Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Short Circuit

If you loved Short Circuit, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Time Shifters

The Time Shifters

1999★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Tom Merrick gets caught up in a time-traveling conspiracy and must set the timeline right before it is irrevocably altered....

#2
Before I Fall

Before I Fall

2017★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begin...

#3
Space/Time

Space/Time

2025★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or...

#4
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final ...

#5
In Time

In Time

2011★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

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 ...

#6
The Giver

The Giver

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "r...

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