Movies and TV shows like Space

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Space (1985)
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Space (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 780 min.
TV show
Story: A 13-hour mini-series detailing James A. Michner's fictional account of the American space program from the years after World War II to the Apollo landings on the moon in the early 1970's.
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, realistic
Plot: astronaut, nasa, test pilot, space program, space exploration, exploration, moon landing, outer space, u.s. senator, ufo, heroes, spacecraft, space and aliens, space travel, human spirit, american dream, space station, ambition, spacewalk, against the odds, government agency, obsessive quest, hopes, state affairs, pilot ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 60s, 50s, 1940s, 20th century, 40s
Keyword: americana

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and exciting films and TV series with plots about society, astronaut, ambition, hopes, heroes, outer space and danger mostly in Drama, History and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Space: The Astronaut Wives Club (2015), From the Earth to the Moon (1998), Kane & Abel (1985), Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), The Right Stuff (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Astronaut Wives Club (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the book by Lily Koppel, this 10 episode limited series tells the story of the women who were key players behind some of the biggest events in American history. As America’s astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, Life ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, psychological, period drama
Plot: astronaut, relationship vs career, family relations, nasa, best friend, ambition, couples, parents and children, strong female presence, space program, women, post war ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1950s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 (2009)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Man's landing on the moon was our greatest technological achievement. The Apollo 11 mission was truly the stuff of dreams. For the first time, our species walked on another celestial body. Even more remarkable was their ability to make it back. ...
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Plot: space travel, moon, nasa, spacewalk, heroic mission, human spirit, space exploration, escapades, heroes, heroism, astronaut, exploration ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Tom Hanks, Imagine Entertainment and HBO present From the Earth to the Moon, the dramatic story of the unforgettable Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts, from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech, through the first manned ...
Style: tense, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, educational ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: nasa, space travel, against the odds, space program, space, moon landing, moon, science, space exploration, storytelling, exploration, american history ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 1950s, year 1961
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
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Kane & Abel (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: Kane and Abel are born on the same day the same year on each side of the Atlantic. William Kane is born in one of the richest families of Boston and grows up to be a banker on Wall Street. Abel Rosnovski is born in the Polish countryside and has to ...
Style: costume drama, saga, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: rich, wall street, hopes, rise to the top, rivalry, vengeance, uninhibited rivalry, society, ambition, social differences, business venture, temperamental ...
Time: 1910s, 50s, 80s, 60s, 1900s ...
Place: usa, boston, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 566 min.
TV show
Story: An examination of the trials and tribulations of the Jordache family, from the period following World War II to the late 1960s.
Style: social, saga, serious, realistic, emotional
Plot: family relations, sibling relationship, immigrant family, immigrant, gangster, power relations, society, rise to the top, blind ambition, ambition, hopes, siblings relations ...
Time: 20th century, 1900s, 50s, 60s, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
The Right Stuff (2020)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: At the height of the Cold War, newly formed NASA selects seven of the military’s best test pilots to become astronauts. Competing to be the first in space, these men achieve the extraordinary, inspiring the world to turn towards a new horizon of ...
Style: factual, exciting, political, sincere, historical drama ...
Plot: cold war, astronaut, space exploration, nasa, space travel, tough heroes, airplane accident, test pilot, heroic mission, rivalry, top secret, politics ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
For All Mankind (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families.
Style: realistic, exciting, disturbing, suspense, stylized ...
Plot: space program, astronaut, space race, nasa, space travel, lesbian, mining, moon, u.s. president, moon landing, space, lgbt ...
Time: year 1969, future, 70s, 60s, 80s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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The Duchess (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 150 min.
TV show
Story: The life of the Duchess of Alba La vida de la Duquesa de Alba
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, romantic
Plot: duchess, royal family, aristocracy, love and romance, political unrest, society, family relations, state affairs, fall in love, parents and children, couple relations, biopic ...
Time: 60s, 1930s, 1920s, 1940s, 50s ...
Place: europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Family of Spies (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story: Fact based story of John A. Walker, Jr., a Navy Chief Warrant Officer with access to top secret cryptographic communications. As a result of mounting debts, he sold secrets to the Soviets in 1967, a practice that he continued thereafter. He further ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot: espionage, spy, real life, betrayal, secret agent, special agent, working undercover, political unrest, political conspiracy, parents and children, state affairs, dishonesty ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: russia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Challenger (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: A profile of the astronauts, crew, and civilians who were involved in the January 28, 1986 flight of the spaceship, Challenger, that resulted in its explosion upon takeoff. The center point of the film is the safety inspections and arguments ...
Style: sad, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: space shuttle, nasa, exploration, space exploration, astronaut, disaster, danger, escapades, space and aliens, heroes, test pilot, tragedy ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century, year 1985
Place: texas, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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X-15 (1961)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane, the men who flew it and the women who loved them.
Style: independent film, tense, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: aviation, nasa, u.s. air force, outer space, space exploration, cold war, astronaut, flying, exploration, test pilot, space travel, airplane ...
Time: year 1961, 60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: usa, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Sea of the Woman (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Set in the 1960's and 1970's. Soo-In is a smart student who has never missed ranking at the top of her class. Due to her poor family situation, she begins to work at a factory instead of going to college. Nevertheless, she pursues her ...
Style: captivating, dramatic, exciting, serious
Plot: female protagonist, working class, working woman, ambition, dream, strong female lead, ambitious man, strongman, factory, ambitious woman
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The First Men in the Moon (2010)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Mark Gatiss's adaptation of HG Wells's science fiction classic. July 1969, and as the world waits with bated breath for the Apollo astronauts to land on the Moon, a young boy meets 90-year-old Julius Bedford. He's a man with an ...
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, enigmatic, gothic horror
Plot: moon, space travel, alien encounter, partner, alien contact, obsessive quest, danger, escapades, inventions and discoveries, heroes, moon landing, old man ...
Time: 1900s, 60s, year 1969, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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First Monday (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A newcomer to the Supreme Court finds himself a pivotal force on an often deadlocked bench, frequently at odds over hot-button cases in this earnest but brief legal drama.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy
Plot: legal, supreme court, legal action, workplace, power relations, workplace situations, lawsuit, politics, courtroom, life is a bitch, judiciary, liberal ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Right Stuff (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 193 min.
Story: A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow ...
Style: inspirational, exciting, epic, factual, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: cold war, astronaut, space travel, nasa, test pilot, aviation, u.s. air force, space exploration, politics, space program, space race, outer space ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 1983 ...
Place: florida, washington d.c., houston texas, usa, australia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Deadline (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Deadline is a television series which was shown on NBC in the 2000–2001 season. It starred Oliver Platt as Wallace Benton, who worked for the fictional New York Ledger. This was a daily newspaper which was seen in many episodes of Law & Order.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: ambition, journalism, journalist, obsessive quest, workplace, price of justice, boss and employee, workplace situations, society, investigation, dishonesty, legal action ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Cloudstreet (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 342 min.
TV show
Story: Cloudstreet is an Australian television drama miniseries for the Showcase subscription television channel, which first screened from 22 May 2011, in three parts. It is an adaptation of Cloudstreet, an award-winning novel by Australian author Tim ...
Style: captivating, uplifting, emotional, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: working class, change of luck, family life, starting over, destiny, family relations, society, hopes, cause and meaning, youth, working class family, foreknowledge ...
Time: 1940s, 60s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Lessons in Chemistry (2023)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott's dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV cooking show and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives way more than ...
Style: captivating, suspenseful, serious, psychological, exciting ...
Plot: female protagonist, chemistry, cooking show, single mother, layoff, unwanted pregnancy, pregnant girlfriend, pregnant woman, unplanned pregnancy, fired from the job, pregnancy, motherhood ...
Time: 1950s, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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The Ten Commandments (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 167 min.
TV show
Story: When an oracle prophesizes that a child will become Prince of Egypt, a time of danger approaches the kingdom. The Egyptian Pharaoh orders the massacre of all newborn males. But one child, Moses-the son of a Hebrew slave-escapes certain death when he ...
Style: biblical, exciting, serious, epic
Plot: bible, religion, rescue, hopes, human spirit, against the odds, destiny, imaginary, heroes, leadership, danger, redemption ...
Place: egypt, africa, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 540 min.
TV show
Story: Behind the scenes at the White House during eight administrations, as told by the people who work there.
Style: historical drama, captivating, uplifting, realistic, serious ...
Plot: white house, blaxploitation, usa history, african, politics, usa politics, state affairs, master and servant, society, head of state, hopes, human spirit ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1910s, 1940s, 1930s ...
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
House of Hancock (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: House of Hancock tells the epic true story of the Hancock dynasty and the bizarre love triangle that emerged between Lang, his daughter Gina, and his beautiful Filipina housekeeper Rose.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, saga, epic
Plot: family business, fall in love, family relations, rivalry, parents and children, courtroom drama, betrayal, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, family problems, legal, manipulation ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: australia, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Granite Flats (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: It's the 1960s. The height of the Cold War. The rural town of Granite Flats, Colorado, suddenly becomes a hotbed for mystery and intrigue. Almost a year after Hershel Jenkins was released from jail, mystery is still a permanent resident in ...
Style: realistic, stylized, serious, captivating, detective
Plot: cold war, uncover truth, investigation, amateur detective, youth, family relations, dishonesty, small town, society, empowerment, conspiracy, single parent ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
TV show
Story: A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
Style: retro, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: black, rape, women of color, lgbtq, strong female lead, anti racism, lgbt, black cast, blaxploitation, lesbian, sexual abuse, african ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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East of Eden (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 480 min.
TV show
Story: A powerful eight-hour adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 generational saga stars Bruce Boxleitner and Timothy Bottoms as battling brothers reminiscent of Cain and Abel, and Jane Seymour as the malevolent young woman who toys with their ...
Style: atmospheric, gloomy, realistic, stylized, captivating ...
Plot: american history, civil war, dysfunctional family, estrangement, rebellion, family life, parents and children, family in crisis, family relations, couple relations, love triangle, prostitute ...
Place: hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Missions (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: The first manned mission to Mars is now approaching the red planet. The crew includes top-flight scientists and a young female psychiatrist, responsible for their mental health. But just as they are about to land, something goes wrong.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense
Plot: outer space, mars, spacecraft, astronaut, female astronaut, cosmonaut, space mission, space exploration, trapped in space, space travel, problem, space program ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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White Heat (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A story about a group of seven London-based students from 1965 to the present day.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, saga ...
Plot: drug addict, society, group of friends, love affair, friendship, lifestyle, social relations, love and romance, friends, destiny, ethnic diversity, flatmate ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s, 90s ...
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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One Bad Choice (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: How one bad decision can change where your life goes.
Style: serious, emotional, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: life turned upside down, redemption, juvenile delinquent, hopes, haunted by the past, unlikely criminals, twists and turns, life, reenactment
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 7.3
 9K
Space: 1999 (1975)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, spooky ...
Audience: kids
Plot: space and aliens, space travel, moon, astronaut, space, moon base, space exploration, ufo, space opera, outer space, disaster, survival ...
Time: future, year 1999, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, tense, rough ...
Plot: iron curtain, escape, cold war, communism, stasi, berlin wall, tunnel, new love, love letter, political unrest, against the odds, daring rescue ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Paper Chase (1978)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Critically lauded drama about the life and pressures of a group of students at a prestigious Eastern law school, with a strict and domineering contract-law professor named Charles Kingsfield, who alternately inspires and terrifies the students.
Style: contemplative, serious, realistic, talky, witty ...
Plot: education, lawyer, law, court, school, law school, college, youth, legal, coming of age, ambition, power relations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: boston, usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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