Movies Like Terror in the Midnight Sun
If you liked Terror in the Midnight Sun (1959), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Virgil W. Vogel, 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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The Thing from Another World (1951)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and horrorScientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and horrorThe controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
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Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and science fictionWhen scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead…
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It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and horrorThe first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.
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The Invisible Man (1933)
★ 7.5/10Also horror and science fictionAfter experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.
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Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and horrorAn intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
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It Came from Outer Space (1953)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and horrorAuthor and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scorn when, after examining the object up…
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The Arrival (1996)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and thrillerZane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the…
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The Last Mimzy (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fictionTwo siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more…
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When Worlds Collide (1951)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and dramaWhen a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea. They set about…
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
★ 7.3/10Also science fiction and dramaAfter an encounter with UFOs, an electricity linesman feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
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The Andromeda Strain (1971)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and thrillerWhen virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent…
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Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and dramaWhen 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?
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Children of the Damned (1964)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and horrorSix children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and horrorA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and thrillerA 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.
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The Lady Vanishes (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and horrorYoung socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.
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The Man from Planet X (1951)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and thrillerWhile watching for a planet that may collide with earth, scientists stationed in Scotland are approached by a visitor from outer space.
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and thrillerIn 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
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This Island Earth (1955)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and horrorAliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.