Movies like The Man from Planet X: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Man from Planet X (1951) — a science fiction, thriller and horror film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Man from Planet X most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like mind control, scotland and telepathy. 7 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Quatermass 2 1957★ 6.4
Shares: Science Fiction, Horror
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
Stream in India on Artiflix, Plex
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Invaders from Mars 1953★ 5.9
Shares: Science Fiction, Horror
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Arrival 1996★ 6.0
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956★ 7.5
Shares: Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Disclosure Day 2026★ 7.4
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove there's life beyond our understanding.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Asphyx 1972★ 6.0
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Quatermass and the Pit 1967★ 6.7
Shares: Science Fiction, Horror
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London Underground station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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This Island Earth 1955★ 6.0
Shares: Science Fiction, Horror
Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Self/less 2015★ 6.4
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
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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The Astronaut 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA’s care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Star Trek: Insurrection 1998★ 6.5
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Automata 2014★ 5.9
Shares: Thriller, Science Fiction
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, MX Player
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Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack 1979★ 7.0
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
A compilation of Battlestar Galactica episodes 10–12 and 21, with alternate footage. Running low on fuel, the Battlestar Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylons.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Return of the Fly 1959★ 6.1
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have disastrous results, turning Philippe into a horrible half-man, half-fly creature.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Island of Lost Souls 1932★ 6.9
Shares: Science Fiction, Horror
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Looker 1981★ 6.2
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and starts investigating. What he uncovers are the mysterious - and perhaps murderous - activities of a high-tech computer company called Digital Matrix.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I Am Number Four 2011★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller, Science Fiction
A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly normal teen John Smith never gets too comfortable in the same identity, and along with his guardian, Henri, he is constantly moving from town to town. With each passing day, John gains a stronger grasp on his extraordinary new powers, and his bond to the beings that share his fantastic fate grows stronger.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Space/Time 2025★ 5.8
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Signs 2002★ 6.7
Shares: Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I Am Mother 2019★ 6.7
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
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.
Stream in India on Netflix