20 movies like 1984, ordered by similarity : The Hidden(1987), Independence Day(1996), Men in Black(1997), The Man Who Fell to Earth(1976), The Terminator(1984), The Fly(1986), Blade Runner 2049(2017), They Live(1988), Scanners(1981), Attraction(2017), The Troops & Aliens(1979), Arrival(2016) ...
Sci-Fi
UK
1984
115 Minutes
John Hurt Richard Burton Suzanna Hamilton Cyril Cusack Gregor Fisher James Walker Andrew Wilde David Trevena David Cann Anthony Benson Peter Frye
political boss hostage girlfriend victim government official killer somber tense powerful fictional country government offices apartment political repression corruption government secrets exploitation lie historical events fall underdog
In a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.
Sci-Fi
1987
96 Minutes
Michael Nouri Kyle MacLachlan Ed O'Ross Clu Gulager Claudia Christian Clarence Felder William Boyett Richard Brooks
everyman aaron burr serial killer alien police chief fbi agent engaging thrilling suspenseful melodramatic gripping fascinating apartment hospital science fiction aliens alien attack murder investigation alien invasion
An FBI agent (Kyle MacLachlan) and a homicide detective (Michael Nouri) hunt the current human host of an orally exchanged alien life-form.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
USA
1996
145 Minutes
Will Smith Bill Pullman Jeff Goldblum Mary McDonnell Judd Hirsch Margaret Colin Randy Quaid Robert Loggia James Rebhorn Harvey Fierstein Adam Baldwin
alien president pilot scientist soldier stripper thrilling intense amusing inspiring desert spacecraft new york city washington, d.c. los angeles area 51 survival death government aliens
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Action
USA
1997
98 Minutes
Tommy Lee Jones Will Smith Linda Fiorentino Vincent D'Onofrio Rip Torn Tony Shalhoub Sergio Calderon Siobhan Fallon Hogan Carel Struycken Michael Willis
agent alien villain hero monster government official wild creative hilarious suspenseful new york city spacecraft morgue secret headquarters destruction disaster alien invasion technology government courage
A police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth.
Sci-Fi
UK
1976
118 Minutes
David Bowie Candy Clark Buck Henry Rip Torn Bernie Casey Jackson D. Kane Rick Riccardo Tony Mascia
alien lawyer scientist maid dreamy brooding fascinating disheartening offbeat new mexico apartment laboratory loneliness inventions betrayal aspirations government rescue temptation transformation
An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.
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.
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, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Canada|Hungary|Spain|Mexico
2017
164 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Harrison Ford Ana de Armas Sylvia Hoeks Robin Wright Jared Leto Mackenzie Davis Carla Juri Lennie James Dave Bautista Hiam Abbass
young man investigator police detective android old man brooding gripping profound somber thrilling suspenseful los angeles office apartment abandoned building desert secrets societal decay past crimes discovery
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
1988
93 Minutes
Roddy Piper Keith David Meg Foster George "Buck" Flower Peter Jason Raymond St. Jacques Jason Robards III Larry Franco
drifter politician police officer alien media personality dark amusing wild los angeles shantytown tv station church conspiracy alien invasion cover-up media political corruption discovery underdog 1980s
They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
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, Drama
Russia
2017
137 Minutes
Oleg Menshikov Aleksandr Petrov Irina Starshenbaum Rinal Mukhametov
alien russian everyman politician military officer neighbor engaging thrilling suspenseful gripping intense emotional russia moscow spaceship alien invasion alien landing alien life-forms aliens fear
An alien ship crash lands onto a Russian city, many who saw it and the occupants start to question their own existence, while there are those who demand the aliens leave Earth.
Sci-Fi, Comedy
France
1979
96 Minutes
Louis De Funès Michel Galabru Maurice Risch Jean-Pierre Rambal Guy Grosso Maria Mauban
police officer police detective alien neighbor everyman frenchman amusing hilarious engaging charming witty playful st. tropez france comedy fun alien/human relationship alien invasion friendly aliens aliens
In St. Tropez, French gendarme Cruchot and his men battle petroleum-drinking, human-looking, metallic aliens.
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, Horror
USA|Australia
2000
108 Minutes
Radha Mitchell Vin Diesel Cole Hauser Keith David Lewis Fitz-Gerald Claudia Black Rhiana Griffith John Moore Simon Burke Les Chantery Sam Sari
convict bounty hunter pilot survivor young girl alien intense thrilling tense chilling brutal spaceship alien planet settlement cave desert survival light darkness redemption
A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action
UK
2017
87 Minutes
Lee Pace Bérénice Marlohe Jason Flemyng Wandile Molebatsi Tom Fairfoot Kenneth Fok Alan Santini Edwin Jay
american soldier doctor frenchwoman alien bleak brutal confident crafty fiery gripping gutsy intense powerful south africa africa survival collaboration battle alien attack alien invasion
An amnesiac US soldier's in a cell next to a cute, French doctor. Earth is under attack by big, alien robots. Kenyan soldiers come to rape, torture and kill but the 2 fight back. They find a car and head west.
Sci-Fi, Anime
Japan
2004
125 Minutes
inventor teen boy father grandfather young girl friend thrilling creative intense england household mill train fortress alaska inventions power steam sabotage battle
In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.
Sci-Fi, Animation
France|Czechoslovakia
1973
71 Minutes
om draag boy girl brooding engaging ygam wilderness household oppression racial tension alien life-forms rebellion friendship underdog transformation quest future
On a faraway planet where blue giants rule, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.
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.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Action
UK
2011
88 Minutes
John Boyega Jodie Whittaker Alex Esmail Leeon Jones Simon Howard Luke Treadaway Nick Frost Jumayn Hunter Franz Drameh
teenager teen girl teen boy gang member nurse creature bleak brutal intense suspenseful shocking thrilling street car apartment london united kingdom horror street gang meteorite
A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
1998
98 Minutes
Patrick Stewart Jonathan Frakes Brent Spiner LeVar Burton Michael Dorn Gates McFadden Marina Sirtis F. Murray Abraham Donna Murphy Anthony Zerbe Gregg Henry
captain jean-luc picard commander android lieutenant alien doctor confident engaging thrilling fascinating outer space alien planet starship enterprise spacecraft village immortality science investigation rebellion political repression
When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation conspiracy against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA
1997
109 Minutes
Sigourney Weaver Winona Ryder Ron Perlman Dominique Pinon Michael Wincott Dan Hedaya J.E. Freeman Brad Dourif Raymond Cruz Kim Flowers Gary Dourdan
scientist alien clone crew member astronaut dark disturbing gory thrilling space spaceship alien government ethics scientific experiments war showdown metamorphosis pursuit future
200 years after her death, Ellen Ripley is revived as a powerful human/alien hybrid clone. Along with a crew of space pirates, she must again battle the deadly aliens and stop them from reaching Earth.