Movies like Doctor Who 1996
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Doctor Who (1996)
11K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The Seventh Doctor becomes the Eighth. And on the streets of San Francisco – alongside new ally Grace Holloway - he battles the Master.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, disturbing, humorous, tense, enigmatic, stylized, semi serious, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, doctor who, changing the past or future, rescue, good versus evil, heroic mission, escapades, danger, save the world, alien encounter, androids and robots, space and aliens, multiverse, space travel, friends, dark hero, death of hero, obsessive quest, regeneration, fight scenes, investigation, master, robot, alien, extreme ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century, year 1999, year 2000, contemporary, 1990s
Place:
usa, san francisco, california, north america
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Most similar movies to Doctor Who
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, futuristic and serious films with plots about escapades, heroes, danger, imaginary, space and aliens, time travel and space travel mostly in Sci-Fi, Adventure and Action genres. Some movies like Doctor Who: Terra Nova (2011), Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965), Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986), Ben 10: Race Against Time (2007), Purple Death from Outer Space (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
262K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Doctor looks and seems human. He's handsome, witty, and could be mistaken for just another man in the street. But he is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, mysterious, humorous, futuristic ...
Audience:
pre-teens, teens
Plot:
time travel, time machine, alien, space travel, save the day, journey, companion, danger, sent to the future, space and aliens, save the world, good versus evil ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 2020s
Place:
london, wales
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.
Style:
ironic, psychological, detective, intellectual, absurd ...
Plot:
clue, private detective, time travel, murder investigation, unstoppable, government agent, hallucination, investigation, strange person, superpower, partner, magic ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
montana
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Terra Nova follows an ordinary family on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, epic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, dinosaur, survival, human existence, post apocalypse, danger, changing the past or future, extinction, research, dangerous animal, fate of humanity, sent to the past ...
Time:
prehistoric times, near future, jurassic, prehistory, 22nd century
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Doctor Who, his two grand-daughters, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet ...
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, stylized, futuristic ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, space travel, changing the past or future, doctor who, robot, good versus evil, evil alien, distopia, space opera, teleportation, heroes ...
Time:
future, 60s
Place:
england
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what ...
Style:
dieselpunk, cult classic, semi serious, humorous, fast ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
time travel, world war one, steampunk, great war, military officer, aerial combat, superhero, fish out of water, danger, heroes, rescue, twin brother ...
Time:
80s, year 1917, 1910s
Place:
new york, usa, london, tower bridge london, belgium
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
"Ben 10: Race Against Time" has Ben back in his hometown of Bellwood. Even though he's back in school and leaving his hero adventures behind him, it seems that Ben will be facing his greatest challenge yet.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, exciting, scenic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
ben 10, race against time, heroic mission, young heroes, superhuman powers, save the world, androids and robots, rivalry, master villain, good versus evil, danger, escapades ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Doctor Who and his companions are hurled into the future and make a horrifying discovery: the Daleks have conquered Earth! The metal fiends have devastated entire continents and turned the survivors into Robomen.
Style:
independent film, futuristic, apocalyptic, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot:
constable, time machine, alien, distopia, epidemic, spaceship, good versus evil, space opera, post apocalypse, evil alien, scientist, old man ...
Time:
future, year 1966, 60s, 22nd century
Place:
england, united kingdom, london
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Edited version of the 1940 Universal serial "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe", released in a syndication package to TV in 1966.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, epic, stylized, suspenseful
Plot:
flash gordon, alien invasion, space opera, space and aliens, superhero, plague, outer space, dystopian future, dystopia, escapades, save the world, imaginary ...
Time:
60s, 1930s
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An astronaut doctor Ivan Hood and his fellow astronaut Kelly return from their mission in space to find the world has been taken over by aliens. Now Dr. Ivan Hood and Kelly must lead a revolution to free the human slaves from their alien masters.
Style:
suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space and aliens, save the world, chaos, alien encounter, heroic mission, rivalry, post apocalypse, dystopian future, space wars, imaginary, danger, heroes ...
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find ...
Style:
exciting, surreal, stylized, saga, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
time travel, space travel, space and aliens, outer space, robot, alien, space exploration, spaceship, save the world, time machine, space, spacecraft ...
Time:
future, year 1998
Place:
space western
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth. This film is adapted from a television series that aired on ABC from ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, exciting, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
space battle, androids and robots, military, battlestar galactica, space, space opera, survival, save the world, man versus machine, danger, rescue, good versus evil ...
Time:
future, year 1978
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest city on record and a clue to ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, bleak, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, space travel, spacecraft, space battle, save the world, parallel universe, space wars, battles, chaos, heroes, supernatural, danger ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Allies of the Shadows seek revenge against humanity. This movie sets up the series, "Crusade," the sequel to "Babylon 5."
Style:
exciting, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space opera, space, space station, space adventure, military, apocalypse, benign alien, intergalactic, post apocalypse, propaganda, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Flash Gordon is an American science fiction television series that debuted on Sci Fi in the United States on August 10, 2007 and continued airing new episodes through February 8, 2008. It has also appeared on the United Kingdom Sci Fi Channel and ...
Style:
saga, suspenseful, exciting, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
space opera, partner, space, save the world, rivalry, heroes, good versus evil, danger, race against time, space and aliens, state affairs, distant planet ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, maryland
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Style:
cult classic, futuristic, independent film, humorous, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
space battle, space opera, spaceship, mercenary, space travel, female warrior, mad scientist, vengeance, tyrant, psychic, space station, spacecraft ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, future
Place:
space western, california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An alien similar to Ra appears out of the Stargate, killing five soldiers and kidnapping another, a year after the original Stargate mission. A new team is assembled, including some old members, and they go in search of the missing soldier in order ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, futuristic
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, stargate, egyptian mythology, space and aliens, danger, escapades, space opera, heroes, imaginary, confined, cosmic horror, star wars ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alien Siege is a 2005 Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie about an alien race that comes to Earth seeking a cure to a deadly virus, for which the antidote is human blood.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, exciting, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
evil alien, deadly creature, heroic mission, rescue, save the world, danger, space and aliens, alien invasion, space, violent content, heroes, chaos ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
Style:
exciting, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, spooky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
space and aliens, moon, moon base, astronaut, space exploration, space, space adventure, outer space, space opera, disaster, survival, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, year 1999, 90s
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of a Time Lord—a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor—who explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-travelling space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in ...
Style:
cliffhanger, exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, futuristic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
time travel, doctor who, benign alien, escapades, immortal, alien, reincarnation, time traveler, human alien, time machine, companion, good versus evil ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, arizona
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Susan Ivanova discovers a derelict spaceship in hyperspace. They tow it back to Babylon 5, then strange things start happening. People are being telepathically taken over by aliens from another (third)space.
Style:
exciting, futuristic, tense, serious, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space and aliens, space opera, space, space program, parallel universe, military, alien, future war, star wars, intergalactic, dystopia, outer space ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story:
Ben tenison is back in this all new Comedy Central, Movie, Based on the current Alien Force story. Alien swarm picks up with Ben 10 as a full fledged plumber but he's about to leave the ranks to do what he believes is right.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids
Plot:
good versus evil, ben 10, space and aliens, heroes, heroic mission, young heroes, save the world, youth, danger, rivalry, imaginary, master villain ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In the future, mankind's quest for answers will take them to the edge of the universe... but the knowledge they seek should never be known. In deep space, the military cruiser Venom is diverted from its mission to investigate a derelict ...
Style:
serious, exciting, captivating, stylized, bleak ...
Plot:
space travel, survival, changing the past or future, heroes, terrorism, escapades, time travel, chaos, spacecraft, danger, space wars, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
INTER SCI climatologist Dr. David Kotzman has evidence that a shift in the Earth's polarity triggered the last Ice Age...in a single day. Now, it's happening again, and there's no time to escape. As the temperature plummets, Miami is ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, natural disaster, survival, save the world, rescue, save the day, forces of nature, race against time, husband wife relationship, winter, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new york
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a ...
Style:
serious, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, spacecraft, space battle, outer space, self sacrifice, escapades, heroic mission, heroes, danger, save the world, space and aliens, siege ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 22nd century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Scientists must prove their time travel experiments can produce results, so their funding won't be cut off. They push their equipment, and travel 5000 years into the future, where they encounter aliens who are looking for a planet to colonize.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, independent film, semi serious, offbeat ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, dinosaur, time loop, apocalypse, epidemic, time machine, disorder, heroic mission, inventions and discoveries, space travel, alien encounter, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
year 1967, prehistory, future
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three kids discover a tiny kingdom beneath their kitchen sink and are drawn inside, becoming involved with the miniature world's civil war.
Style:
independent film, exciting, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
time travel, youth, magical creature, shrinking, family relations, revolution, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, young heroes, corrupted ruler, rivalry ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, SG-1 travels to the Ori galaxy aboard the ...
Style:
witty, exciting, suspenseful, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space opera, ancient mystery, stargate, space travel, space, space and aliens, space wars, good versus evil, heroic mission, imaginary, race against time, save the day ...
Time:
future, year 2008, 2000s
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A scientist working on an energy project discovers his family have undergone strange changes in their personalities, while a series of natural disasters are happening across the globe. He realises that his work has accidentally pushed the planet ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disaster, experiment gone awry, save the world, chaos, space travel, forces of nature, danger, time travel, escapades, alternate dimension, family drama, paranoia ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter ...
Style:
saga, psychotronic, uplifting, cult classic, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
space adventure, space opera, time travel, astronaut, alien invasion, spacecraft, space, superhero, cosmic horror, intergalactic, master criminal, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
year 1979, future, year 1987, 80s, 20th century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from ...
Style:
futuristic, epic, saga, exciting, anamorphic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
star trek, space travel, time travel, cyborgs, first contact, space adventure, sent to the past, intergalactic, technology, robot, space battle, experimental technology ...
Time:
future, 24th century, year 1996, 21st century
Place:
montana, space western
Similarity:
21%
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