Movies like Flash Gordon
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Flash Gordon (1980)
58K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant, Ming the Merciless, to save Earth.
Style:
campy, psychotronic, exciting, humorous, sexy, epic, futuristic, parody, funny, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, superhero, alien, space, mad scientist, emperor, american football, robot, apocalypse, end of the world, mind reading, mind control, meteor shower, megalomaniac, eroticism, weather manipulation, guilty pleasure, princess, forest, plane crash, telekinesis, planet, dictator, super villain, telepathy ...
Time:
80s, future, 1930s
Place:
new york, usa
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Most similar movies to Flash Gordon
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, cult film, futuristic and psychotronic films with plots about battles, good versus evil, danger, heroes, alien, weapons and dialogue mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Flash Gordon: Krull (1983), Barbarella (1968), The Black Hole (1979), Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), The Ice Pirates (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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34K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
Style:
dark fantasy, exciting, light, futuristic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
sword and sorcery, good versus evil, giant spider, monster, magic, alien, space, sword, medieval, fortress, rescue, sword fight ...
Time:
80s, future, middle ages
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
Style:
futuristic, sexy, surreal, erotic, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
space opera, alien, mad scientist, sexuality, angel, cult, space, alien planet, laser gun, astronaut, apocalypse, sexual fantasy ...
Time:
future, 1930s, 60s, distant future
Place:
yukon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Three women makes an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to rescue them and meets Niki, the only Earthling left from a medical expedition. Combining their ...
Style:
intense, semi serious, suspenseful, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
space opera, space travel, post apocalypse, survival, future dystopia, alien, space and aliens, distopia, monster, space, maze, rescue ...
Time:
future, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The explorer craft U.S.S. Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the magnificent U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space, mad scientist, cyborgs, disney, astronaut, robot, black hole, scientist, alien, suspense, spacecraft ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Style:
futuristic, humorous, stylized, exciting, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, good versus evil, space travel, alien, space adventure, space, death, vengeance, robot, mercenary, spacecraft, space battle ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The time is the distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled ...
Style:
futuristic, parody, humorous, apocalyptic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
pirate, time travel, space, space travel, treasure hunt, robot, desert, apocalypse, castration, ice, distopia, sword fight ...
Time:
future, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
This Italian-Turkish co-production helmed by genre veteran Antonio Margheriti (using the pseudonym "Anthony M. Dawson") was cobbled together from a four-part science-fiction miniseries shown on Italian television. In prehistoric times, the ...
Style:
campy, ridiculous, surreal, futuristic, parody ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, dinosaur, sword, beast, distopia, monster, caveman, sword and sorcery, desert, barbarian, robot, violence ...
Time:
prehistory, stone age, 80s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner ...
Style:
serious, surprise ending, suspenseful, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
superhero, good versus evil, sword fight, time travel, villain, sword, violence, evil man, skeleton, magical sword, beast, monster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An Earthman returns to the planet Gor, and fights against tyranny.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, psychotronic, stylized ...
Plot:
sword and sorcery, space wars, criminal, sword, vegetarian, time travel, thinness, escapades, adventurer, rivalry, heroic mission, slavery ...
Time:
middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, fairy tale, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, life turned upside down, space, genetics, save the lady, space and aliens, destiny, space travel, space wars, creature, good versus evil, heroes ...
Time:
future
Place:
chicago illinois, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the ...
Style:
exciting, light, entertaining, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
alien, space, alien contact, battles, space travel, teenager, space opera, space and aliens, heroic mission, childhood, geek, human in outer space ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, future
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of ...
Style:
futuristic, campy, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, evil alien, heroic mission, stupidity, save the world, survival, planet, rivalry, heroes, miner ...
Time:
future
Place:
denver colorado, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
178K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Style:
epic, exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, alien, double life, space and aliens, save the world, heroes, superman character, megalomaniac, alien superhero, time travel, journalist ...
Time:
year 1978, 70s, 80s, year 1948, 60s ...
Place:
new york, kansas, california, midwest, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
164K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Dune – the only place where the time-travel substance 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some ...
Style:
atmospheric, futuristic, epic, dark, allegory ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
desert, space travel, prophecy, space opera, space, chosen one, desert planet, messiah, future war, cult, dune, first contact ...
Time:
future, year 1984, distant future
Place:
south pole
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
As Rebel leaders map their strategy for an all-out attack on the Emperor's newer, bigger Death Star. Han Solo remains frozen in the cavernous desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, the most loathsome outlaw in the universe, who is also keeping ...
Style:
futuristic, saga, entertaining, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, boys' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
star wars, space, space and aliens, alien, space opera, heroic mission, space wars, jedi, sword fight, robot, good versus evil, space battle ...
Time:
future, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartharn. The smugglers are soon ...
Style:
futuristic, campy, psychotronic, funny, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, robot, space, space travel, lightsaber, spacecraft, female warrior, space battle, emperor, exploitation, mission, supernatural power ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, heroes, space opera, space travel, space, monster, escapades, alien, good versus evil, intergalactic, teamwork, creature ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 2014, year 1988, 2010s
Place:
usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, serious, suspenseful, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
alien, evil alien, future dystopia, friendship, space and aliens, space exploration, space, space wars, survival, stranded, desert, space travel ...
Time:
future, 80s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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110K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Three escaped criminals from the planet Krypton test the Man of Steel's mettle. Led by Gen. Zod, the Kryptonians take control of the White House and partner with Lex Luthor to destroy Superman and rule the world. But Superman, who attempts to ...
Style:
exciting, epic, psychotronic, breathtaking, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, boys' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, space and aliens, alien, revenge, superman character, alien invasion, prison escape, super speed, villain, good versus evil, heroes ...
Time:
80s
Place:
washington d.c., new york, usa, idaho, brooklyn new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A seeker named Dogen rescues Dhyana after her father is murdered by the evil Jared-Syn. To avenge her father's death, Dogen must find Jared-Syn's hideout in the mysterious "Lost City", but the only person who knows where it is an ...
Style:
futuristic, campy, humorous, sexy, road movie ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, space, apocalypse, monster, desert, cyborgs, truck, abduction, miner, demon, puppet, nostalgia ...
Time:
future, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, witty, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, robot, superhero team, artificial intelligence, heroes, superhuman powers, tony stark character, master villain, supernatural ability, iron man character, good versus evil, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway, usa, africa, eastern europe, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadership of a renegade Jedi named Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to break away from the Galactic Republic. When an assassination attempt is ...
Style:
futuristic, saga, epic, exciting, light ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
star wars, robot, space opera, fantasy world, alien, space, space travel, sword fight, jedi, space wars, intergalactic, magic ...
Time:
future, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
Sam Witwicky takes his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Autobot-leader Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the USSR and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in ...
Style:
exciting, heroic, absurd, humorous, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
robot, androids and robots, alien, alien invasion, transforming robot, space, good versus evil, warrior, giant robots, battles, fight, transformation ...
Time:
year 1969, year 2011, year 1961, 60s, 2010s ...
Place:
washington d.c., egypt, wisconsin, chicago illinois, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Astronaut Brent is sent to rescue Taylor but crash lands on the Planet of the Apes, just like Taylor did in the original film. Taylor has disappeared into the Forbidden Zone so Brent and Nova try to follow and find him. He discovers a cult of humans ...
Style:
apocalyptic, thought provoking, futuristic, depressing, psychotronic ...
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, distopia, astronaut, time travel, alien, space and aliens, monkey, space travel, end of the world, mutant, rescue ...
Time:
future, 70s
Place:
new york, tokyo, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky ...
Style:
futuristic, dark, saga, epic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family outing, boys' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
star wars, space opera, space travel, sword fight, space and aliens, alien, space, creature, space battle, good versus evil, training, jedi ...
Time:
future, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Thor is on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the prophecy of destruction to his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new ...
Style:
entertaining, funny, stylized, exciting, epic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick
Plot:
superhero, female villain, supernatural power, alien planet, deity, rebellion, goddess, warrior, monster, norse god, norse mythology, alien civilization ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
new york, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, scenic, tense, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, adult
Plot:
star wars, space opera, robot, female protagonist, rebellion, space travel, space, rebel, strong female lead, jedi, tough girl, good versus evil ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, humorous, funny, futuristic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
superhero, alien, space travel, space, chase, good versus evil, father son relationship, patricide, megalomaniac, space pirate, space battle, female humanoid alien ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 2017, year 2014, year 1980 ...
Place:
missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, rough, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, space, lone hero, space and aliens, bounty hunter, tough guy, one man army, distant planet, one against many, technology, survival, future dystopia ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Predominantly set during World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, ...
Style:
heroic, exciting, psychotronic, entertaining, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
superhero, heroes, world war two, heroism, courage, military, mad scientist, heroic mission, scientist, superhuman powers, soldier, bravery ...
Time:
future, year 1942, 1940s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, germany, new jersey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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