Movies like Gravity

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Gravity (2013)
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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 Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, scenic, suspense, minimal cast, intense, breathtaking, visually stunning, visual, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: isolation, survival, space travel, space, astronaut, outer space, space station, loneliness, disaster, sole survivor, catastrophe, survivor, spacecraft, space program, life & death, female protagonist, female astronaut, science, space and aliens, self sacrifice, trapped in space, stranded, hopes, scientist, spacewalk ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century, contemporary
Place: los angeles, persia, seattle, houston texas
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Most similar movies to Gravity

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, futuristic and captivating films with plots about space, outer space, astronaut, space travel, space exploration, spaceship and survival mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Gravity: The Martian (2015), Approaching the Unknown (2016), Interstellar (2014), Sunshine (2007), Passengers (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: survival, mars, astronaut, space travel, stranded, nasa, isolation, outer space, science, scientist, space, loneliness ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 2030s, near future ...
Place: china, london, houston texas, pasadena california, north america ...
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89%
Approaching the Unknown (2016)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps in colonising Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth will face insurmountable odds and life and death decisions as he rockets bravely through space.
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: trapped in space, mars, astronaut, space, survival, space travel, hopes, distant planet, isolation, nasa, trapped, escapades ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: space travel, time travel, outer space, father daughter relationship, nasa, astronaut, space, survival, end of the world, distopia, natural disaster, apocalypse ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 7.2
 266K
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, philosophical, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: space travel, outer space, end of the world, sun, earth, self sacrifice, spaceship, expedition, astronaut, heroic mission, space, danger ...
Time: future, year 2007, distant future, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Passengers (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
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, dramatic, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot: space travel, outer space, isolation, survival, love story, space program, loneliness, trapped in space, love, space station, malfunction, space ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: space western, los angeles, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 6.5
 259K
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: exciting, suspense, futuristic, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: space exploration, outer space, astronaut, moon, solar system, obsession, father son relationship, space pirate, space travel, spacecraft, trapped in space, space station ...
Time: 2010s, future, year 2019, near future
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 8.0
 98K
Solaris (1972)
Genre: 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, psychedelic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: outer space, scientist, space travel, space and aliens, dream, metaphysics, space station, space, astronaut, loneliness, insanity, science ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, future, distant future
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Midnight Sky (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
Style: futuristic, apocalyptic, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: space travel, space station, astronaut, survival, post apocalypse, nuclear radiation, space colony, scientist, spaceship, space exploration, snow, space ...
Time: 2020s, 2040s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.9
 759K
Arrival (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Style: psychological, intellectual, philosophical, reflective, futuristic ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: alien, first contact, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, time, science, alien race, alien contact, extraterrestrial, scientist, creature ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: china, montana, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 6.1
 20K
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, suspenseful, suspense, philosophical, tense ...
Plot: space travel, outer space, spacecraft, isolation, space and aliens, dystopia, post apocalypse, distopia, uncover truth, danger, teleportation, alien ...
Time: future, 23rd century, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 60K
Red Planet (2000)
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 ...
Plot: mars, survival, space travel, astronaut, robot, space, space opera, spacecraft, catastrophe, save the world, ecological disaster, desert ...
Time: future, year 2000, y2k, 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Style: suspense, lovecraft, apocalyptic, space horror, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: trapped in space, space station, alternate dimension, alien, space, alternate reality, scientist, parallel universe, giant monster, monster, multiverse, alternate world ...
Time: 2010s, future, 2000s, near future, 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.4
 75K
Europa Report (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
Style: cerebral, suspense, suspenseful, lovecraft, space horror ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: space travel, found footage, outer space, space exploration, spacecraft, astronaut, space, distant planet, alien, moon, spacewalk, survival ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 1972, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 7.5
 399K
127 Hours (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Style: suspense, inspirational, breathtaking, intense, touching ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, trapped, isolation, mountain, wilderness, climbing, canyon, courage, alone, human spirit, loneliness, desert ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: utah, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 7.8
 375K
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 ...
Style: psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, cerebral ...
Audience: adult
Plot: isolation, moon, outer space, loneliness, space travel, astronaut, solitude, cloning, space and aliens, robot, dystopic future, space ...
Time: future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, y2k ...
Place: hawaii, mexico
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46%
 6.6
 469K
Elysium (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story: In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government ...
Style: futuristic, cyber, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, space station, apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, class conflict, space and aliens, dark future, ecological disaster, post apocalypse, utopia, dystopian future ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place: los angeles, seattle, peru, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.4
 7K
Capsule (2015)
Genre: Drama, History, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Guy is an experienced British fighter pilot who is in command of Britain's first manned mission to space. He has trained for this for three years at the height of the Cold War and now he is alone in space with a malfunctioning capsule. He has ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: space, astronaut, space exploration, spy, deception, spaceship crash, trapped in space, human in outer space, trapped, cosmonaut, struggle for survival, spacewalk ...
Time: 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 98K
Moonfall (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, UK, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story: A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
Style: suspenseful, tense, suspense, apocalyptic, cult classic ...
Plot: disaster, apocalypse, moon, end of the world, outer space, space exploration, space and aliens, catastrophe, youth, meteor shower, space travel, survival ...
Time: 2020s, year 2012, year 1969, 2010s, year 2011
Place: usa, colorado, los angeles, california, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.2
 58K
Apollo 18 (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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, serious, tense ...
Plot: astronaut, outer space, found footage, space travel, alien encounter, nasa, infection, moon landing, alien, stranded, heroic mission, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 2011, future, 2010s ...
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67%
 6.6
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Life (2017)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
Style: suspense, scary, apocalyptic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: space travel, space, mars, outer space, monster, alien, space station, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, extraterrestrial life, first contact ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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, psychedelic, mind bending, cerebral ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot: space travel, astronaut, outer space, space, artificial intelligence, moon, scientist, computer, trippy, space opera, human versus computer, space station ...
Time: future, year 2001, 20th century, stone age, year 1968 ...
Place: persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.0
 641K
Prometheus (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, 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, dark ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, space travel, survival, androids, outer space, robot, space and aliens, distant planet, expedition, alien encounter, spacecraft, alien life-form ...
Time: future, year 2012, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: scotland
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53%
 5.9
 6K
Marooned (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to earth only to find their rockets wont fire. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot: space travel, nasa, astronaut, space, rescue, spacewalk, survival, space opera, space exploration, rescue mission, stranded, confined ...
Time: 20th century, year 1969, 60s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: This is a sequel to 2001 A Space Odyssey. It is now 2010 and both the Americans and the Russians are racing to get to Jupiter to investigate the black monolith (similar to the one found in Lunar Crater Clavius) which was found by the U.S.S. ...
Style: futuristic, intellectual, philosophical, stylized, spiritual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: space travel, astronaut, space and aliens, artificial intelligence, distopia, space opera, nasa, alien, space exploration, space, extraterrestrial, deep space ...
Time: future, distant future, year 1984, year 2010, near future ...
Place: ussr, soviet union, tower bridge london, london, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.4
 11K
400 Days (2015)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 4 would be astronauts spend 400 days in a land locked space simulator to test the psychological effects of deep space travel but, when something goes terribly wrong and they are forced to leave the simulation, they discover that everything on earth ...
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, harsh, smart ...
Plot: parallel universe, space, trapped in space, experiment, space travel, astronaut, end of the world, insanity, isolation, catastrophe, paranoia, destiny ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: This is the story of Starflight One, the world's first "hypersonic plane," which flies faster and higher than any other commercial jet. On the night of its maiden flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, a freak accident incolving an ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, serious, disturbing, suspense
Plot: airplane, airplane accident, disaster, rescue, space shuttle, outer space, heroes, confined, chases and races, air disaster, aviation, stranded ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.7
 314K
Apollo 13 (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from ...
Style: factual, realistic, inspirational, suspense, epic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot: astronaut, survival, nasa, space travel, moon, disaster, rescue, space program, outer space, race against time, space, space exploration ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s, year 1970, year 1969 ...
Place: houston texas, usa, pacific ocean, texas, florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.7
 159K
Pandorum (2009)
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK
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, outer space, isolation, monster, post apocalypse, space, survival horror, spacecraft, memory loss, danger, end of the world ...
Time: future, year 2009
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.7
 321K
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, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: distopia, genetics, fighting the system, discrimination, philosophy, society, eugenics, paraplegic, twists and turns, science, utopia, dystopia ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1997, 1900s, distant future ...
Place: riviera, detroit, french riviera
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 3.5
 2K
Solitary (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A man wakes up inside a room to discover he's a prisoner sent into space to form Earth's first colony, and worse - his cell mate Alana is hell bent on destroying everything.
Style: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: prisoner, survival, stranded, peril, left for dead, struggle for survival, space and aliens, danger, escapades, couples, male protagonist, rescue ...
Time: future
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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