
Movies that feel likePitch Black (2000)
If you loved Pitch Black, the closest films we have are Serenity (2005), Elysium (2013) and eXistenZ (1999). All three share Pitch Black's tense and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971).
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If Pitch Black hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) Β· Riddick (2013)

One thread runs through both: dystopia
The difference: Leans harder into adventure than Pitch Black does

Both are built on the same subject: dystopia
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Pitch Black does

The same mix in both: tension, then ideas
The difference: Takes it somewhere less awestruck than Pitch Black does

Kinetic where it counts, bleak underneath

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

Awestruck science fiction in both cases
The difference: 29 years apart, and the 1970s show

Action with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Both keep coming back to the same thing: intense

Common ground: survival

Thriller built on momentum, twice over

Both lean on bleakness more than on science fiction

Tense action in both cases
The difference: Reviewed even better
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