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Movies Like How to be Human

If you liked How to be Human (2017), a science fiction movie directed by Bruno Centofanti, 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. 1Spectral

    Spectral (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.

  2. 2Zygote

    Zygote (2017)

    ★ 7/10Also science fiction

    The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.

  3. 3Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

    Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor (2013)

    ★ 8/10Also science fiction

    The Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a dear cost to the life he's lived for hundreds of years.

  4. 4Vesper

    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…

  5. 5The Resurrected

    The Resurrected (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.

  6. 6Alien: Alone

    Alien: Alone (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    An abandoned crew member aboard a derelict chemical hauler is trying to keep her ship and herself alive. After discovering hidden cargo, she risks it all to power up the broken ship in search of human life.

  7. 7Gemini 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…

  8. 8Greenland 2: Migration

    Greenland 2: Migration (2026)

    ★ 6.4/10Also 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.

  9. 9The 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.

  10. 10Screamers

    Screamers (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one…

  11. 11Monsters 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…

  12. 12Frankenstein Unbound

    Frankenstein Unbound (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in…

  13. 13Containment

    Containment (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?

  14. 14Universal Soldier: The Return

    Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    Luc Deveraux, the heroic former Universal Soldier, is about to be thrown into action once again. When SETH, the supercomputer-controlled ultra-warrior, decides to take revenge and destroy its creators, only Luc can…

  15. 15Marvel One-Shot: Item 47

    Marvel One-Shot: Item 47 (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    Benny and Claire, a down-on-their-luck couple, find a discarded Chitauri weapon referred to as 'Item 47'.

  16. 16Doctor Who: Last Christmas

    Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also science fiction

    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!

  17. 17Light of My Life

    Light of My Life (2019)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction

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

  18. 18Frequencies

    Frequencies (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.

  19. 19The Last Mimzy

    The Last Mimzy (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also 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…

  20. 20Timescape

    Timescape (1992)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    Before they can complete renovations on their new country inn, a widowed father and his young daughter are visited by a strange group of tourists. He soon makes a chilling discovery: they are disaster junkies from the…

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