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Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After an atomic explosion blasts the Moon out of Earth orbit, Moonbase Alpha drifts in space, with 300 people on board. When a rescue team from Earth arrives in a faster-than-light space ship, everyone is overjoyed that they can now return to Earth. But Moonbase Commander John Koenig, having undergone an experimental brain soothing process after receiving a concussion in a crash on the Lunar surface, sees not friends from Earth but gruesome monsters which have telepathically caused all others on Alpha to see an illusion of an Earth party. The aliens are desperate for radiation and plan to manipulate the Alphans into detonating nuclear waste on the Lunar surface, reducing the Moon and everyone on it to dust. Koenig must expose this conspiracy to save his people. Compiled from the two part episode The Bringers Of Wonder from the TV series Space: 1999's second series.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, atmospheric, dramatic, grim, thrilling, cult classic, futuristic, psychotronic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space opera, space colony, nuclear disaster, alien invasion, radiation, conspiracy, isolation, telepathy, hallucination, desperation, marooned, paranoia, spacecraft, rescue mission, brain injury, post apocalyptic, space travel, moon, space, moon base, alien, travel, earth, nuclear explosion, insanity ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, futuristic, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about space, space opera, spacecraft, outer space, space travel, survival and alien mostly in Sci-Fi, Adventure and Action genres. Some movies like Destination Moonbase-Alpha: Cosmic Princess (1982), The Robinsons: Lost in Space (2004), Space: 1999 (1975), Prometheus (2012), Star Pilot (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An alien princess aids people (Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell) stranded on out-of-orbit Moonbase Alpha.
Style:
psychological horror, suspenseful, melancholic, dread, cult classic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space opera, moon, alien planet, isolation, space exploration, shape shifting, space adventure, alien technology, survival, identity crisis, betrayal, sacrifice ...
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
Story:
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Style:
futuristic, tense, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
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Style:
exciting, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, spooky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
space and aliens, moon, moon base, astronaut, space exploration, space, space adventure, outer space, space opera, disaster, survival, heroic mission ...
Time:
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54%
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
futuristic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, space horror ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
scotland, seattle
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Aliens from the constellation Hydra crash-land on the island of Sardinia. A prominent scientist, his daughter, several young technicians, and a pair of Oriental spies are taken hostage by the beings so they can use them to repair their ...
Style:
retro, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot:
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Time:
1930s
Place:
sardinia
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
action packed, fast paced, suspenseful, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space opera, robot, military, rescue mission, space adventure, ancient ruins, alien invasion, revenge, cyborgs, space, teenager, mercenary ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, classic horror, mysterious, independent film, scary ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
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Style:
futuristic, philosophical, mind bending, cerebral, psychedelic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, action packed, tense, futuristic
Plot:
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Similarity:
36%
487
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, space horror ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, futuristic, action packed, suspense, tension ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
anthology, suspense, tension, tense, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
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Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, grim, bleak, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: Germany
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
28%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: Czechoslovakia
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, futuristic, captivating, intense, action packed ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, space horror, dark, futuristic, grim ...
Audience:
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Plot:
spacecraft, outer space, space travel, space opera, space, suspended animation, survival, isolation, waking up, dystopia, claustrophobia, exploration ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, 21st century
Similarity:
24%
56K
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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