Movies Like Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

If you liked Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (1985), a adventure and science fiction movie directed by Ron Jones, 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
Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and adventure
The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!
2
Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)
★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction
Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to…
3
Snow Queen (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also adventure and science fiction
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…
4
Doctor Who: The Snowmen (2012)
★ 7.7/10Also tv movie and adventure
The Doctor has retired to 1892 London. Despite the protests of his allies, he is determined to keep out of mankind's affairs. However, a governess named Clara has stumbled upon a plot which only the Doctor can unravel…
5
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and drama
An alien similar to Ra appears out of the Stargate, killing five soldiers and kidnapping another, a year after the original Stargate mission. A new team is assembled, including some old members, and they go in search…
6
Doctor Who: Deep Breath (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also tv movie and science fiction
The newly-regenerated Doctor arrives in Victorian London, and Clara Oswald struggles to embrace the man he has become. All the while, they reunite with the Paternoster Gang to investigate a series of combustions that…
7
Dr. Strange (1978)
★ 6/10Also tv movie and adventure
A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.
8
Doctor Who (1996)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie and adventure
The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.
9
A Wrinkle in Time (2003)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fiction
Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any…
10
2073 (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and drama
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…
11
Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and tv movie
When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new friend called Astrid, can he stop the Christmas inferno?
12
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and science fiction
Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.
13
Attack on Titan (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and tv movie
As viable water is depleted on Earth, a mission is sent to Saturn's moon Titan to retrieve sustainable H2O reserves from its alien inhabitants. But just as the humans acquire the precious resource, they are attacked by…
14
Ben 10: Race Against Time (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and tv movie
Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien invasion.
15
Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal (2015)
★ 7.9/10Also adventure and science fiction
The Inquisitor is dead. The Ghost crew has connected with other rebel cells. And a new ally named Ahsoka Tano has emerged. Despite these successes and developments, the fight against the Empire takes a deadly turn, as…
16
Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and adventure
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
17
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
★ 7/10Also adventure and science fiction
SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, SG-1 travels to…
18
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and tv movie
A meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.
19
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)
★ 8/10Also science fiction and drama
Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown…
20
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…