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10 Best Movies Like The Philadelphia Experiment

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

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#1
The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

1954★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Philadelphia Experiment for fans of Adventure & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one t...

#2
The Time Machine

The Time Machine

2002★ 6.3

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

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....

#3
Stargate: Continuum

Stargate: Continuum

2008★ 7.1

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

Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history....

#4
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

2016★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Philadelphia Experiment for fans of Adventure & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them....

#5
Firefox

Firefox

1982★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Philadelphia Experiment for fans of Adventure & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectabl...

#6
The Perfect Storm

The Perfect Storm

2000★ 6.5

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

In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail....

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