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The Expanse (2015)
190K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense, erotic, period piece, spiritual, political, satirical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space opera, human in outer space, spaceship, space station, conspiracy, spacecraft, space colony, space exploration, investigation, society, space wars, alien life-form, fight scenes, space battle, space and aliens, galaxy, alien technology, rivalry, solar system, transformation, uncover truth, danger, venus the planet ...
Time:
future, 24th century, near future, 23rd century
Place:
space western, hawaii
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Most similar movies to The Expanse
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, exciting, serious and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about space, outer space, space opera, space travel, space program, spaceship and spacecraft mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Expanse: Battlestar Galactica (2004), Foundation (2021), Firefly (2002), Dark Matter (2015), Defying Gravity (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 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, sexy, exciting, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space opera, outer space, space and aliens, space wars, space battle, artificial intelligence, human in outer space, heroes, androids and robots, military, cyborgs ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
88%
124K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
Style:
futuristic, tense, captivating, realistic, novela ...
Plot:
prophecy, human clone, star wars, space travel, female nudity, empire, genetic engineering, supernatural ability, strong female lead, a vision, civilization, spacecraft ...
Time:
distant future, future
Similarity:
100%
299K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Firefly is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.
Style:
exciting, witty, captivating, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space opera, spacecraft, space adventure, danger, escapades, survival, captain, space and aliens, friendship, smuggling ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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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, mind blowing, action adventure ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, outer space, space opera, memory loss, amnesia, distant planet, space and aliens, time travel, androids, space wars, friendship, survival ...
Time:
future
Place:
space western
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Defying Gravity is a multi-nationally produced space travel television science fiction drama series which first aired on August 2, 2009 on ABC and CTV and was canceled in the autumn of 2009. Set in the year 2052, the series follows eight astronauts ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, stylized, philosophical, mind bending ...
Plot:
space and aliens, space travel, space exploration, space mission, survival, outer space, friends, couple relations, danger, space opera, spacecraft, female astronaut ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Story:
After a 40-year armistice in a war between the Twelve Colonies and the Cylons, the Cylons launch a surprise nuclear attack intended to exterminate the human race. Virtually all of the population of the Twelve Colonies are wiped out.
Style:
futuristic, cerebral, philosophical, tense, talky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space wars, outer space, cyborgs, space battle, imaginary, space and aliens, escapades, society, androids and robots, space, space opera ...
Time:
future, 70s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.
Style:
futuristic, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, consciousness, artificial intelligence, investigation, resistance fighter, twists and turns, virtual reality, murder, body swapping, doppelganger, female nudity, multiple storylines ...
Time:
future, distant future
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
79%
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:
91%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks ...
Style:
futuristic, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
technology, cyberpunk, gamer, alternate reality, distopia, time machine, robot, female protagonist, husband and wife, supernatural, dystopian future, alternate timeline ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
100 years in the future, planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive ...
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, exciting, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
spacecraft, space colony, life, spacesuit, biosphere, space mission, ship, cosmonaut, space adventure, teamwork, isolation, claustrophobia ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
83%
112K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fights against all odds to survive and escape. But they're surrounded by hidden dangers.
Style:
sincere, tense, exciting, futuristic, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
outer space, space exploration, alien planet, spacecraft, robot, survival, alien creature, hopes, danger, space, youth, space adventure ...
Time:
future, near future, 2040s, 21st century
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
After a massive alien artifact lands on Earth, Niko Breckinridge leads an interstellar mission to track down its source and make first contact.
Style:
tense, touching, disturbing, futuristic, captivating ...
Plot:
outer space, space mission, space travel, astronaut, alien, space shuttle, space exploration, spacecraft, heroic mission, danger, space station, teamwork ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
space western
Similarity:
83%
37K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, it's goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be ...
Style:
saga, philosophical, serious, suspense, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space opera, outer space, space travel, space station, benign alien, time travel, danger, space and aliens, good versus evil, culture clash, friendship, conflict ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
86%
43K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, bleak, funny ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
space travel, spacecraft, alien, space adventure, outer space, space wars, escapades, female alien, space, female warrior, astronaut, space opera ...
Time:
future, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
memphis
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
After Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. Their treacherous task is jeopardized by the arrival of the ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, apocalyptic, gothic, intelligent ...
Plot:
space colony, androids, distant planet, robot human relationship, survival, atheism, alien creature, war, post apocalypse, vestiges of humanity, religious cult, parents and children ...
Time:
future, distant future, near future
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families.
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspense, disturbing, stylized ...
Plot:
astronaut, space program, space race, nasa, mining, moon, ice, u.s. president, moon landing, space shuttle, moon base, lesbian ...
Time:
year 1969, future, 60s, 80s, 90s ...
Place:
usa, soviet union
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, breathtaking, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
star trek, space travel, spacecraft, alien, spaceship, exploration, fight scenes, human in outer space, friendship, space opera, space adventure, space exploration ...
Time:
future, 24th century, 2020s
Similarity:
71%
25K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters (a.k.a. Killjoys) sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants around the Quad, a system of planets on the brink of revolution.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, tense, cynical, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space and aliens, outer space, imaginary, escapades, danger, space travel, space opera, bounty hunter, space mission, spacecraft, space, distant planet ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
69%
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301K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, danger, fate of humanity, human existence, leadership, youth, nuclear holocaust, outer space, space station, friendship, lesbian ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe.
The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, in the years 2369 - 2375. Unlike the other Star Trek TV shows, it takes place on a space station instead of a ...
Style:
funny, political, cult classic, intelligent, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
star trek, intergalactic, space opera, space, spacecraft, space wars, space travel, honor, space station, time travel, spaceship, atheism ...
Time:
24th century, future, 90s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
80%
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, futuristic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, spacecraft, space battle, outer space, self sacrifice, escapades, heroic mission, heroes, danger, save the world, space and aliens, siege ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 22nd century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 3 min.
TV show
Story:
The 10 webisodes, entitled "The Face of the Enemy," tell a story that takes place between seasons 4.0 and 4.5 of Battlestar and follow Lt. Gaeta when he is sent off in a Raptor with a handful of strangers and one of them mysteriously dies. ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, space opera, battlestar galactica, space and aliens, imaginary, isolation, survival, danger, confined, cyborgs, alien invasion, galaxy ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction TV series and a prequel to the original Star Trek set 100 years before. The series premiered September 26, 2001 on the UPN television network with the final episode airing on May 13, 2005.
The series takes ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, erotic, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space and aliens, time travel, alien invasion, spacecraft, space exploration, space opera, alien life-form, good versus evil, escapades, adventurer ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, saga, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, fate of humanity, space opera, space adventure, good versus evil, danger, alien planet, technology, spacecraft, ancient mystery, parallel world ...
Time:
2000s, future
Place:
space western
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise there was Discovery. Star Trek, one of the most iconic and influential global television franchises, returns 50 years after it first premiered featuring a new ship, new characters and new missions, ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, breathtaking, tense, epic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
star trek, outer space, alien, lgbt, space travel, homosexual, spacecraft, space adventure, time travel, danger, artificial intelligence, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 24th century, 23rd century, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
space western, toronto ontario canada
Similarity:
50%
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:
75%
104K
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:
86%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 265 min.
TV show
Story:
A three part mini-series based on Frank Herbert's classic Science Fiction novel entailing politics, betrayal, lust, greed and the coming of a Messiah.
Style:
atmospheric, epic, futuristic, stylized, light ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, rebel, dune, prophecy, desert, distopia, chosen one, technology, brutality, space travel, vengeance, alien planet ...
Time:
future, year 2000
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to ...
Style:
futuristic, saga, exciting, tense, thrilling ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, human existence, human in outer space, spacecraft, space and aliens, space opera, outer space, technology, stargate, military, alien planet, space adventure ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s
Similarity:
63%
268K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, surreal, thrilling ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, mad scientist, parallel universe, alternate dimension, time travel, fbi, top secret, alternate reality, experiment, danger, paranormal activity ...
Time:
2000s, future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts, harvard university, canada
Similarity:
100%
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