Movies like Murder in Space
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Murder in Space (1985)
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in the "not-so-distant future", the crew of an international space station are set to return triumphantly to Earth, until someone starts killing the other crew members.
Style:
psychotronic, interactive
Plot:
space, murder, gay, whodunit, murder mystery, characters killed one by one, space mission, closeted homosexual, spaceship, new world, space exploration, space station, outer space, fight, pregnancy, investigator, cold war, conspiracy, soviet spy, gay relationship, jail cell, female astronaut, trapped in space, characters murdered one by one, gay affair ...
Place:
moscow russia
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Most similar movies to Murder in Space
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, tense and captivating films with plots about space, outer space, spacecraft, space travel, trapped in space, spaceship and survival mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Murder in Space: Mission to Mars (2000), The Arrival (1996), Lifepod (1981), Lifepod (1993), Infiniti (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France, Jordan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.
Style:
futuristic, serious, atmospheric, sentimental, suspense ...
Plot:
mars, space travel, astronaut, space station, alien, escapades, alien encounter, space, spacecraft, trapped in space, space and aliens, mysterious planet ...
Time:
future, year 2000, y2k, 2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, conspiracy, evil alien, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, disguise, investigation, ufo, alien, black hole, elevator, supernatural ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1996
Place:
mexico, latin america, central america
Similarity:
100%
408
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The first interplanetary cruise ship malfunctions halfway to Jupiter, forcing most of the crew and passengers to abandon ship. A handful of people are trapped onboard.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
spacecraft, trapped in space, space, talking computer, spaceship, human in outer space, problem, space exploration, space opera, space station, space adventure, crew ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, serious, exciting
Plot:
trapped in space, spacecraft, terrorism, survival, rescue, space and aliens, escapades, danger, disaster, outer space, murder, evil corporation ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 312 min.
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Story:
The ISS, the International Space Station has gone silent. The crew is in distress. Simultaneously, a decapitated and waxed body is found on a roof in Kazakhstan. Positive identification leaves no room for doubt: the body belongs to an American ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot:
space exploration, astronaut, investigation, paradox, murder, police investigation, cosmonaut, space station, space program, space mission, sleuth, puzzle ...
Place:
kazakhstan
Similarity:
59%
12K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hungary, Indonesia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn's moon Titan, gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot manoeuvre that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, intense, dark ...
Plot:
astronaut, trapped in space, space, memory loss, deep space, titan, space mission, isolation, hallucination, survival, spacecraft, paranoia ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A scientific group set out on a journey into space to find a magical creature. What they find is a killer computer on the ship they chartered.
Style:
futuristic, space horror, cult classic, independent film
Plot:
apocalypse, man versus machine, giant monster, alien monster, outer space, spacecraft, supernatural horror, space exploration, space and aliens, female android, love, evil computer ...
Similarity:
57%
12K
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, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
parallel universe, experiment, trapped in space, astronaut, paranoia, nasa, destiny, spacecraft, catastrophe, isolation, space program, outer space ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After a nuclear war on Earth, the Soviet Union and the U.S. both establish outposts on the moon. When a murder occurs on the outpost, both U.S. and Soviet investigators are forced to work on the case together.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, crime thriller, psychotronic, political thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
murder investigation, space colony, whodunit, cold war, isolation, conspiracy, claustrophobia, space opera, forensics, diplomacy, sabotage, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Similarity:
56%
16K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A woman wakes up on a distant planet and finds the crew of her space station viciously killed. Her investigation into what happened sets in motion a terrifying chain of events.
Style:
absurd, cynical, art house, psychological horror, crying ...
Plot:
cosmic horror, trapped in space, female protagonist, arthouse horror, memory loss, alien possession, space station, spaceship, body horror, violent death, alien parasite, infected ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A team of explorers arrives on Mars to join the first human colony on the planet, only to discover that their predecessors have vanished.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, suspense, tense, grim ...
Plot:
mars, space exploration, investigation, outer space, space mission, astronaut, puzzle, space and aliens, space adventure, explorer, uncover truth, space ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A U.S. Senator is spirited away to a secret New Mexico medical lab after a serious car crash. His injuries are completely healed by a secret organization that has developed advanced medical technology. What does the organization want in exchange for ...
Style:
psychotronic, tech noir, medical drama, suspense, independent film
Plot:
clone, conspiracy, politician, hospital, reporter, accident, human experiment, human duplication, intrigue, senator, murder, car wreck ...
Place:
new mexico
Similarity:
54%
30K
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Romania, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
With the human race's future at stake, a group of young men and women embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. But when they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they become helpless for pleasure, hunger, and power once ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
space travel, spacecraft, alien planet, space exploration, sexual behavior, social commentary, trapped in space, astronaut, space program, escapades, distant planet, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, near future, 2020s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
Style:
cerebral, suspense, suspenseful, philosophical, lovecraft ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
space travel, found footage, astronaut, space exploration, outer space, space, spacecraft, distant planet, alien, survival, spacewalk, moon ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 1972, 1950s, 50s ...
Similarity:
53%
22K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A teen in 2024 accidentally time-travels to 2003, days before a masked killer murders her sister. Can she change the past without destroying the future?
Style:
slasher, slasher horror, teen horror, absurd, dark comedy
Plot:
murder mystery, lesbian, serial killer, time travel, high school, closeted lesbian, whodunit, time machine, museum, murder, shopping mall, teenage girl ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s, year 2003, 21st century
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a deep space fishing vessel is robbed by a gang of pirates, the Captain makes a daring decision to go after a rare and nearly extinct species. His obsession propels them further into space as the crew spins toward mutiny and betrayal.
Style:
futuristic, captivating, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, spacecraft, harvest, alien, fight, hunting, alien monster, alien creature, escapades, danger, alien contact ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Similarity:
53%
14K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tensions flare in the near future aboard the International Space Station as a conflict breaks out on Earth. U.S. and Russian astronauts receive orders from the ground: take control of the station by any means necessary.
Style:
futuristic, captivating, thrilling, powerful, compassionate ...
Plot:
space station, astronaut, war, space shuttle, save the planet, problem, space, zero gravity, paranoia, thoughtful, defiant, world war ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a scientist and a pilot volunteer for a high profile space mission they are told their goal will be to do what no one has ever done before to find the end of the universe. After 13 years in space the ship crashes through the end of the known ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space, space exploration, spacecraft, trapped in space, scientist, mission, universe, space travel, outer space, astronaut, exploration, problem ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A series of murders are happening in the city, and a cop realises that they are all eerily similar. Can he find out the link and capture the murderer before it is too late?
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tense, suspense, suspense thriller
Plot:
murder, serial killer, murder mystery, police investigation, murder investigation, fight, uncover truth, police officer, crime solving, murderer, fighting crime, police ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Three American astronauts who land on Mars discover the body of a frozen Russian cosmonaut and a mysterious talking orb.
Style:
psychotronic, space horror, suspense, period piece, independent film
Plot:
mars, astronaut, outer space, space exploration, cold war, isolation, first contact, survival, cosmonaut, space opera, spacesuit, space ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A number of 'missing person' cases are reported in Phoenix, Arizona when an unexplained light appears in the sky one night in 1997.
Style:
enigmatic, tense, mockumentary, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
ufo, found footage, alien abduction, military, conspiracy, alien invasion, missing person, investigation, danger, desert, death, abduction ...
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona, usa, sonora, mexico
Similarity:
51%
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, philosophical, intellectual, stylized, spiritual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
astronaut, space travel, nasa, artificial intelligence, space exploration, paranoia, space opera, contact, space, deep space, spaceship, science ...
Time:
future, year 2010, distant future, year 1984, near future ...
Place:
tower bridge london, ussr, soviet union, paris france, london ...
Similarity:
51%
21K
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, philosophical, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
space travel, outer space, isolation, spacecraft, space and aliens, dystopia, twists and turns, post apocalypse, uncover truth, danger, dystopian future, parallel world ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, near future
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A detective investigates a murder, only to find that the victim is... himself. Soon, he discovers multiple versions of himself, not all of them friendly.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, rough, detective, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, travel, murder, juggling, clone, police detective, conspiracy, victim, multiverse, identity crisis, alternate reality, paradox ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A scientist (James Caan) replaces a military officer (Robert Duvall) as an astronaut on a space-race moonshot.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, exciting, mysterious ...
Plot:
nasa, moon, astronaut, outer space, race against time, against the odds, spacewalk, danger, government agency, moon landing, space exploration, space race ...
Time:
year 1967, 60s
Place:
soviet union, usa, florida, texas
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Two sides, one known as the Alphas and the other the Rebels, struggle in a brutal war on Earth and in outer space. When a habitable planet is discovered in orbit around a star that is on the far side of a dangerous wormhole, the two sides ...
Style:
independent film, futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
space exploration, space travel, reluctant partners, monster, space opera, outer space, violent content, partner, dystopian future, heroic mission, political intrigue, space wars ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
50%
60K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Russia
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, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
astronaut, alien encounter, found footage, outer space, moon landing, infection, space travel, moon, nasa, heroic mission, danger, space and aliens ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 2010s, year 2011, future ...
Place:
antarctica
Similarity:
50%
284K
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, psychological, cerebral, tense ...
Plot:
space travel, outer space, sun, end of the world, isolation, spaceship, self sacrifice, earth, heroic mission, expedition, space, danger ...
Time:
future, year 2007, distant future, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Hungary, Australia, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
Style:
futuristic, captivating, space horror, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
alien monster, spaceship, space station, trapped in space, survival horror, alien, space, extraterrestrial, galaxy, monster, pregnant woman, alien parasite ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After an accident during a routine trip to Venus, a spaceship has only enough oxygen left for three people... out of five on board.
Style:
space horror, exciting, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
asteroid, survival, astronaut, spacecraft, space, rescue, survivor, oxygen, space opera, disaster, venus the planet, spaceship ...
Similarity:
49%
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