Movies Like Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees

If you liked Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees (1991), a science fiction movie directed by David Blair, 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
The Bay (2012)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
2
The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans…
3
Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful…
4
Europa Report (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
A crew travels to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, to investigate signs of life in its subsurface ocean, but disaster cuts them off from Earth, leading to a tense and dangerous exploration.
5
The Fly (1958)
★ 7/10Also science fiction
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a…
6
The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (2026)
★ 8.8/10Also science fiction
With Caine gone and the circus dark, the cast are left with only the mistakes and traumas of their pasts to keep them company. As the prospect of eternity closes in around them, they discover the truth about the…
7
A Quiet Place (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
8
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction
After a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow he and his brothers back to their home all hell breaks lose.
9
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.
10
12:01 (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
Office employee Barry Thomas is caught in a "time bounce" caused by a glitch in the company's secret project. Now the same day occurs again and again - and Barry's the only one who can do anything about it, including…
11
Omni Loop (2024)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
Diagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest and stuck in a loop reliving the last five days of her life, a 55-year-old wife and mother from Miami, Florida decides to solve time travel in order to go back and…
12
Phase IV (1974)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
13
Videodrome (1983)
★ 7.2/10Also science fiction
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential…
14
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction
Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions…
15
The Fly (1986)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction
When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and…
16
Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
17
Swan Song (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate in this thought-provoking…
18
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction
A 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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2073 (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also 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…
20
Psycho Goreman (2020)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
Siblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues’ gallery of intergalactic assassins…