Movies and TV shows like Battlestar Galactica 2003
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Battlestar Galactica (2003)
84K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
After a 40-year armistice in a war between the Twelve Colonies and the Cylons, the Cylons launch a surprise nuclear attack intended to exterminate the human race. Virtually all of the population of the Twelve Colonies are wiped out.
Style:
futuristic, cerebral, philosophical, tense, talky, intense, exciting, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space wars, outer space, cyborgs, space battle, imaginary, space and aliens, escapades, society, androids and robots, space, space opera, battlestar galactica, obsessive quest, man versus machine, military, chaos, dystopian future, spacecraft, storytelling, complex characters, fate of humanity, genocide, dystopia, spaceship ...
Time:
future, 70s
Place:
space western
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Most similar movies to Battlestar Galactica
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, exciting, serious and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about danger, outer space, space, space and aliens, space opera, space travel and rivalry mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Battlestar Galactica: Andromeda (2000), Caprica (2009), Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007), Dark Matter (2015), The Expanse (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Style:
futuristic, sexy, exciting, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, space opera, outer space, space and aliens, space wars, space battle, artificial intelligence, human in outer space, heroes, androids and robots, military, cyborgs ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
16K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Andromeda is a Canadian/American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett. It starred Kevin ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, alien, space battle, outer space, spacecraft, artificial intelligence, space wars, spaceship, space opera, intergalactic, space, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, distant future
Similarity:
100%
27K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Set 58 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families - the Graystones and the Adamas - as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the peaceful 12 Colonies, living in a society close to our own. Entangled in the ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, battlestar galactica, cyberpunk, space, dystopian future, robot, man versus machine, androids and robots, alien planet, fate of humanity, family life, danger ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica.
Style:
futuristic, tense, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space opera, battlestar galactica, twists and turns, brutality, androids and robots, space and aliens, fight scenes, dark hero, transformation, humanity, betrayal, immortality ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection of who they are or how they got on board. The only clue to their identities is a cargo bay full ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, mind blowing, action adventure ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, outer space, space opera, memory loss, amnesia, distant planet, space and aliens, time travel, androids, space wars, friendship, survival ...
Time:
future
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth. This film is adapted from a television series that aired on ABC from ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, exciting, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids
Plot:
space battle, androids and robots, military, battlestar galactica, space, space opera, survival, save the world, man versus machine, danger, rescue, good versus evil ...
Time:
future, year 1978
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar Galactica lead a ragtag fleet of human survivors in search of a "mythical planet" called Earth.
Style:
exciting, serious, atmospheric, stylized, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
space opera, battlestar galactica, robot, brother sister relationship, space, ambition, space travel, man versus machine, danger, rivalry, against the odds, space wars ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
190K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space opera, human in outer space, spaceship, space station, conspiracy, spacecraft, space colony, space exploration, investigation, society ...
Time:
future, 24th century, near future, 23rd century
Place:
space western, hawaii
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, stylized, intense, talky ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, space battle, vengeance, battlestar galactica, space travel, space, escapades, dystopian future, space opera, battles, man versus machine, good versus evil ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The first Cylon war has been raging for 10 years and a young Ensign William Adama joins the fleet. He's disappointed not to be assigned to a fighter but to a freighter, and his co-pilot isn't too keen on having a rookie flying his aircraft ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, entertaining, tense, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space opera, space wars, androids and robots, battlestar galactica, space travel, cyborgs, escapades, betrayal, heroic mission, battles, military, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
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, sexy, exciting, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
alien invasion, military, space travel, monster, space and aliens, creature, soldier, space wars, alien, satire, fictional war, space battle ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, year 1997, 90s, jurassic ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, space western, argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction TV series and a prequel to the original Star Trek set 100 years before. The series premiered September 26, 2001 on the UPN television network with the final episode airing on May 13, 2005.
The series takes ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, erotic, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space and aliens, time travel, alien invasion, spacecraft, space exploration, space opera, alien life-form, good versus evil, escapades, adventurer ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
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Story:
Sixty days on and Rygel is retrieving pieces of John and Aeryn from the sea bed. The Diagnosan re-crystalises them and they start getting to know the local species. Meanwhile, Scorpius and Sikozu are aboard a Peacekeeper Command Carrier on a recon ...
Style:
atmospheric, talky, emotional, witty, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space opera, space wars, human in outer space, space travel, space and aliens, couple relations, outer space, twists and turns, escapades, betrayal, on the run, rescue ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, saga, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, fate of humanity, space opera, space adventure, good versus evil, danger, alien planet, technology, spacecraft, ancient mystery, parallel world ...
Time:
2000s, future
Place:
space western
Similarity:
67%
109K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Depicting an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.
Style:
futuristic, tense, anime, suspense, epic ...
Plot:
alien invasion, outer space, evil alien, space and aliens, war, extraterrestrial, alien, future war, space travel, alien encounter, danger, space ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to ...
Style:
futuristic, saga, exciting, tense, thrilling ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, human existence, human in outer space, spacecraft, space and aliens, space opera, outer space, technology, stargate, military, alien planet, space adventure ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
25K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters (a.k.a. Killjoys) sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants around the Quad, a system of planets on the brink of revolution.
Style:
semi serious, exciting, tense, cynical, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space and aliens, outer space, imaginary, escapades, danger, space travel, space opera, bounty hunter, space mission, spacecraft, space, distant planet ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, cyber ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terminator, cyborgs, female killer, time travel, killer robot, androids and robots, changing the past or future, female robot, female warrior, kickass women, kick-butt women, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Galactica 1980 is a science fiction television series, and a spin-off from the original Battlestar Galactica television series. It was first broadcast on the ABC network in the United States from January 27 to May 4, 1980. It was later shown in ...
Style:
saga, epic, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
battlestar galactica, space battle, cyborgs, space opera, time travel, time dilation, star wars, alien invasion, intergalactic, space and aliens, androids and robots, distopia ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
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:
future, year 1999, 90s
Similarity:
100%
100K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the ...
Style:
exciting, intellectual, futuristic, retro, saga ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
star trek, space travel, outer space, friendship, space and aliens, heroic mission, benign alien, spacecraft, alien species, alien planet, space exploration, scientist ...
Time:
23rd century, future, 20th century
Place:
space western, arizona
Similarity:
75%
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:
70%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe.
The show is set in the Milky Way galaxy, in the years 2369 - 2375. Unlike the other Star Trek TV shows, it takes place on a space station instead of a ...
Style:
funny, political, cult classic, intelligent, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
star trek, intergalactic, space opera, space, spacecraft, space wars, space travel, honor, space station, time travel, spaceship, atheism ...
Time:
24th century, future, 90s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.
Style:
futuristic, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, consciousness, artificial intelligence, investigation, resistance fighter, twists and turns, virtual reality, murder, body swapping, doppelganger, female nudity, multiple storylines ...
Time:
future, distant future
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 3 min.
TV show
Story:
The 10 webisodes, entitled "The Face of the Enemy," tell a story that takes place between seasons 4.0 and 4.5 of Battlestar and follow Lt. Gaeta when he is sent off in a Raptor with a handful of strangers and one of them mysteriously dies. ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, space opera, battlestar galactica, space and aliens, imaginary, isolation, survival, danger, confined, cyborgs, alien invasion, galaxy ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
112K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fights against all odds to survive and escape. But they're surrounded by hidden dangers.
Style:
sincere, tense, exciting, futuristic, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
outer space, space exploration, alien planet, spacecraft, robot, survival, alien creature, hopes, danger, space, youth, space adventure ...
Time:
future, near future, 2040s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
Style:
cliffhanger, futuristic, exciting, serious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, space and aliens, sea, military, benign alien, teenager, skinny dipping, water, dystopia, marine, fish, boat ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2030s, 2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Cleopatra 2525 is an American science fiction television series that aired in syndication for two seasons, from January 2000 to March 2001. It appeared as the first part of the Back2Back Action Hour, followed by Jack of All Trades.
Style:
semi serious, apocalyptic, futuristic, stylized, psychotronic
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, kickass women, save the world, heroes, heroic mission, imaginary, society, chaos, time travel, escapades, rivalry, dystopian future ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
37K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, it's goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be ...
Style:
saga, philosophical, serious, suspense, dramatic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space opera, outer space, space travel, space station, benign alien, time travel, danger, space and aliens, good versus evil, culture clash, friendship, conflict ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, 90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Crusade is an American spin-off TV show from J. Michael Straczynski's Babylon 5. Its plot is set in AD 2267, five years after the events of Babylon 5, and just after the movie A Call to Arms. The Drakh have released a nanovirus plague on Earth, ...
Style:
apocalyptic, thrilling, futuristic, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
outer space, space opera, space and aliens, spacecraft, space travel, space, space adventure, post apocalypse, space program, dystopia, military, infection ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
Similarity:
100%
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