Mickey 17 is a treat for sci-fi and black comedy fans. Mixing humor with a unique spin on a human cloning premise, Mickey 17 nails director Bong Joon Ho’s knack for biting social commentary as it probes the topics of experimentation, cruelty, autonomy, and identity alongside a delightful performance from Robert Pattinson.
Viewers interested in more ambitious and thoughtful sci-fi and black comedies can use our guide to find out where to watch the 10 best movies like Mickey 17 on platforms like Netflix, Paramount+, and more.
Edge of Tomorrow
Edge of Tomorrow parallels Mickey 17 with its theme of “live, die, repeat.” In the movie, Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) is assigned to an infantry unit to combat an alien invasion. He dies shortly after the beginning of the battle but becomes stuck in a time loop, reliving the day of his death over and over again while trying to find out how to change the day’s outcome. Although Edge of Tomorrow leans more into action than Mickey 17 and isn’t as profound, it’s a wildly entertaining and trippy sci-fi movie that lightly probes similar topics about humanity and expandability, as well as human resilience and learning capacity.
Happy Death Day
Happy Death Day is an excellent choice for viewers seeking a more lighthearted and irreverent alternative to Mickey 17. The black comedy follows Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe), a self-centered and mean-spirited young woman who dies on her birthday, only to find herself stuck in a nightmarish loop where she continues reliving the day of her death. Like Mickey 17, it explores the concept of one living after repeatedly dying, though it leans more deeply into dark humor. Although it doesn’t provide as thoughtful social critique as Mickey 17, it’s a lighthearted alternative that embraces its campiness and absurdism.
High Life
High Life and Mickey 17 share a lead star in Pattinson. High Life sees Pattinson take on the role of Monte, one of several prisoners on death row who are sent on a dangerous mission to outer space. Monte and his child are the last survivors when the mission goes terribly wrong, leaving them scrambling to correct their course away from a black hole. Both High Life and Mickey 17 explore individuals at the bottom of the social hierarchy and how authorities see them as expendable for experimentation and exploration. High Life is a bit darker than Mickey 17 but profoundly explores human survival in the bleakest situations.
Moon
Moon follows Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell), nearing the end of a three-year mission mining Helium-3 on the moon. However, when he discovers a doppelgänger on the planet who may be his clone, everything he thought he knew about the mission quickly unravels. Moon is a mind-bending sci-fi drama elevated by Rockwell’s compelling and emotionally raw performance. Set against the barren backdrop of the moon, it’s a haunting and moving portrayal of humanity. Like Mickey 17, the film uses the concept of cloning to sound the alarm on unfettered technological advancement and to examine what makes one human.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go is a unique dystopian sci-fi romance that poignantly explores what cloning could look like. The film tracks Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Ruth (Keira Knightley), and Tommy (Andrew Garfield), three clones who were created and raised with the sole purpose of becoming organ donors as young adults. However, as they become entangled in a love triangle, they begin harboring hopes of escaping the fate chosen for them. Never Let Me Go takes a subtler, more haunting approach to cloning, but ultimately achieves the same goal as Mickey 17 of examining what it means to be human in a society that has advanced to the point of transcending death.
Oblivion
Oblivion follows Jack Harper (Cruise), a repairman on an earth ravaged by an alien invasion. As he’s about to complete his mission and join the last human remnants on a space colony, a downed spacecraft with a surviving woman leads him to question the truth about his mission and the invasion. Oblivion is a visually dazzling sci-fi spectacle that uses the sci-fi concept of clones for mind-boggling twists and turns. Like Mickey 17, Oblivion blends the genres of sci-fi, drama, and romance, although it leans more toward entertainment value than commentary, making it a lighter alternative for viewers.
Okja
Okja is another one of Bong’s movies. In the film, a young farm girl, Mija (Ahn Seo-hyun), forms a bond with a genetically modified “super pig,” Okja. When a greedy CEO, Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton), takes Okja for her own profit, Mija sets out to rescue the pig. Okja highlights the topics of animal cruelty and experimentation with an even sharper lens than Mickey 17. It also boasts the same genre-blending and eccentricity as Mickey 17 as its imaginative story probes sci-fi themes through fantasy/action-adventure and offbeat characters like Swinton’s Mirando and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Johnny Wilcox.
Snowpiercer
Bong’s Snowpiercer is a post-apocalyptic thriller that takes place in a futuristic world where much of life on earth has been wiped out by a new Ice Age. The last remnants of society have spent 17 years on a nonstop, circumnavigational train, but the peace is soon disrupted when Curtis Everett (Chris Evans) leads a revolution to protest the squalid conditions of people experiencing poverty, who are segregated to the back of the train. Snowpiercer parallels Mickey 17 with its futuristic, dystopian concept and commentary on class inequality while setting itself apart with its audacious premise, world-building, and near-flawless execution.
The Island
The Island takes place in a dystopian society where humanity lives in underground compounds. Scientists who run the compound tell the residents that all but one island in the outside world is contaminated. Every week, one lucky inhabitant is selected to go to the island. However, when resident Lincoln Six Echo (Ewan McGregor) notices holes in the scientists’ story, he sets out to find the truth about the compound and the outside world. While The Island morphs more into an action film towards the latter half, it explores the same concepts of Mickey 17 about the treatment of clones and whether they meet the definition of “human.”
They Cloned Tyrone
They Cloned Tyrone follows an unlikely trio comprised of drug dealer Fontaine (John Boyega), his client Slick Charles (Jamie Foxx), and sex worker Yo-Yo (Teyonah Paris), who begin investigating unexplainable phenomena in their suburban neighborhood and soon uncover dark government secrets. Like Mickey 17, They Cloned Tyrone mixes complex sci-fi concepts with comedy through its eccentric cast of characters and use of absurdist humor. Additionally, its social and political commentary is even sharper as it uses the cloning premise to explore ideas about conformity and racial assimilation.
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