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Movies Like Nova

If you liked Nova (2018), a science fiction movie directed by Wenhwa Ts'Ao, 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. 1Gray Matter

    Gray Matter (2023)

    ★ 6.8/10Also science fiction

    All her life, Aurora has been taught by her mother that the superhuman abilities they possess, the abilities that make them unique, also make them dangerous. Now, on one fateful and deadly night, Aurora will find out…

  2. 2Axcellerator

    Axcellerator (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    When a young car thief stumbles on the invention of the century (and the various government agencies that want to kill him), he and a sassy checkout clerk named Kate have the adventure of a lifetime.

  3. 3Gemini Man

    Gemini Man (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…

  4. 4Code 8

    Code 8 (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves…

  5. 5Real Men

    Real Men (1987)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.

  6. 6Vesper

    Vesper (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    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…

  7. 7Code 8 Part II

    Code 8 Part II (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.

  8. 8Monsters of Man

    Monsters of Man (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    A robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing…

  9. 9The Kovak Box

    The Kovak Box (2006)

    ★ 5.8/10Also science fiction

    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?

  10. 10The Wave

    The Wave (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    A man on the verge of a promotion takes a mysterious hallucinogenic drug that begins to tear down his reality and expose his life for what it really is.

  11. 11Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride

    Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride (2006)

    ★ 7.8/10Also science fiction

    A young bride in the midst of her wedding finds herself mysteriously transported to the TARDIS. The Doctor must discover what her connection is with the Empress of the Racnoss's plan to destroy the world.

  12. 12Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

    Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)

    ★ 8/10Also science fiction

    Amy 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…

  13. 13Right at Your Door

    Right at Your Door (2006)

    ★ 5.8/10Also science fiction

    A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.

  14. 14Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

  15. 15Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

    Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    The Bionic Woman and the Six-Million-Dollar Man reunite--with a few younger bionic assistants--and try to catch a bionic spy.

  16. 16The Captains

    The Captains (2011)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    The Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in the Star Trek franchise.

  17. 17Solo: A Star Wars Story

    Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

  18. 18Voyagers

    Voyagers (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women -- bred for intelligence and obedience -- embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. When they uncover disturbing secrets about the…

  19. 19Impostor

    Impostor (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.

  20. 20Memoirs of an Invisible Man

    Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

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