Movies and TV shows like The Outer Limits

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The Outer Limits (1995)
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The Outer Limits (1995)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The Outer Limits is an anthology series of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. Unlike the original incarnation of the series, which was a pure anthology with each episode completely unrelated to the others, the revival series maintained an anthology format, but occasionally featured recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
Style: anthology, scary, cerebral, psychological, funny, mind bending, intellectual, dark, slasher, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: time travel, post apocalypse, supernatural, female alien, cyberpunk, alien invasion, space, evil alien, androids and robots, alien encounter, alien, outer space, end of the world, stephen king, distopia, time loop, puzzle, androids, portal, mutation, smoking, trippy, space adventure, thoughtful, futuristic technology ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, near future
Place: canada
Keyword: dreams, canadian

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Most similar movies to The Outer Limits

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anthology, suspenseful, serious and scary films and TV series with plots about supernatural, danger, monster, supernatural power, imaginary, alien and deadly mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like The Outer Limits: The Twilight Zone (2002), Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997), Night Visions (2001), Night Gallery (1969), Friday the 13th: The Series (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Outer Limits (1963)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: The Outer Limits is an American television series that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1965. The series is often compared to The Twilight Zone, but with a greater emphasis on science fiction stories. The Outer Limits is an anthology of self-contained ...
Style: anthology, serious, psychotronic, scary, bleak ...
Audience: kids
Plot: space travel, dystopian future, supernatural ability, save the world, danger, space and aliens, alien encounter, space wars, alien, science, dystopia, alternate reality ...
Time: 20th century, future
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100%
The Twilight Zone (2002)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The Twilight Zone is a 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone. It aired for one season on the UPN network, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host. The series ...
Style: anthology, serious, atmospheric, stylized, mind bending ...
Plot: supernatural power, surrealism, paranormal phenomena, danger, supernatural, twists and turns, trapped, supernatural ability, investigation, boss, space, time travel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction is an American television anthology series created by Lynn Lehmann, presented by Dick Clark Productions, and produced and aired by the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. Each episode featured five stories, all of which ...
Style: anthology, scary, mindfuck, mind bending, serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: fictional reality, urban legend, paranormal, uncover truth, paranormal phenomena, missing person, exploration, ghost, supernatural, supernatural ability, danger, escapades ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Night Visions (2001)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Night Visions is an hour-long, American television horror anthology series, with each episode comprising two half-hour stories dealing with themes of the supernatural or simply the dark side of human nature. Henry Rollins was the uncredited host of ...
Style: anthology, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot: paranormal phenomena, danger, figment, puzzle, paranormal, secret, mysticism, paranormal activity, cautionary tale, morality, supernatural power, human nature ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Night Gallery (1969)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night ...
Style: anthology, psychological, supernatural thriller, dark fairy tale, spooky ...
Plot: supernatural, monster, new year, end of the world, ghost, winter, occult, cosmic horror, creature, american horror, mermaid, myth ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A diverse anthology of ambitious, moving tales inspired by Philip K Dick's short stories.
Style: anthology, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, sentimental ...
Plot: cyberpunk, alternate reality, supernatural, multiple storylines, alien, computer, surrealism, twists and turns, outer space, life philosophy, fantasy world, destiny ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Friday the 13th: The Series (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Friday the 13th: The Series is an American-Canadian horror television series that ran for three seasons, from October 3, 1987 to May 26, 1990 in first-run syndication. The series follows Micki and Ryan, owners of an antiques store, and their ...
Style: scary, anthology, slasher, creepy, dread ...
Plot: curse, friday the 13th, magic, supernatural, cursed object, plot twist, blood, devil, gory, nosy, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Tales from the Darkside (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero; it was released in 1984. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, Tales From The Crypt, and Lee Martin's The Midnight ...
Style: anthology, scary, atmospheric, semi serious, surreal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural ability, danger, twists and turns, nightmare comes true, imaginary, mysterious character, paranormal activity, nobody believes, supernatural, stephen king, zombie, halloween ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Langoliers (1995)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: On a red eye flight from LA to Boston, 10 people wake up to a shock. All the passengers and crew have vanished. When they try to contact the ground they make no connections. They land the plane only to discover that things haven't changed. But ...
Style: psychological, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, cult horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: time travel, airplane, supernatural, stephen king, apocalypse, survival, obsessive quest, airport, alternate dimension, time, time warp, blind character ...
Time: future, 90s
Place: maine, boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.1
 671
Threshold (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Alien seeds hitch a ride to earth in a space shuttle crew and begin to grow. When their numbers reach the Threshold amount they will be an unstoppable swarm.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: heroic mission, save the world, danger, supernatural, dangerous animal, race against time, alien encounter, space travel, chaos, disaster, monster, evil alien ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Creepshow (2019)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
Style: anthology, mystical, bleak, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: stephen king, ghost, supernatural, female nudity, nightmare comes true, killings, transformation, halloween, blood, mysticism, paranormal activity, paranormal ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Masters of Science Fiction is an American television anthology series by the same creators as Masters of Horror. The show debuted on ABC on August 4, 2007 at 10PM for a run of four episodes. It was originally scheduled to run in six parts, but two ...
Style: anthology, serious, suspenseful, suspense, educational ...
Plot: supernatural, danger, space and aliens, genetic engineering, cure, nuclear, mutant, virtual reality, futuristic society, science, space opera, space ...
Time: future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Day the Earth Stopped (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Hundreds of massive intergalactic robots appear in all of the world's major capitals with an ultimatum: Prove the value of human civilization or be destroyed.
Style: rough, suspenseful, bleak, mockbuster, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: androids and robots, evil alien, space travel, save the world, artificial intelligence, man versus machine, danger, dystopian future, apocalypse, imaginary, alien, giant monster ...
Time: 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Millennium (1989)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a ...
Style: apocalyptic, serious, bleak, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: time travel, disaster, airplane crash, time warp, airplane, female warrior, robot, distopia, aviation, scientist, airport, paradox ...
Time: future, year 1989, year 1963, distant future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 256K
Fringe (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, surreal, detective ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, investigation, mad scientist, time travel, parallel universe, fbi, alternate dimension, top secret, alternate reality, experiment, danger, paranormal activity ...
Time: 2000s, future, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: harvard university, usa, massachusetts, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.
Style: anthology, psychological, scary, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, hidden truth, nobody believes, investigation, twists and turns, nightmare comes true, abduction, imaginary, society, vietnam war, surrealism ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a joint Canadian-American horror/fantasy-themed anthology television series. The original series was a joint production between the Canadian company Cinar and the American company Nickelodeon. The show was filmed in ...
Style: scary, anthology, semi serious, suspenseful, spooky ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, boys' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: halloween, supernatural, campfire story, paranormal, youth, surrealism, woods, danger, ghost, escapades, alien encounter, mischievous children ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 3K
The Invaders (1967)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: The Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found. ...
Style: apocalyptic, anthology, retro, serious, vintage
Audience: kids
Plot: evil alien, ufo, alien, alien invasion, post apocalypse, invasion, occult, magic, alien disguised as human, dystopia, architect, save the world ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada, New Zealand
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
Style: anthology, dark, spooky, mysterious, dark fairy tale ...
Plot: dinosaur, magical, occult, alien, distopia, prehistoric creature, reptiles, baby, lake, mars, grim reaper, robot ...
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Twilight Zone (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Tales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways. Next stop ahead The Twilight Zone.
Style: anthology, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, twist ending ...
Plot: mysticism, secrets, survival, social problems, life, social relations, interracial, future shock, darkness, afrofuturism, mind game, parallel universe ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Whispers (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: We love to play games with our children. But what happens when someone else starts to play with them too? Someone we don't know. Can't see. Can't hear. In The Whispers, someone or something -- is manipulating the ones we love most to ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, bleak, tense ...
Plot: youth, danger, manipulation, alien, investigation, deception, naivete, murder, supernatural, kids in trouble, apocalypse, psychic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Day of the Triffids (2009)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 186 min.
TV show
Story: It's an up-to-date setting of the 1951 sci-fi thriller. With the world blinded and the Triffids set loose, it falls upon a band of scattered, sighted survivors to fight this carnivorous plant invasion. With a brave new world of maniacs, warring ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, scary
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: apocalypse, survival, survival horror, supernatural, save the world, deadly creature, heroic mission, escapades, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, monster, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 15K
Goosebumps (1995)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Goosebumps is a Canadian-American children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books. It was one of the two popular television horror anthology children's series in the 1990s.
Style: anthology, dark, sitcom, dark fairy tale, scary ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids ...
Plot: supernatural, children, psychic, haunting, clairvoyant, goose, middle school, insect, magic, generation y, lycanthropy, childhood love ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Amazing Stories (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: Each episode transports the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today’s most imaginative filmmakers, directors and writers. A reimagining of the original anthology series by Steven Spielberg.
Style: anthology, enigmatic, romantic, exciting, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: alien encounter, magic, parents and children, imaginary, supernatural, secret, multiple storylines, fantasy world, love and romance, criminal, space, time travel ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Space: Above and Beyond (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Space: Above and Beyond is a short-lived mid-1990s American science fiction television show on the FOX Network, created and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Originally planned for five seasons, it ran only for the single 1995–1996 season. It ...
Style: apocalyptic, atmospheric, cliffhanger, thrilling, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space wars, space and aliens, alien, evil alien, space travel, alien invasion, save the world, space opera, space, spaceship, military, alien race ...
Time: future, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Amazing Stories (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
Style: anthology, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien encounter, space and aliens, supernatural, psychic power, missing person, time travel, luftwaffe, monster, healing power, magician, ghost, magic ...
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Monsters (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. As of 2011, Monsters airs on NBC Universal's horror/suspense-themed cable channel Chiller in sporadic ...
Style: anthology, scary, dark fairy tale, spooky, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: monster, creature, supernatural, apocalypse, magic, irony, supernatural power, dark humor, deadly creature, freak, nightmare comes true, danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 387 min.
TV show
Story: A television mini-series adaptation of Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Stephen King's collection of short horror stories.
Style: anthology, scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: supernatural, stephen king, nightmare, evil force, danger, wrong place wrong time, mysterious place, halloween, hospital, writers, loss of son, honeymoon ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Hitchhiker (1983)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: The Hitchhiker is a mystery anthology series that aired from 1983 to 1987 on HBO and First Choice in Canada. The series later moved to the USA Network from 1989 to 1991.
Style: anthology, scary, dark, creepy, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, hitchhiker, mental illness, drifter, obsession, breaking the fourth wall, hitchhiking, female nudity, nudity, chaos, supernatural ability, vengeance ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.2
 342
Darkroom (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Darkroom is an American television thriller series which ABC transmitted from November 27, 1981 to January 15, 1982. It was an anthology horror/thriller series, similar in style to Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Each 60-minute episode featured ...
Style: anthology, scary, dark, slasher, dark fairy tale ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, wizards and magicians, guillotine, makeover, boogeyman, partnership, wine, funeral, television, deadly
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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