Movies like Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 1979

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
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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 recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate, where his closest colleagues are Dr. Huer (Tim O'Connor), squadron leader Col. Wilma Deering (former model Erin Gray, looking oh-so-foxy), the wisecracking robot Twiki (voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc), and a portable computer-brain named Dr. Theopolis, who's carried by Twiki like oversized bling-bling.
Style: psychotronic, uplifting, saga, cult classic, futuristic, exciting, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: space adventure, space opera, time travel, astronaut, alien invasion, space travel, space, superhero, robot, distopia, ufo, women, star wars, future war, shakespeare, intergalactic, dystopia, post apocalyptic, cosmic horror, outer space, space wars, heroes, space and aliens, battles, save the world ...
Time: year 1979, future

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, exciting, suspenseful and serious films with plots about escapades, space travel, heroes, heroic mission, space and aliens, danger and outer space mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), Battlestar Galactica (1978), Battlestar Galactica (1978), Space Raiders (1983), Flash Gordon (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
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.
Style: futuristic, humorous, independent film, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: good versus evil, space opera, space travel, spaceship, alien, space battle, female warrior, vengeance, cowboy, planet, robot, space ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: space western
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series ran for two seasons between 1979–1981, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a ...
Style: suspenseful, semi serious, exciting, touching, saga ...
Audience: family outing, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: space opera, space and aliens, space travel, artificial intelligence, good versus evil, astronaut, time travel, alien invasion, survival, adventurer, save the world, fighting crime ...
Time: future
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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%
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar Galactica lead a ragtag fleet of human survivors in search of a "mythical planet" called Earth.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night, kids
Plot: space opera, space travel, outer space, battlestar galactica, space, ambition, danger, survival, rivalry, man versus machine, against the odds, heroic mission ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
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100%
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Flash Gordon (1980)
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: psychotronic, visual, stylized, exciting, epic ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: space opera, american football, alien, mad scientist, emperor, superhero, space, robot, space travel, megalomaniac, mind reading, mind control ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: new york, usa, space western
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100%
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seaQuest DSV (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
Style: cliffhanger, futuristic, serious, exciting, nautical
Audience: boys' night
Plot: submarine, space and aliens, sea, military, benign alien, space wars, teenager, hi-tech, dolphins, captain, girl, boat ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2030s, 2020s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Crimson Force (2005)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The crew of the first manned mission to Mars crash land on the surface in search of a clean everlasting power source they believe to be hidden somewhere beneath the ground. However, the crew find themselves in the middle of a civil war between the ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, futuristic
Plot: mars, heroic mission, outer space, heroes, rivalry, danger, escapades, chaos, space wars, alien encounter, space travel, martian ...
Time: future
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100%
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The Ice Pirates (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The time is the distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled ...
Style: futuristic, parody, humorous, fantasy adventure, grindhouse ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night, family outing, teens
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Time: future
Place: space western
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100%
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
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: futuristic, saga, intense, serious, stylized ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult, preschool
Plot: alien, star wars, sword fight, jedi, space wars, good versus evil, space, apprentice, space travel, creature, outer space, master apprentice relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2016, future
Place: space western
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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
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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
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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 ...
Style: exciting, uplifting, disgusting, action adventure, fast ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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Flash Gordon (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Flash Gordon is an American science fiction television series that debuted on Sci Fi in the United States on August 10, 2007 and continued airing new episodes through February 8, 2008. It has also appeared on the United Kingdom Sci Fi Channel and ...
Style: suspenseful, exciting, stylized, serious, saga ...
Audience: teens
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Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa, maryland
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Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Style: intellectual, serious, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Duration: 94 min.
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Style: exciting, futuristic, christian film, intellectual, serious ...
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Time: future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, futuristic
Audience: teens, boys' night
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Time: future
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Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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Style: futuristic, exciting, light, entertaining, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Blake's 7 (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
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Style: cult classic, futuristic, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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Gor II (1988)
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
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Style: exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, captivating ...
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Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
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Time: 80s, 1910s, year 1917
Place: new york, usa, london, tower bridge london, belgium
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100%
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Time Slip (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A squadron of Japanese Self-Defense Force soldiers find themselves transported through time to their country's warring states era, when rival samurai clans were battling to become the supreme Shogun.
Style: serious, offbeat, rough, suspenseful
Plot: time travel, military, battles, sword fight, heroes, soldier, rape, female nudity, samurai, getting home, changing the past or future, escapades ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Style: psychotronic, exciting, intellectual, serious, suspenseful ...
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36%
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
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Time: year 1983
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35%
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
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Style: futuristic, exciting, action adventure, saga, epic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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35%
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
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Style: entertaining, clever, suspenseful, exciting, futuristic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: witty, exciting, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: future, year 2008, 2000s
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Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
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Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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Star Trek Continues (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The USS Enterprise's historic five-year mission continues with all new episodes of the original series. "Star Trek: Continues", a new Trek series, beams down with exciting adventures of the Federation's most heroic crew led by ...
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, independent film ...
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