20 movies like Children of the Damned, ordered by similarity : The Machine(2013), These Are the Damned(1962), Godzilla(1954), Bird Box(2018), Edge of Tomorrow(2014), Let Her Out(2016), Colossus: The Forbin Project(1969), Archive(2020), The White King(2016), Morgan(2016), The Terminator(1984), The Martian(2015) ...
Sci-Fi
UK
1963
90 Minutes
Ian Hendry Alan Badel Barbara Ferris Alfred Burke Sheila Allen Clive Powell Frank Summerscale Mahdu Mathen Gerald Delsol Roberta Rex Harold Goldblatt
psychologist scientist child prodigy aunt mother colonel intense disturbing london church embassy tunnel telekinesis evil child cold war military intelligence world domination metamorphosis underdog
Six impossibly intelligent children from all over the world with dangerous psychic powers hide in a church in England after the military tries to experiment on them. Besieged, they warn the military to back off before carnage ensues.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2013
91 Minutes
Caity Lotz Toby Stephens Denis Lawson Lee Nicholas Harris Sam Hazeldine Helen Griffin Sule Rimi Jonathan Byrne Ben McGregor Jade Croot Pooneh Hajimohammadi
scientist soldier researcher cyborg android mother brutal disturbing patriotic suspenseful tense uneasy military base secret location underground office ocean laboratory cyborgs artificial intelligence
In efforts to construct perfect android killing machines in a war against China, UK scientists exceed their goal and create a sentient robot.
Sci-Fi
1962
96 Minutes
Macdonald Carey Shirley Anne Field Viveca Lindfors Alexander Knox Oliver Reed Walter Gotell James Villiers Kenneth Cope Brian Oulton Barbara Everest James Maxwell
american man child scientist prisoner captor young woman bleak brooding dark disturbing gripping cave england coast military base experiments exploitation imprisonment radiation escape
An American man (Macdonald Carey) and an Englishwoman (Shirley Anne Field) discover genetically engineered children who can survive a nuclear war.
Sci-Fi
1954
98 Minutes
Takashi Shimura Momoko Kochi Akira Takarada Akihiko Hirata Sachio Sakai Fuyuki Murakami Ren Yamamoto
godzilla japanese man japanese woman japanese soldier child scientist brooding emotional intense ocean japan tokyo laboratory street car atomic bomb monsters destruction survival danger
A fire-breathing behemoth terrorizes Japan after an atomic bomb awakens it from its centuries-old sleep.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Sci-Fi
USA
2018
124 Minutes
Sandra Bullock Trevante Rhodes Jacki Weaver Rosa Salazar Danielle Macdonald Lil Rel Howery Tom Hollander BD Wong Julian Edwards Vivien Lyra Blair Sarah Paulson
mother doctor child stranger creature brutal chilling frightening gripping forest river hospital house car abandoned house survival apocalypse fear death evil
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA|Canada
2014
113 Minutes
Tom Cruise Emily Blunt Brendan Gleeson Bill Paxton Jonas Armstrong Tony Way Kick Gurry Franz Drameh Dragomir Mrsic Charlotte Riley Masayoshi Haneda
military officer alien warrior colleague soldier sergeant creative intense thrilling amusing frightening outer space military base fantasy world beach great britain government building alien invasion fight to the death time warp
A soldier fighting aliens gets to relive the same day over and over again, the day restarting every time he dies.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
Canada
2016
89 Minutes
Alanna LeVierge Nina Kiri Adam Christie Kate Fenton Michael Lipka Brooke Henderson Glen Reid Deborah Jayne Reilly Smith
bike messenger courier evil twin thrilling tense intense frightening disturbing dark hospital house accident recovery hallucinations science fiction horror metamorphosis escape 2010s
After a traumatic accident, a bike courier begins to experience blackouts and hallucinations. She soon discovers that she's being dangerously influenced and even controlled by her unborn twin.
Sci-Fi
USA
1969
100 Minutes
Eric Braeden Susan Clark Gordon Pinsent William Schallert Leonid Rostoff Georg Stanford Brown Willard Sage Alex Rodine Martin Brooks Marion Ross Dolph Sweet
scientist president computer russian politician tense bleak rocky mountains laboratory russia technology missiles man vs. machine cold war artificial intelligence nuclear attack discovery 1960s
Thinking this will prevent war, the US government gives an impenetrable supercomputer total control over launching nuclear missiles. But what the computer does with the power is unimaginable to its creators.
Sci-Fi
UK|Hungary|USA
2020
105 Minutes
Theo James Stacy Martin Rhona Mitra Toby Jones Peter Ferdinando Hans Peterson Jeremy Wheeler Richard Glover
scientist artificial intelligence dead person dark emotional intense uneasy laboratory woods artificial intelligence discovery metamorphosis quest 21st century
2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI. His latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest. Especially as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs: being reunited with his dead wife.
Sci-Fi, Drama
UK|Germany|Sweden|Hungary
2016
89 Minutes
Jörg Tittel
young boy father guard mother colonel general tense chilling engaging intense gripping emotional fictional city dystopia dictatorship dystopia saving the day father/son relationship missing father search
Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2016
88 Minutes
Kate Mara Anya Taylor-Joy Toby Jones Rose Leslie Boyd Holbrook Michelle Yeoh Jennifer Jason Leigh Paul Giamatti Michael Yare Chris Sullivan Vinette Robinson
synthetic human troubleshooter staff member handler scientist child brooding emotional intense thrilling frightening brutal laboratory office park cell yard classroom science escape
A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
UK|USA
1984
108 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Linda Hamilton Michael Biehn Paul Winfield Lance Henriksen Rick Rossovich Bess Motta Earl Boen Dick Miller Shawn Schepps Bruce Kerner
good guy woman android murder victim roommate cyborg gory suspenseful intense tense thrilling los angeles alternate reality police station club city apartment motel room violence robots time travel
A human soldier is sent from 2029 to 1984 to stop an almost indestructible cyborg killing machine, sent from the same year, which has been programmed to execute a young woman whose unborn son is the key to humanity's future salvation.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Hungary|Jordan
2015
142 Minutes
Matt Damon Jessica Chastain Kristen Wiig Jeff Daniels Michael Peña Kate Mara Sean Bean Sebastian Stan Aksel Hennie Donald Glover Mackenzie Davis
astronaut survivor president scientist wife crew member brooding emotional intense tense dark nasa facility camp mars spacecraft space station control room space travel stranded mars
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Sci-Fi
USA
1966
100 Minutes
Stephen Boyd Raquel Welch Edmond O'Brien Donald Pleasence Arthur O'Connell William Redfield Arthur Kennedy Jean Del Val Barry Coe Ken Scott Shelby Grant
doctor saboteur scientist surgeon pilot secret agent incredible suspenseful thrilling human body submarine russia survival journey weird science cold war miniaturization adventure escape rescue
A scientist is nearly assassinated. In order to save him, a submarine is shrunken to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream with a small crew. Problems arise almost as soon as they enter it.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA|Germany
2004
115 Minutes
Will Smith Bridget Moynahan Bruce Greenwood James Cromwell Chi McBride Shia LaBeouf Adrian Ricard Alan Tudyk Jerry Wasserman Fiona Hogan
police detective robot scientist psychologist woman creature thrilling intense dark chicago lake michigan laboratory tunnel street lake robots technology man vs. machine conspiracy secret plans
In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity.
Sci-Fi
USA
1983
106 Minutes
Christopher Walken Natalie Wood Louise Fletcher Cliff Robertson Joe Dorsey Jordan Christopher
researcher scientist government official military officer wife thrilling tense suspenseful disturbing research station north carolina brain-reading device scientific experiments military industrial complex near-death experience sex tape technology discovery rivalry wretched excess
Researchers develop a system where they can jump into people's minds. But when people involved bring their personal problems into the equation, it becomes dangerous - perhaps deadly.
Sci-Fi
USA
1965
96 Minutes
Dana Andrews Janette Scott Kieron Moore Alexander Knox Peter Damon Gary Lasdun Mike Steen Todd Martin Jim Gillen
scientist terminally ill person geologist doctor ambassador dying person outlandish engaging suspenseful tense striking intense africa scientific experiments geology science fiction science gone awry doomsday device apocalypse discovery
A dying scientist pushes forward his project to tap through to the Earth's magma layer, with results that threaten to destroy the Earth as we know it.
Sci-Fi
USA
1980
103 Minutes
William Hurt Blair Brown Bob Balaban Charles Haid Thaao Penghlis Miguel Godreau Dori Brenner Peter Brandon Charles White Eagle Drew Barrymore Megan Jeffers
scientist psychologist wife creepy intense shocking university mexico united states experiments drugs psychology marital problems discovery metamorphosis 1970s
A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
France|UK|Germany|Poland|USA
2018
113 Minutes
Robert Pattinson Juliette Binoche André Benjamin Mia Goth Lars Eidinger Agata Buzek Ewan Mitchell Scarlett Lindsey Jessie Ross
convict daughter father astronaut scientist friend brash brutal dark disturbing gripping shocking space spacecraft room garden black hole experiments exploitation sex
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
Sci-Fi, Action
Australia
2018
120 Minutes
Dan Ewing Temuera Morrison Stephany Jacobsen Rhiannon Fish Zachary Garred Izzy Stevens Charles Terrier Charles Mesure Felix Williamson Jacqueline McKenzie Aaron Jeffery
alien australian captive young person family enemy bleak disturbing gripping frightening intense uneasy outback australia town occupation alien invasion war evil loss
A small group of town residents have to band together after a devastating ground invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their attackers, and work together for a chance to strike back.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Lorraine Toussaint Saniyya Sidney David Strathairn Christopher Denham Hannah Kauffmann Avery Akerson Levi Dylan Monique Straw Ramona King Richard L. Olsen
mother daughter grandmother cop sheriff scientist bleak brooding dreamy somber spirited desert cottage car small town family home on the run super powers apocalypse energy field
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.