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The Ice Pirates (1984)
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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 by an evil emperor (John Carradine) presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.
Style:
futuristic, parody, humorous, funny, light, thought provoking, satirical, absurd, apocalyptic, allegory ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
pirate, time travel, space, space travel, treasure hunt, robot, desert, apocalypse, ice, castration, distopia, alien, sword fight, time dilation, destiny, chase, space adventure, catastrophe, end of the world, erotica, monster, time, mars, winter, cyborgs ...
Time:
future, 80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out cult film, futuristic, exciting and humorous films with plots about escapades, danger, catastrophe, space, first contact, space and aliens and mentor mostly in Sci-Fi, Adventure and Action genres. Some movies like The Ice Pirates: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), Space Raiders (1983), Flash Gordon (1980), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Space Truckers (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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.
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A futuristic, sensitive tale of adventure and confrontation when a 10 year old boy is accidentally kidnapped by a spaceship filled with a motley crew of space pirates.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, semi serious, stylized, cult film
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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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.
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campy, psychotronic, humorous, exciting, sexy ...
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family outing, kids, teens, boys' night
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space opera, superhero, alien, space, mad scientist, emperor, american football, robot, apocalypse, end of the world, megalomaniac, mind control ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Style:
light, parody, funny, philosophical, thought provoking ...
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family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
alien, space travel, space, space and aliens, fantasy world, benign alien, robot, sarcasm, buddies, spacecraft, end of the world, friends ...
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Place:
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100%
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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.
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futuristic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, captivating ...
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100%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
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John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked. During the flight the cargo turns out to be multitude of unstoppable and deadly killer ...
Style:
humorous, campy, futuristic, captivating, exciting ...
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Plot:
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth. This film is adapted from a television series that aired on ABC from ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, serious, exciting, psychotronic ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Time:
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46%
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 ...
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Country: Finland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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41%
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Country: UK, USA
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Story:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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37%
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Story:
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37%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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