20 movies like Children of Men, ordered by similarity : Soylent Green(1973), The Terminator(1984), Arrival(2016), Looper(2012), The Last Days(2013), Hardwired(2009), Billa 2(2012), Level 16(2018), Super 8(2011), District B13(2004), Synchronic(2019), A Quiet Place(2018) ...
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Japan
2006
109 Minutes
Clive Owen Julianne Moore Michael Caine Chiwetel Ejiofor Charlie Hunnam Danny Huston Clare-Hope Ashitey Peter Mullan Pam Ferris Maria McErlane Michael Haughey
bureaucrat hippie refugee revolutionary bleak uplifting suspenseful london ghetto countryside household dystopia salvation infertility survival pursuit 2020s
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1973
97 Minutes
Charlton Heston Edward G. Robinson Leigh Taylor-Young Chuck Connors Brock Peters Paula Kelly
executive detective best friend concubine bodyguard priest dark suspenseful shocking new york city factory cathedral police station apartment dystopia overpopulation food industry government secrets poverty assisted suicide
A police officer in the year 2022 uncovers the deadly secret behind a mysterious synthetic food.
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.
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, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|China
2012
119 Minutes
Bruce Willis Joseph Gordon-Levitt Emily Blunt Paul Dano Noah Segan Piper Perabo Jeff Daniels Xu Qing Tracie Thoms Frank Brennan Garret Dillahunt
hit man boss mafioso victim love interest dark gritty suspenseful city time travel contract killing survival organized crime pursuit discovery escape 2070s
In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
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.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Canada|USA
2009
94 Minutes
Cuba Gooding Jr. Val Kilmer Michael Ironside Robert Clarke Dave Cote Alastair Gamble Rachel Luttrell Tatiana Maslany
survivor executive hacker nurse detective husband thrilling intense suspenseful hospital house office car amnesia injury technology secrets survival brain implants discovery
After a tragic accident nearly claims Luke Gibson's life the Hexx Corporation hardwire an implant into his brain to save him, but Luke soon finds out that this new technology comes at price.
Mystery & Thriller, Action, Drama
India
2012
129 Minutes
Ajith Kumar Parvathy Omanakuttan Prabhu Rahman Sudhanshu Pandey Bruna Abdullah Vidyut Jamwal Yog Japee Sarath Mandava Manoj K. Jayan Ilavarasu
refugee don crime boss friend mob boss gangster brutal brash bleak cool confident unrestrained refugee camp club beach mansion resort india refugees corruption
Small-time diamond smuggler David befriends Goa-based gangster Abbasi. But when David begins to build inroads with an international gangster, Abbasi is not happy. Soon the two turn into bitter rivals.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Canada
2018
102 Minutes
Katie Douglas Celina Martin Sara Canning Peter Outerbridge Amalia Williamson Kate Vickery Josette Halpert Yasmin Lau Kiana Madeira Sydney Meyer Sarah DaSilva
girl student orphan headmistress former friend teen girl disheartening bleak thrilling dark chilling frightening boarding school prison classroom dystopia on the run toronto dystopia boarding-school life
In a highly regimented boarding school, a pair of students discover that things are not as they seem.
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, Mystery & Thriller, Action
2004
85 Minutes
Cyril Raffaelli David Belle Tony D'Amario Larbi Naceri Dany Verissimo François Chattot Nicolas Woirion Patrick Olivier Samir Guesmi Jérôme Gadner
criminal police officer civilian sister gangster tense suspenseful paris street hideout ghetto bombing crime terrorism rescue pursuit 2010s
A member (Cyril Raffaelli) of an elite police squad joins forces with a civilian (David Belle) to defuse a bomb and rescue the young man's kidnapped sister (Dany Verissimo).
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2019
100 Minutes
Anthony Mackie Aaron Moorhead Jamie Dornan Katie Aselton Ally Ioannides Shane Brady Bill Oberst Jr. Betsy Holt Devyn Tyler Natasha Tina Liu
paramedic best friend daughter missing person gripping gritty intense intricate new orleans house crime scene street accident drugs psychedelia time reality discovery mystery pursuit
Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Action, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2013
90 Minutes
Tara Reid Ian Ziering John Heard Cassie Scerbo Jaason Simmons Alex Arleo Neil H. Berkow Heather Jocelyn Blair
man daughter ex-wife drunk police officer shark campy emotional intense los angeles house bar street truck helicopter tornado shark attack danger survival stress
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Action, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2017
90 Minutes
Ian Ziering Tara Reid Cassie Scerbo Olivia Newton-John Chris Kattan Masiela Lusha Cody Linley Fabio Charo Gilbert Gottfried Clay Aiken
man shark police officer wildlife victim daughter campy intense frightening chilling creepy brutal house helicopter car street paris london survival animal attack
Fin and his wife April travel around the world to save their young son who's trapped inside a sharknado.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Indonesia
2011
89 Minutes
Hannah Herzsprung Stipe Erceg Angela Winkler Lars Eidinger Lisa Vicari Lilo Baur Anne Sarah Hartung Christoph Gaugler
young woman boyfriend sister survivor captive woman bleak dark intense suspenseful frightening gripping germany wasteland barn apocalypse survival relationships fear post-apocalypse
Two people meet by chance in Busan, South Korea. Indah works at the Indonesian Embassy in Busan. Abi, a sailor who suffers heart attack and Indah was assigned as his guardian.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Sci-Fi
USA
2018
124 Minutes
Sandra Bullock Trevante Rhodes Jacki Weaver Rosa Salazar Danielle Macdonald Lil Rel Howery Tom Hollander BD Wong Julian Edwards Vivien Lyra Blair Sarah Paulson
mother doctor child stranger creature brutal chilling frightening gripping forest river hospital house car abandoned house survival apocalypse fear death evil
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1997
134 Minutes
Jeff Goldblum Julianne Moore Pete Postlethwaite Arliss Howard Richard Attenborough Vince Vaughn Vanessa Lee Chester Peter Stormare Harvey Jason Richard Schiff Thomas F. Duffy
doctor paleontologist engineer documentarian daughter dinosaur suspenseful spectacular thrilling intense engaging island jungle san diego city dinosaurs survival corruption father/daughter relationship stranded
A research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Canada|France|Germany
2011
89 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Michelle Monaghan Vera Farmiga Jeffrey Wright Brent Skagford Cas Anvar Russell Peters Michael Arden Craig Thomas Gordon Masten Susan Bain
pilot officer scientist woman father bomber frenetic suspenseful train afghanistan chamber mission time travel out-of-body experience computer program death the past pursuit sacrifice metamorphosis
A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1982
122 Minutes
Harrison Ford Rutger Hauer Sean Young Edward James Olmos M. Emmet Walsh Daryl Hannah William Sanderson Brion James Joe Turkel Joanna Cassidy James Hong
android police officer hunter love interest tycoon creative dark gritty los angeles street outer space apartment escape showdown murder slavery meaning of life dystopia escape pursuit
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space, and have returned to Earth to find their creator.