Movies like Epoch: Evolution
The best movies like Epoch: Evolution (2003) are Asteroid (1997), Epoch (2001) and Dominion (2015). If Epoch: Evolution hooked you with its action and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedIndependence Day (1996)6.9/10 from 10,881 votes
- NewestLeft Behind: Rise of the Antichrist (2023)Released 2023
- Same seriesEpoch (2001)Epoch
Asteroid (1997)
With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisEpoch (2001)
Disaster strikes as a specialised team of investigators struggle to find out the truth about a strange monolith which sends out an intercontinental signal.
Why it matches: Same series: Epoch · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDominion (2015)
Earth's position in the universe has become of vital strategic importance to those who have, until now, only studied us from the far reaches of space. Knowing our weaknesses, they have planned their attack, and now, in just 5 days, life on Earth will change forever. Robert Casey, a retired US Intelligence agent turned UFO investigator, races to discover the truth about the Dominion and what it has in store for the human race. Time is running out...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
The Moment After (1999)
In the twinkling of an eye, a mass disappearance has occurred. Moments after the turmoil and confusion, the FBI is called in to investigate and locate the missing persons. For Agent Adam Riley, it is personal. For Agent Charles Baker, it doesn't matter, it's just a job.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
Knowing (2009)
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLeft Behind (2000)
After learning that millions have completely vanished, an airline pilot, a journalist, and others work together to unravel the mystery of those left behind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSkyline (2010)
When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Now the band of survivors must fight for their lives as the world unravels around them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisJudgment Day (1999)
This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed straight for Earth. A scientist has designed a system that would stop the largest meteor fragments from striking the earth, but a fanatical religious cult have made it their business to stop him. A convicted murderer (Ice-T) with ties to the group must now join forces with an FBI agent (Suzy Amis) to free the scientist from the cult's clutches and prevent millions of needless deaths. Mario Van Peebles and Linden Ashby appear in supporting roles
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Mindstorm (2001)
A psychic's investigation into the disappearance of a Senator's daughter leads her to a dangerous cult and the truth about her mysterious past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
The Void (2001)
Physicist Eva Soderstrom discovers greedy industrialist Thomas Abernathy is on the verge of creating an artificial black hole in a laboratory on Earth. It's the same experiment that killed her father years earlier, except bigger. With the help of Dr. Price, Eva tries to stop Abernathy and, possibly, save the planet
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Red Planet (2000)
Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisLeft Behind: Rise of the Antichrist (2023)
After millions of people vanish and the world falls into chaos, a charismatic leader rises to lead the UN. However, his intentions are more sinister than they appear.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
Alien Hunter (2003)
Government agents find evidence of extraterrestrial life at the South Pole.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Darkest Hour (2011)
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisOne Hundred Mornings (2009)
In a world upended by a complete breakdown of society, two couples hide out in a lakeside cabin hoping to survive the crisis.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & science fiction
Left Behind: World at War (2005)
A year and a half ago, the globe was hit with the biggest catastrophe it had ever seen. Without warning and without explanation, hundreds of millions simply vanished off the face of the Earth. The world was in chaos like never before. Yet somehow one man seemed to rise to the challenge. One man had the strength and conviction to unite a shattered world. One man gave the world hope. That man was Nicolae Carpathia, who now rules the entire world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Anomaly (2014)
A former soldier is taken captive and awakens in the back of a van where he learns that he only has less than 10 minutes to figure out how he got there.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Days on Mars (2013)
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses and he falls into a deep crevice. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not without danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDoomsday Prophecy (2011)
With the government agents on their trail, journalist Eric Fox and archaeologist Brook Calvin race against time to save the world after they find an artefact that predicts an impending doomsday.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisIn the Blink of an Eye (2009)
A vacationing detective begins to suspect that the Biblical apocalypse is at hand after being forced to relive the day of the Rapture time and again.What was supposed to be the perfect vacation comes to a horrific crossroad for Detective David Ramsey. Aboard a private yacht on the shimmering Sea of Cortez, his wife and friends suddenly disappear. During the investigation, David begins to unravel the evidence surrounding a worldwide Nostradomic event revealed in ancient Biblical prophecies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Ignition (2002)
A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Outbreak (1995)
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this2010 (1984)
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPandorum (2009)
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStormageddon (2015)
What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human. When a master computer program, Echelon, takes over America's entire online system, our country is threatened to be brought to its knees. Hacking into DARPA, Echelon gains the ability to manipulate the weather, create earthquakes, and cause a level of destruction unlike anything the country could ever imagine. But how do you stop a computer program when it has control over any and every defense you have?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIndependence Day (1996)
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonsters (2010)
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was quarantined as an infected zone. Today, the American and Mexican military still struggle to contain "the creatures," while a journalist agrees to escort a shaken tourist through the infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFinal Days of Planet Earth (2006)
An archaeologist discovers that aliens posing as government officials are secretly harvesting human bodies in a bid to take over earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Storm Cell (2008)
A brother and sister are torn apart when their parents die tragically in a tornado. While he moves to Seattle to be away from the memory, she devotes her life to studying storms and weather patterns. When she discovers the threat of a powerful series of tornadoes are heading for Seattle, she must convince her brother and the entire city that she is not crazy; and they are in grave danger
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSlash/Back (2022)
In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Epoch: Evolution?
The closest matches to Epoch: Evolution are Asteroid (1997), Epoch (2001) and Dominion (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Epoch: Evolution?
People who watched Epoch: Evolution most often go on to Asteroid (1997), Dominion (2015) and The Moment After (1999).
What is the highest-rated movie like Epoch: Evolution?
Independence Day (1996), rated 6.9/10 by 10,881 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Epoch: Evolution?
Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Epoch: Evolution part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Epoch, which includes Epoch (2001).
Are there English movies like Epoch: Evolution?
Yes: Asteroid (1997), Epoch (2001) and Dominion (2015).
How are movies similar to Epoch: Evolution chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Epoch: Evolution, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.