Movies Like Doctor Who: Castrovalva

If you liked Doctor Who: Castrovalva (1982), a drama and adventure movie directed by Fiona Cumming, 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
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…
2
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…
3
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…
4
Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)
★ 6/10Also action and drama
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…
5
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also action and adventure
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
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven (2014)
★ 8/10Also science fiction and drama
In 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…
8
40 Acres (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also action and drama
Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they…
9
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!
10
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?
11
Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also action and adventure
This instalment of Babylon 5 is in two parts: the first is about an entity that has possessed a worker. Colonel Lochley prevents a priest from performing an exorcism. The host is returned to Earth. The second has Galen…
12
Dr. Strange (1978)
★ 6/10Also tv movie and action
A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.
13
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)
★ 6/10Also action and drama
Mitch Buchannon, believed to have died in a boating accident survived and only has amnesia, he has been recovering in a Los Angeles hospital. His new fiancée, Allison Ford, resembles his old lover, Lt. Stephanie Holden…
14
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and tv movie
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
15
Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
★ 6.4/10Also action and science fiction
A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.
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Stolen Girl (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also action and adventure
In 1993, Maureen’s six-year-old daughter Amina is snuck out of the country by her ex-husband, Karim. After years of unsuccessful attempts to find her, Maureen intersects with a professional retriever of internationally…
17
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also adventure and action
It is a dark time. The Jedi are no more, and the Empire rules the galaxy with an iron fist -- bringing tyranny to the Outer Rim world of Lothal. Their ominous presence is a cloud over the planet, squashing any hope of…
18
The Last Mimzy (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fiction
Two 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…
19
Spectral (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and action
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
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Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and adventure
After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest…