20 movies like Knowing, ordered by similarity : Searching(2018), The Box(2009), Freaks(2018), Synchronic(2019), The Endless(2017), The Dead Zone(1983), 12 Monkeys(1995), Time Trap(2017), Ad Astra(2019), Level 16(2018), Making Contact(1985), I'll Follow You Down(2013) ...
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Australia|China
2009
115 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Rose Byrne Chandler Canterbury Lara Robinson Ben Mendelsohn Nadia Townsend Alan Hopgood Danielle Carter Alethea McGrath D.G. Maloney
professor son young girl sister father daughter eerie chilling suspenseful school city household truck cave clairvoyance deadly visions saving the world armageddon code breaking race against time
M.I.T. professor John Koestler links a mysterious list of numbers from a time capsule to past and future disasters and sets out to prevent the ultimate catastrophe.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Russia
2018
102 Minutes
John Cho Debra Messing Joseph Lee Michelle La Sara Sohn Alex Jayne Go Thomas Barbusca Gage Biltoft
daughter father police officer friend missing girl disturbing shocking intricate uneasy tense house room school party missing persons mystery father/daughter relationship investigation internet secrets
After his teenage daughter goes missing, a desperate father tries to find clues on her laptop.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2009
113 Minutes
Cameron Diaz James Marsden Frank Langella James Rebhorn Holmes Osborne Sam Stone Gillian Jacobs Celia Weston Deborah Rush Lisa K. Wyatt Mark Cartier
mother father son grandfather mysterious man sister eerie shocking chilling melodramatic household wedding car police station suburb home moral dilemma unintended consequences greed mysterious deaths
A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2018
105 Minutes
Emile Hirsch Zach Lipovsky Bruce Dern Lexy Kolker Amanda Crew Grace Park Matty Finochio Michelle Harrison Aleks Paunovic Dean Redman Ava Telek
young girl father stranger ice cream man agent mutant brooding dark bleak gripping house ice cream truck big city paranoia fear death threat truth danger growing up love
A bold girl discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father's protective and paranoid control.
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.
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.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1983
103 Minutes
Christopher Walken Brooke Adams Tom Skerritt Herbert Lom Anthony Zerbe Colleen Dewhurst Martin Sheen Nicholas Campbell Sean Sullivan Jackie Burroughs Geza Kovacz
psychic ex-girlfriend politician father sheriff student brooding uneasy new england small town political rally household psychic phenomena father/son relationship assassination isolation recovery accident discovery quest
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Adventure
USA
2017
87 Minutes
Andrew Wilson Ben Foster Cassidy Gifford Brianne Howey Reiley McClendon Olivia Draguicevich Max Wright Hans Marrero Rich Skidmore Chris Sturgeon
student professor archeologist friend amusing engaging gripping intense cave texas science fiction time time warp missing persons urban legends adventure discovery mystery quest 21st century
A professor enters a cave and goes missing. Some of his students come looking for him and get trapped in the cave as well.
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.
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, 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.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
2013
92 Minutes
Haley Joel Osment Gillian Anderson Rufus Sewell Victor Garber Sarah Manninen Sherry Miller John Paul Ruttan Brandon Firla Kiara Glasco Susanna Fournier
scientist college student time traveler missing person father son emotional engaging gripping rousing somber princeton, n.j. university time portal city home lecture hall time travel relationships family
After a scientist disappears during a business trip, his son (Haley Joel Osment) and wife (Gillian Anderson) struggle to cope, then they make a bizarre discovery years later that may bring him home.
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, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Canada|USA
2018
98 Minutes
Pedro Pascal Chris Caldwell Sophie Thatcher Jay Duplass Andre Royo Sheila Vand Anwan Glover Trick Danneker Luke Pitzrick Doug Dawson Arthur Deranleau
teen girl father space traveler prospector hostage mercenary thrilling intense engaging uneasy striking gripping alien planet greed survival father/daughter relationship space exploration prospecting science fiction adventure
A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest's other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own ... See full summary »
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.
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, 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, 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.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1940
71 Minutes
mad scientist doctor prisoner daughter police captain fiancé creepy dark eerie suspenseful prison laboratory house death row aging scientific experiments murder prison life euthanasia father/daughter relationship
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Australia
2007
99 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Daniel Craig Jeremy Northam Jeffrey Wright Veronica Cartwright Josef Sommer Celia Weston Roger Rees Eric Benjamin Susan Floyd Stephanie Berry
psychologist colleague doctor ex-husband biologist son gripping tense frightening laboratory space shuttle washington, d.c. mutation alien invasion saving the world virus race against time supernatural quest mystery
As a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist unearths the origin of an alien epidemic, she also discovers her son might be the only way it can be stopped.