20 movies like Scanners, ordered by similarity : The Return of Swamp Thing(1989), Alita: Battle Angel(2019), The Incredible Shrinking Man(1957), Crack in the World(1965), The Endless(2017), Bumblebee(2018), The Dead Zone(1983), Avatar(2009), The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms(1953), Tarantula(1955), Arrival(2016), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind(2004) ...
Sci-Fi
Canada
1981
102 Minutes
Stephen Lack Jennifer O'Neill Patrick McGoohan Lawrence Dane Adam Ludwig Michael Ironside Victor Desy Mavor Moore Robert A. Silverman
psychic brother girlfriend doctor scientist killer dark intense spectacular passionate canada shopping mall farm corporate headquarters doctor's office street psychic phenomena science corporate greed secret society
A scientist sends a man with extraordinary psychic powers to hunt others like him.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
USA
1989
88 Minutes
Louis Jourdan Heather Locklear Sarah Douglas Dick Durock Ace Mask Joey Sagal Monique Gabrielle
doctor scientist mad scientist monster beautiful woman human fascinating amusing suspenseful engaging hilarious marsh human-monster relations science fiction science science gone awry relationships adventure discovery love
In this tongue-in-cheek sequel, the benevolent bog creature falls for the vegetarian, plant-loving daughter of the evil scientist who created him.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Animation, Action, Fantasy
USA|Japan|Canada
2019
122 Minutes
Rosa Salazar Christoph Waltz Keean Johnson Mahershala Ali Jennifer Connelly Ed Skrein Jackie Earle Haley Lana Condor Idara Victor Eiza González Jeff Fahey
cyborg doctor love interest robot assassin assistant creative confident uplifting thrilling incredible emotional city junkyard doctor's office market workshop destroyed city artificial intelligence mysterious past
A deactivated cyborg's revived, but can't remember anything of her past and goes on a quest to find out who she is.
Sci-Fi
USA
1957
81 Minutes
Grant Williams Randy Stuart April Kent Paul Langton William Schallert Billy Curtis Diana Darrin Helene Marshall
husband wife doctor dwarf spider cat fascinating emotional campy dark boat house doctor's office circus dollhouse basement science radiation marriage mutation
When Scott Carey begins to shrink because of exposure to a combination of radiation and insecticide, medical science is powerless to help him.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2017
111 Minutes
Aaron Moorhead Aaron Moorhead Justin Benson Callie Hernandez Tate Ellington Lew Temple James Jordan Shane Brady Kira Powell Emily Montague Peter Cilella
brother cult leader cult member creature camper chilling dark thrilling intense suspenseful disturbing camp woods lake compound boat forest cult mystery mythical creatures
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
China|USA
2018
114 Minutes
Hailee Steinfeld John Cena Jorge Lendeborg Jr. John Ortiz Jason Drucker Pamela Adlon Stephen Schneider Ricardo Hoyos Gracie Dzienny
robot car teen girl parent younger brother neighbor engaging spectacular thrilling intense california coast beach town vehicle docks transformation battle robots good versus evil
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. On the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, Charlie Watson discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1983
103 Minutes
Christopher Walken Brooke Adams Tom Skerritt Herbert Lom Anthony Zerbe Colleen Dewhurst Martin Sheen Nicholas Campbell Sean Sullivan Jackie Burroughs Geza Kovacz
psychic ex-girlfriend politician father sheriff student brooding uneasy new england small town political rally household psychic phenomena father/son relationship assassination isolation recovery accident discovery quest
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2009
155 Minutes
Sam Worthington Sigourney Weaver Stephen Lang Michelle Rodriguez Giovanni Ribisi Joel David Moore Dileep Rao Matt Gerald Sean Anthony Moran Jason Whyte Scott Lawrence
marines native soldier alien love interest scientist thrilling creative crafty outer space spaceship jungle pandora aliens greed nature showdown love redemption rise
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Paul Hubschmid Paula Raymond Cecil Kellaway Kenneth Tobey Donald Woods Jack Pennick Lee Van Cleef Steve Brodie Ross Elliot Ray Hyke Mary Hill
professor researcher doctor scientist corporal colonel campy outlandish spectacular thrilling arctic canada maine massachusetts new york city coney island nuclear weapons testing dinosaurs uncontrollable experiment radiation
A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
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.
Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2016
116 Minutes
Amy Adams Jeremy Renner Forest Whitaker Michael Stuhlbarg Mark O'Brien Tzi Ma Abigail Pniowsky Julia Scarlett Dan Jadyn Malone Frank Schorpion Nathaly Thibault
linguist army commander teammate alien civilian president fascinating creative intense moving inspiring heartwarming house helicopter spaceship office street car alien landing language
A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecrafts appear around the world.
Sci-Fi, Romance
USA
2004
108 Minutes
Jim Carrey Kate Winslet Kirsten Dunst Mark Ruffalo Elijah Wood Tom Wilkinson Jane Adams David Cross Deirdre O'Connell Debbon Ayer Thomas Jay Ryan
boyfriend girlfriend employee secretary doctor profound creative new york state boston train office love breakup memory love metamorphosis 2000s
When their relationship turns sour, a couple undergoes a medical procedure to have each other erased from their memories.
Sci-Fi, Action, Horror
USA|Australia
2018
95 Minutes
Logan Marshall-Green Betty Gabriel Harrison Gilbertson Christopher Kirby Benedict Hardie Melanie Vallejo Richard Cawthorne Clayton Jacobson Sachin Joab Michael M. Foster Linda Cropper
mugger paraplegic wife murderer doctor artificial intelligence brutal dark amusing gory gripping unrestrained parking lot hospital room laboratory house office car superhuman abilities revenge
Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA
2005
119 Minutes
Nathan Fillion Gina Torres Alan Tudyk Morena Baccarin Adam Baldwin Jewel Staite Sean Maher Summer Glau Ron Glass Chiwetel Ejiofor David Krumholtz
psychic brother captain hacker mechanic mystic thrilling offbeat spaceship bar outer space war psychic phenomena dystopia outsider fugitives adventure quest underdog future
The crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture one of their members who is telepathic.
Sci-Fi, Drama
Denmark|Sweden|France|Germany
2011
135 Minutes
Kirsten Dunst Charlotte Gainsbourg Alexander Skarsgård Brady Corbet Cameron Spurr Charlotte Rampling Jesper Christensen John Hurt Stellan Skarsgård Udo Kier Kiefer Sutherland
sister bride husband brother-in-law family member friend brooding emotional intense church mansion field forest laboratory cab extinction depression sister relationship stress wedding
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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
Belgium|Spain|France
2016
108 Minutes
Tom Hughes Charlotte Le Bon Oona Chaplin Barry Ward Julio Perillán Bruno Sevilla Godeliv Van den Brandt Rafael Cebrián Daniel Horvath Nikol Kollars Maarten Swaan
man woman nurse brooding bleak chilling disheartening sad tense clinic cancer technology medical breakthrough cryogenics love death science fiction resurrection adventure discovery
Marc will die of cancer and chooses cryogenic freeze and hopes to be thawed, when there's a solution to his condition. He's the first human brought back 68 years later. Can he adapt mentally and physically?
Sci-Fi
USA
1995
92 Minutes
Michael York Parker Stevenson Elizabeth Barondes Richard Belzer Mason Adams Bob McFarland Ted Davis Wendy Buckner Josh Comen Jennifer Coolidge Mary Scheer
doctor alien butler nurse guest detective amusing suspenseful eerie doctor's office mansion street alien planet spacecraft library aliens medicine suspicion mind control disappearance
An anemic alien comes to Earth from a dying planet, in the remake of the Corman 50s classic.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama
USA|France
2009
101 Minutes
Paul Giamatti Dina Korzun Emily Watson David Strathairn Lauren Ambrose Katheryn Winnick Boris Kievsky Oksana Lada Natalia Zvereva Rebecca Brooksher
actor doctor courier actress poet russian engaging offbeat emotional amusing new york city st. petersburg, russia stage doctor's office street apartment unlikely allies self-discovery acting souls
Paul is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov's play, Vanya.
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.