Movies like 012117 (2022)
The best movies like 012117 (2022) are Alien: Containment (2019), Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor (2013) and Unidentified Flying Mater (2009). If 012117 hooked you with its science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMr. Nobody (2009)7.8/10 from 6,439 votes
- NewestVertiginous (2026)Released 2026
Alien: Containment (2019)
Aboard a small escape pod, four survivors try to discover what caused the destruction of their spaceship.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoctor Who: The Night of the Doctor (2013)
The Doctor struggles to help the only remaining crewmember of a crashing gunship. The people of the planet below offer to save his life, but at a dear cost to the life he's lived for hundreds of years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisUnidentified Flying Mater (2009)
Mater finds a small UFO called Mator and they have a night out. Later, when Mator is captured by military forces, Mater sneaks up and saves him with the help of Lightning McQueen and the UFO's mother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAfterburn (2025)
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStowaway (2021)
A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven (2014)
In this epic two-part finale, the Doctor comes face to face with the mysterious Missy, and an impossible choice is looming. With Cybermen on the streets of London, old friends unite against old enemies, and the Doctor takes to the air in a startling new role.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMr. Nobody (2009)
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPeter's To-Do List (2019)
On the eve of his departure to Europe, Peter Parker tells Ned Leeds that he has several things to do before they leave.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlien: Specimen (2019)
During the night shift in a colony greenhouse, a botanist does her best to contain suspicious soil samples that have alarmed her sensitive lab dog.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLandscape with Invisible Hand (2023)
Years into a benevolent alien occupation, mankind is still adjusting to its new overlords. Their technology initially held promise for global prosperity, but rendered most human jobs – and steady income – obsolete. When two teenagers discover the aliens are fascinated with human love and will pay for access to it, they decide to livestream their romance to make extra cash for their families.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like this2073 (2024)
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Box (2020)
After losing his wife and his memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an experimental treatment that causes him to question who he really is.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGhost Recon: Alpha (2012)
Ghost Recon: Alpha sees a team led by Ghost Leader infiltrate a trade at a Russian depot between a general and a mysterious other figure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Shift (2023)
Following a tense encounter with a mysterious stranger with otherworldly powers, a man finds himself banished to a parallel, tyrannical Earth, where he fights to get back to the woman he loves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBabylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNo Time for Nuts (2006)
Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like this2036: Nexus Dawn (2017)
Niander Wallace introduces a new line of "perfected" replicants called the Nexus 9, seeking to get the prohibition on replicants repealed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHarrison Bergeron (1995)
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron. The film centers around a young man (Harrison) who is smarter than his peers, and is not affected by the usual "Handicapping" which is used to train all Americans so everyone is of equal intelligence.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrimer (2004)
A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGroot Takes a Bath (2022)
Everybody needs some alone time to relax and wash up, but things go quite differently when you’re a Flora Colossi toddler.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAshden's Walk on Møn (1973)
Experimental short overlays footage of buildings and fields with that of a spiral galaxy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Droom zonder einde (1964)
A surreal short film about a man in a café who hears on his transistor radio that a comet will soon destroy the Earth. Immediately, the man sets out to warn everyone he can.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Terrible Things (2021)
Amidst the dead uninhabitable world of the future, the shelter of a forgotten country cottage affords a lone wanderer opportunity to acknowledge the lingering strands of her own humanity.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Super Ninja Squad Inazuma!! SPARK (2007)
A year after the prequel's events, Jun is now producing a sequel to her original show and has the daughter of Magical TV's president as her female lead. However, Tsubame is unable to keep herself from helping those she feels are in need, and she is accidentally sent to the Edo period where she tries to befriend a ronin shinobi. Hosomatsu and Kankichi are trying to find out who is killing all of daimyo, but Kaguya is traveling with Tojiro, so they are down one member as Inazuma.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
The Launching of Spaceship-1 (1940)
In front of television crews and thousands of spectators, Spaceship-1—commanded by Commodore Hardt, inventor of the powerful rocket fuel "Neotan-X"—blasts off on the first flight to the Moon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Vertiginous (2026)
Jacques goes to his friend Bruno's house to tell him some big news: the entire human race is living in a simulation...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Advisors of King Hydrops (2016)
Hydrops, the king of Aquacia, has ordered to his advisors to create a new heir and successor to his throne. The rivalry and intrigues between the advisors, concentrating on the good qualities that the future perfect prince should have, finally leads to the implantation of a matrix for loving small things. This is how a new obsession will be born...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Haley (2016)
After an alien invasion leaves the world in chaos, one man treks across the dying planet in a final act of humanity.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
After Her (2018)
After finding a mysterious totem in a cave while on a hike with her friend, a wayward teenage girl goes missing.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like 012117?
The closest matches to 012117 are Alien: Containment (2019), Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor (2013) and Unidentified Flying Mater (2009). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after 012117?
Start with Alien: Containment (2019), the closest match to 012117.
What is the highest-rated movie like 012117?
Mr. Nobody (2009), rated 7.8/10 by 6,439 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like 012117?
Vertiginous (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like 012117?
Yes: Alien: Containment (2019), Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor (2013) and Unidentified Flying Mater (2009).
How are movies similar to 012117 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside 012117, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.