional babysitter, the beautiful yet…
8
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and science fiction
Buzz Lightyear must battle Emperor Zurg with the help of three hopefuls who insist on being his partners.
9
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also science fiction and tv movie
Ben Tennyson falls through a wormhole and encounters Rex. The two heroes must unite against a foe that can absorb their powers.
10
Blackadder: Back & Forth (1999)
★ 7/10Also comedy and science fiction
What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, through the course of…
11
Afterburn (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and comedy
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…
12
South Park: Imaginationland (2008)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and tv movie
Some of the boys from South Park Elementary find themselves on a balloon ride to an imaginary land. Upon their arrival they're faced with an unimaginable threat.
13
Psych: The Movie (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and tv movie
The ambitious friends come together during the holidays after a mystery assailant targets one of their own. A comedic thrill-ride follows, as the wild and unpredictable Psych team pursues the bad guys, justice … and…
14
Snow Queen (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and tv movie
Since a bitter winter storm stole the life of Gerda's mother, she and her father have sadly continued to run the remote hotel they call home. Lonely and isolated, Gerda's only joy is Kai, the handsome bellboy. A…
15
Dr. Strange (1978)
★ 6/10Also tv movie and science fiction
A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.
16
Doctor Who (1996)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie and science fiction
The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.
17
South Park (Not Suitable for Children) (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and tv movie
After it's discovered that a teacher at South Park Elementary has an OnlyFans page, Randy is compelled to take a closer look at the seedy underbelly of the world of online influencers.
18
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fiction
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
19
The Suite Life Movie (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and science fiction
Cody and Zack are approached to join the Gemini Project, a high-tech research center studying the dynamics between twins. Shockingly, they find themselves interconnected in a whole new way! When one twin experiences…
20
Lying to Be Perfect (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and tv movie
Nola Devlin is an unassuming, frumpy magazine editor who is overlooked and teased by her coworkers. Though, when she is behind the glow and anonymity of her computer screen, she becomes the famous advice columnist…