Movies like Class of 1999: 20 to watch next

If you loved Class of 1999 (1990) — a science fiction and action film directed by Mark L. Lester — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Class of 1999 most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like future, cyborg and killer robot. 12 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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   Chappie 2015★ 6.8

   Shares: Action, Science Fiction

   Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

   Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel, Sonyliv Amazon Channel

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   Terminator Salvation 2009★ 6.1

   Shares: Action, Science Fiction

   All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.

   Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Sony Liv, VI movies and tv

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   Monsters of Man 2020★ 6.4

   Shares: Science Fiction, Action

   A robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing camp in the Golden Triangle, assuming they'd be killing drug runners that no one would miss. Six doctors on a humanitarian mission witness the brutal slaughter and become prime targets.

   Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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   Upgrade 2018★ 7.5

   Shares: Action, Science Fiction

   A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

   Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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   Blade Runner 2049 2017★ 7.6

   Shares: Science Fiction

   Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

   Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, Sony Liv

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   The Terminator 1984★ 7.7

   Shares: Action, Science Fiction

   In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

   Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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   Outside the Wire 2021★ 6.3

   Shares: Action, Science Fiction

   In the near future, a drone pilot is sent into a deadly militarized zone and must work with an android officer to locate a doomsday device.

   Stream in India on Netflix

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   Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991★ 8.2

   Shares: Action, Science Fiction

   Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

   Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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   Blade Runner 1982★ 7.9

   Shares: Science Fiction

   In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

   Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads

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    Hardware 1990★ 6.0

    Shares: Science Fiction

    Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.

    Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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    Soulm8te 2026★ 7.4

    Shares: Science Fiction

    After a ruthless tech giant acquires a small robotics company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to reprogram her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops needs of her own—unleashing a relentless spree of precision-engineered mayhem.

    Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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    Death Machine 1995★ 5.8

    Shares: Action, Science Fiction

    Chaank Armaments is experimenting with the ultimate fighting machine which is part human - part machine. So far, the Hardman project has been unreliable and has killed a number of innocent people. The genius behind this project is Jack who lives in a world of models, toys and magazines. When he is fired by Cale for killing a few corporate officers, he unleashes the ultimate killing machine called the 'Warbeast' against Cale and those who would help her.

    Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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    RoboCop 2 1990★ 6.0

    Shares: Action, Science Fiction

    After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path, uses Cane as the new subject for the RoboCop 2 project, a living God.

    Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel

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    Turbo Kid 2015★ 6.5

    Shares: Action, Science Fiction

    In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, an orphaned teen must battle a ruthless warlord to save the girl of his dreams.

    Stream in India on JioHotstar

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    Deadly Friend 1986★ 6.1

    Shares: Science Fiction

    When tragedy strikes his remarkable robot and the beautiful girl next door, lonely teenage genius Paul tries to save them by pushing technology beyond its known limits into a terrifying new realm.

    Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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    The Machine 2013★ 5.9

    Shares: Science Fiction

    Already deep into a second Cold War, Britain’s Ministry of Defense seeks a game-changing weapon. Programmer Vincent McCarthy unwittingly provides an answer in The Machine, a super-strong human cyborg. When a programming bug causes the prototype to decimate his lab, McCarthy takes his obsessive efforts underground, far away from inquisitive eyes.

    Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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    Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2003★ 6.2

    Shares: Action, Science Fiction

    It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised.

    Stream in India on Sony Liv, Sonyliv Amazon Channel

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    Wifelike 2022★ 6.5

    Shares: Science Fiction

    A grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the programming of the artificial human assigned as his companion to behave like his late wife. She begins to question her reality as memories of a past life begin to surface in a world where nothing is as it seems.

    Stream in India on Netflix

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    Zardoz 1974★ 5.9

    Shares: Action, Science Fiction

    In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

    Not on subscription streaming in India right now

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    Companion 2025★ 7.0

    Shares: Science Fiction

    During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.

    Stream in India on Netflix