20 best movies like The Discovery (2017)

List of the best movies like The Discovery (2017): Arrival, Gattaca, The Lobster, Synchronicity, Moon, Franklyn, Joker, I Origins, Time Lapse, Mr. Nobody.

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Markimdb: 7.9
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada, India
Duration02:32

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.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:46

Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
Duration01:36

    In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:21

    In this mind-bending 'Sci-Fi Noir' a daring physicist folds time to travel into the past, trying to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his own fractured reality.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:37

    With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:38

    Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As these worlds collide, a single bullet determines the destiny of these four characters.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:25

    During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryBelgium, Germany, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, USA
    Duration02:18

      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.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
      CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
      Duration02:02

      Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

        On the brink of separation, Ethan and Sophie escape to a beautiful vacation house for a weekend getaway in an attempt to save their marriage. What begins as a romantic and fun retreat soon becomes surreal, when an unexpected discovery forces the two to examine themselves, their relationship, and their future.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:09

        On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, USA, Germany
        Duration02:22

        On a bleak future Earth, a soldier endures a radical genetic transformation to save humanity. But his wife fears he's becoming more creature than man.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
        CountryUSA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
        Duration02:52

        A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration01:36

        Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:06

        In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrefantastic, drama, detective
        CountrySoviet Union
        Duration02:49

        A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.

        Markimdb: 8.3
        Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:48

        Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:29

          On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:25

          A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller
          CountryCanada, USA
          Duration01:52

          Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:17

          Friends and fledgling entrepreneurs invent a device in their garage which reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it, but they discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and to have seemingly anything they want. Taking advantage of this unique opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences is the next.

          Markimdb: 8.5
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:05

            A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

            Markimdb: 8.8
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration02:28

              Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrethriller, drama, detective
              CountryChina
              Duration01:44

              The famous psychologist Xu Ruining has a raising career, when he met the troublesome patient Ren Xiaoyan. The meeting is not easy as feeble-looking Ren is point by point against him.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:25

              Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

              Markimdb: 4.9
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration01:57

              Once a known counterculture figure, June E. Leigh now lives in self-imposed exile in her South Bronx apartment during the incendiary '77 Summer of Sam. When an unseen tormentor begins exploiting June's weaknesses, her insular universe begins to unravel.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA, Australia
              Duration02:31

              A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
              CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Republic of Ireland
              Duration01:28

              Susan is a scientist searching for answers to important questions. So important that she has given up on other things, like love - until she meets Micheal. Susan and Michael find themselves embarking on a sensual adventure while the world around them seems to be falling apart. A life-affirming look at what it means to love and be loved in turbulent times.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
              CountryAustralia
              Duration02:14

              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.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA, South Africa, Canada
              Duration01:37

                In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

                Markimdb: 4.8
                Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:31

                Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps in colonising Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth will face insurmountable odds and life and death decisions as he rockets bravely through space.

                Markimdb: 5.8
                Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, detective
                CountryUSA

                Nicolas Bannister, a rugged and solitary veteran living in a near-future Miami flooded by rising seas, is an expert in a dangerous occupation: he offers clients the chance to relive any memory they desire. His life changes when he meets a mysterious young woman named Mae. What begins as a simple matter of lost and found becomes a passionate love affair. But when a different client's memories implicate Mae in a series of violent crimes, Bannister must delve through the dark world of the past to uncover the truth about the woman he fell for.

                Markimdb: 5.9
                Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
                CountryUSA

                Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.

                Markimdb: 6.1
                Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Romania, France
                Duration01:46

                A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

                Markimdb: 6.1
                Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
                CountryUSA, Germany
                Duration01:44

                A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death experiences.

                Markimdb: 6
                Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

                After a whirlwind romance with a wealthy widower, a naïve bride moves to his family estate but can't escape the haunting shadow of his late wife.

                Markimdb: 7
                Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
                CountryNorway, France, Denmark, Sweden
                Duration02:16

                A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable, and often dangerous, supernatural abilities.

                Markimdb: 6
                Genrefantastic, action
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:46

                An underground MMA fighter must confront his sister and his past in an adventure through parallel universes

                Markimdb: 6.1
                Genrefantastic, drama, family
                CountryUSA

                In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

                Markimdb: 5.5
                Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:45

                When Marie, a widow in Provence with two daughters, locks her bedroom door and goes to sleep, she dreams about Marty, a literary agent in Manhattan who dreams equally vividly about Marie. The women look alike. Marie meets William who begins to court her. Marty meets Aaron, an accountant, becomes his friend and then his lover. Both women tell their lovers about their dream life. William is jealous, Aaron is accepting. Even though they've become lovers, Marie won't fall asleep next to William. Marie goes on holiday with William to Paris, and Marty wakes up with an ashtray from the hotel on her night stand. Are they the same person? What will unlock reality

                Markimdb: 2.4
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
                CountryUSA

                A scientist readies a boat after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. However, after the disasters reach a peak level of destruction those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, as he and other refugees look to save the world and stop the disaster using the two Supercolliders on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

                Markimdb: 4.3
                Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure, military
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Mexico, Guatemala
                Duration01:59

                Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ‘Infected Zones’ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to protect US interests from the Monsters, but the war is far from being won.

                Markimdb: 7.6
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountrySpain, USA
                Duration02:00

                A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:17

                Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

                Markimdb: 5.5
                Genrethriller, drama, detective
                CountryUSA

                Living in her family's secluded mansion, Audrina is kept alone and out of sight and is haunted by nightmares of her older sister, First Audrina, who was left for dead in the woods after an attack. As she begins to question her past and her disturbing dreams, the grim truth is slowly revealed.

                Markimdb: 5
                Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
                CountryFrance, Belgium, China, USA
                Duration02:21

                A foster family in South Central a few weeks before the city erupts in violence following the verdict of the Rodney King trial in 1992.

                Markimdb: 7.9
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA, Austria, Luxembourg, Greece
                Duration01:49

                We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.

                Markimdb: 5.3
                Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
                CountryUSA

                A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.




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