Movies like Lucy in the Sky

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Lucy in the Sky (2019)
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Lucy in the Sky (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space – and begins to lose touch with reality in a world that now seems too small.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, suspense, futuristic, disturbing, stylized, clever, psychological thriller, emotional ...
Plot: astronaut, space travel, female astronaut, nasa, space, husband wife relationship, getting home, women, family relations, in love, flying, strong female character, peril, survival, spacecraft, human nature, outer space, space exploration, stroke, love triangle, womanizer, farm, mother daughter relationship, insomnia, swimming pool ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: san diego california

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Most similar movies to Lucy in the Sky

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, suspense, psychological and serious films with plots about space, survival, astronaut, space travel, outer space, spacecraft and trapped in space mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Lucy in the Sky: The Martian (2015), Approaching the Unknown (2016), Gravity (2013), The Astronaut's Wife (1999), 9/Tenths (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Martian (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Hungary, Jordan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw ...
Style: futuristic, biting, clever, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: survival, mars, astronaut, space travel, stranded, nasa, isolation, outer space, science, scientist, space, loneliness ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 2030s, near future ...
Place: china, london, houston texas, pasadena california, north america ...
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100%
Approaching the Unknown (2016)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps in colonising Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth will face insurmountable odds and life and death decisions as he rockets bravely through space.
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: trapped in space, mars, astronaut, space, survival, space travel, hopes, distant planet, isolation, nasa, trapped, escapades ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 7.7
 860K
Gravity (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, scenic, suspense, minimal cast ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: isolation, survival, space travel, space, astronaut, outer space, space station, loneliness, disaster, sole survivor, catastrophe, survivor ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, persia, seattle, houston texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife, Jillian, more often. Gradually, Jillian notices that Spencer's personality seems ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, suspense, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman in danger, alien, outer space, space, astronaut, pregnancy, nasa, danger, space travel, alien invasion, space and aliens, suburbs ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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9/Tenths (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A wealthy couple battles a poor laborer over the rights to a small ranch house, but events take a shocking turn after an enormous terrorist attack cuts the three off from civilization.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, tense, atmospheric ...
Plot: disorder, danger, fish out of water, isolation, power relations, couples, misfit, hopes, uninhibited rivalry, human nature, rivalry, survival ...
Time: future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.0
 443K
Passengers (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
Style: futuristic, romantic, scenic, dramatic, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot: space travel, outer space, isolation, survival, love story, space program, loneliness, trapped in space, love, space station, malfunction, space ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: space western, los angeles, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 8.0
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Black Swan (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Style: psychological, suspense, cerebral, atmospheric, surreal ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: ballet, mental illness, obsession, psychology, insanity, dancing, character study, surrealism, hallucination, mother daughter relationship, paranoia, showbiz ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york, bolivia, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.9
 579
Touched (2005)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A romantic drama about a man who awakes from a coma without his sense of touch and the nurse who comes to his aid.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, touching
Plot: fall in love, memory loss, love and romance, hopes, rehabilitation, survival, destiny, family in crisis, nurse, strong female character, coma, happy ending ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Trapped in Space (1994)
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: suspense, exciting, tense, captivating, space horror ...
Plot: asteroid, survival, spacecraft, space travel, astronaut, space, rescue, survivor, space opera, oxygen, disaster, venus the planet ...
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31%
 6.4
 75K
Europa Report (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
Style: cerebral, suspense, suspenseful, lovecraft, space horror ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: space travel, found footage, outer space, space exploration, spacecraft, astronaut, space, distant planet, alien, moon, spacewalk, survival ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 1972, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.9
 8K
Orbiter 9 (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, Colombia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Helena, a young woman on a deep space mission, has been alone for 20 years. Her parents abandoned ship after a technical malfunction made it impossible for all three of them to reach their intended destination. Alex, an isolated engineer, is about ...
Style: captivating, surprise ending, exciting, suspense, twisted ...
Audience: teens
Plot: female astronaut, love story, space travel, secret laboratory, space station, trapped in space, scientist, rescue, love affair, space opera, space, distopia ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Mission to Mars (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
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, suspense, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot: mars, space travel, astronaut, space station, alien, alien encounter, spacecraft, mysterious planet, trapped in space, space, space and aliens, nasa ...
Time: future, year 2000, y2k, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.9
 6K
Marooned (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to earth only to find their rockets wont fire. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, exciting, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot: space travel, nasa, astronaut, space, rescue, spacewalk, survival, space opera, space exploration, rescue mission, stranded, confined ...
Time: 20th century, year 1969, 60s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Space Between Us (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father.
Style: romantic, futuristic, light, sweet, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot: mars, love story, teenage love, teenager, nasa, astronaut, travel, road trip, life & death, beautiful scenery, outer space, space mission ...
Time: future, near future, year 2017
Place: usa, california, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Stalked by My Ex (2017)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After learning that her abusive ex-husband is about to be released from prison, a woman flees with her teenage daughter back to her old hometown.
Style: tense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: stalker, abusive husband, relationship problems, ex husband ex wife relationship, family problems, ex couple relations, mother daughter relationship, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, ex convict, husband wife relationship, obsessive quest, getting home ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.1
 145K
Brothers (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When his helicopter goes down during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan, Marine Sam Cahill is presumed dead. Back home, brother Tommy steps in to look over Sam’s wife, Grace, and two children. Sam’s surprise homecoming triggers domestic ...
Style: touching, tense, melancholic, suspense, heartbreaking ...
Plot: family drama, war, adultery, american soldier, marital infidelity, presumed dead, marine, family problems, brothers, dysfunctional family, soldier, suspicion ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, iraq, america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.1
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Sanctuary (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A famous photographer, Jo Ellen Hathaway, has been being stalked for quite some time. She returns to the island she grew up on in an effort to get away from the stalker and get some well-needed relaxation time. On the island, she meets up with old ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: stalker, female photographer, panic attack, island life, family relations, stalking, friends, relationships, life is a bitch, island, family problems, female protagonist ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate. He finds himself attracted to the young, very sexy ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, emotional, serious, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: midlife crisis, starting over, infidelity, love triangle, working class, breakup, dysfunctional family, extramarital affair, love affair, couple relations, love and romance, human nature ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: washington state, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The Stand at Paxton County (2020)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A military veteran comes home to find her father harassed by a sheriff intent on confiscating the livestock on their ranch under shady pretenses.
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: military, rancher, ranch, father daughter relationship, farm, corrupt official, problem, family relations, corruption, capture, horse, corrupt sheriff
Place: north dakota
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23%
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Solitary (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A man wakes up inside a room to discover he's a prisoner sent into space to form Earth's first colony, and worse - his cell mate Alana is hell bent on destroying everything.
Style: tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: prisoner, survival, stranded, peril, left for dead, struggle for survival, space and aliens, danger, escapades, couples, male protagonist, rescue ...
Time: future
Place: europe
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23%
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Missionary (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A wife and mother starts an affair with a young missionary... with disastrous consequences.
Style: suspenseful, realistic, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: obsession, infidelity, dangerous attraction, danger, stalking, couples, parents and children, single parent, love triangle, sex scene, bad boy, dysfunctional relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Unanswered Prayers (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After his football career, Ben Beck returned to his Virginia small town and joined the family building firm. His family happiness with wife Lorrie and adolescent son Jessie is suddenly tested by the return of Ben's first high-school love, Ava ...
Style: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, serious ...
Plot: family relations, couples, homecoming, love and romance, society, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, infidelity, seduction, family business, lovers reunited, nude bathing ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Solaris (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Style: philosophical, confusing, futuristic, thought provoking, cerebral ...
Plot: space travel, space station, space and aliens, afterlife, mysterious planet, outer space, planet, astronaut, trapped in space, space exploration, alien contact, space ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Torn Curtain (1966)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: During the Cold War, an American scientist appears to defect to East Germany as part of a cloak and dagger mission to find the formula for a resin solution, but the plan goes awry when his fiancee, unaware of his motivation, follows him across the ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, stylized, political thriller ...
Plot: cold war, espionage, spy, secret agent, iron curtain, political intrigue, politics, stasi, secrets, manipulation, police investigation, murder mystery ...
Time: 20th century, year 1966, 60s
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Midnight Sky (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
Style: futuristic, apocalyptic, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful ...
Plot: space travel, space station, astronaut, survival, post apocalypse, nuclear radiation, space colony, scientist, spaceship, space exploration, snow, space ...
Time: 2020s, 2040s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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8:28 AM (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A married woman runs a successful gallery and falls for a man she met accidentally.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: extramarital affair, love triangle, chance meeting, infidelity, adultery, husband wife relationship, romantic triangle, male female relationship, love story, couple relations, marital problem, in love ...
Place: hamburg germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Heart of the Storm (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On the eve of a hurricane threatening New Orleans a dangerous convict escapes from prison with two accomplices. When the high winds and flooding disrupt their escape plan they're forced to take shelter in the remote bayou home of Cassie and her ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
Plot: tornado, escaped prisoner, storm, hostage, hurricane, survival, trapped, trap, mother daughter relationship, struggle for survival, family relations, kidnapping
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.7
 4K
Virtuality (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Twelve extremely talented men and women have been chosen to be part of the Phaeton mission, a 10-year trek to explore a distant planetary system. In order to endure the stress of being confined to their high-tech vessel, the crew passes the time ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, futuristic, space horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: virtual reality, spacecraft, outer space, space, survival, save the world, danger, escape from reality, imaginary, trapped in space, murder, crew ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 4.4
 11K
400 Days (2015)
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, smart ...
Plot: parallel universe, space, trapped in space, experiment, space travel, astronaut, end of the world, insanity, isolation, catastrophe, paranoia, destiny ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.9
 10K
Acrimony (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A faithful wife takes action when it becomes clear to her that her devious husband has betrayed her.
Style: emotional, tragic ending, rom com, rough, psychological ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: attempted murder, nervous breakdown, depression, unfaithful husband, divorce, courtroom, borderline personality disorder, financial problem, female psychopath, black, betrayal, mother daughter relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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