20 movies like Brainstorm, ordered by similarity : Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977), Deep Blue Sea(1999), Crack in the World(1965), The Machine(2013), The Day of the Triffids(1963), Captive State(2019), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1(2014), Post Impact(2003), Tarantula(1955), The Fly(1986), The Endless(2017), The Last Days(2013) ...
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|UK
1977
135 Minutes
Richard Dreyfuss François Truffaut Teri Garr Melinda Dillon Cary Guffey Bob Balaban J. Patrick McNamara Warren Kemmerling Roberts Blossom Philip Dodds Shawn Bishop
alien researcher worker mother dark tense suspenseful motel india forest small town aliens military media collaboration conspiracy expedition quest pursuit discovery
Roy Neary, an electric lineman, watches how his quiet and ordinary daily life turns upside down after a close encounter with a UFO.
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
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, 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
1963
93 Minutes
Howard Keel Nicole Maurey Janette Scott Kieron Moore Mervyn Johns Janina Faye Alison Leggatt Ewan Roberts Collette Wilde Carol Ann Ford Geoffrey Matthews
military officer scientist wife young girl creature campy suspenseful engaging london hospital france island alien invasion scientific experiments resistance survival blindness plants quest pursuit
A Navy officer (Howard Keel) and others (Nicole Maurey, Janette Scott) not blinded by meteorites seek a way to stop cosmic plants from killing people.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2019
109 Minutes
John Goodman Ashton Sanders Jonathan Majors Vera Farmiga Kevin Dunn James Ransone Alan Ruck Madeline Brewer Machine Gun Kelly Kevin J. O'Connor Ben Daniels
rebel alien insurgent leader villain uneasy intense brooding thrilling suspenseful washington, d.c. beach building office garage football field rebellion occupation alien invasion war
Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extraterrestrial force, 'Captive State' explores the lives on both sides of the conflict - the collaborators and dissidents.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA|Canada|France
2014
123 Minutes
Jennifer Lawrence Josh Hutcherson Liam Hemsworth Woody Harrelson Elizabeth Banks Julianne Moore Philip Seymour Hoffman Jeffrey Wright Sam Claflin Jena Malone Stanley Tucci
young woman captive president hunter rebel rival brooding dark intense hospital destroyed city bunker battlefield forest airship dystopia rebellion survival rivalry search
Katniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage.
Sci-Fi, Action
Germany|USA
2003
100 Minutes
Dean Cain Bettina Zimmermann Nigel Bennett Joanna Taylor John Keogh Hanns Zischler Adrienne McQueen Cheyenne Rushing
military officer scientist survivor security head captain gripping tense thrilling europe berlin post-apocalyptic wasteland disaster apocalypse survival expedition search new ice age quest rescue discovery
After a meteor strike starts a new ice age, a group of survivors tries to find a device that could give mankind new hope
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.
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.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2013
102 Minutes
Quim Gutiérrez David Pastor José Coronado Marta Etura Leticia Dolera Ivan Massagué Pere Ventura Mikel Iglesias Momo Ballesteros Pere Brasó
everyman man woman girlfriend dying person engaging suspenseful thrilling emotional bleak earth underground epidemic death danger search fight to the death adventure discovery pursuit
In ice hockey, no one is tougher than the "goon". Those players have one mission: to protect the star players at any price.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2015
77 Minutes
Taylor Handley Danny Glover Vinnie Jones Margo Harshman Beverley Mitchell C.S. Lee Tiffany Hines Ryan James Pinkston Leebo Freeman Fiona Hale
commander old woman soldier military officer military official dark confident tense suspenseful thrilling rural community house small town united states weapons biological warfare biological weapons military danger adventure
A pharmaceutical company recruits a well-known scientist to help develop a vaccine against a deadly virus.
Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
2017
95 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Sarah Lind Hugh Dillon Jakob Davies Vicellous Shannon Kurt Max Runte Destee Klyne Nikolas Filipovic
outcast agent investigator single mother son senior citizen bleak thrilling disheartening tense suspenseful disturbing american midwest house wasteland warehouse office car global warming outcasts
Thieves attempt a massive heist against the U.S. Treasury as a Category 5 hurricane approaches one of its Mint facilities.
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
Japan
2016
120 Minutes
Shinji Higuchi Shin'ya Tsukamoto Satomi Ishihara Jun Kunimura Hiroki Hasegawa Takahiro Miura Kengo Kôra Mikako Ichikawa Issei Takahashi Kanji Tsuda Kimiko Yo
godzilla monster prime minister coast guard officer professor savior bleak thrilling tense frenetic disturbing wild japan tokyo city street government offices sea terror monsters
Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.
Sci-Fi, Adventure
Canada
1993
93 Minutes
expert scientist oil merchant suspenseful thrilling africa quest scientific observation research prehistoric creatures prehistoric life africa expedition saving the planet discovery adventure mystery pursuit 20th century
When Belgian scientist Bertram Hammonds arrives in the Lost World to drill for crude oil, Professors Challenger and Summerlee return to the Lost World plateau.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
China|USA|Brazil
2019
124 Minutes
Brad Pitt Tommy Lee Jones Ruth Negga Donald Sutherland Kimberly Elise Loren Dean Donnie Keshawarz Sean Blakemore Bobby Nish LisaGay Hamilton John Finn
astronaut father engineer space traveler intense suspenseful thrilling disturbing raw space space center space station spaceship space travel missing persons secret supernatural adventure discovery mystery
Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
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, Adventure
USA
1986
118 Minutes
William Shatner Leonard Nimoy Catherine Hicks DeForest Kelley James Doohan George Takei Walter Koenig Nichelle Nichols Jane Wyatt Mark Lenard Robin Curtis
captain kirk spock doctor engineer officer biologist airy amusing quirky thrilling san francisco spacecraft space golden gate park rescue animals space travel time travel search adventure
To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.