Movies like Cosmos
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Cosmos (2019)
7K
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.
Style:
philosophical, mind bending, enigmatic, inspirational, clever, intellectual, breathtaking
Plot:
astronomy, first contact, ufo, science, alien civilization, space exploration, scientific discovery, race against time, space and aliens, escapades, telescope, time, forest, puzzle, trippy, propaganda, locked in a room, space, mind meld, scientist, fired from the job, outer space, intelligence, toolbox, car won't start ...
Time:
future
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Most similar movies to Cosmos
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, suspense, suspenseful and futuristic films with plots about outer space, space, science, space travel, space exploration, space and aliens and alien mostly in Sci-Fi, Mystery and Adventure genres. Some movies like Cosmos: Clara (2018), Contact (1997), Arrival (2016), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Interstellar (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
6K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An astronomer becomes obsessed with searching the cosmos for signs of life beyond Earth which leads to a shocking discovery.
Style:
breathtaking, enigmatic, light, romantic, exciting ...
Plot:
astronomer, universe, scientific experiment, space and aliens, professor, alternate universe, scientist, parallel universe, scientific research, romancing partners, romantic relationship, riddles and clues ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
310K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and ...
Style:
inspirational, philosophical, cerebral, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
science, nasa, space travel, scientist, alien encounter, astronomy, first contact, religion, space and aliens, intelligence, alien contact, research ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, distant future
Place:
puerto rico, new mexico, florida, washington d.c., usa ...
Similarity:
100%
852K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, intellectual, reflective, twist ending ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
first contact, alien, female protagonist, linguist, ufo, extraterrestrial, alien contact, time, alien invasion, creature, science, alien race ...
Time:
year 2016, future, 2010s
Place:
montana, china, america, massachusetts, venezuela ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, mind bending, cerebral, psychedelic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, artificial intelligence, astronaut, outer space, space, moon, computer, scientist, human versus computer, extraterrestrial, deception, spacewalk ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, stone age ...
Place:
persia
Similarity:
100%
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2.5M
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, clever, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
space travel, time travel, outer space, nasa, astronaut, father daughter relationship, space, dystopian future, survival, end of the world, robot, space exploration ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, colorado
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Style:
captivating, cerebral, breathtaking, atmospheric, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult ...
Plot:
ufo, alien, first contact, alien abduction, technology, alien contact, space and aliens, contact, flying saucer, extraterrestrial, chase, airplane ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, near future, future
Place:
wyoming, indiana, india, ohio, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
390K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Style:
psychedelic, suspense, disturbing, mindfuck, medical horror ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
female protagonist, cosmic horror, dna, creature, mutation, scientist, scientific experiment, biologist, expedition, research, genetics, terror ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, arkansas, maine, england, louisiana ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
38%
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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:
37%
104K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out ...
Style:
art house, atmospheric, cerebral, enigmatic, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
outer space, scientist, metaphysics, space travel, space and aliens, space station, dream, trapped in space, astronaut, loneliness, science, philosophy ...
Time:
distant future, 70s, future, year 1972
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia, tokyo
Similarity:
37%
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:
36%
3K
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A mysterious black sphere is discovered in the orbit of Mars. The Achilles is sent to investigate. After the bedraggled six-person crew wake from eight months hibernation, the Sphere is transmitting a single word in every Earth language ever known - ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
space, distopia, mars, human in outer space, space station, space exploration, space adventure, space opera, space mission, secret, spacewalk, space shuttle ...
Similarity:
36%
392K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, moon, loneliness, space travel, outer space, astronaut, space, twists and turns, solitude, space and aliens, human clone, cloning ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
hawaii, mexico
Similarity:
36%
604
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two scientists are selected to travel across the universe to the source of a distant transmission and potential life.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, existential, psychological ...
Plot:
space exploration, travel, scientist, universe, space travel, space, space mission, space program, space adventure, science, space shuttle, spacecraft ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. The leader ship ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, retro, independent film, serious ...
Plot:
space and aliens, dinosaur, space opera, space exploration, kaiju, monster, asteroid, venus the planet, outer space, astronaut, pterodactyl, giant monster ...
Time:
prehistoric times, future, prehistory, 2000s, 2020s ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
35%
49K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, mindfuck, lovecraft ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time dilation, cave, friendship, time loop, twists and turns, college professor, youth, danger, time portal, investigation, legend ...
Similarity:
35%
170K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, cerebral, confusing ...
Plot:
twists and turns, alternate reality, parallel world, parallel universe, time loop, quantum physics, disorder, friends, paranoia, paradox, isolation, dinner party ...
Time:
near future, year 2013, future, distant future, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, twist ending, surprise ending, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
kids, date night, adult
Plot:
ape, astronaut, post apocalypse, planet of the apes, dystopia, gorilla, space and aliens, space exploration, trial, time travel, plot twist, desert ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1968, near future, 20th century ...
Similarity:
35%
Movie in collections
997K
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, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
survival, mars, astronaut, stranded, space travel, nasa, isolation, science, outer space, struggle for survival, space, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2030s, year 2016, near future, future ...
Place:
china, london, houston texas, pasadena california, beijing china ...
Similarity:
35%
118K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft.They are the best of best, ...
Style:
scary, breathtaking, mind bending, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
ocean, underwater, alien, first contact, twists and turns, ufo, time travel, paranoia, psychology, survival, space and aliens, ghost ship ...
Time:
future, jurassic, 90s, 20th century, 80s
Similarity:
35%
13K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A college student, who sees a UFO, uses his exceptional math skills to investigate the sighting with his friends while the FBI follows closely behind.
Style:
semi documentary, thought provoking, exciting, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
ufo, ufo sighting, conspiracy theory, fbi, alien contact, alien encounter, airport, mathematics, code, uncover truth, agent, theory ...
Similarity:
35%
208K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
ocean, ufo, underwater, first contact, disaster, sea, submarine, space and aliens, survival, heroic mission, alien encounter, alien ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
Similarity:
35%
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:
35%
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4K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Following an accident, an Engineer of an asteroid mining company endures the extreme limits – both physical and psychological – of human survival, trapped inside an escape pod as he helplessly idles towards the Sun.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, neurotic, minimal cast
Plot:
rescue, space, spacecraft, race against time, death threat, struggle for survival, life risking, space station, cosmonaut, european, science, trapped ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
35%
278K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Brazil
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An astronaut travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. He uncovers secrets which challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.
Style:
futuristic, suspense, exciting, touching, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
space exploration, astronaut, outer space, moon, solar system, obsession, father son relationship, space pirate, spacecraft, zero gravity, secret mission, trapped in space ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, future, near future
Place:
space western
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of scientists are possessed by an alien force when they investigate a meteor shower in a rural field.
Style:
suspense, classic horror, mysterious, independent film, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, zombie, plague, invasion, alien, pub, ufo, post apocalyptic, meteorite, moon base, farm, slave labor ...
Time:
year 1967
Place:
kansas, cornwall
Similarity:
35%
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:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine, and hopefully stop it.
Style:
futuristic, saga, epic, exciting, talky ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
star trek, space travel, space opera, artificial intelligence, alien, space adventure, teleportation, planet, space exploration, space station, bald woman, man versus machine ...
Time:
23rd century, future
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Set in 2019, The Beyond chronicles the groundbreaking mission which sent astronauts - modified with advanced robotics, through a newly discovered wormhole known as the Void. When the mission returns unexpectedly, the space agency races to discover ...
Style:
cerebral, futuristic, enigmatic, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
space exploration, found footage, first contact, alien invasion, spacecraft, trapped in space, robot, human in outer space, advanced technology, hi-tech, discovery, space program ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
34%
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:
34%
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