20 movies like Altered States, ordered by similarity : Phase IV(1974), The Stepford Wives(1975), The Fly(1958), The Fly(1986), Kingdom of the Spiders(1977), Crack in the World(1965), The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant(1971), Terror Birds(2016), Splice(2009), Sssssss(1973), Die, Monster, Die!(1965), The Arrival(1996) ...
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
UK|USA
1974
86 Minutes
Nigel Davenport Lynne Frederick Michael Murphy Alan Gifford Robert Henderson Helen Horton
scientist family young woman ant chilling creepy disheartening frightening gripping intense melodramatic outlandish shocking suspenseful thrilling arizona united states scientific observation ants aliens
Desert ants suddenly form a collective intelligence and begin to wage war on the inhabitants. It is up to two scientists and a stray girl they rescue from the ants to destroy them.
Sci-Fi
USA
1975
115 Minutes
Katharine Ross Paula Prentiss Patrick O'Neal Peter Masterson Nanette Newman Tina Louise Carol Rosson William Prince Paula Trueman Remak Ramsay John Aprea
photographer wife husband housewife newcomer tense creepy offbeat stepford, conn. suburbia conformity robots conspiracy switched identities mystery transformation discovery escape 1970s
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA
1958
94 Minutes
Al Hedison Patricia Owens Vincent Price Herbert Marshall Kathleen Freeman Betty Lou Gerson Charles Herbert Eugene Borden Torben Meyer Harry Carter Charles Tannen
scientist wife brother son mutant inspector dark shocking canada laboratory household factory teleportation experiments family death housefly quest metamorphosis sacrifice
A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA|UK|Canada
1986
95 Minutes
Jeff Goldblum Geena Davis John Getz Joy Boushel Leslie Carlson George Chuvalo Michael Copeman David Cronenberg Carol Lazare Shawn Hewitt
scientist girlfriend reporter editor mutant creepy tense thrilling laboratory apartment clinic teleportation experiments mutation abortion relationships failure quest love fall
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
Sci-Fi
USA
1977
94 Minutes
William Shatner Tiffany Bolling Woody Strode Lieux Dressler Altovise Davis David McLean Natasha Ryan Marcy Rafferty Joe Ross Adele Malis-Morey Roy Engel
veterinarian scientist farmer wife mayor pilot offbeat creepy tense campy arizona farm small town airplane country fair spiders invasion man vs. beast mysterious deaths chemical disaster
In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.
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
1971
88 Minutes
Bruce Dern Pat Priest Albert Cole John Bloom Casey Kasem Berry Kroeger Larry Vincent Jack Lester Darlene Duralia Gary Kent
mad scientist maniac boy landlord wife caretaker campy outlandish creepy offbeat countryside laboratory operating room head transplants murder personality clash madness uncontrollable experiment metamorphosis discovery
Dr. Roger Girard is a rich scientist conducting experiments on head transplantation. His caretaker has a son, Danny, who, although fully grown, has the mind of child. One day an escaped ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
2016
87 Minutes
Jessica Lee Keller Lindsey Sporrer Greg Evigan Leslie Easterbrook Dillon Cavitt Evan Miller Sarah Joy Byington Heath Allyn
scientist daughter father bird friend millionaire brutal suspenseful thrilling shocking spectacular intense laboratory woods ranch wilderness home aviary horror killer animals
When Maddy Stern discovers her father has gone missing during a routine birdwatching excursion, she and her college pals trek out into the wilderness to find him, only to end up in a ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Horror
Canada|France|USA|Germany
2009
107 Minutes
Adrien Brody Sarah Polley Delphine Chaneac Simona Maicanescu David Hewlett Abigail Chu Brandon McGibbon Jonathan Payne
scientist creature husband wife brother boss thrilling offbeat melodramatic playful laboratory farm apartment woods barn science experiments unusual romance marriage evolution
Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use.
Sci-Fi
1973
99 Minutes
Strother Martin Dirk Benedict Heather Menzies Richard B. Shull Tim O'Connor Jack Ging Kathleen King Reb Brown Ted Grossman Charles Seel Ray Ballard
college student mad scientist daughter doctor sheriff campy creepy college laboratory scientific experiments snakes experimental medicine physical transformation metamorphosis discovery wretched excess 1970s
A snake scientist (Strother Martin) turns his daughter's (Heather Menzies) boyfriend (Dirk Benedict), his lab helper, into a big cobra.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
UK
1965
78 Minutes
Boris Karloff Nick Adams Freda Jackson Suzan Farmer Terence de Marney Patrick Magee Paul Farrell Leslie Dwyer
scientist townsperson girlfriend father mother servant creepy offbeat intense estate england village mutation experiments science gone awry meteorite family transformation discovery love
A young man visits his fiancée's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Mexico
1996
109 Minutes
Charlie Sheen Ron Silver Lindsay Crouse Teri Polo Richard Schiff Tony T. Johnson Phyllis Applegate
astronomer partner boss scientist girlfriend neighbor fascinating tense creepy mexico power plant alien invasion astronomy conspiracy on the run world domination discovery pursuit 1990s
Zane, an astronomer, discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop Zane from learning it.
Sci-Fi
USA|Mexico
1999
105 Minutes
Thomas Jane Saffron Burrows Samuel L. Jackson Jacqueline McKenzie Michael Rapaport Stellan Skarsgård LL Cool J Aida Turturro Daniel Bahimo Rey
shark expert scientist cook executive captain ship captain shocking intense thrilling gory frightening island ocean research station submarine alzheimer's disease sharks deception research survival
Searching for a cure to Alzheimer's disease, a group of scientists on an isolated research facility become the prey, as a trio of intelligent sharks fight back.
Sci-Fi, Animation, Action, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Japan
2012
100 Minutes
zombie sidekick brutal tense united states biological weapons saving the world discovery metamorphosis 2010s
Special Agent Leon S.Kennedy goes against his superior's orders and works to destroy a series of biological weapons being used in a war zone in Europe.
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
1955
80 Minutes
John Agar Mara Corday Leo G. Carroll Nestor Paiva Ross Elliot Edwin Rand Raymond Bailey Hank Patterson Bert Holland Steve Darrell Ed Parker
professor scientist spider monster victim animal shocking fascinating suspenseful engaging thrilling intense desert city village science science fiction animal attack giant animals animals attacking
A spider escapes from an isolated Arizona desert laboratory experimenting in giantism and grows to tremendous size as it wreaks havoc on the local inhabitants.
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
Canada
1973
98 Minutes
Ben Gazzara Yvette Mimieux Walter Pidgeon Ernest Borgnine Chris Wiggins Donnelly Rhodes Ed McGibbon Michael J. Reynolds David Yorston Mark Walker Ken Pogue
commander scientist diver doctor creature scuba diver incredible suspenseful tense intense under the sea submarine ocean floor underwater research base atlantic ocean ship aquatic life expedition dangerous mission deep-sea diving
When an underwater ocean lab is lost in a earthquake, an advanced submarine is sent down to find it and encounters terrible danger.
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1963
79 Minutes
Ray Milland Diana Van der Vlis Harold J. Stone John Hoyt Don Rickles Morris Ankrum Lorie Summers Dick Miller Kathryn Hart Jonathan Haze John Dierkes
scientist friend colleague pastor murderer creepy dark laboratory carnival church casino science experiments alienation madness sight discovery transformation fall 1960s
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2019
91 Minutes
Adrian Glynn McMorran Magda Apanowicz John Cassini Frank Cassini Aleks Paunovic Bill Marchant Kimi Alexander Cecilly Day
clairvoyant romantic interest mentor friend criminal brooding gripping intense melancholy melodramatic offbeat suspenseful thrilling united states clairvoyance time travel organized crime love secrets discovery
A man afflicted with clairvoyance tries to change his fate when a series of events leads to a vision of his own imminent murder.