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Movies like Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars (2009) Finished Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars, and what it does not.
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Human vulnerability Space horror Scientific hubris Human nature Time travel Formal composition Practical effects Survival Your best matches Ranked against what Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars is actually about, not its genre labels.
75% Reverina match Top pick 2013 · Film · Drama · Science Fiction
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Why it matches Watched for the same thing: time travel and time travel Centres on the same antihero figure More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Shares its melancholic and hopeful register
Builds as slowly What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or survival Not about scientific hubris or human vulnerability Much less frightening Where it streams Hoopla Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars.
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2004 · Film · Thriller · Science Fiction
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: time travel and time travel Shares its melancholic and hopeful register Builds as slowly Carries the same emotional weight What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or survival Not about scientific hubris or human vulnerability Much less frightening Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars.
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1984 · Film · Action · Thriller
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: time travel and time travel Built around the same survival and moral ambiguity Shares its hopeful and angry register Builds as slowly What's different Not built around human nature Not about scientific hubris or human vulnerability More violent Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars.
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Also space horror at heart Shares its formal composition and practical effects look Stowaway 2021 · 1h 56m
Built around the same human nature and survival Shares its practical effects look Dawn of the Dead 2004
Built around the same human nature and survival Shares its hopeful and angry register STRAW 2025 · 1h 45m
Shares its high contrast look Shares its melancholic and hopeful register Saw 2004 · 1h 43m
Built around the same human nature and survival Centres on the same antihero figure Jaws 1975
Also about human vulnerability Shares its practical effects and high contrast look Loki 2021
Watched for the same thing: time travel and time travel Shares its high contrast look Colony 2026 · 2h 3m
Also about scientific hubris Built around the same moral ambiguity
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