20 movies like Brainscan, ordered by similarity : The Faculty(1998), Tron: Legacy(2010), Jurassic Park(1993), Man of Steel(2013), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time(2006), The Invisible Boy(1957), Making Contact(1985), Divergent(2014), Fantastic Planet(1973), 7 Splinters in Time(2018), Chronicle(2012), Super 8(2011) ...
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1994
95 Minutes
Edward Furlong Frank Langella T. Ryder Smith Amy Hargreaves James Marsh Victor Ertmanis David Hemblen
teenager father friend girl next door ghoul police detective frightening incredible disturbing creative family home attic computer world high school park computer program virtual reality murder investigation possession
A teenager is part of an interactive video game where he kills innocent victims. Later, the murders become real.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA
1998
102 Minutes
Jordana Brewster Clea DuVall Laura Harris Josh Hartnett Shawn Hatosy Salma Hayek Famke Janssen Piper Laurie Christopher McDonald Bebe Neuwirth Robert Patrick
high-school student drug dealer teacher high-school principal cheerleader football player gory frightening creepy tense emotional intricate high school ohio locker room classroom possession alien invasion conformity high school
Students suspect that their teachers are aliens after bizarre occurrences.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
2010
125 Minutes
Jeff Bridges Garrett Hedlund Olivia Wilde Bruce Boxleitner James Frain Michael Sheen Beau Garrett Jeffrey Nordling Christine Adams Dale Wolfe Cillian Murphy
programmer father son computer artificial intelligence creative thrilling cool computer world los angeles arcade computers artificial intelligence father/son relationship disappearance video games virtual reality adventure discovery escape
The son of a virtual world designer goes looking for his father and ends up inside the digital world that his father designed. He meets his father's corrupted creation and a unique ally who was born inside the digital world.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
USA
1993
126 Minutes
Sam Neill Laura Dern Jeff Goldblum Richard Attenborough Bob Peck Martin Ferrero BD Wong Joseph Mazzello Ariana Richards Samuel L. Jackson Wayne Knight
paleontologist mathematician billionaire grandchild grandfather employee engaging thrilling frightening intense island theme park isla nublar jurassic park wilderness jungle dinosaurs survival scientific experiments man vs. nature
A pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
USA|UK
2013
143 Minutes
Henry Cavill Amy Adams Michael Shannon Diane Lane Russell Crowe Antje Traue Harry Lennix Richard Schiff Christopher Meloni Kevin Costner Ayelet Zurer
superman adoptive father adoptive mother teacher classmate superhero brooding powerful thrilling smallville small town farm school krypton family home growing up adoption secret identity super powers metamorphosis
An alien child is evacuated from his dying world and sent to Earth to live among humans. His peace is threatened, when other survivors of his home planet invade Earth.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Anime, Drama
Japan
2006
98 Minutes
teenager classmate friend teacher time traveler inspiring creative playful charming positive japan school street time portal time travel destiny fantasy animation adventure discovery
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
Kids & Family, Sci-Fi
USA
1957
85 Minutes
Richard Eyer Philip Abbott Diane Brewster Harold J. Stone Robert H. Harris Dennis McCarthy Alexander Lockwood John O'Malley
boy father scientist robot computer suspenseful fascinating endearing laboratory house science gone awry world domination technology experiments father/son relationship friendship discovery quest growing up 1950s
A ten-year-old boy and Robby the Robot team up to prevent a Super Computer from controlling the Earth from a satellite.
Sci-Fi, Fantasy
West Germany
1985
95 Minutes
Joshua Morrell Eva Kryll Jan Zierold Tamy Shields Matthias Kraus
young boy bully best friend dead person puppet father engaging emotional thrilling suspenseful melodramatic shocking house school reviving the dead father/son relationship danger science fiction death of father love
Believing to be able to communicate with his deceased father, a young boy develops psychic powers where he uses them to try to stop supernatural forces threatening his family and friends, especially a possessed ventriloquist dummy.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA
2014
140 Minutes
Shailene Woodley Theo James Ashley Judd Jai Courtney Ray Stevenson Zoë Kravitz Miles Teller Tony Goldwyn Ansel Elgort Maggie Q Mekhi Phifer
teen girl rebel group leader brother teen boy father brooding cool disturbing thrilling suspenseful melancholy future city training area school chicago home group dynamics future
In a world divided by factions based on virtues, Tris learns she's Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes Divergents dangerous before it's too late.
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, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
75 Minutes
Emmanuelle Chriqui Sarah Sokolovic Akiva Schaffer Al Sapienza Austin Pendleton Edoardo Ballerini Lynn Cohen Lauren Fox Greg Bennick
old woman detective victim doppelganger murder suspect childhood friend uneasy intricate disturbing tense office apartment crime scene police station morgue library mystery doppelganger murder investigation
A detective investigates a murder, only to find that the victim is... himself. Soon, he discovers multiple versions of himself, not all of them friendly.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2012
84 Minutes
Dane DeHaan Alex Russell Michael B. Jordan Michael Kelly Ashley Hinshaw Bo Petersen Anna Wood Rudi Malcolm Luke Tyler Crystal-Donna Roberts Adrian Collins
teen boy cousin classmate love interest father mother frightening disturbing offbeat seattle household high school party cave supernatural teen angst abuse of power telekinesis video diary troubled childhood
Three high school friends gain superpowers after making an incredible discovery underground. Soon they find their lives spinning out of control and their bond tested as they embrace their darker sides.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2011
112 Minutes
Kyle Chandler Elle Fanning Joel Courtney Gabriel Basso Ron Eldard Noah Emmerich Riley Griffiths Ryan Lee Zach Mills AJ Michalka Glynn Turman
teen boy teen girl friend father deputy military officer thrilling emotional endearing suspenseful gripping heartwarming ohio train tracks lair small town household military base train crash filmmaking
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
Sci-Fi
Denmark
1984
100 Minutes
Michael Elphick Esmond Knight Me Me Lai Jerold Wells Ahmed El Shenawi Astrid Henning-Jensen János Herskó Stig Larsson Camilla Overbye Roos Mogens Rukov Leif Magnusson
detective writer prostitute police chief murderer disturbing dreamy bleak dystopia europe city cairo serial murders hypnosis investigation criminology amnesia wretched excess mystery quest
A cop in a dystopian Europe investigates a serial killings suspect using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor.
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, Drama
2003
172 Minutes
Hrithik Roshan Preity Zinta Rekha Rajat Bedi Mukesh Rishi Prem Chopra Rakesh Roshan
scientist mother mentally challenged boy alien young woman childhood friend amusing moving touching heartwarming inspiring thrilling india valley village house school basketball court alien landing alien/human relationship
Sci-Fi, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1982
115 Minutes
Henry Thomas Dee Wallace Peter Coyote Drew Barrymore C. Thomas Howell Robert MacNaughton K.C. Martel Sean Frye
alien young boy sister brother mother emotional endearing moving california suburbia family home friendship aliens growing up adventure discovery rescue 1980s
A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy
USA
1985
116 Minutes
Michael J. Fox Christopher Lloyd Crispin Glover Lea Thompson Wendie Jo Sperber Marc McClure Claudia Wells Thomas F. Wilson James Tolkan Casey Siemaszko Billy Zane
son mother father scientist teenager bully endearing engaging incredible california small town hill valley time travel daunting task romance weird science experiments family history adventure discovery
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
2008
97 Minutes
robot friend captain playful creative inspiring earth outer space spaceship loneliness journey evolution friendship self-destruction expedition discovery rescue love 25th century
After years of tidying up an Earth devoid of humanity, a robot janitor (Ben Burtt) meets a mechanical scout and chases her across the galaxy.
Sci-Fi
UK
1982
80 Minutes
Philip Sayer Bernice Stegers Danny Brainin Simon Nash Maryam d'Abo David Cardy Anna Wing Peter Mandell Robert Fyfe Arthur Whybrow
father wife son boyfriend babysitter alien gory shocking eerie disturbing england family home forest cottage alien abduction broken home father/son relationship disappearance telekinesis mutation
An alien creature impregnates a woman who gives birth to a man that was abducted by aliens three years ago. The man reconnects with his wife and son for a sinister purpose.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Germany
2009
126 Minutes
Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Leonard Nimoy Eric Bana Bruce Greenwood Karl Urban Zoe Saldana Simon Pegg John Cho Anton Yelchin Ben Cross
captain kirk spock cadet friend father alien spirited engaging intricate rousing thrilling amusing space earth spaceship starship enterprise alien planet black hole exploration mystery
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.