Movies Like The Man from Earth

The Man from Earth (2007) is a science fiction and drama film directed by Richard Schenkman. Its recurring themes include immortality, birthday, legend, philosophy. 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. The Man from Earth stars David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley; where a recommendation shares one of those performers it is noted on the card.

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20 movies similar to The Man from Earth

In Time (2011) poster

In Time

2011Action, Thriller7.0

In the not-too-distant future, the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • immortality • time

In the Blink of an Eye (2026) poster

In the Blink of an Eye

2026Science Fiction, Drama5.9

Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection, and the circle of life.

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Drama

Dead Poets Society (1989) poster

Dead Poets Society

1989Drama8.3

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, cour…

Why it’s similar: Drama • philosophy • professor

I'll Follow You Down (2013) poster

I'll Follow You Down

2013Science Fiction, Drama6.0

After the disappearance of a young scientist on a business trip, his son and wife struggle to cope, only to make a bizarre discovery years later – one that may bring him home.

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Drama • professor

Gravity (2013) poster

Gravity

2013Science Fiction, Thriller7.2

Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewal…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Drama

Omni Loop (2024) poster

Omni Loop

2024Science Fiction, Drama6.0

Diagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest and stuck in a loop reliving the last five days of her life, a 55-year-old wife and mother from Miami, Florida decides to solve…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Drama

Lucky (2017) poster

Lucky

2017Drama7.3

Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of…

Why it’s similar: Drama

Stowaway (2021) poster

Stowaway

2021Science Fiction, Drama6.0

A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Drama

Things to Come (1936) poster

Things to Come

1936Drama, Science Fiction6.5

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

Why it’s similar: Drama • Science Fiction

The Last Mimzy (2007) poster

The Last Mimzy

2007Drama, Science Fiction6.3

Two siblings begin to develop special talents after they find a mysterious box of toys, and soon their parents and even their teacher are drawn into a strange new world – and find…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Science Fiction

The Matrix (1999) poster

The Matrix

1999Action, Science Fiction8.3

Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

A Beautiful Mind (2001) poster

A Beautiful Mind

2001Drama, Romance7.9

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking disco…

Why it’s similar: Drama

The Sixth Sense (1999) poster

The Sixth Sense

1999Mystery, Thriller8.0

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

Why it’s similar: Drama

The Substance (2024) poster

The Substance

2024Horror, Science Fiction7.1

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Logan (2017) poster

Logan

2017Action, Drama7.8

In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Science Fiction • immortality

Annihilation (2018) poster

Annihilation

2018Science Fiction, Horror6.4

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) poster

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022Action, Adventure7.7

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

The Matrix Revolutions (2003) poster

The Matrix Revolutions

2003Adventure, Action6.8

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction

Ghost in the Shell (2017) poster

Ghost in the Shell

2017Science Fiction, Drama6.1

In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous…

Why it’s similar: Science Fiction • Drama • philosophy

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 • Drama

How this list was built

Candidates come from the recommendation and similar-title data TMDB publishes for The Man from Earth, 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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