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Movies Like The Peking Man

If you liked The Peking Man (1997), a science fiction movie directed by Junya Satō, 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. 1Timescape

    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…

  2. 2Cosmos

    Cosmos (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    Three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.

  3. 3Blood and Snow

    Blood and Snow (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    When researchers rescue a fellow scientist who survived a meteorite strike in the Arctic, they discover she may not be who they think she is. Is she some-how changed?

  4. 4The Man Who Fell to Earth

    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…

  5. 565

    65 (2023)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    65 million years ago, the only 2 survivors of a spaceship from Somaris that crash-landed on Earth, must fend off dinosaurs to reach the escape vessel in time before an imminent asteroid strike threatens to destroy the…

  6. 6Axcellerator

    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.

  7. 7Abduction

    Abduction (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by…

  8. 8Margaux

    Margaux (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a…

  9. 9Sphere

    Sphere (1998)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    A spacecraft is discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the ocean floor to investigate…

  10. 10Stowaway

    Stowaway (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction

    A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.

  11. 11Roswell

    Roswell (1994)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    Based on the book "UFO Crash at Roswell" by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, Roswell follows the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth about strange debris found on a local rancher's field in July of…

  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. 13The 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.

  14. 14Geostorm

    Geostorm (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction

    After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now…

  15. 15The Mandela Effect

    The Mandela Effect (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    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…

  16. 16Infinite

    Infinite (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    Evan McCauley has skills he never learned and memories of places he has never visited. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, a secret group that call themselves “Infinites” come to his rescue…

  17. 17Osiris

    Osiris (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction

    Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.

  18. 18Prometheus

    Prometheus (2012)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction

    A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

  19. 19The 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.

  20. 20Slash/Back

    Slash/Back (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.

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