Movies Like The Recordist

If you liked The Recordist (1993), a science fiction movie directed by Paul Scoles, 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
Signal One (2026)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
A computer scientist is invited by a tech billionaire to join his private facility on a Caribbean island to investigate extraterrestrial matter on Earth. When they make contact beyond our world, chaos erupts as we’re…
2
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
3
Earth to Echo (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
After a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going…
4
The Arrival (1996)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the…
5
Ben 10: Race Against Time (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien invasion.
6
Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction
A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.
7
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
★ 8/10Also science fiction
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
8
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as…
9
Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction
After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.
10
Ben 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction
Ben and a mysterious girl from his past must prevent an alien threat from destroying the world.
11
Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction
The feature-length pilot for this Emmy award-winning show. Babylon 5 is the latest in a series of space stations built by humans. The Vorlon ambassador, Kosh, has been poisoned. It is the new commanding officer…
12
Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
13
Ben 10 vs. the Universe: The Movie (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction
A blast from Ben's past returns to do double the damage on Team Tennyson and planet Earth itself, forcing Ben to go interstellar to save the day. Based on the 2016 reboot.
14
Project: ALF (1996)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
Six years ago, the lovable intergalactic fugitive Gordon Shumway, best known as ALF, was on his way back to his new home when the Alien Task Force finally caught up with him. Now, he is being studied at a top-secret…
15
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.
16
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.
17
*batteries not included (1987)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction
In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge…
18
This Island Earth (1955)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
19
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
20
Explorers (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about…