Movies like Wing Commander

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Wing Commander (1999)
 4.3
 17K
Wing Commander (1999)
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 Blair and Todd "Maniac" Marshall as they arrive at the Tiger Claw and are soon forced to stop a Kilrathi fleet heading towards Earth.
Style: exciting, uplifting, action adventure, disgusting, fast, futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space opera, space wars, space and aliens, space, spacecraft, space travel, heroic mission, outer space, save the world, danger, video game, alien encounter, military, alien, battles, alien invasion, superhero, ufo, game, pilot, star wars, giant monster, future war, deep space, american politics ...
Time: future, year 1998, 20th century

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Most similar movies to Wing Commander

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspenseful, serious and futuristic films with plots about outer space, space opera, space and aliens, space, space travel, escapades and spacecraft mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Wing Commander: Space Raiders (1983), Space: Above and Beyond (1995), Ender's Game (2013), Battlestar Galactica (1978), The Last Starfighter (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Space Raiders (1983)
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, independent film, exciting, semi serious, stylized
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: pirate, space pirate, evil alien, star wars, space opera, spacecraft, apocalypse, space wars, space and aliens, imaginary, space, alien ...
Time: future, year 1983
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Space: Above and Beyond (1995)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Space: Above and Beyond is a short-lived mid-1990s American science fiction television show on the FOX Network, created and written by Glen Morgan and James Wong. Originally planned for five seasons, it ran only for the single 1995–1996 season. It ...
Style: apocalyptic, atmospheric, cliffhanger, thrilling, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space wars, space and aliens, alien, evil alien, space travel, alien invasion, save the world, space opera, space, spaceship, military, alien race ...
Time: future, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 253K
Ender's Game (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
Style: futuristic, serious, exciting, entertaining, intense ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: alien, chosen one, invasion, space wars, training, battles, space travel, young heroes, space and aliens, genius, prodigy, child prodigy ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2013, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
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, exciting, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids
Plot: space battle, androids and robots, military, space, space opera, survival, save the world, battlestar galactica, man versus machine, rescue, danger, good versus evil ...
Time: future, year 1978
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Last Starfighter (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 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 ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, light, semi serious, mindfuck ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: alien contact, alien, space travel, space opera, space, teenager, outer space, battles, space and aliens, heroic mission, childhood, good versus evil ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 90s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 182 min.
TV show
Story: Sixty days on and Rygel is retrieving pieces of John and Aeryn from the sea bed. The Diagnosan re-crystalises them and they start getting to know the local species. Meanwhile, Scorpius and Sikozu are aboard a Peacekeeper Command Carrier on a recon ...
Style: atmospheric, talky, witty, emotional, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space opera, space wars, space travel, human in outer space, outer space, space and aliens, spacecraft, couple relations, escapades, space, twists and turns, betrayal ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (2002)
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: stylized, futuristic, light, bleak, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space travel, space opera, space battle, save the world, parallel universe, alien, space wars, space, chaos, battles, imaginary, society ...
Time: future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012)
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, light, entertaining, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space opera, space wars, androids and robots, space, space travel, cyborgs, escapades, battlestar galactica, betrayal, heroic mission, battles, military ...
Time: future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 3.6
 433
Space Marines (1996)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Space pirates, led by diabolical Colonel Fraser, take over a cargo ship carrying anti-matter explosive and an important official. Space marines, led by Captain Gray, must stop their evil plans.
Style: futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space wars, heroic mission, terrorism, daring rescue, danger, space and aliens, save the day, save the world, heroes, master villain, hostage, space marine ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
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.
Style: futuristic, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: superhero, space opera, heroes, outer space, space travel, intergalactic, escapades, space and aliens, good versus evil, talking animal, raccoon, creature ...
Time: future, year 2014, year 2016, 80s, 2010s ...
Place: space western, london, usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, stylized, intense, talky ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: androids and robots, space travel, space, space battle, escapades, space opera, battlestar galactica, battles, man versus machine, space and aliens, good versus evil, human existence ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Style: futuristic, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, outer space, space opera, space and aliens, space wars, cyborgs, space battle, androids and robots, artificial intelligence, extinction, human in outer space, military ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the sequel to Paul Verhoeven's loved/reviled sci-fi film, a group of troopers taking refuge in an abandoned outpost after fighting alien bugs, failing to realize that more danger lays in wait.
Style: futuristic, suspense, stylized, intense, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space and aliens, military, space travel, war, space, alien, survival, battles, alien invasion, heroes, soldier, mars ...
Time: future, distant future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 204K
Stargate (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Style: exciting, futuristic, entertaining, visually stunning, visual ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, archaeology, space opera, slavery, pyramid, teleportation, creature, mythology, evil alien, archaeologist, ancient egypt, alien ...
Time: future, 90s, near future, 20th century, 1920s
Place: egypt, colorado, space western, middle east, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story: In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, spacecraft, outer space, space battle, self sacrifice, escapades, heroic mission, space and aliens, danger, save the world, heroes, siege ...
Time: future, 2010s, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to ...
Style: futuristic, semi serious, exciting, action adventure, epic ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: space travel, outer space, star trek, spacecraft, space and aliens, space wars, self sacrifice, heroic mission, space opera, space, characters in danger, mission ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, 23rd century
Place: san francisco, seattle, bay area, london, space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.6
 15K
Andromeda (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Andromeda is a Canadian/American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett. It starred Kevin ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: space travel, alien, outer space, spacecraft, space battle, artificial intelligence, space wars, intergalactic, space, spaceship, androids and robots, military ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Londo Mollari, the Centauri Emperor, recounts the initial contact between the Humans and Minbari, which resulted in a major incident and subsequent war, for an eager pair of youngsters wanting a story about love and conflict.
Style: christian film, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space opera, benign alien, space wars, space travel, space, space program, military, alien, genocide, star wars, future war, dystopia ...
Time: future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from ...
Style: futuristic, epic, saga, exciting, anamorphic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, time travel, cyborgs, star trek, space, alien, first contact, sent to the past, robot, apocalypse, androids, intergalactic ...
Time: future, year 1996, 24th century, 21st century
Place: montana, space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 172K
Dune (1984)
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, visual, psychedelic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: desert, space travel, messiah, prophecy, space opera, space, dystopia, chosen one, future war, desert planet, dune, space wars ...
Time: future, distant future, 20th century, year 1984
Place: south pole, space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
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 ...
Style: psychotronic, saga, uplifting, cult classic, futuristic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: space adventure, space opera, time travel, astronaut, alien invasion, space, space travel, superhero, intergalactic, cosmic horror, distopia, women ...
Time: year 1979, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Susan Ivanova discovers a derelict spaceship in hyperspace. They tow it back to Babylon 5, then strange things start happening. People are being telepathically taken over by aliens from another (third)space.
Style: exciting, futuristic, christian film, intellectual, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space and aliens, space opera, space, space travel, space program, parallel universe, military, alien, intergalactic, dystopia, star wars, future war ...
Time: future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Allies of the Shadows seek revenge against humanity. This movie sets up the series, "Crusade," the sequel to "Babylon 5."
Style: intellectual, serious, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, space opera, space, space station, military, apocalypse, benign alien, intergalactic, space program, star wars, future war, space adventure ...
Time: future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Twenty years after the events of Iron Sky, the former Nazi Moonbase has become the last refuge of mankind. Earth was devastated by a nuclear war, but buried deep under the wasteland lies a power that could save the last of humanity - or destroy it ...
Style: exciting, absurd, ironic, not serious, cult classic ...
Plot: hitler, moon, outer space, alien race, dinosaur, adam and eve, space, exploitation, post apocalypse, nazi, dystopian future, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future, 2040s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Final Countdown (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In 1980, the US Navy's most powerful warship, the USS Nimitz, is caught in a storm during routine manoeuvres in the Pacific. Enveloped by a strange green light, the ship passes through a vortex and when they emerge, their communications have ...
Style: captivating, exciting, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Audience: kids, manly
Plot: time travel, world war two, military, catastrophe, military life, changing the past or future, heroic mission, battles, aircraft carrier, airplane, alternate history, time traveler ...
Time: 1940s, 70s, 80s, year 1980, 20th century ...
Place: pearl harbor, japan, pacific ocean
⇓ 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%
 6.2
 894
Starhunter (2000)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Starhunter is a Canadian science fiction television series that aired for two seasons. The series was produced in Canada by The Danforth Studios Ltd. in association with Alliance Atlantis with some photography in the United Kingdom. Grosvenor Park ...
Style: saga, epic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: space travel, spacecraft, space, danger, spaceship, mission, space battle, space mission, space and aliens, time dilation, intergalactic, star wars ...
Time: future, distant future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.5
 45K
Dark Matter (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection of who they are or how they got on board. The only clue to their identities is a cargo bay full ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, action adventure, mind blowing ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot: space travel, outer space, memory loss, space opera, space and aliens, space wars, time travel, androids, distant planet, survival, friendship, danger ...
Time: future
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Star Trek: Of Gods and Men (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The year is 2306… 12 years ago, Captain Kirk was swept away by the Nexus. One year later, Commander Scott was reported missing along with the USS Jenolen. The remaining USS Enterprise crew have split. Captain Spock and Doctor McCoy are on ...
Style: psychotronic, exciting, intellectual, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: star trek, space travel, space opera, space wars, good versus evil, commander, surrealism, alien species, space and aliens, spacecraft, benign alien, heroic mission ...
Time: future, 24th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: SG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, SG-1 travels to the Ori galaxy aboard the ...
Style: witty, exciting, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space opera, space travel, ancient mystery, stargate, space, space wars, space and aliens, save the world, good versus evil, heroic mission, save the day, race against time ...
Time: future, year 2008, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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