20 movies like Meet the Hollowheads, ordered by similarity : The Fly(1958), War of the Worlds(2005), Aliens in the Attic(2009), Fantastic Planet(1973), Mom and Dad Save the World(1992), April and the Extraordinary World(2015), Fast Color(2018), Explorers(1985), Bicentennial Man(1999), Fortress 2: Re-Entry(1999), The Incredible Shrinking Man(1957), Turbo Kid(2015) ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1989
86 Minutes
John Glover Nancy Mette Richard Portnow Matt Shakman Juliette Lewis Lightfield Lewis Joshua John Miller Anne Ramsey Logan Ramsey Chaz Conner Shotgun Britton
daughter boss wife son husband musician amusing crafty wild house bedroom factory gadgets promotion family dysfunction inventions cooking dating growing up quest
The Hollowheads, a slightly darker and more satirical 80s take on The Jetsons (1962), have their hands full when the head of the family's sleazy and abusive boss invites himself to their family dinner.
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.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
USA
2005
116 Minutes
Tom Cruise Dakota Fanning Miranda Otto Justin Chatwin Tim Robbins Rick Gonzalez Yul Vazquez Lenny Venito Lisa Ann Walter Ann Robinson Gene Barry
dockworker son daughter ex-wife alien soldier intense thrilling emotional new jersey household basement boston ferry farmhouse alien invasion survival family disaster world domination
An updated version of H.G Wells' seminal sci-fi classic about an alien invasion threatening the future of humanity. The catastrophic nightmare is depicted through the eyes of one American family fighting for survival.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA|Canada
2009
86 Minutes
Carter Jenkins Austin Butler Ashley Tisdale Kevin Nealon Robert Hoffman Doris Roberts Tim Meadows Andy Richter Gillian Vigman Ashley Boettcher Henri Young
husband wife son daughter boyfriend alien amusing crafty madcap family home summerhouse attic swimming pool basement alien invasion mind control family vacation siblings brain implants saving the world
A group of kids must protect their vacation home from invading aliens.
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, Kids & Family
USA
1992
88 Minutes
Teri Garr Jeffrey Jones Jon Lovitz Thalmus Rasulala Wallace Shawn Eric Idle Dwier Brown Kathy Ireland
alien emperor husband wife king amusing madcap alien planet california dungeon desert household alien abduction schemes unrequited love husband/wife relationship uprising adventure quest rescue
An alien Overlord plans to blow up the Earth but first, he snatches and proposes to marry an Earthman's wife.
Sci-Fi, Animation, Adventure
France|Canada|Belgium
2015
105 Minutes
Franck Ekinci
teen girl cat talking animal missing person parent amusing charming engaging incredible paris quest search missing persons orphans adventure human-animal friendship talking animal adventure growing up love
It's 1941 but France is trapped in the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. Avril (Marion Cotillard), a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.
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.
Sci-Fi, Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1985
104 Minutes
Ethan Hawke River Phoenix Jason Presson Amanda Peterson Dick Miller Robert Picardo Dana Ivey Meshach Taylor James Cromwell Mary Kay Place
boy friend alien father bully amusing endearing california household spacecraft outer space inventions space travel childhood friendship aliens culture clash adventure discovery quest
A boy obsessed with 50s sci-fi movies about aliens has a recurring dream about a blueprint of some kind, which he draws for his inventor friend. With the help of a third kid, they follow it and build themselves a spaceship. Now what?
Sci-Fi
USA|Germany
1999
131 Minutes
Robin Williams Sam Neill Embeth Davidtz Oliver Platt Wendy Crewson Hallie Kate Eisenberg Stephen Root Lynne Thigpen Bradley Whitford Kiersten Warren John Michael Higgins
android mother father daughter creator charming eerie emotional north america laboratory suburbia household robots family sentience marriage self-discovery freedom growing up transformation
An android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions.
Sci-Fi
Luxembourg|USA
1999
92 Minutes
Christopher Lambert Pam Grier Patrick Malahide Liz May Brice Willie Garson Yuji Okumoto Nick Brimble Beth Toussaint David Roberson Aidan Rea Anthony C. Hall
prisoner wife son friend villain tense brooding space station penal colony earth on the run imprisonment dystopia prison break family pursuit escape underdog future
7 years after the original Fortress movie, Brennick along with the rebels are captured and sent to a new, more sophisticated fortress prison, in outer space.
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, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Canada|New Zealand|USA
2015
95 Minutes
Munro Chambers Anouk Whissell Laurence Leboeuf Edwin Wright Aaron Jeffery Romano Orzari Michael Ironside Orphée Ladouceur Steeve Léonard
scavenger hero mysterious girl war lord cowboy henchmen outlandish offbeat amusing witty madcap thrilling post-apocalyptic wasteland post-apocalypse courage unlikely hero saving the world weapons friendship adventure
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland in 1997, a comic book fan adopts the persona of his favourite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
2009
97 Minutes
Sam Rockwell Dominique McElligott Kaya Scodelario Benedict Wong Matt Berry Malcolm Stewart Robin Chalk
astronaut robot wife daughter clone doppelganger dark intricate chilling shocking melodramatic moon space station house outer space loneliness science deception paranoia daunting task
Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
99 Minutes
Geena Davis Lois Smith Jon Hamm Tim Robbins Stephanie Andujar Azumi Tsutsui Hannah Gross Leslie Lyles
elderly woman artificial intelligence dead person husband family member emotional eerie fascinating gripping house bedroom living room kitchen art imitating life life cycle aging grief artificial intelligence discovery love
A service that provides holographic recreations of deceased loved ones allows a woman to come face-to-face with the younger version of her late husband.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1995
131 Minutes
Bruce Willis Madeleine Stowe Brad Pitt Christopher Plummer Jon Seda Joseph Melito Michael Chance Vernon Campbell
convict crazy person doctor time traveler investigator tense dark eerie hospital prison hideout virus social activism escape time travel father/son relationship sacrifice quest pursuit adventure
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.
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
USA
1986
84 Minutes
Dee Wallace M. Emmet Walsh Terrence Mann Billy Green Bush Scott Grimes Nadine Van der Velde Billy Zane Don Opper Ethan Phillips Jeremy Lawrence Lin Shaye
mother father son daughter alien bounty hunter amusing creepy kansas farm house spaceship alien attack family survival kidnapping hunting escape pursuit 1980s
A group of small but vicious alien creatures called Crites escape from an alien prison transport vessel and land near a small farm town on earth, pursued by two shape-shifting bounty hunters.
Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Horror, Fantasy
UK|Germany|Greece|France
2013
122 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Tom Hiddleston Anton Yelchin Mia Wasikowska John Hurt Jeffrey Wright Slimane Dazi Carter Logan Yasmine Hamdan Aurélie Thépaut
vampire musician married woman married man author sister bleak emotional melodramatic creative intense dark united states tangiers, morocco detroit house vampires relationships love depression
A depressed musician reunites with his lover. Though their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2017
99 Minutes
Brian Krause Kevin Grevioux Louis Herthum Jaimi Paige Callie Thorne Jared Abrahamson Noell Coet Michelle Hurd Michael Leone Sade Kimora Young Kevin M. Horton
husband wife son creature ghost enemy engaging emotional gripping suspenseful melodramatic shocking pennsylvania house bedroom dream vs. reality nightmares danger fear family
Not long after John Chambers and his family arrive at their new home in a small country town of Pennsylvania, John begins to experience sleep paralysis. Lying there paralyzed, trapped ... See full summary »
Adventure, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Spain|France|Canada|UK
2015
129 Minutes
George Clooney Hugh Laurie Britt Robertson Raffey Cassidy Tim McGraw Kathryn Hahn Keegan-Michael Key Chris Bauer Thomas Robinson Pierce Gagnon Matthew MacCaull
young woman scientist visitor adventurer robot soldier confident fascinating engaging field future house underground shelter street building future exploration robots mankind danger
Bound by a shared destiny, a teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor embark on a mission to unearth the secrets of a place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory.