Movies Like Source Code

Source Code (2011) is a thriller and science fiction film directed by Duncan Jones. Its recurring themes include race against time, bomb, virtual reality, identity. The 20 films below were selected because they overlap with it on measurable signals — shared genres, shared themes, overlapping cast or crew, and the audiences TMDB records as watching both. Source Code stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga; where a recommendation shares one of those performers it is noted on the card.

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20 movies similar to Source Code

The Thirteenth Floor (1999) poster

The Thirteenth Floor

1999Thriller, Science Fiction7.1

In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his…

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Science Fiction • Mystery • virtual reality • surrealism

Frequency (2000) poster

Frequency

2000Science Fiction, Crime7.3

When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. Afte…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Thriller • race against time • investigation • time travel

Mercy (2026) poster

Mercy

2026Science Fiction, Action7.1

In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced AI Judge he once championed, before it d…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Thriller • race against time • bomb

Next (2007) poster

Next

2007Action, Science Fiction6.1

Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interes…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Thriller • time travel • time loop

Déjà Vu (2006) poster

Déjà Vu

2006Action, Thriller6.9

Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret g…

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Science Fiction • time travel

12:01 (1993) poster

12:01

1993Science Fiction, Thriller6.2

Office employee Barry Thomas is caught in a "time bounce" caused by a glitch in the company's secret project. Now the same day occurs again and again - and Barry's the only one who…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Thriller • time travel • time loop

Super 8 (2011) poster

Super 8

2011Thriller, Science Fiction6.8

In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances…

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Science Fiction • Mystery

Brainstorm (1983) poster

Brainstorm

1983Science Fiction, Thriller6.2

Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their o…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Thriller • virtual reality

Primer (2004) poster

Primer

2004Science Fiction, Drama6.7

A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention sta…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Thriller • time travel

Spellbound (1945) poster

Spellbound

1945Thriller, Mystery7.4

When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an…

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Mystery

The Medusa Touch (1978) poster

The Medusa Touch

1978Horror, Thriller6.8

A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerf…

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Science Fiction • Mystery

Paycheck (2003) poster

Paycheck

2003Action, Adventure6.2

Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapa…

Why it’s similar: Mystery • Science Fiction • Thriller

Eagle Eye (2008) poster

Eagle Eye

2008Mystery, Thriller6.5

Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the uns…

Why it’s similar: Mystery • Thriller

Interstellar (2014) poster

Interstellar

2014Adventure, Drama8.5

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an in…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Knives Out (2019) poster

Knives Out

2019Comedy, Crime7.8

When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted…

Why it’s similar: Mystery

Free Guy (2021) poster

Free Guy

2021Comedy, Adventure7.4

A bank teller discovers he is actually a background player in an open-world video game, and decides to become the hero of his own story. Now, in a world where there are no limits,…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Ready Player One (2018) poster

Ready Player One

2018Adventure, Action7.6

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Sicario (2015) poster

Sicario

2015Action, Crime7.4

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

Why it’s similar: Thriller

Zodiac (2007) poster

Zodiac

2007Crime, Mystery7.5

Over the course of a decade, editors of the San Francisco Chronicle entice themselves in the murders of the Zodiac Killer. However, as time runs its course, interest in the case dw…

Why it’s similar: Mystery • Thriller • investigation • Also stars Jake Gyllenhaal

Time Lapse (2014) poster

Time Lapse

2014Thriller, Science Fiction6.5

Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to de…

Why it’s similar: Thriller • Science Fiction • Mystery

How this list was built

Candidates come from the recommendation and similar-title data TMDB publishes for Source Code, merged and deduplicated. Each candidate is then re-ranked on genre overlap, shared TMDB keywords, shared director or cast members, and audience-rating confidence. Titles without a poster, a synopsis or enough votes to be a meaningful signal are dropped rather than padded in — which is why some pages show ten results and others twenty.

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