Movies Like Terror from the Year 5000 (1958)

Terror from the Year 5000 is a 1958 science fiction film from Robert J. Gurney Jr. with a MovieMagicScore of 3.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Tarantula and The Fly.

Science Fiction

Tarantula

1955

A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.

6.5

MagicScore

The Fly

1986

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

7.4

MagicScore

The Fly

1958

Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.

7.0

MagicScore

Return of the Fly

1959

Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have disastrous results, turning Philippe into a horrible half-man, half-fly creature.

6.1

MagicScore

The H-Man

1958

When a narcotics deal goes sour and a suspect disappears, leaving only his clothes, Tokyo police question his wife and stake out the nightclub where she works.

5.7

MagicScore

Annihilation

2018

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

6.4

MagicScore

Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime

1968

Recovering from an attempted suicide, a man is selected to participate in a time travel experiment that has only been tested on mice. A malfunction in the experiment causes the man to experience moments from his past in a random order.

6.5

MagicScore

A Sound of Thunder

2005

When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.

4.9

MagicScore

Return of the Killer Shrews

2012

A reality TV crew charter a boat to an island for filming, one which the boat's captain had been to before and attacked by giant shrews, more than fifty years earlier.

5.3

MagicScore

#10

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

2002

Exploring the further adventures of Carmen and Juni Cortez, who have now joined the family spy business as Level 2 OSS agents. Their new mission is to save the world from a mad scientist living on a volcanic island populated by an imaginative menagerie of creatures. On this bizarre island, none of the Cortez's gadgets work and they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive and save the day.

5.7

MagicScore

#11

Cyborg 2087

1966

In the future world of the year 2087, freedom of thought is illegal and the thoughts of the world's populations are controlled by the government. A small band of "free thinkers" send a cyborg back in time to the year 1966 to prevent a scientist from making the breakthrough that will eventually lead to the mass thought control of the future. Our time traveler soon discovers he is not alone when government agents from the future try to prevent him from carrying out his mission.

5.8

MagicScore

#12

Re-Animator

1985

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

2 Lava 2 Lantula!

2016

When an unprecedented amount of sinkholes erupt all over Florida, a new nest of fire spitting LAVALANTULAS is awakened… wreaking their fiery havoc all over the sunshine state.

5.1

MagicScore

#14

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

2011

Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

7.4

MagicScore

#15

Empire of the Ants

1977

A Florida real estate developer and her captain lure investors to a property in the Everglades called Dreamland Shores, under false pretenses that the swampland will soon be developed. After the group arrives on a small island, they find it has been overrun by giant mutated ants, brought on by the dumping of toxic waste in the area.

4.9

MagicScore

#16

Zaat

1971

A mad scientist unleashes his master plan: to transform himself into a mutated walking catfish, and gain revenge on those who have spurned him. His plans go wrong, and he becomes tempted to kidnap a nubile young woman to similarly transform her so that he can breed.

2.7

MagicScore

#17

Blood Glacier

2013

At a climate research station in the Alps, the scientists are stunned as the nearby melting glacier is leaking a red liquid. It quickly turns to be very special juice — with unexpected genetic effects on the local wildlife.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

The Damned

1962

An American tourist and a troubled young woman are chased by her gang leader brother to a top secret British government facility that conducts experiments on children.

6.2

MagicScore

#19

The Land That Time Forgot

1974

During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British passenger ship and takes the survivors aboard. After getting lost in fog, the submarine surfaces near the unknown island of Caprona, a lost world where they find dinosaurs and Neanderthals.

5.7

MagicScore

#20

Fantastic Voyage

1966

In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Terror from the Year 5000?

The top films similar to Terror from the Year 5000 by MovieMagicScore are Tarantula (6.5), The Fly (7.4), The Fly (7.0). Each shares science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Terror from the Year 5000 worth watching?

Terror from the Year 5000 holds a MovieMagicScore of 3.5/10 from 24 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Terror from the Year 5000?

Terror from the Year 5000 (1958) is a science fiction film directed by Robert J. Gurney Jr., starring Ward Costello, Joyce Holden, Frederic Downs.

Where can I find more recommendations like Terror from the Year 5000?

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About movies like Terror from the Year 5000

This ranked list pairs Terror from the Year 5000 (1958), a science fiction film from Robert J. Gurney Jr., with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ward Costello 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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