Movies Like Tau
If you liked Tau (2018), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Federico D'Alessandro, 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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Demon Seed (1977)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionA scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.
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Wifelike (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and thrillerA grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the…
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Subservience (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and science fictionWith his wife out sick, a struggling father brings home a lifelike AI, only to have his self-aware new help want everything her new family has to offer... Like the affection of her owner and she'll kill to get it.
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Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horrorNeighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
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Afraid (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionCurtis Pike and his family are selected to test a new home device: a digital assistant called AIA. AIA observes the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can – and will – make sure nothing…
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Margaux (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionAs a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a…
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Simulant (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and thrillerFaye attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulant (SIM). Although SIM Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for SIM Evan as it does for her. SIM…
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Companion (2025)
★ 7/10Also horror and science fictionDuring a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover…
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The Machine (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and thrillerAlready deep into a second Cold War, Britain’s Ministry of Defense seeks a game-changing weapon. Programmer Vincent McCarthy unwittingly provides an answer in The Machine, a super-strong human cyborg. When a…
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Soulm8te (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also horror and science fictionAfter a ruthless tech giant acquires a small robotics company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to reprogram her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops…
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The Resurrected (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerCharles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
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Morgan (2016)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and science fictionA corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.
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Upgrade (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and science fictionA 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…
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Hollow Man (2000)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and thrillerCocky 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…
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Double Blind (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fictionAfter an experimental drug trial goes awry, the test subjects face a terrifying side effect: if you fall asleep you die. Trapped in an isolated facility, panic ensues as they try to escape and somehow stay awake.
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The Cell (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fictionA psychotherapist journeys inside the mind of a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
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Prodigy (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and science fictionJimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he…
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M3GAN 2.0 (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction and thrillerAfter the underlying tech for M3GAN is stolen and misused by a powerful defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia, M3GAN's creator Gemma realizes that the only option is to resurrect M3GAN…
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The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and thrillerMulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
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Cube (1997)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and science fictionA group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.