Movies like The Man from Earth: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Man from Earth (2007) — a science fiction and drama film directed by Richard Schenkman — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Man from Earth most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like immortality, birthday and legend. 11 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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In the Blink of an Eye 2026★ 5.9
Shares: Science Fiction, Drama
Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection, and the circle of life.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Time Trap 2017★ 6.3
Shares: Science Fiction
A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lucky 2017★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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In Time 2011★ 7.0
Shares: Science Fiction
In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest struggle to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who suddenly comes into a fortune of time finds himself on the run from a corrupt police force known as the "time keepers".
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I'll Follow You Down 2013★ 6.0
Shares: Science Fiction, Drama
After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later – one that may bring him home.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Mary 2024★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Gravity 2013★ 7.2
Shares: Science Fiction, Drama
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Omni Loop 2024★ 6.0
Shares: Science Fiction, Drama
Diagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest and stuck in a loop reliving the last five days of her life, a 55-year-old wife and mother from Miami, Florida decides to solve time travel in order to go back and be the person she always intended to be.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Stowaway 2021★ 6.0
Shares: Science Fiction, Drama
A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.
Stream in India on Netflix
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My Dinner with Hervé 2018★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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Brexit: The Uncivil War 2019★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Political strategist Dominic Cummings leads a popular but controversial campaign to convince British voters to leave the European Union from 2015 up until the present day.
Stream in India on BBC Player Amazon Channel
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The Last Mimzy 2007★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find a task ahead of them that is far more important than any of them could imagine.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Knowing 2009★ 6.3
Shares: Science Fiction
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Self/less 2015★ 6.4
Shares: Science Fiction
An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Things to Come 1936★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
Stream in India on Artiflix
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Sleep Dealer 2008★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Lost World 1960★ 5.8
Shares: Science Fiction
Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
Stream in India on Cultpix
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Paycheck 2003★ 6.2
Shares: Science Fiction
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2017★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Primer 2004★ 6.7
Shares: Science Fiction, Drama
A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now