Movies like The Primevals (2023)
The best movies like The Primevals (2023) are Strawberry Mansion (2021), Heavy Metal (1981) and Predator (1987). If The Primevals hooked you with its science fiction and fantasy, these 8 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPredator (1987)7.6/10 from 9,666 votes
- NewestMad God (2021)Released 2021
Strawberry Mansion (2021)
In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora, an eccentric, aging artist. Entering Bella’s vast VHS archive, which contains a lifetime of dreams, Preble stumbles upon a secret that offers him a chance at love—and hope for escape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeavy Metal (1981)
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPredator (1987)
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSouthbound (2015)
On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation — are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisMad God (2021)
A silent figure known as The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood: The Last Vampire (2009)
On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling". Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisHardcore Henry (2015)
Henry, a newly resurrected cyborg who must save his wife/creator from the clutches of a psychotic tyrant with telekinetic powers, AKAN, and his army of mercenaries. Fighting alongside Henry is Jimmy, who is Henry's only hope to make it through the day. Hardcore Henry takes place over the course of one day, in Moscow, Russia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Married a Strange Person! (1998)
On their wedding night, Grant begins experiencing strange, supernatural powers and his bride Keri can't cope. Whenever Grant thinks of something, it becomes reality, yet he doesn't know where this magic came from. Things become more complicated when a megalomaniac CEO sends the military to capture Grant in order to weaponize his abilities.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & science fiction
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What are the best movies like The Primevals?
The closest matches to The Primevals are Strawberry Mansion (2021), Heavy Metal (1981) and Predator (1987). Below are 5 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Primevals?
Start with Strawberry Mansion (2021), the closest match to The Primevals.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Primevals?
Predator (1987), rated 7.6/10 by 9,666 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Primevals?
Mad God (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Primevals?
Yes: Strawberry Mansion (2021), Heavy Metal (1981) and Predator (1987).
How are movies similar to The Primevals chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Primevals, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.