Movies Like The Story of Mankind
If you liked The Story of Mankind (1957), a drama and fantasy movie directed by Irwin Allen, 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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Jonathan (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and science fictionJonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.
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Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven (2014)
★ 8/10Also science fiction and dramaIn this epic two-part finale, the Doctor comes face to face with the mysterious Missy, and an impossible choice is looming. With Cybermen on the streets of London, old friends unite against old enemies, and the Doctor…
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A Wrinkle in Time (2003)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fictionMeg 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…
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How Sarah Got Her Wings (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and fantasyGood Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven. Certain that she will be let in, she is shocked to find that her name is not on…
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Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)
★ 8/10Also science fiction and dramaAmy 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…
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All That Money Can Buy (1941)
★ 7/10Also drama and fantasyFarmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his…
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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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1984 (1956)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and dramaIn a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
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Snowglobe (2007)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and science fictionA young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to…
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Things to Come (1936)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and science fictionThe story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
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The Secret of NIMH (1982)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy and science fictionA widowed field mouse must move her family -- including an ailing son -- to escape a farmer's plow. Aided by a crow and a pack of superintelligent, escaped lab rats, the brave mother struggles to transplant her home to…
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Repeat Performance (1947)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and fantasyOn New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult…
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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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One & Two (2015)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and fantasyIn an isolated farmhouse, located in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by a mysterious wooden wall, Zac and Eva, two siblings gifted with extraordinary abilities, endure every day the wrath of their strict father…
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Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and fantasyA 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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Last and First Men (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and science fictionAs the end approaches inexorably, the last humans, living millions of years into the future, send a message to the humanity of the present that is both a plea for help and a warning, but also an epic tale of evolution…
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Upstream Color (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fictionA man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
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Metropia (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and science fictionIn the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the…
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The Man from Earth (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and dramaA departing professor gathers his closest colleagues for an intimate farewell, but the night takes an unexpected turn when he shares a stunning secret about his past. As the conversation unfolds, skepticism and…
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Hilda and the Mountain King (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also fantasy and dramaWhen Hilda wakes up in the body of a troll, she must use her wits and courage to get back home, become human again — and save the city of Trolberg.