Movies like Outland: 20 to watch next
If you loved Outland (1981) — a science fiction, action and thriller film directed by Peter Hyams — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Outland most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like husband wife relationship, jupiter and wife. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Serenity 2005★ 7.4
Shares: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
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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Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods 2009★ 7.2
Shares: Action, Science Fiction
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
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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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Fortress 1992★ 6.1
Shares: Action, Thriller, 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
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Dark Angel 1990★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. While involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner is killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene...
Stream in India on MGM Plus 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
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Europa Report 2013★ 6.3
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
A crew travels to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, to investigate signs of life in its subsurface ocean, but disaster cuts them off from Earth, leading to a tense and dangerous exploration.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Riddick 2013★ 6.3
Shares: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
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
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Last Man Down 2021★ 6.1
Shares: Action, Thriller
After civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered, a special forces soldier abandons his duty and becomes a hermit in the Nordic wilderness. Years later, a wounded woman appears on his doorstep. She's escaped from a lab and her pursuers believe her blood is the key to a worldwide cure. He's hesitant to get involved, but all doubts are cast aside when he discovers her pursuer is none other than Commander Stone, the man that murdered his wife some years ago.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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S.W.A.T.: Under Siege 2017★ 5.9
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
When a D.E.A. and S.W.A.T. cartel takedown ends in a shootout, S.W.A.T. Agent Travis Hall seizes a mysterious prisoner taking him into custody. Before long, the S.W.A.T. compound is under siege by wave-after-wave of assault teams attempting to recover the prisoner known as “The Scorpion” for the tattoo blazed across his back. When Travis discovers that his prisoner is a Secret Ops double agent planted within the cartel, it’s up to him and his expert S.W.A.T. team to keep “The Scorpion” and his billion dollar secrets safe.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Braven 2018★ 6.2
Shares: Action, Thriller
A logger defends his family from a group of dangerous drug runners.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kin 2018★ 6.1
Shares: Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
A young boy finds a powerful otherworldly weapon, which he uses to save his older adoptive brother from a crew of thugs. Before long, the two of them are also pursued by federal agents and mysterious mercenaries aiming to reclaim their asset.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Aliens 1986★ 8.0
Shares: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Elizabeth Harvest 2018★ 6.1
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
The newly married Elizabeth arrives with her new husband, the scientist Henry, at a magnificent house. He tells her that she can do there anything she pleases, except to enter a certain closed room.
Stream in India on Plex
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Voyagers 2021★ 6.0
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
With the future of the human race at stake, a group of young men and women -- bred for intelligence and obedience -- embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. When they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they defy their training and begin to explore their most primitive natures. As life on the ship descends into chaos, they soon become consumed by fear, lust and an insatiable hunger for power.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Maximum Risk 1996★ 5.8
Shares: Action, Thriller, Crime
Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend. Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents, the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Osiris 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Science Fiction, Action
Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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The Substitute 1996★ 7.0
Shares: Action, Crime, Thriller
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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
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Into Pitch Black 2000★ 6.0
Shares: Action, Science Fiction, Crime
After the events of Pitch Black, a contractor is hired to locate Riddick, dead or alive. He reviews available information on him and the events of Pitch Black. Terrified, he hires a female cyberpunk merc to do the job for him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now