Movies like Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
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Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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Original name: The Empire Strikes Back
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 Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
Style:
dark, futuristic, saga, epic, atmospheric, twist ending, exciting, psychotronic, depressing, bleak ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, boys' night, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
star wars, space opera, space travel, sword fight, space and aliens, space battle, alien, creature, good versus evil, training, jedi, heroic mission, space wars, robot, rebellion, snow, swamp, rescue, duel, spacecraft, adventure, plot twist, warrior, evil empire, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, 80s
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Most similar movies to Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, cult film, futuristic and psychotronic films with plots about mentor, destiny, weapons, adventure, technology, alien and danger mostly in Action, Adventure and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back: Return of the Jedi (1983), Star Trek (2009), Dune (1984), Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Jupiter Ascending (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the ...
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exciting, saga, epic, intense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, preschoolers, boys' night, teens
Plot:
star wars, space opera, robot, rebellion, space wars, princess, space travel, space and aliens, adventure, good versus evil, heroic mission, jedi ...
Time:
future, 70s
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91%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy, Switzerland, Thailand
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Years after the onset of the Clone Wars, the noble Jedi Knights lead a massive clone army into a galaxy-wide battle against the Separatists. When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from ...
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futuristic, epic, dark, exciting, saga ...
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teens, kids, boys' night
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star wars, robot, space opera, sword fight, space wars, alien, heroic mission, space battle, tragic villain, personality change, good versus evil, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, dark, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, boys' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
star wars, alien, space and aliens, space opera, space wars, heroic mission, jedi, robot, sword fight, good versus evil, space battle, rebel ...
Time:
future, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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:
saga, futuristic, exciting, epic, light ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens
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star wars, robot, space opera, space travel, alien, sword fight, jedi, fantasy world, space wars, intergalactic, magic, good versus evil ...
Time:
future, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
Style:
epic, futuristic, intense, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, preschoolers, teens, boys' night
Plot:
star wars, sword fight, alien, space wars, good versus evil, apprentice, jedi, robot, space battle, space travel, adventure, creature ...
Time:
90s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
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 ...
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futuristic, stylized, exciting, epic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
star trek, time travel, space opera, space travel, spacecraft, adventure, teamwork, alien, heroic mission, space wars, space and aliens, heroes ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, 24th century
Place:
san francisco, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, psychedelic, dark ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
desert, adventure, space travel, prophecy, space opera, chosen one, desert planet, messiah, dune, space exploration, apocalypse, alien ...
Time:
future, year 1984, distant future
Place:
south pole
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
Style:
scenic, exciting, futuristic, saga, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot:
star wars, fantasy world, alien, obesity, telepathy, space opera, adventure, fictional war, space and aliens, warrior, super weapon, space travel ...
Time:
future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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, suspenseful, fairy tale, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, adventure, life turned upside down, save the lady, genetics, space and aliens, destiny, space travel, space wars, creature, good versus evil, heroes ...
Time:
future
Place:
st. petersburg russia, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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humorous, stylized, futuristic, exciting, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, good versus evil, space travel, alien, adventure, vengeance, death, robot, mercenary, spacecraft, space battle, space adventure ...
Time:
80s, future
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
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exciting, light, entertaining, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
alien, adventure, space travel, teenager, alien contact, space opera, space and aliens, heroic mission, battles, childhood, human in outer space, family ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, future
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 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:
ridiculous, splatter, parody, futuristic, light ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, dinosaur, beast, monster, distopia, caveman, desert, sword and sorcery, sword, barbarian, adventure, death ...
Time:
prehistory, stone age, 80s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Admiral James T. Kirk is feeling old; the prospect of accompanying his old ship the Enterprise on a two week cadet cruise is not making him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a life or death struggle when Khan escapes from years of ...
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saga, epic, futuristic, exciting, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
revenge, alien, self sacrifice, midlife crisis, star trek, teleportation, planet, death, brainwashing, space station, cheating, funeral ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.
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futuristic, exciting, captivating, breathtaking, serious ...
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family outing, teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
alien, culture clash, fantasy world, adventure, space and aliens, alien life-form, ecology, alien planet, creature, space travel, human nature, distant planet ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
14%
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets – led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko – are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. After being captured and then escaping from them, Indy is coerced ...
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exciting, humorous, entertaining, scenic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, family outing
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treasure hunt, archaeologist, adventure, treasure, archaeology, adventurer, chase, alien, jungle, artifact, desert, sword fight ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, future, year 1957
Place:
peru, mexico city, latin america, south america, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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John Carter similar movies
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
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scary, futuristic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, boys' night
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alien, strong female character, survival, space travel, monster, space and aliens, human versus alien, female warrior, deadly creature, space colony, mysterious planet, strong female lead ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.
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exciting, futuristic, captivating, inspirational, slasher ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
star wars, battlefield, good versus evil, space opera, betrayal, fat woman, sabotage, space battle, master apprentice relationship, robot, flashback, death ...
Time:
future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 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, futuristic, light, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
good versus evil, sword and sorcery, giant spider, monster, magic, adventure, alien, medieval, fortress, rescue, sword fight, beast ...
Time:
80s, future, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
Style:
entertaining, colourful, breathtaking, witty, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
superhero, magic, time, wizards, parallel universe, good versus evil, time loop, sorcerer, training, fantasy world, fight scenes, adventure ...
Time:
future, year 2016, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
nepal, hong kong, new york, london, mount everest
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis planet to recover Spock's body.
Style:
saga, futuristic, psychotronic, touching, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
star trek, space travel, space and aliens, planet, murder, sacrifice, warp speed, teleportation, alien, death of son, jungle, snow ...
Time:
future, year 1984, 23rd century
Place:
san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
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:
psychotronic, funny, exciting, serious, cult film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, robot, space travel, lightsaber, spacecraft, emperor, space battle, exploitation, smuggler, exploding planet, psychic, sword ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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:
futuristic, humorous, exciting, sexy, psychotronic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
space opera, superhero, mad scientist, alien, emperor, robot, apocalypse, american football, end of the world, mind control, megalomaniac, mind reading ...
Time:
future, 1930s, 80s
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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, stylized, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, good versus evil, sword fight, time travel, evil man, violence, skeleton, beast, monster, sword, chase, teenager ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, saga, visually appealing, allegory ...
Plot:
star trek, alien, space opera, utopia, robot, teleportation, adventure, rebellion, space adventure, space exploration, evil alien, immortality ...
Time:
future, 24th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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, teens, family outing
Plot:
space opera, space travel, post apocalypse, adventure, survival, future dystopia, space and aliens, distopia, alien, monster, bounty hunter, maze ...
Time:
80s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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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
Plot:
alien, lone hero, space and aliens, tough guy, distopia, bounty hunter, one man army, distant planet, one against many, adventure, fight, space opera ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan ...
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exciting, intense, serious, saga, futuristic ...
Audience:
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space travel, star trek, space battle, cloning, adventure, teleportation, robot, self sacrifice, heroic mission, heroes, alien, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, 24th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 ...
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futuristic, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, adventure, cyborgs, disney, mad scientist, astronaut, black hole, robot, escapades, heroic mission, distopia, space exploration ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Capt. Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's half brother who kidnaps three diplomats and hijacks the Enterprise in his obsessive search for God.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, saga, humorous, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, star trek, space opera, alien, god, adventure, teleportation, space exploration, hostage, planet, desert, space adventure ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Place:
california, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest city on record and a clue to ...
Style:
futuristic, light, stylized, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space opera, space battle, adventure, save the world, parallel universe, alien, fantasy world, space wars, society, supernatural, heroes ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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