Movies like Red Planet
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Red Planet (2000)
62K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
Style:
futuristic, bleak, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, breathtaking, space horror, psychotronic, captivating ...
Plot:
mars, space, spacecraft, space travel, robot, astronaut, survival, space opera, catastrophe, ecological disaster, space exploration, stranded, desert, heroic mission, science, alien invasion, planet, danger, race against time, mission gone awry, environment, apocalypse, alien, artificial intelligence, dystopia ...
Time:
future, year 2000, y2k, near future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
antarctica
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Most similar movies to Red Planet
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, suspenseful, suspense and serious films with plots about danger, catastrophe, technology, space, dialogue, outer space and first contact mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Red Planet: Mission to Mars (2000), Europa Report (2013), Starship Troopers (1997), Gravity (2013), Supernova (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France, Jordan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.
Style:
futuristic, serious, atmospheric, sentimental, suspense ...
Plot:
mars, space travel, astronaut, space station, alien, escapades, alien encounter, space, spacecraft, trapped in space, space and aliens, mysterious planet ...
Time:
future, year 2000, y2k, 2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, sexy, exciting, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
alien invasion, military, space travel, monster, space and aliens, creature, soldier, space wars, alien, satire, fictional war, space battle ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, year 1997, 90s, jurassic ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, space western, argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The first Cylon war has been raging for 10 years and a young Ensign William Adama joins the fleet. He's disappointed not to be assigned to a fighter but to a freighter, and his co-pilot isn't too keen on having a rookie flying his aircraft ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, entertaining, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space opera, space wars, androids and robots, battlestar galactica, space travel, cyborgs, escapades, betrayal, heroic mission, battles, military, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
895K
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:
100%
21K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. What they find is a black hole--that threatens to destroy both ships--and a mysterious survivor whose ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, space horror, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, space, robot, rescue, survival, space and aliens, danger, natural disaster, chess, spaceship, mining ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, year 2000, y2k
Similarity:
100%
284K
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:
80%
997K
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:
75%
Movie in collections
60K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Russia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Officially, Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973, three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage ...
Style:
suspense, mockumentary, scary, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
astronaut, alien encounter, found footage, outer space, moon landing, infection, space travel, moon, nasa, heroic mission, danger, space and aliens ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 2010s, year 2011, future ...
Place:
antarctica
Similarity:
100%
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:
action packed, saga, exciting, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
dystopia, alien, bounty hunter, lone hero, outer space, space and aliens, one man army, distant planet, space opera, one against many, tough guy, space ...
Time:
future, year 2004, near future, 2000s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
314K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girl ...
Style:
futuristic, action packed, visually stunning, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, dystopia, space opera, escapades, spaceship, space adventure, outer space, spacecraft, space and aliens, psychic, super soldier, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 2000s, distant future
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
583K
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:
100%
611K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, exciting, apocalyptic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, cyberpunk, cyborgs, distopia, androids and robots, dystopia, dystopian future, androids, technology gone awry, fate of humanity, hi-tech ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2030s, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
chicago, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
298K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and ...
Style:
exciting, epic, entertaining, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
mars, alien, superhuman powers, space opera, heroic mission, monster, space travel, mysterious planet, distant planet, imaginary kingdom, space adventure, warrior ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, future, 1880s, 19th century ...
Place:
virginia, arizona, new york, space western, seattle
Similarity:
100%
62K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Style:
futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, androids and robots, robot, post apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, cyberpunk, dystopian future, robot human relationship, post apocalyptic, cyborgs, investigation ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2014, 2040s ...
Similarity:
100%
32K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, scary, sexy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, cyberpunk, androids and robots, killer robot, apocalypse, struggle for survival, dystopia, alien planet, robot, desert, chaos, alien ...
Time:
future, 90s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
636K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, visually stunning, epic, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, star trek, space opera, spacecraft, time travel, heroic mission, heroes, space and aliens, teamwork, alien, space wars, human versus alien ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 24th century, 23rd century, 2000s
Place:
san francisco, iowa, bay area, space western
Similarity:
100%
350K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The ...
Style:
bleak, atmospheric, suspenseful, spooky, saga ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
prison, alien, evil alien, deadly creature, outer space, space travel, monster, human versus alien, cryogenics, survival, self sacrifice, creature ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 90s
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Hollywood version of the popular video game series "Wing Commander". Unlike other video games to feature film transitions, series creator Chris Roberts was heavily involved in the film's creation. This is the story of Christopher ...
Style:
exciting, action adventure, disgusting, uplifting, fast ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, space wars, space and aliens, spacecraft, space, heroic mission, danger, outer space, video game, space travel, alien encounter, military ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1998
Similarity:
100%
213K
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:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Belgium, UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claims all the glory, he disobeys orders to ...
Style:
scary, bleak, suspenseful, space horror, futuristic ...
Plot:
mars, space travel, mysterious planet, astronaut, zombie, space and aliens, outer space, survival, alien invasion, zombie attack, blood, catastrophe ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, 2040s, 21st century
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, suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, outer space, mad scientist, robot, black hole, spacecraft, astronaut, space battle, artificial intelligence, heroic mission, danger, escapades ...
Time:
future, year 1979, 22nd century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the ...
Style:
bad ending, futuristic, dark, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
alien, creature, space travel, outer space, extraterrestrial, alien life-form, alien parasite, space exploration, alien creature, human versus alien, androids, robot ...
Time:
future, near future, 22nd century, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
67%
Movie in collections
2.5M
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A team of astronauts on the first mission to Mars crashes onto the surface, losing contact with Earth. With no other recourse, and help millions of miles away, the crew is forced to make desperate choices in order to stay alive. Will they be able to ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, cyber, hispanic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
spaceship crash, space travel, survival, space and aliens, astronaut, heroic mission, alien encounter, rescue, danger, mars, space exploration, rescue team ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
185K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, saga, space horror, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, survival, tough heroes, space, space opera, one man army, space and aliens, danger, alien planet, mysterious planet, heroes, mercenary ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
32K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, virus, robot, ship, ghost ship, cyborgs, ocean, deadly creature, rescue, alien invasion, survival, violence ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
103K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in the near future, Lockout follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent , whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President's daughter from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum security ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, space station, hotshot hero, secret service, hostage, rescue mission, outer space, lone hero, heroic mission, convict, prison fight, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2012, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, new york, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, sexy, breathtaking, serious ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, virus, epidemic, psychiatrist, danger, invasion, infected, alien encounter, doctor, hysteria, save the world ...
Time:
year 2007, distant future, future
Place:
washington d.c., usa, kurdistan, russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, scary, saga, suspense ...
Plot:
alien, robot, space travel, dystopia, strong female lead, female android, evil alien, alien invasion, strong female character, space and aliens, androids, monster ...
Time:
future, 24th century, year 1997, 90s
Similarity:
100%
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