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Movies Like Prodigy

If you liked Prodigy (2018), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Nathan Leon, 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. 1These Final Hours

    These Final Hours (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and drama

    With the end of the world only hours away, self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing…

  2. 2Light of My Life

    Light of My Life (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and drama

    Years after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.

  3. 3The Last Mimzy

    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…

  4. 4The Matrix Reloaded

    The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller and science fiction

    The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels…

  5. 5The Mandela Effect

    The Mandela Effect (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and thriller

    A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to…

  6. 62073

    2073 (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and science fiction

    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…

  7. 7Meltdown: Days of Destruction

    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…

  8. 8A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and science fiction

    David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this…

  9. 9On Fire

    On Fire (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and thriller

    Inspired by true and harrowing events, an ordinary man finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son…

  10. 10Prodigy

    Prodigy (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and science fiction

    Jimmy 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…

  11. 11A Wrinkle in Time

    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…

  12. 12Jonathan

    Jonathan (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and science fiction

    Jonathan 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.

  13. 13The Matrix Revolutions

    The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller and science fiction

    The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

  14. 14Paycheck

    Paycheck (2003)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and thriller

    Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the…

  15. 15Hellion

    Hellion (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama

    When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for…

  16. 16War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds (2005)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and science fiction

    Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm…

  17. 17In the Blink of an Eye

    In the Blink of an Eye (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and drama

    Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection, and the circle of life.

  18. 18Rage of Stars

    Rage of Stars (2026)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and thriller

    A story about a woman from the International Special Forces Unit, who has a premonition about the impending end of humanity.

  19. 19The Kovak Box

    The Kovak Box (2006)

    ★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and thriller

    David Norton is used to being in control. As a best-selling author, he decides the fate of his characters, their lives and their deaths. But what happens when his fictional world becomes all too real?

  20. 20Greenland 2: Migration

    Greenland 2: Migration (2026)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and science fiction

    Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.

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