Still in awe after watching inception? Inception was one of the best sci-fi movies ever made which starred our favorite Leonardo Dicaprio. Want more similar kinds of movies? You’ve landed at the right place. Here is our ultimate list of movies like Inception that will blow your mind.
1. The Fountain
- Directors: Darren Aronofsky
- Writers: Darren Aronofsky
- Cast: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie, Cliff Curtis, Donna Murphy, Ethan Suplee, Lorne Brass, Anish Majumdar
- IMDb: 7.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 52%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
One of the most mind-bending movies of the era, The Fountain is directed by Darren Aronofsky. In the film, it is shown how a guy does time travel to save his wife from dying. In the present-day situation, it was next to impossible to save his wife, as she was suffering from cancer. Will he able to save his wife? Watch the movie on Prime to find out.
2. The Prestige
- Directors: Christopher Nolan
- Writers: Jonathon Nolan, Christopher Nolan
- Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie, Andy Serkis, Daniel Davies, Roger Rees, Jamie Harris.
- IMDb: 8.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
- Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Jonathon Nolan was the director of The Prestige. Another Sci-fi movie on our list of movies like Inception. It is a story of magicians who were rivals of each other. An assistant magician died during a show. Both of the magicians blamed each other for this incident. To trick each other, they put in their best by keeping everybody’s life around them at stake. Will the people around them be saved? Watch the movie on amazon prime video now.
3. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Directors: Michael Gondry
- Writers: Michael Gondry, Charlie Kaufman.
- Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Gerry Robert Byrne, Elijah Wood, Thomas Jay Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jane Adams, David Cross, Kirsten Dunst, Ryan Whitney, Debbon Ayer, Brian Price.
- IMDb: 8.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Breakups are a part of every adult’s life. But Michael Gondry wrote a better way in the film Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind to get out of it. Clementine and Joel broke up. Clementine thought of a plan to remove Joel’s memories from her mind. As soon as Joel got this information about her, he also thought to follow her plan to forget her. With time, Joel started forgetting her and all her memories with her. The story shows how bad relationships can affect on lives of people. Watch Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind movie on Amazon Prime Video now.
4. Interstellar
- Directors: Christopher Nolan
- Writers: Christopher Nolan, Jonathon Nolan.
- Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Mackenzie Foy, John Lithgow, David Oyelowo, Bill Irwin, Anne Hathaway, Andrew Borba, Wes Bentley, William Devane, Michael Caine, David Gyasi.
- IMDb: 8.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
One of the best sci-fi movies by Christopher Nolan, The Interstellar(2014). This movie is also considered one of the best Sci-fi movies like inception with brilliant action sequences and time loop themes. The movie starts by showing the earth in great danger as it will start becoming uninhabited for humans. So Prof. Brand thought of a plan to transport the earth’s population to another planet. He would transport them via a warm hole.
So he thought to transport Cooper first as he was a former pilot. He planned to send cooper first so that he could figure out which planet would be the best to inhabit. It is a mind-bending kind of film. Watch this spectacular mind-bender now on Amazon Prime Video.
5. The Butterfly Effect
- Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber
- Writers: J. Mackye Gruber, Eric Bress.
- Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Melora Walters, Amy Smart, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Irina Gorovaia, Jesse James, Logan Lerman, Sarah Widdows, Jake Kaese, Cameron Bright, Eric Stoltz.
- IMDb: 7.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 33%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
The next Sci-fi movie on the list is The Butterfly Effect. Ashton Kutcher is the protagonist in Butterfly Effect. The Butterfly Effect is based on a college student. His name was Evan. He often used to get headaches due to which he used to get unconscious. During that time he used to time travel. He used to see his difficult times during childhood and could alter them. He even could alter his friend’s past. But due to it his and his friends present could get in danger. What do you think can happen bad in his present life? It is one of the most mind-bending movies. Watch the movie to get to know it.
6. The Game
- Directors: David Fincher
- Writer: John Brancato, Michael Ferris.
- Cast: Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Peter Donat, Carroll Baker, Anna Katarina, Charles Martinet, Caroline Barclay, Daniel Schorr, John Aprea.
- IMDb: 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 75%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
The next film on the list is The Game. The Game is written by Michael Ferris and Michael Douglas is the protagonist. This story is based on Nicholas Van Orton, a banker who was an introverted kind of a man. On his birthday, his brother visited him and gifted him a real-life game. Nicholas played a game a few times. The game didn’t harm in the beginning. Later on, the game interfered a lot in his life. Next, it is seen how Nicholas falls into big trouble. Will he be able to find answers to his questions? Watch the movie now on Amazon Prime Video.
7. Dark City
- Directors: Alex Proyas
- Writers: Alex Proyas
- Cast: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly, Ian Richardson, Bruce Spence, Colin Friels, John Bluthal, Mitchell Butel, Melissa George, Ritchie Singer, Justin Monjo.
- IMDb: 7.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 76%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Dark City is one of the best thriller films of the era. This movie shows the story of John. He awoke in a hotel alone. Then he later finds out that he has been announced wanted for the murders that he did. John was not able to figure out that did he really committed a murder? He forgot everything about himself and thought he had gone mad. Now, he has a mystery to solve about his identity. When he was near the end of the mystery, he finds that some evil is controlling an underworld who were called strangers. What happens next? Watch the movie to find out.
8. Paprika
- Directors: Satoshi Kon
- Writers: Yasutaka Tsutsui, Seishi Minakami.
- Cast: Megumi Hayashibara, Toru Furuya, Koichi Yamadera, Toru Emori, Akio Otsuka, Satomi Korogi, Daisuke Sakaguchi, Mitsuo Iwata, Satoshi Kon, Yasutaka Tsutsui.
- IMDb: 7.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
The paprika film is based on a scientist whose name was Atsuko Chiba. She used to work as a scientist in the day time and used to work as a detective during the night. As a detective, she had a code name of paprika. She was making a device with her friends to help psychiatric patients. But unfortunately, this device got into the wrong hands. Now she must get it back before the damage is done as that device had the ability to destroy people’s minds. This movie is directed by Seishi Minakami and Yasutaka Tsutsui. Watch the movie to know what happens next.
9. Edge of Tomorrow
- Directors: Doug Liman
- Writers: Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth.
- Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton, Jonas Armstrong, Tony Way, Kick Gurry, Franz Drameh, Charlotte Riley, Terence Maynard, Noah Taylor, Lara Pulver.
- IMDb: 7.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Tom Cruise is the protagonist in this movie. In the film, the world is shown to be in danger as some aliens have attacked on earth. No military of the world has the capability to fight against them. William cage was assigned the task to combat them. He was killed within moments. After death, he was traveling in time. He went in flashback and again saw his battle against the aliens followed by his death. In between this, his fighting ability increased, and was very near to beat the aliens. Will he be able to win against the aliens and save the world? Watch the film now to know.
10. The Thirteenth Floor
- Directors: Josef Rusnak
- Writers: Daniel F. Galouye, Josef Rusnak.
- Cast: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Dennis Haysbert, Steven Schub, Jeremy Roberts, Rif Hutton, Leon Rippy, Brad William Henke, Burt Bulos, Howard s. Miller, Tia Texada.
- IMDb: 7.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 30%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
The Thirteenth Floor is one of the best sci-fi films by Josef Rusnak. In the movie, a man is shown who doesn’t understand what is happening to him. As he just awoke, he found that a shirt full of blood stains was kept in his house. Also, his boss was found murdered the last night. He was not able to remember that did he commit it? Watch this film to know what are the reasons behind it.
11. Source Code
- Directors: Duncan Jones
- Writers: Ben Ripley
- Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, Michael Arden, Cas Anvar, Russell Peters, Craig Thomas, Gordon Masten, Susan Bain, Lincoln Ward, Albert Kwan, Kyle Gatehouse.
- IMDb: 7.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
One of the movies in the action thriller genre and a sci-fi film, Source code is directed by Duncan Jones. Jake Gyllenhaal is seen as the lead actor in this film. In this movie, Colter Stevens is shown as he had been included in the team for a special mission. The team’s mission was to get to know who the bomber is so that they could prevent similar explosions. During the mission, he got a chance to see the last minutes of Sean, who died in a train explosion. Due to that, he was confident that he could save the next explosion from happening. Will he be successful in his plan? Watch the film to get to know it.
12. What Dreams May Come
- Directors: Vincent Ward
- Writers: Richard Matheson, Ronald Bass.
- Cast: Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Max Von Sydow, Josh Paddock, Rosalind Chao, Lucinda Jenney, Wilma Bonet, Matt Salinger, June Carryl, Werner Herzog, Carin Sprague.
- IMDb: 7.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 54%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
It is shown in the film that a man met an accident. After death, he was sent to heaven where he had a very good life. He had the power to become anything that he wants. Even his kids were sent to heaven with him. After getting to know that his wife committed suicide and was sent to hell, he became angry. He planned to get her also in heaven. But it is not an easy task to bring her from hell to heaven. Will he be successful in doing so? Watch the movie to know.
13. Primer
- Directors: Shane Carruth
- Writers: Shane Carruth
- Cast: Shane Carruth, David Sullivan, Casey Gooden, Anand Upadhyaya, Carrie Crawford, Jay Butler, Juan Tapia, Ashley Warren, Samantha Thomson, Delaney Price, Jack Pyland.
- IMDb: 6.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 72%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Primer is one of the best thriller movies to watch. The movie shows the story of two engineers, named Aaron and Abe. They both were working to make a device that could help in error checking. But later they come to know that accidentally instead of what they wanted, they have built a time machine. They thought to make a better version of it so that they could transport people through it. This decision could be very bad for them. What will happen next? Watch this movie now on Amazon Prime Video to get to know?
14. Predestination
- Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
- Writers: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig.
- Cast: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Christopher Kirby, Kuni Hashimoto, Paul Moder, Grant Miro, Jamie Gleeson, Christina Tan, Dennis Coard, Ruby Simmonds, Cate Wolfe.
- IMDb: 7.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 84%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Predestination shows how a man does time travel to change the past. An agent who was given the last task in his career was asked to travel back in time. He asked to do so to prevent a bomb attack which blasted in 1975 in New York. This task is not that easy as it seems to be. Will he be successful in doing so? Watch the movie to get to know about it.
15. Coherence
- Directors: James Ward Byrkit
- Writers: James Ward Byrkit
- Cast: Emily Baldoni, Maury Stirling, Nicholas Brendon, Lorene Scafaria, Elizabeth Gracen, Hugo Armstrong, Lauren Maher, Carrie Patterson, Kelly Donovan, Mark Ballou.
- IMDb: 7.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Coherence is one of the science fiction movies whose director is James Ward Byrkit. In the movie, it is shown that eight friends assemble at an evening party. After some time, a comet passes in the sky which observed by all of them. After the passing of the comet, a series of strange events started happening at the party. It created trouble for all of them. Watch this movie now to know what actually happened?
16. Time Lapse
- Directors: Bradley King
- Writers: Bradley King, BP Cooper.
- Cast: Danielle Panabaker, Matt O’Leary, George Finn, John Rhys Davies, Amin Joseph, Jason Spisak, Sharon Maughan, David Figlioli, Judith Drake, Mark C. Hanson.
- IMDb: 6.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes: 78%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Time Lapsemfalls under the science fiction thriller genre. The movie shows how three friends got a photo device that had the ability to click the photo of one day ahead in the future. They became greedy after getting to know about such device and thus used it for personal gains. This decision could be very dangerous for them. Watch the movie to find out what wrong can happen to them.
Notable mentions
- Shutter Island (2010)
- Minority Report
- Donnie Darko
- Mr. Nobody
- Fight Club
- The Machinist
- The Truman Show
Add these movies to your watch list. We have come to the end of this article. Hollywood’s science fiction movies are the most viewed movies in the world. Science fiction movies are mind-boggling and thus forces us to think the other way. We collected the best thought-provoking and similar movies like inception for you. So, Viewers can watch the majority of the films above on Amazon Prime Video. And in this festive season, try binge-watching these mind-blowing movies with your loved ones and friends. Hope you spend a good time watching these movies.
