20 movies like Higher Power, ordered by similarity : High Life(2018), Dark Encounter(2019), Midnight Special(2016), Fast Color(2018), The Unseen(2016), Shin Godzilla(2016), The Osiris Child(2016), Homefront(2013), Dark Was the Night(2014), Jurassic Park(1993), I'll Follow You Down(2013), Prospect(2018) ...
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
93 Minutes
Ron Eldard Colm Feore Jordan Hinson Marielle Jaffe Austin Stowell Jade Tailor Mei Melancon
scientist father detective daughter wife bleak disturbing frenetic gripping wild united states town city street abuse of power unexplained phenomenon saving the planet science gone awry family unlikely hero
When the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test subject of a maniacal scientist in a battle that could save the world, or destroy it.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
UK
2019
98 Minutes
Laura Fraser Mel Raido Sid Phoenix Grant Masters Spike White Alice Lowe Nicholas Pinnock
missing girl family parent police officer townspeople bleak disturbing frightening gripping somber small town united states crime scene missing persons ufo unexplained phenomenon secret discovery pursuit 1980s
8 y.o. Maisie went missing in 1982 and a memorial is held a year later. That evening, strange lights, sounds etc. are observed in the woods outside. Aliens.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Greece
2016
111 Minutes
Michael Shannon Joel Edgerton Kirsten Dunst Jaeden Martell Adam Driver Sam Shepard Bill Camp Scott Haze Sean Bridgers Dana Gourrier Paul Sparks
father son cult member young boy army officer tense thrilling on the run road army base family home car government building united states escape cult father/son relationship special power government secrets running away
A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Sci-Fi
Canada
2016
104 Minutes
Aden Young Camille Sullivan Julia Sarah Stone Ben Cotton Max Chadburn Alison Araya Maxwell Haynes Kurt Ostlund Eugene Lipinski Nickolas Baric Linda Darlow
factory worker daughter estranged father somber bleak brooding dark melancholy gritty town abandonment missing persons invisibility horror discovery escape 2010s
A man who abandoned his family now risks everything to find his missing daughter, including exposing the secret that he is becoming invisible.
Sci-Fi, Action
Japan
2016
120 Minutes
Shinji Higuchi Shin'ya Tsukamoto Satomi Ishihara Jun Kunimura Hiroki Hasegawa Takahiro Miura Kengo Kôra Mikako Ichikawa Issei Takahashi Kanji Tsuda Kimiko Yo
godzilla monster prime minister coast guard officer professor savior bleak thrilling tense frenetic disturbing wild japan tokyo city street government offices sea terror monsters
Japan is plunged into chaos upon the appearance of a giant monster.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action
Australia
2016
95 Minutes
Kellan Lutz Daniel MacPherson Isabel Lucas Rachel Griffiths Temuera Morrison Luke Ford
daughter father astronaut mercenary alien man confident cool gripping intense rousing thrilling space foreign planet future space exploration space race rescue impending doom science fiction
Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monsters that live inside us all.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA
2013
100 Minutes
Jason Statham James Franco Winona Ryder Kate Bosworth Frank Grillo Izabela Vidovic Chuck Zito Rachelle Lefevre Marcus Hester Clancy Brown
dea agent daughter drug lord townsperson bleak dark intense bayou small town fear protection corruption family father/daughter relationship escape sacrifice rescue pursuit escape 2010s
A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2014
98 Minutes
Kevin Durand Lukas Haas Bianca Kajlich Nick Damici Sabina Gadecki Steve Agee Heath Freeman Billy Paterson
logger sheriff deputy townsperson monster father brutal dark disturbing frightening gripping uneasy woods united states small town church forest unexplained phenomenon curse missing persons
An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods.
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.
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, 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
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, Action
China|Hong Kong
2017
110 Minutes
Jackie Chan Nana Ou-Yang Erica Xia-Hou Show Lo Callan Mulvey Tess Haubrich Damien Garvey John Jumane Rhys Johnson
scientist secret agent father secret police murderer daughter tender suspenseful sydney australia city hong kong on the run big city violence rescue revenge martial arts fight for justice rescue
A Special Forces Agent is assigned to protect a scientist and his creation from a sinister gang.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2014
105 Minutes
Raúl Arévalo Javier Gutiérrez Antonio de la Torre Nerea Barros María Varod Perico Cervantes Jesús Ortiz Jesús Carroza
detective teen girl teenager father missing girl murder victim bleak thrilling intense disturbing suspenseful gripping marsh spain madrid countryside missing persons rape murder relationships
Two cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of secrets and lies to disclose.
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
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
UK
1965
78 Minutes
Boris Karloff Nick Adams Freda Jackson Suzan Farmer Terence de Marney Patrick Magee Paul Farrell Leslie Dwyer
scientist townsperson girlfriend father mother servant creepy offbeat intense estate england village mutation experiments science gone awry meteorite family transformation discovery love
A young man visits his fiancée's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Action
France|Belgium
2018
82 Minutes
Jean-Claude Van Damme Sveva Alviti Sami Bouajila Sam Louwyck Kaaris Kevin Janssens Alice Verset Dimitri Thivaios Laurent D'Elia Cécilia Ngô
bodyguard bouncer daughter strip-club owner police detective stripper thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping brutal intense nightclub strip club investigation undercover operations working undercover father/daughter relationship fighting danger
A nightclub bouncer in his fifties who's taken punches, literally and figuratively, struggles to raise his 8-year-old daughter.
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.