Movies like Into Pitch Black: 20 to watch next

If you loved Into Pitch Black (2000) — a action, science fiction and crime film directed by M. David Melvin — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Into Pitch Black most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like prison, bounty hunter and prisoner. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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The Chronicles of Riddick 2004★ 6.6
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
2
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods 2009★ 7.2
Shares: Action, Science Fiction, TV Movie
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
Code 8 2019★ 6.3
Shares: Science Fiction, Action, Crime
In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves with a criminal gang to help his ailing mother. (Based on the short film “Code 8,” 2016.)
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Code 8 Part II 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Science Fiction, Action, Crime
In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
Stream in India on Netflix
5
Afterburn 2025★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
6
Rakka 2017★ 7.0
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
A story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing, and unrelenting, the humans must find enough courage to go on fighting.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
Megaboa 2021★ 6.3
Shares: Action, Science Fiction, TV Movie
On a trip to Colombia, a group of college students encounter a fifty-foot boa constrictor, hungry for blood.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Serenity 2005★ 7.4
Shares: Science Fiction, Action
A group of rebels travel the outskirts of space evading the sinister Alliance regime. Their lives of smuggling and cargo-running are interrupted by a psychic passenger who harbours a dangerous secret. Soon, the crew find themselves being pursued by an Alliance agent who will stop at nothing to find them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Alien³ 1992★ 6.4
Shares: Science Fiction, Action
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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5lbs of Pressure 2024★ 6.0
Shares: Crime, TV Movie
Fresh out of prison after serving time for murder, Adam returns to his old stomping grounds to seek out a son who doesn't know him. Eli, the brother of the man he killed is looking for revenge. Mike, is trying to escape a life of crime living under the thumb of his gangster Uncle.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Drive 1997★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Alien Nation 1988★ 6.1
Shares: Science Fiction, Crime, Action
A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Impostor 2001★ 6.1
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Last Days of American Crime 2020★ 6.4
Shares: Action, Crime
In the not-too-distant future, as a final response to crime and terrorism, the U.S. government plans to broadcast a signal that will make it impossible for anyone to knowingly break the law.
Stream in India on Netflix
15
Riddick 2013★ 6.3
Shares: Science Fiction, Action
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play
16
Fortress 1992★ 6.1
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
In the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife Karen are locked inside "The Fortress" but are determined to escape before the birth of their baby.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
DC Showcase: Adam Strange 2020★ 6.3
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
On a rugged asteroid mining colony, few of the toiling workers are aware that their town drunk was ever anything but an interplanetary derelict. But when the miners open a fissure into the home of a horde of deadly alien insects, his true identity is exposed. He is space adventurer Adam Strange, whose heroic backstory is played out in flashbacks as he struggles to save the very people who have scorned him for so long.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dr. Strange 1978★ 6.0
Shares: TV Movie, Action, Science Fiction
A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Attack on Titan 2022★ 5.9
Shares: Science Fiction, Action, TV Movie
As viable water is depleted on Earth, a mission is sent to Saturn's moon Titan to retrieve sustainable H2O reserves from its alien inhabitants. But just as the humans acquire the precious resource, they are attacked by Titan rebels, who don't trust that the Earthlings will leave in peace.
Stream in India on Bloodstream
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Long Distance 2024★ 6.6
Shares: Science Fiction, Action
After crash-landing on an alien planet, an asteroid miner must contend with the challenges of his new surroundings, while making his way across the harsh terrain to the only other survivor – a woman who is trapped in her escape pod.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now