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Movies that feel likeThe Unthinkable (2018)

Sweden faces a mysterious attack while Alex tries to reunite with his youth love, Anna.

If you loved The Unthinkable, the closest films we have are Krrish (2006), Paradise (2023) and War Machine (2026). All three share The Unthinkable's cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Warriors of Future (2022).

🍅 77% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Victor Danelltensekineticcerebralcontemplativeromantic
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Krrish
2006 · dir. Rakesh Roshan
🍅 88%★ 6.5action · science fiction

Kinetic where it counts, cerebral underneath

The difference: Trades the tension of The Unthinkable for an angle of its own

In Singapore, Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become a masked superhero named Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.

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Paradise
2023 · dir. Boris Kunz
🍅 100%★ 6.3science fiction · thrillerNetflix

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

A man sees the dark side of the time-manipulating biotech company he works for when a crushing debt forces his wife to give up 40 years of her own life.

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War Machine
2026 · dir. Patrick Hughes
🍅 66%★ 6.3action · science fiction · thrillerNetflix

Action with a pulse of tension, in both cases

On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.

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Open Your Eyes
1997 · dir. Alejandro Amenábar
🍅 87%★ 7.7drama · thriller · science fictionPrime VideoMax

Both land stillness and romance at once

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1990s show

Handsome 25-year-old Cesar had it all -- a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women -- until he is thrown into a strange psychological mystery after a car accident scars his face and lands him in prison.

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Warriors of Future
2022 · dir. Ng Yuen-Fai
🍅 88%★ 5.6drama · action · science fictionNetflix

Science fiction built on momentum, twice over

When a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save their post-apocalyptic city from total collapse.

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How I Fell in Love with a Gangster
2022 · dir. Maciej Kawulski
🍅 60%★ 6.1crime · action · dramaNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: love

The difference: Leans harder into crime than The Unthinkable does

A mysterious woman recounts the rise and fall of Nikodem "Nikoś" Skotarczak, one of the biggest gangsters in Poland's history. Inspired by a true story.

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Yakuza Princess
2021 · dir. Vicente Amorim
🍅 34%★ 4.8action · thrillerPrime Video

Cerebral drama in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

In Brazil, Akemi finds out that she's the heiress to the Yakuza empire. Just after that, her destiny enters a spiral of violence and mystery, where a gaijin (foreigner) who's been protecting her all this time, Shirô, may have been actually sent to kill her.

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The Blackout
2019 · dir. Egor Baranov
🍅 57%★ 6thriller · science fiction · actionPrime Video

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from space. What military forces find outside the ring is shocking.

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I Am Number Four
2011 · dir. D.J. Caruso
🍅 32%★ 6.1action · thriller · science fiction

Romantic action, and it commits to that

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.

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Project Almanac
2015 · dir. Dean Israelite
🍅 38%★ 6.4science fiction · thriller

Common ground: love

A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.

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The Flu
2013 · dir. Kim Sung-soo
🍅 33%★ 6.6action · science fiction · thrillerPrime Video

Kinetic science fiction in both cases

A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.

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Bleeding Steel
2017 · dir. Leo Zhang
🍅 24%★ 5.2science fiction · action · adventure

Different title, same corner of the shelf

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than The Unthinkable does

A hardened special forces agent fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they have met in a different life.

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