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Movies like Kanam (2022)

The best movies like Kanam (2022) are The Last Mimzy (2007), Jonathan (2018) and Marjorie Prime (2017). If Kanam hooked you with its drama and fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Last Mimzy (2007)

    Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & science fiction

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  2. Jonathan (2018)

    Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & science fiction

  3. Marjorie Prime (2017)

    A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & science fiction

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  4. Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (2010)

    Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & drama

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  5. Doctor 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 & drama

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  6. A Wrinkle in Time (2003)

    Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them around the universe to a place unlike any other.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & science fiction

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  7. Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (2009)

    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 to find out how Ra could still be alive. Meanwhile, the alien Goa'uld kidnap Sha're and Skaara, implanting them with symbiotes and making them Goa'uld hosts.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & science fiction

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  8. Donovan's Echo (2011)

    A series of uncanny déjà vu events force a man to re-examine his tragic past, memory, instinct, and future.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & drama

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  9. How Sarah Got Her Wings (2015)

    Good Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven. Certain that she will be let in, she is shocked to find that her name is not on the reservation list. However, she is granted the chance to return to Earth as an "angel in training" with the requirement to help a soul in need. Sarah has the 12 days before Christmas to secure her place on the list leaving her in the race for her after-life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & fantasy

  10. Steven Universe: The Movie (2019)

    Two years after bringing peace to the galaxy, Steven Universe sees his past come back to haunt him in the form of a deranged Gem who wants to destroy the Earth.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & drama

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  11. Hilda and the Mountain King (2021)

    When Hilda wakes up in the body of a troll, she must use her wits and courage to get back home, become human again — and save the city of Trolberg.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & drama

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  12. Things to Come (1936)

    The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & science fiction

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  13. Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)

    When disaster hits the Titanic, the Doctor uncovers a threat to the whole human race. Battling alongside aliens, saboteurs, robot Angels and a new friend called Astrid, can he stop the Christmas inferno?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & drama

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  14. WarGames (1983)

    High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & science fiction

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  15. Repeat Performance (1947)

    On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & fantasy

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  16. Strange World (2022)

    A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose differences threaten to topple their latest, and by far most crucial, mission.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & science fiction

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  17. 2.0 (2018)

    An ornithologist who commits suicide returns as fifth force to wreack vengeance on mankind for harming birds with mobile phone radiation. The only thing that is standing in his way is 2.0, the upgraded version of Chitti, the robot.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & fantasy

  18. House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra (2013)

    The students of Anubis House are on the eve of their graduation when they encounter a new group of underclassmen and a mysterious stone that leads them on a quest to save the world from evil.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & fantasy

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  19. Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)

    A meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & fantasy

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  20. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)

    Six incredible teens out-maneuver and defeat evil everywhere as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but this time the Power Rangers may have met their match when they face off with Ivan Ooze, the most sinister monster the galaxy has ever seen.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & fantasy

  21. Peut-être (1999)

    Arthur is invited to a New Year's Eve party to celebrate the year 2000. His girlfriend Lucie would like a baby from him but he refuses. Through the ceiling of the toilets, he discovers a passage leading to this futurist Paris. There, he meets an old man Ako who affirms he is his son and that he wants to exist. Otherwise he will vanish into the air. Arthur is still hesitant because his life is an unfulfilled one: a has a little lucrative job, is uncertain about his future and things are getting out of hand when Ako discovers the passage and interferes in the party.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction & drama

  22. Izo (2004)

    Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & fantasy

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  23. A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995)

    When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both fantasy & drama

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  24. Pokémon 4Ever (2001)

    In order to escape a greedy Pokémon hunter, Celebi must use the last of its energy to travel through time to the present day. Celebi brings along Sammy, a boy who had been trying to protect it. Along with Ash, Pikachu, and the rest of the gang, Sammy and Celebi must encounter an enemy far more advanced than the hunter, with the fate of the forest hanging in the balance.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both fantasy & science fiction

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  25. The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)

    Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare Abshire.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & fantasy

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  26. A.R.O.G (2008)

    Commander Logar escapes from the planet G.O.R.A. to Earth and finds Arif. Arif gets tricked by the evil Commander Logar into thinking that his intentions have changed but Commander Logar sends Arif 1.000.000 years into the past. After finding himself in the stone age, Arif begins to help the local tribe to defend themselves against a different, much more violent tribe and tries to find a way back to his time.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction & fantasy

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  27. Frontier (2018)

    Michael's perfect life changes dramatically when he discovers a portal wich allows him to travel in time. He travels back to the World War II to go through the quest of time and find his one and only beloved.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both fantasy & science fiction

  28. Paradoxical (2017)

    "Paradoxical" is an independent science fiction film from the makers of international documentaries "Design & Thinking," "Maker" and "Hanzi."

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & science fiction

  29. ¿Puedes Quedarte un Segundo Más? (2021)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

  30. Stargate: Continuum (2008)

    Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Kanam?

The closest matches to Kanam are The Last Mimzy (2007), Jonathan (2018) and Marjorie Prime (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Kanam?

Start with The Last Mimzy (2007), the closest match to Kanam.

What is the highest-rated movie like Kanam?

Steven Universe: The Movie (2019), rated 8.2/10 by 889 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Kanam?

Strange World (2022) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Tamil movies like Kanam?

Yes: 2.0 (2018).

How are movies similar to Kanam chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Kanam, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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