Movies like The Astronaut's Wife
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The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
59K
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 to have changed, but her concerns fade when she discovers that she's pregnant. As Jillian grows closer to becoming a mother, her suspicions about Spencer return. Why does it seem as if he's a different person?
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, surprise ending, suspense, scary, psychological thriller, serious, disturbing, psychotronic, gloomy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
woman in danger, outer space, astronaut, alien, husband wife relationship, nasa, alien abduction, space, pregnancy, mission, danger, space and aliens, alien invasion, secrets, suburbs, space travel, first contact, psychology, extraterrestrial, chases and races, pilot, sister, possession, woman in jeopardy, apocalypse ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1999, 1990s
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Most similar movies to The Astronaut's Wife
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense and scary films with plots about danger, space, space and aliens, outer space, alien, catastrophe and storytelling mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Astronaut's Wife: The Invasion (2007), Mission to Mars (2000), Sunshine (2007), Supernova (2000), Hush (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, sexy, breathtaking, serious ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, virus, epidemic, psychiatrist, danger, invasion, infected, alien encounter, doctor, hysteria, save the world ...
Time:
year 2007, distant future, future
Place:
washington d.c., usa, kurdistan, russia
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%
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:
100%
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:
100%
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21K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. What they find is a black hole--that threatens to destroy both ships--and a mysterious survivor whose ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, space horror, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, space, robot, rescue, survival, space and aliens, danger, natural disaster, chess, spaceship, mining ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, year 2000, y2k
Similarity:
100%
15K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jackson and Helen are in love and about to have their first child when they move in with Jackson's mother, Martha, in order to take care of the family estate. But all is not well in this household. Martha is jealous of her son's affection ...
Style:
scary, emotional, serious, suspense, realistic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, mentally unstable, illicit affair, domineering mother, female nudity, oedipus complex, borderline personality disorder, parents and children, family problems, pregnant wife, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, manipulation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
kentucky, new york, usa
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:
50%
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:
100%
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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, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
trapped in space, astronaut, hopes, survival, distant planet, isolation, nasa, trapped, human spirit, escapades, danger, peril ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the near future the US Government has created an elite team of soldiers specially trained for action in the event of a hostile alien encounter. A multi-national force, they are the last line of defense
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, save the world, danger, special agent, satellite, heroes, space and aliens, evil alien, apocalypse, alien disguised as human, alien, shapeshifter ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On March 13th, 1997 one of the largest UFO sightings ever recorded took place across the southwestern United States...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, alien, investigation, space travel, alien encounter, mistaken identity, memory loss, danger, supernatural, alien invasion, creature ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
33%
931
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A couple on the brink of ending their marriage spend a weekend in different cities. After a cataclysmic event strikes, the husband embarks on a physical and emotional quest to return home as a nation prepares for the worst.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, husband wife relationship, human versus alien, near death experience, worldwide chaos, heroes, family relations, alien creature, humanity in peril, escape attempt, alien contact ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Prometheus has dropped out of orbit. Communications and life support systems are down. Situation Critical: Status of Crew and Prisoner unknown. With orders to catch their Alien Prisoner alive the surviving crew of the spaceship Prometheus pursue ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
manhunt, survival, danger, space and aliens, alien encounter, soldier, distant planet, space, evil alien, military, hunt down, rivalry ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
32%
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, futuristic, melancholic ...
Plot:
space travel, nasa, astronaut, space, rescue, survival, spacewalk, space opera, space exploration, rescue mission, stranded, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, year 1969, 60s, 1930s, future ...
Place:
usa, antarctica
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A group of aliens arrive on Earth as part of an advance invasion force. Their mission is to kidnap a small sample of humans and run them through a series of rigorous tests to determine if they would make suitable slaves. Harper, one of the alien ...
Style:
cyber, independent film, serious, suspenseful, exciting
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, female nudity, alien abduction, invasion, save the planet, abduction, chaos, danger, society, underdog, save the world ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
32%
914
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Doctors are baffled when an expectant mother wakes to find her nearly-to-term pregnancy apparently disappear overnight. Police investigate the situation as a missing child, and only her husband and brother trust her version of events.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, pregnancy, missing child, danger, family relations, alien, uncover truth, investigation, babies and infants, family problems, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, futuristic, twisted ...
Plot:
isolation, nuclear war, terrorism, epidemic, post apocalyptic, infection, nuclear explosion, post apocalypse, couples, toxic, danger, race against time ...
Time:
future, year 2006, distant future
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
31%
692K
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Style:
futuristic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, space horror ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, androids, survival, alien, outer space, space and aliens, distant planet, robot, alien encounter, expedition, creature, alien life-form ...
Time:
future, year 2000, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, seattle
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
This is the story of Starflight One, the world's first "hypersonic plane," which flies faster and higher than any other commercial jet. On the night of its maiden flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, a freak accident incolving an ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
airplane, airplane accident, rescue, outer space, space shuttle, heroes, confined, chases and races, air disaster, stranded, aviation, zero gravity ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing ...
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, twist ending, spooky ...
Plot:
supernatural, alien abduction, alien, danger, disorder, extraterrestrial, bird, ufo, abduction, family in danger, paranormal activity, evil alien ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2000, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
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:
31%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, mind bending, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
memory loss, conspiracy, twists and turns, missing child, mind game, delusion, alien abduction, memory, grief, paranoia, husband wife relationship, estrangement ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An unsuspecting woman is impregnated by aliens who are experimenting on the human population.
Style:
sexy, serious, slasher, mystic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
pregnancy, interspecies sex, evil alien, alien, impregnation, alien invasion, monster, killer child, abduction, alien encounter, body horror, alien abduction ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
31%
Movie in collections
11K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fifteen years ago, a group of men's lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together ... in terror.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, creature, abduction, revenge, alien encounter, supernatural, hysteria, haunted by the past, friendship, danger, race against time ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological, sexy, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, home invasion, nanny, suicide, vengeance, sexual abuse, malice, female psychopath, parenthood, breast feeding, rivalry, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa ...
Similarity:
30%
25K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Gary Sinise plays Spencer Olham, a top-secret government weapons designer who is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, psychological thriller, thought provoking, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, cyborgs, androids and robots, manhunt, dystopian future, space, on the run, save the world, imaginary, rivalry, race against time ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 21st century
Similarity:
30%
134K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, danger, investigation, woman in danger, 911, youth, psycho, murder, kidnapped, chase, child abduction ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
30%
94K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Now the band of survivors must fight ...
Style:
suspense, futuristic, apocalyptic, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ufo, apocalypse, evil alien, alien invasion, alien, alien abduction, space and aliens, vestiges of humanity, alien encounter, fantasy world, creature, catastrophe ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, california, london ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids ...
Style:
scary, tense, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
creepy child, space and aliens, alien, genetics, small town, pregnancy, mother daughter relationship, supernatural ability, mind game, alien invasion, danger, babies and infants ...
Time:
90s, 60s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
15%
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:
30%
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