
Movies that feel likeBrainstorm (1983)
If you loved Brainstorm, the closest films we have are Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), Paradise (2023) and Liquid Sky (1982). All three share Brainstorm's cerebral and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Born in Flames (1983).
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If Brainstorm hit the spot, these will too

Cerebral where it counts, tense underneath
The difference: Reviewed even better

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Brainstorm does

Both lean on ideas more than on science fiction

Tense thriller in both cases

The science fiction is handled with the same confidence

The same thriller instincts

Both know what they want from science fiction
The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than Brainstorm does

Thriller of the same temperament

Both play thriller straight

Cut from the same science fiction cloth

Both are science fiction through and through
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