Movies like Knowing
If Knowing's mix of cataclysm, melancholy and code stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Knowing's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Signs
2002 · Directed by M. Night Shyamalan · 106 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: alien, suspenseful · Also thriller and science fiction · From the same decade (2000s)
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
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Disclosure Day
2026 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 146 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: alien · Also science fiction and thriller
A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove…
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Minority Report
2002 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 145 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: suspenseful · Also science fiction and thriller · From the same decade (2000s)
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
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I Am Mother
2019 · Directed by Grant Sputore · 113 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith Rose Byrne · Also science fiction and thriller
A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
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Edge of Tomorrow
2014 · Directed by Doug Liman · 114 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: alien, suspenseful
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him.
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Arrival
2016 · Directed by Denis Villeneuve · 116 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: alien
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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Moon
2009 · Directed by Duncan Jones · 97 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: melancholy · From the same decade (2000s)
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of…
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 146 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: alien · From the same decade (2000s)
David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this…
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Soylent Green
1973 · Directed by Richard Fleischer · 97 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: reflective
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.