Movies like Moon

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Moon (2009)
 7.8
 392K
Moon (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.
Style: psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, clever, cerebral, psychological thriller, mindfuck, intense, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: isolation, moon, loneliness, space travel, outer space, astronaut, space, twists and turns, solitude, space and aliens, human clone, cloning, artificial intelligence, dystopic future, spacecraft, distopia, dystopia, mission, nervous breakdown, space opera, clone, lonely, technology, science, accident ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, 2010s, y2k, 21st century
Place: hawaii, mexico

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Most similar movies to Moon

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out cerebral, thought provoking, philosophical and futuristic films with plots about technology, storytelling, dialogue, dystopia, existentialism, science and outer space mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Moon: The Martian (2015), Interstellar (2014), Event Horizon (1997), Europa Report (2013), Ex Machina (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
 8.0
 997K
The Martian (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Hungary, Jordan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw ...
Style: futuristic, biting, clever, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: survival, mars, astronaut, stranded, space travel, nasa, isolation, science, outer space, struggle for survival, space, loneliness ...
Time: year 2015, 2030s, year 2016, near future, future ...
Place: china, london, houston texas, pasadena california, beijing china ...
Similarity:
90%
 8.7
 2.5M
Interstellar (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style: futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, clever, philosophical ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: space travel, time travel, outer space, nasa, astronaut, father daughter relationship, space, dystopian future, survival, end of the world, robot, space exploration ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, colorado
Similarity:
83%
 6.6
 213K
Event Horizon (1997)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the ...
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, scary, lovecraft, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, outer space, spaceship, cosmic horror, space station, trapped in space, insanity, space and aliens, violence, supernatural, hallucination, nightmare ...
Time: future, 2040s, 90s, year 1997, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
 6.4
 79K
Europa Report (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
Style: cerebral, suspense, suspenseful, philosophical, lovecraft ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: space travel, found footage, astronaut, space exploration, outer space, space, spacecraft, distant planet, alien, survival, spacewalk, moon ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 1972, 1950s, 50s ...
Similarity:
92%
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 7.7
 633K
Ex Machina (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style: psychological, futuristic, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: artificial intelligence, robot, androids, technology, existentialism, cyborgs, cyberpunk, isolation, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, consciousness ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014 ...
Place: england
Similarity:
82%
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Style: futuristic, philosophical, mind bending, cerebral, psychedelic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, adult
Plot: space travel, artificial intelligence, astronaut, outer space, space, moon, computer, scientist, human versus computer, extraterrestrial, deception, spacewalk ...
Time: future, year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, stone age ...
Place: persia
Similarity:
81%
 7.9
 104K
Solaris (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 167 min.
Story: A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out ...
Style: art house, atmospheric, cerebral, enigmatic, philosophical ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: outer space, scientist, metaphysics, space travel, space and aliens, space station, dream, trapped in space, astronaut, loneliness, science, philosophy ...
Time: distant future, 70s, future, year 1972
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia, tokyo
Similarity:
88%
 7.2
 284K
Sunshine (2007)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last ...
Style: futuristic, suspense, psychological, cerebral, tense ...
Plot: space travel, outer space, sun, end of the world, isolation, spaceship, self sacrifice, earth, heroic mission, expedition, space, danger ...
Time: future, year 2007, distant future, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
79%
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 8.0
 722K
Her (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style: melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, crying, clever ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, melancholy, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, solitude, love story, relationship problems ...
Time: near future, future, year 2013, distant future, 2030s ...
Place: los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
 7.0
 583K
Oblivion (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Iceland
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, visually appealing, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopian future, alien invasion, survival, cloning, danger, space travel, dystopia, resistance, mysterious character, fate of humanity ...
Time: future, year 2013, near future, year 2000, distant future ...
Place: peru, seattle, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
92%
 6.7
 167K
Pandorum (2009)
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more ...
Style: futuristic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, survival, isolation, creature, outer space, danger, survival horror, deadly creature, spacecraft, post apocalypse, spaceship, monster ...
Time: future, year 2009, year 1969
Similarity:
86%
 7.7
 344K
Gattaca (1997)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is ...
Style: futuristic, thought provoking, intellectual, neo noir, clever ...
Audience: teens
Plot: distopia, genetics, fighting the system, discrimination, dystopia, philosophy, society, paraplegic, eugenics, hopes, dystopian future, twists and turns ...
Time: future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 1900s ...
Place: detroit, riviera, french riviera
Similarity:
84%
 6.7
 105K
I Am Mother (2019)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
Style: futuristic, suspense, philosophical, apocalyptic, cerebral ...
Audience: teens, toddlers, adult
Plot: robot, artificial intelligence, post apocalypse, bunker, apocalypse, mother, daughter, end of the world, mission, technology, man versus machine, dystopian future ...
Time: future, near future
Place: australia, adelaide south australia, south australia
Similarity:
100%
 6.5
 278K
Ad Astra (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Brazil
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An astronaut travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. He uncovers secrets which challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.
Style: futuristic, suspense, exciting, touching, philosophical ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: space exploration, astronaut, outer space, moon, solar system, obsession, father son relationship, space pirate, spacecraft, zero gravity, secret mission, trapped in space ...
Time: 2010s, year 2019, future, near future
Place: space western
Similarity:
80%
 7.0
 491K
Passengers (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
Style: futuristic, romantic, scenic, thought provoking, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot: space travel, outer space, isolation, survival, love story, space program, trapped in space, love, loneliness, space station, malfunction, spaceship ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: america, los angeles, space western
Similarity:
74%
 6.1
 21K
Cargo (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.
Style: futuristic, philosophical, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot: space travel, outer space, isolation, spacecraft, space and aliens, dystopia, twists and turns, post apocalypse, uncover truth, danger, dystopian future, parallel world ...
Time: future, 23rd century, near future
Similarity:
75%
The Man from Earth (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he never ages and has walked the earth for 14,000 years.
Style: philosophical, reflective, mindfuck, psychological, cerebral ...
Plot: philosophy, immortality, atheism, religion, storytelling, immortal, dialogue, professor, society, myth, heart attack, eternal youth ...
Time: future, medieval times, 2000s, prehistory, 17th century ...
Similarity:
75%
 8.0
 676K
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style: psychological, surreal, twist ending, futuristic, non-linear ...
Plot: time travel, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, insanity, virus, post apocalypse, time loop, paranoia, end of the world, psychology, mental institution, dystopia ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1990, year 1996, 90s ...
Place: philadelphia, maryland, pennsylvania, california, baltimore ...
Similarity:
77%
Movie in collections
 7.3
 192K
Pi (1998)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The debut film from Darren Aronofsky in which a mathematical genius Maximilian Cohen discovers a link in the connection between numbers and reality and thus believes he can predict the future.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, mind bending, cerebral, cult classic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mathematics, insanity, obsession, paranoia, computer, conspiracy, surrealism, alienation, psychology, eye, cyberpunk, mental illness ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998, future
Place: new york, america, middle east, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
75%
 7.0
 692K
Prometheus (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Style: futuristic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, space horror ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: space travel, androids, survival, alien, outer space, space and aliens, distant planet, robot, alien encounter, expedition, creature, alien life-form ...
Time: future, year 2000, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland, seattle
Similarity:
75%
 7.3
 140K
I Origins (2014)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab ...
Style: thought provoking, mind bending, spiritual, philosophical, enigmatic ...
Plot: reincarnation, eye, metaphysics, genetics, buddhism, religion, atheism, death, spirituality, love story, sex scene, elevator ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 90s, year 1998, year 2005 ...
Place: india, usa, new york, asia, delhi ...
Similarity:
80%
 6.2
 89K
Solaris (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Style: philosophical, futuristic, cerebral, confusing, thought provoking ...
Plot: space, space and aliens, space station, space travel, mysterious planet, planet, afterlife, trapped in space, outer space, existentialism, alien contact, space exploration ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, future
Similarity:
57%
 7.7
 77K
Open Your Eyes (1997)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A very handsome man finds the love of his life, but he suffers an accident and needs to have his face rebuilt by surgery after it is severely disfigured.
Style: suspense, psychological, sexy, philosophical, surreal ...
Plot: disfigurement, dream, surrealism, love triangle, paranoia, nightmare, love, car accident, psychiatrist, erotic scene, memory loss, twists and turns ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: spain, south america, iberian peninsula, europe, madrid
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
 7.1
 207K
Melancholia (2011)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
Style: atmospheric, bleak, psychological, surreal, philosophical ...
Audience: adult
Plot: depression, wedding, end of the world, apocalypse, sister sister relationship, nihilism, collision, mental health, disaster, female nudity, mental disorder, human nature ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
 8.5
 1.1M
Alien (1979)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs ...
Style: scary, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience: kids, manly, adult
Plot: monster, alien, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, heroine, survival horror, evil alien, spaceship, female protagonist, creature, alien monster ...
Time: future, 22nd century, 20th century, year 1979, distant future
Similarity:
75%
Astronaut: The Last Push (2012)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a tragic accident cuts short the first manned mission to explore life on the moons of Jupiter, Michael Forrest must make the 3 year journey home to Earth in pure solitude
Style: atmospheric, psychological, serious, philosophical, independent film ...
Plot: space travel, accident, mission gone awry, isolation, solitude, confined, space exploration, human in outer space, loneliness, male protagonist, heroes, extraterrestrial life ...
Time: 2010s, future
Similarity:
100%
 7.7
 895K
Gravity (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, adult
Plot: isolation, survival, space travel, astronaut, outer space, sole survivor, space station, space, disaster, life & death, survivor, spacecraft ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: persia, seattle, los angeles, houston texas
Similarity:
50%
 7.6
 608K
Watchmen (2009)
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited ...
Style: neo noir, visually appealing, sexy, philosophical, stylized ...
Audience: manly, chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: superhero, alternate reality, moral dilemma, anti hero, superhuman powers, cold war, alternate history, conspiracy, human nature, parallel world, masked vigilante, one against many ...
Time: 20th century, year 2009, 2000s, 1940s, future ...
Place: new york, washington d.c., america, los angeles, vietnam ...
Similarity:
100%
 7.1
 257K
The Fountain (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
Style: surreal, melancholic, atmospheric, philosophical, artsy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: afterlife, surrealism, metaphysics, buddhism, cancer, spirituality, immortality, multiple storylines, death, love, alternate reality, obsession ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2006, 16th century, 21st century
Place: spain, tibet, latin america, europe, guatemala ...
Similarity:
63%
 7.3
 385K
Cloud Atlas (2012)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, UK, Spain
Duration: 172 min.
Story: A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. ...
Style: psychological, thought provoking, futuristic, spiritual, mind bending ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: destiny, dystopia, reincarnation, life & death, multiple storylines, life philosophy, clone, homosexual, distopia, post apocalypse, karma, tribe ...
Time: future, year 1936, distant future, year 1975, near future ...
Place: seoul, san francisco, belgium, persia, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
75%