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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
 6.4
 196K
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, China, Belgium, Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA, Canada
Duration: 136 min.
Story: In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Style: futuristic, entertaining, exciting, captivating, cult classic, colorful, fairy tale, sentimental, retro, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly
Plot: alien, space travel, outer space, alien planet, space station, government agent, creature, mission, alien race, marriage proposal, space adventure, space pirate, space opera, spacecraft, space battle, beach, spaceship, parallel universe, dna, shape shifting, space exploration, trapped in space, space wars, robot, planet ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2017, 70s, year 1975, 2020s
Keyword: eye candy, marketplace, chinese, marquee

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out epic, exciting, futuristic and action adventure films with plots about explosion, space, battles, spaceship, alien, warrior and violence mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: John Carter (2012), Jupiter Ascending (2015), Ready Player One (2018), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Avatar (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 6.6
 285K
John Carter (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story: John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and ...
Style: epic, entertaining, exciting, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot: mars, alien, monster, space travel, heroic mission, danger, space opera, mysterious planet, distant planet, imaginary kingdom, steampunk, battles ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, future, 19th century, 1870s ...
Place: virginia, arizona, new york, space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Jupiter Ascending (2015)
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, serious, fairy tale, suspenseful, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
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Time: future, 2010s
Place: chicago, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Ready Player One (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 140 min.
Story: When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.
Style: exciting, captivating, atmospheric, stylized, cyber ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot: virtual reality, cyberpunk, video game, virtuality, geek, love, teenage boy, dystopia, computer, teamwork, evil corporation, friendship ...
Time: future, 2040s, 2010s, jurassic, near future ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, futuristic, funny ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: superhero, alien, outer space, space, space travel, superpower, chase, space battle, good versus evil, megalomaniac, patricide, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, future, year 1980, year 2014 ...
Place: space western, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Avatar (2009)
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.
Style: futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: alien, fantasy world, ecology, culture clash, creature, beautiful scenery, battles, space and aliens, alien life-form, alien planet, space travel, alien encounter ...
Time: future, 2000s, 20th century, year 2009, 22nd century
Place: iran, space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
The Fifth Element (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Style: futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, colorful, visually stunning ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot: alien, space opera, cyberpunk, dystopian future, space and aliens, good versus evil, space travel, end of the world, save the world, dystopia, life philosophy, love ...
Time: future, year 1997, 90s, 23rd century, 1910s
Place: egypt, usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 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 ⇓
81%
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 ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
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 ...
Style: futuristic, saga, exciting, emotional, intense ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, adult
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Time: future, year 2005, 20th century, year 2016, 2000s
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 619K
Star Trek (2009)
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 ...
Style: futuristic, epic, stylized, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: space travel, star trek, space opera, outer space, alien, spacecraft, time travel, heroic mission, teamwork, space and aliens, alternate universe, space wars ...
Time: future, year 2009, 24th century, 23rd century, 2000s
Place: san francisco, iowa, bay area, space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 7.0
 551K
Oblivion (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
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Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night
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Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, distant future ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
 7.8
 305K
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 8.0
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Dune (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
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Style: epic, suspense, captivating, tense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
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⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 6.1
 139K
Mortal Engines (2018)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
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Country: USA, China
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Time: future, year 2016, 2010s, 23rd century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.0
 204K
Stargate (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
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Style: exciting, futuristic, entertaining, visually stunning, visual ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
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Style: futuristic, exciting, breathtaking, epic, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, teens, date night, adult
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Time: future, 2020s, 20th century, distant future, 22nd century
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
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 ...
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Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, adult
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
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Style: futuristic, semi serious, exciting, action adventure, epic ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult
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Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, 23rd century
Place: san francisco, seattle, bay area, london, space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 6.5
 61K
Flash Gordon (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
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Style: psychotronic, visual, stylized, exciting, epic ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, boys' night, teens
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Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: new york, usa, space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, China, Japan, USA, Mexico
Duration: 111 min.
Story: It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls ...
Style: futuristic, psychotronic, mecha, anamorphic, tense ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: monster, giant monster, kaiju, robot, giant robot, giant creature, alien, creature, chinawoman, killer robot, alien monster, end of the world ...
Time: 2010s, future, near future
Place: mount fuji, china, australia, asia, santa monica california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Style: futuristic, exciting, scenic, tense, suspense ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, family outing, adult
Plot: star wars, space opera, female protagonist, rebellion, robot, space travel, rebel, tough girl, jedi, self sacrifice, spacecraft, strong female lead ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: space western, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 149 min.
Story: As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six ...
Style: epic, exciting, saga, surprise ending, action adventure ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
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Time: 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, africa, manhattan new york city, scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Canada, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, captivating, suspense, enigmatic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, adult
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Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2019
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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 ...
Style: futuristic, saga, dark, visually stunning, epic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, chick flick, family friendly, boys' night ...
Plot: star wars, space opera, outer space, sword fight, space travel, space and aliens, creature, space battle, good versus evil, jedi, alien, training ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1980, 80s
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, New Zealand, France, Canada
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as ...
Style: humorous, captivating, exciting, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: raccoon, team, mad scientist, animal testing, superhero, villain, outer space, tragic past, surrogate family, space travel, laboratory, animal abuse ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.
Style: suspense, entertaining, action adventure, anamorphic, disgusting ...
Audience: family friendly, kids
Plot: robot, alien, alien invasion, shapeshifting, giant robot, culture clash, artificial intelligence, transforming robot, revenge, survival, alternate reality, violence ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, near future, medieval times, middle ages ...
Place: tower bridge london, detroit, havana cuba, pentagon, china ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.0
 1.5M
The Avengers (2012)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: When an unexpected enemy emerges and threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. ...
Style: exciting, epic, entertaining, heroic, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, alien invasion, good versus evil, monster, superhuman powers, teamwork, imaginary, tony stark character, female assassin, super villain, heroic mission ...
Time: year 2012, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pittsburgh, madagascar, manhattan new york city, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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