Best movies like Lost in Space
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Plot Summary:
The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find themselves hurtling through uncharted space.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 74000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: exciting, surreal, stylized, surprise ending, entertaining, futuristic, uplifting, epic, suspense, saga
Best tv shows and movies like Lost in Space (1998):
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The Ice Pirates (1984)
Plot Summary:
The time is the distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor (John Carradine) presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: futuristic, parody, humorous, grindhouse, fantasy adventure, retro, uplifting, apocalyptic, psychotronic, exciting
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seaQuest DSV (1993)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger, futuristic, exciting, serious, nautical
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Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
Plot Summary:
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 talents, they try to rescue the women.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, intense, suspenseful, semi serious, stylized, retro, action adventure, humorous, fast, futuristic
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Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, atmospheric, stylized, apocalyptic, uplifting, epic, saga, futuristic, vintage
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The Final Countdown (1980)
Plot Summary:
In 1980, the US Navy's most powerful warship, the USS Nimitz, is caught in a storm during routine manoeuvres in the Pacific. Enveloped by a strange green light, the ship passes through a vortex and when they emerge, their communications have been cut off. The ship's Captain (Kirk Douglas) sends out a patrol and the F-14 pilots are shocked to encounter vintage Japanese warplanes.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, thought provoking, cult classic, intelligent, talky, surprise ending, psychotronic
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Andromeda (2000)
Plot Summary:
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 Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt. The series premiered on October 2, 2000 and ended on May 13, 2005. Andromeda was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and produced by Tribune Entertainment and Fireworks Entertainment. It was distributed by Global TV in Canada and syndicated in the United States on WGN and other channels. It was picked up by the Sci-Fi Channel in the U.S. halfway through season four. Andromeda is one of two TV series based upon concepts Roddenberry had created as early as the 1960s and 1970s. The name Dylan Hunt had also been used for the hero of two TV movie pilots Roddenberry had produced in the mid-1970s, Genesis II and Planet Earth, which had a similar premise. The other series posthumously created from Roddenberry's notes is Earth: Final Conflict.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, apocalyptic, funny, retro, uplifting, serious, telenovela
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Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Plot Summary:
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 86000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: futuristic, saga, exciting, epic, anamorphic, sentimental, action adventure, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Plot Summary:
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 September 17, 1978, to August 17, 1980. The first and fifth episodes of the series were edited into this theatrical feature film. Taken together, the two episodes ran 148 minutes, without commercials, while the film runs 125 minutes.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, psychotronic, epic, stylized, vintage, tv series pilot, cult film
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The Black Hole (1979)
Plot Summary:
The explorer craft U.S.S. Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the magnificent U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, Maximillian. But the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, depressing, dark, grindhouse, cult classic
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Retrograde (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two time travelers with opposing views are sent back to the present aboard a research ship in the Antarctic to prevent a global biological disaster from occuring.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, apocalyptic, cult classic, fast, surprise ending, independent film
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Tomorrowland (2015)
Plot Summary:
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland.".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 189000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Spain, France, Canada, UK
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: visually appealing, exciting, thought provoking, visually stunning, captivating, uplifting, teen, freeze frame, feel good, atmospheric
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The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Plot Summary:
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, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 239000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: action packed, futuristic, exciting, rough, stylized, serious, visually appealing, action adventure, epic, psychological
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SpaceCamp (1986)
Plot Summary:
Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. Together, the group -- which includes Kathryn, a pilot-in-training, and Tish, a ditz with a perfect memory -- must work together to operate the spacecraft and return home.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: intense, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious, inspirational, uplifting, action adventure, exciting, suspenseful, light
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Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Plot Summary:
En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, serious, saga, epic, futuristic, political, cult classic, action adventure, crying
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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Plot Summary:
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: futuristic, saga, exciting, epic, anamorphic, cult classic, action adventure, serious, psychotronic, light
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Terminator Genisys (2015)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 290000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, entertaining, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, cyber, action adventure, surprise ending, bleak
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Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty….
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 193000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, fairy tale, suspenseful, visually stunning, psychotronic, light, disturbing, mystic, futuristic
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John Carter (2012)
Plot Summary:
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 283000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: epic, entertaining, exciting, surprise ending, futuristic, heroic, action packed, action adventure, captivating, cult classic
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The Time Machine (2002)
Plot Summary:
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 129000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, atmospheric, serious, stylized, psychotronic, thought provoking, suspense, apocalyptic, smart
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Pacific Rim (2013)
Plot Summary:
When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed-up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 523000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, stylized, serious, visually stunning, entertaining, apocalyptic, mecha, breathtaking, suspenseful
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Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
Plot Summary:
After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 113000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, semi serious, epic, captivating, futuristic, mystical, funny, atmospheric, mysterious
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Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Plot Summary:
This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but just as perplexed as he is by the fact that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: feel good, futuristic, entertaining, exciting, stylized, sweet, touching, serious, uplifting, mind bending
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Stargate (1994)
Plot Summary:
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 202000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, entertaining, visual, visually stunning, epic, cult classic, tense, philosophical, atmospheric
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Ad Astra (2019)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 256000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Brazil
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, futuristic, touching, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, psychotronic, philosophical, fairy tale
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Doctor Who (2005)
Plot Summary:
The Doctor looks and seems human. He's handsome, witty, and could be mistaken for just another man in the street. But he is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living – more of a hobby actually, and he's very, very good at it. He's saved us from alien menaces and evil from before time began – but just who is he?.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 241000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, humorous, tense, atmospheric, captivating, mysterious, retro, thought provoking
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Plot Summary:
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 721000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: futuristic, mind bending, exciting, heroic, clever, captivating, suspenseful, intense, entertaining, smart
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Planet of the Apes (2001)
Plot Summary:
After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 226000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: futuristic, twist ending, bad ending, intense, suspense, surprise ending, exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious
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Aliens (1986)
Plot Summary:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 750000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: scary, futuristic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful, space horror, epic, atmospheric, tense, creepy
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Oblivion (2013)
Plot Summary:
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 brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 547000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: futuristic, mind bending, captivating, suspense, visually appealing, apocalyptic, exciting, mindfuck, visually stunning, tense
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The Fifth Element (1997)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 497000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, UK
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: futuristic, visually stunning, breathtaking, exciting, cult classic, colorful, entertaining, visual, cyber, surreal