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To the Stars by Hard Ways (1981)
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Original name: Через тернии к звёздам
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A Star-ship discovers a dead alien space craft. All the humanoid crew are dead except for one woman. When revived she remembers nothing of the accident which crippled the space craft, and is brought back to earth to be studied.
Plot:
alien planet, alien, distopia, artificial intelligence, surrealism, female nudity, space travel, murder, ecology, rescue, midget, ecological disaster, dwarf, memory, wasteland, genetic engineering, humanoid, eugenics, mind control, dna, end of civilization, murder of family, satire, survivor, good versus evil ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, futuristic, suspenseful and exciting films with plots about space, distopia, space travel, alien, spacecraft, danger and space and aliens mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like To the Stars by Hard Ways: Kraa! The Sea Monster (1998), The End of Eternity (1987), The Moon (1965), Star Quest: The Odyssey (2009), Moon Rainbow (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 137 min.
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Duration: 51 min.
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Place:
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Story:
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Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Duration: 89 min.
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Captain Rameses and his Legion of the Winged Serpent brigade are out to claim Earth for their dying race. Out to save Earth is an alien guard patrol located in the Bermuda Triangle, the League of Races. LOR leaders warn Rameses that he's ...
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Story:
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