Movies Like The Philadelphia Experiment (2012)

The Philadelphia Experiment is a 2012 adventure, mystery, science fiction, thriller film from Paul Ziller with a MovieMagicScore of 4.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Philadelphia Experiment and Philadelphia Experiment II.

Adventure Mystery Science Fiction Thriller

The Philadelphia Experiment

1984

Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.

6.1

MagicScore

Philadelphia Experiment II

1993

It is several years after the events of the first movie, and David Herdeg (the survivor of the Philadelphia Experiment from the first film) and Allison (the woman from 1984 he fell in love with) have married and have a child. David awakes, in agony, to a changed world. Germany won World War II and the United States is now about to mark 50 years as a Nazi conquest.

5.1

MagicScore

Terminator: Dark Fate

2019

Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected ally and an enhanced super soldier to stop the deadliest Terminator yet.

6.4

MagicScore

The Crow

2024

Soulmates Eric and Shelly are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.

5.8

MagicScore

Dirty Dancing

2017

Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, and nothing is ever the same for anyone in the Houseman family.

5.5

MagicScore

Night of the Living Dead 3D

2006

Barricaded in a farmhouse, a woman and a collegian must contend with flesh-eating zombies and a malevolent mortician.

3.9

MagicScore

Time Chasers

1994

Inventor Nick Miller dreams of traveling through time, of stopping war and curing humanity's problems. He invents the Transport, a time machine, to better the world. When he sells his invention to a defense contractor, the time machine is used by its evil CEO as a sinister weapon. Nick soon discovers that the future has been changed into a desolate wasteland controlled by gangs. Robertson has sold use of the Transport to anyone who wants to take advantage of knowing the normal course of history. The only way Nick can stop the destruction of the future is to erase his past. If somehow he can prevent his past-self from creating the Transport, the threat will be averted. In this pulse-pounding race through time that takes you from the future of 2041 to the Revolutionary War, Nick must risk everything to try and save the future!

2.7

MagicScore

Twelve Monkeys

1995

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

7.6

MagicScore

Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan

2016

Doraemon and his friends travel to ancient Japan where they meet Kukuru. When Kukuru tells them that his tribe has been enslaved by Gigazombie, Doraemon decides to help him.

6.6

MagicScore

#10

The Time Machine

2002

Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

The Lake House

2006

A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its former resident, a frustrated architect. They must try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.

7.0

MagicScore

#12

Just Visiting

2001

A knight and his valet are plagued by a witch, and to repair the damage they make use of the services of a wizard. However, something goes wrong and they are transported from the 12th century to the year 2000. There the knight meets some of his family and slowly learns what this new century is like. However, he still needs to get back to the 12th century to deal with the witch, so he starts looking for a wizard. Remake of 1993 French film Les Visiteurs (The Visitors).

4.7

MagicScore

#13

The Wicker Tree

2011

Gospel singer Beth and her cowboy boyfriend Steve leave Texas to preach door-to-door in Scotland. When, after initial abuse, they are welcomed with joy and elation to Tressock, the border fiefdom of Sir Lachlan Morrison, they're about to learn the real meaning of sacrifice.

4.0

MagicScore

#14

Gretel & Hansel

2020

A long time ago in a distant fairy tale countryside, a young girl leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.

6.0

MagicScore

#15

Before the Fall

2017

It's a classic case of opposite attraction: Handsome Ben Bennet is a gay, affluent, stylish attorney at the top of the genteel social set in southern Virginia, while Lee Darcy is a rough-hewn welder with a secret that he nightly tries to blot out with an excess of liquor.

5.3

MagicScore

#16

Popeye's Revenge

2025

The legend of Popeye haunts a group of counsellors as they intend to open a summer camp.

5.0

MagicScore

#17

American Guinea Pig: Bouquet of Guts and Gore

2015

A couple of young women are abducted and become the unwilling stars of a snuff film, wherein they are brutally tortured.

4.3

MagicScore

#18

Bermuda Island

2023

Passengers on their way to a tropical paradise crash at sea and find themselves on a deserted island. Desperate to survive the elements and infighting between survivors, they find that the island has more in store for them than they could ever imagine.

3.1

MagicScore

#19

Black Box

2021

Mathieu is a young and talented black box analyst on a mission to solve the reason behind the deadly crash of a brand new aircraft. Yet, when the case is closed by authorities, Mathieu cannot help but sense there is something wrong with the evidence. As he listens to the tracks again, he starts detecting some seriously disturbing details. Could the tape have been modified? Going against his boss' orders, Mathieu begins his own rogue investigation - an obsessional and dangerous quest for truth that will quickly threaten far more than his career...

7.3

MagicScore

#20

Plane

2023

After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Philadelphia Experiment?

The top films similar to The Philadelphia Experiment by MovieMagicScore are The Philadelphia Experiment (6.1), Philadelphia Experiment II (5.1), Terminator: Dark Fate (6.4). Each shares adventure/mystery/science fiction/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Philadelphia Experiment worth watching?

The Philadelphia Experiment holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.9/10 from 144 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Philadelphia Experiment?

The Philadelphia Experiment (2012) is a adventure, mystery, science fiction, thriller film directed by Paul Ziller, starring Ryan Robbins, Nicholas Lea, Malcolm McDowell.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Philadelphia Experiment?

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About movies like The Philadelphia Experiment

This ranked list pairs The Philadelphia Experiment (2012), a adventure and mystery and science fiction and thriller film from Paul Ziller, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ryan Robbins take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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