Movies like Battle for the Lost Planet

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Battle for the Lost Planet (1986)
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Battle for the Lost Planet (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: To escape his captors an industrial spy hijacks a space shuttle only to find the controls malfunctioning. Catapulting through outerspace, he sights alien battleships approaching earth. Many years later when the arc of his flight path returns him to earth, he discovers the planet is completely under alien domination, totally devastated by thermo-nuclear battles. Desperate and alone, he searches for any human existence. Finding a group of survivors, together they fight the aliens to save mankind.
Plot: spy, alien invasion, alien, monster, distopia, ufo, space opera, post apocalypse, forest, space travel, space shuttle, spaceship, dystopia, spacecraft, extraterrestrial, horse, mutant, biker, motorcycle, female nudity, male nudity, shootout, male pubic hair, tribe, gunfight ...

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Most similar movies to Battle for the Lost Planet

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, futuristic, suspenseful and serious films with plots about alien, space, outer space, alien invasion, spacecraft, space and aliens and distopia mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like Battle for the Lost Planet: Mutant War (1988), Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008), The Last Starfighter (1984), Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), The Darkest Dawn (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mutant War (1988)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The sequel to 'Galaxy Destroyer' which finds our hero Harry Trent wandering Earth's post-apocalyptic landscape full of mutants, monsters, and fragmented human tribes. Harry's attempt to help a young girl rescue her sisters, leads ...
Plot: post apocalypse, monster, alien, creature, space opera, distopia, mutant, blonde, post-apocalyptic future, gang, rescue, hard body ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Three women makes an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to rescue them and meets Niki, the only Earthling left from a medical expedition. Combining their ...
Style: grindhouse, intense, semi serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot: space opera, space travel, survival, dystopian future, monster, post apocalypse, space and aliens, danger, maze, daring rescue, rescue, woman in danger ...
Time: year 1983
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The war against the Bugs continues! A Federation Starship crash-lands on the distant Alien planet OM-1, stranding beloved leader Sky Marshal Anoke and several others, including comely but tough pilot Lola Beck. It's up to Colonel/General Johnny ...
Style: futuristic, absurd, exciting, semi serious, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, space wars, space, space travel, space and aliens, evil alien, marauder, soldier, space marine, battles, supernatural, survival ...
Time: 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The Last Starfighter (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, light, semi serious, mindfuck ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: alien contact, alien, space travel, space opera, space, teenager, outer space, battles, space and aliens, heroic mission, childhood, good versus evil ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 90s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Running low on fuel, the Battlestar Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylons.
Plot: battlestar galactica, cyborgs, robot, space, distopia, military, superhero, space opera, space travel, spacecraft, alien, alien life-form ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Space Wars: Quest for the Deepstar (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A father and daughter team of space scavengers race against a band of evil mercenaries to reach a legendary lost freighter called the Deepstar. Along their trek through the universe, they encounter monsters, aliens, robots, and something even worse.
Style: captivating, futuristic
Plot: distopia, space adventure, space travel, alien life-form, alien creature, extraterrestrial, relationships, space and aliens, adventurer, family relations, alien encounter, space ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story: This movie is a faithful adaptation of H. G. Well's book, set in the 19th century.
Style: suspense, epic
Plot: alien invasion, mars, space wars, alien, epidemic, kaiju, ufo, apocalypse, distopia, extraterrestrial, martian, battles ...
Time: year 2005, victorian era, 20th century, 19th century, 1900s ...
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Darkest Dawn (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Evacuated from their home, two teenage sisters unite with fellow survivors and escape London by river to embark on an odyssey across the badlands of Britain.
Style: tense, suspense, exciting, captivating, apocalyptic ...
Plot: alien invasion, apocalypse, alien, post apocalypse, sister sister relationship, found footage, military, survival, alien space craft, alien encounter, struggle for survival, resistance ...
Place: london, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 7.0
 551K
Oblivion (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, captivating, suspense, visually appealing ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopian future, alien invasion, survival, space travel, space and aliens, catastrophe, danger, fate of humanity, alien encounter, resistance ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, distant future ...
Place: peru, seattle, new york, washington d.c., pentagon ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Londo Mollari, the Centauri Emperor, recounts the initial contact between the Humans and Minbari, which resulted in a major incident and subsequent war, for an eager pair of youngsters wanting a story about love and conflict.
Style: christian film, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space opera, benign alien, space wars, space travel, space, space program, military, alien, genocide, star wars, future war, dystopia ...
Time: future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Battlefield Earth (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, evil alien, heroic mission, danger, slavery, rescue, brutality, stupidity, survival, planet ...
Time: future, year 2000, y2k
Place: denver colorado, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Independence Day (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspense, apocalyptic, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, end of the world, invasion, extraterrestrial, survival, ufo, space and aliens, alien, evil alien, first contact, alien encounter, save the world ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, jurassic, future
Place: new york, washington d.c., usa, houston texas, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, ...
Style: action packed, futuristic, exciting, stylized, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, manly
Plot: alien, space, dystopia, lone hero, outer space, bounty hunter, tough guy, space and aliens, space opera, distant planet, one man army, one against many ...
Time: future, year 2004, near future, 2000s
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ...
Style: psychotronic, saga, uplifting, cult classic, futuristic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: space adventure, space opera, time travel, astronaut, alien invasion, space, space travel, superhero, intergalactic, cosmic horror, distopia, women ...
Time: year 1979, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Stargate (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Style: exciting, futuristic, entertaining, visually stunning, visual ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, archaeology, space opera, slavery, pyramid, teleportation, creature, mythology, evil alien, archaeologist, ancient egypt, alien ...
Time: future, 90s, near future, 20th century, 1920s
Place: egypt, colorado, space western, middle east, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
39%
Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In the 6th Godzilla movie, mysterious aliens from the Planet X ask earth's people to help them save their world from the dreaded Ghidorah (aka "Monster Zero") by letting them "borrow" Godzilla and Rodan. Monster mayhem ...
Style: grindhouse, daikaiju, natural horror, suspense, classic horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: kaiju, godzilla, giant monster, alien invasion, monster, alien, ufo, crossover, evil alien, distopia, spacesuit, killer animal ...
Time: jurassic, 60s
Place: japan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: As a lone spaceship proceeds on its long voyage across space, the crew are surprised to encounter a strange pyramid form. Surprise turns to horror as one by one, they discover that their darkest nightmares are all starting to become real. The ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, scary, space horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, alien, space travel, fear, evil alien, space monster, spacecraft, spaceship, planet, raped by monster, graphic violence, pyramid ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Robo Warriors (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The year is 2036 and Earth has been invaded: hope lies with the last Robo Warrior - a towering fighting machine.
Style: futuristic, mecha, independent film
Plot: monster, apocalypse, giant robot, dystopia, exploitation, distopia, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, robot, piloted giant robot, hopes, battles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 120 min.
Story: We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, entertaining, suspense, action adventure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien invasion, alien, end of the world, disaster, human versus alien, apocalypse, space travel, ufo, president, independence day, monster, creature ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas, london, tower bridge london, minnesota ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The War in Space (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Earth is attacked by alien spacecraft from Venus. But a Japanese scientist has constructed a space craft, the Gohten, with which he may save humanity.
Style: weird
Plot: alien invasion, space opera, kaiju, space, giant monster, military, space adventure, post apocalyptic, star wars, exploitation, planet, ufo ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Starship Troopers (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, bloody, exciting, allegory ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: military, alien invasion, creature, alien, space travel, monster, soldier, space and aliens, space wars, outer space, fictional war, evil alien ...
Time: future, 23rd century, 90s, year 1997, jurassic ...
Place: buenos aires argentina, space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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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 ⇓
35%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Battle For SkyArk (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the near future the earth has become desolate and dangerous. Now inhabited by by a mysterious race of creatures, humanity has been forced to find refuge in the SkyArk, a man-made city in the sky. As the population grows, space becomes scarce and ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, stylized, apocalyptic ...
Plot: invasion, end of the world, ufo, spacecraft, alien invasion, battles, heroic mission, evil alien, war, save the world, post apocalypse, extraterrestrial ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Allies of the Shadows seek revenge against humanity. This movie sets up the series, "Crusade," the sequel to "Babylon 5."
Style: intellectual, serious, exciting, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, space opera, space, space station, military, apocalypse, benign alien, intergalactic, space program, star wars, future war, space adventure ...
Time: future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.3
 17K
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
Plot: space opera, space wars, space and aliens, space, spacecraft, space travel, heroic mission, outer space, save the world, danger, video game, alien encounter ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1998
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.2
 78K
Outlander (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, France, Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min.
Story: During the reign of the Vikings, a man from another world crash-lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator. The man must fuse his advanced technology with the weaponry of the vikings to fight the monster.
Style: epic, exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, alien, viking, alien invasion, norse mythology, space, survival, alien encounter, apocalypse, kaiju, battles, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: middle ages, 2000s, year 2008, 8th century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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