Best movies like Pinocchio in Outer Space
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies similar to Pinocchio in Outer Space? Offer your expertise to help others to tv shows and films you've previously watched that may also fascinate them. Help widen the community of people alluding videos to one another. We welcome your input!
Plot Summary:
Pinocchio tries to save the Earth from Astro the Space Whale.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: anime, independent film
Best tv shows and movies like Pinocchio in Outer Space (1965):
Similar in 85%
The Prince’s Voyage (2019)
Plot Summary:
The philosophical tale revolves around an elderly monkey prince who wakes up injured and disoriented in an environment he does not recognise. He navigates this new urban world with the support of a young monkey called Tom.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 295
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Luxembourg
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anime
Similar in 88%
Queen Millennia (1982)
Plot Summary:
In the year 1999, astronomer Professor Amamori has discovered a tenth planet within the solar system. Unfortunately, he also discovers that it is set to collide with the Earth on 9 September 1999, at 9:09:09 AM. Professor Amamori makes preparations to save the planet, aided in his campaign by his nephew Hajime and his secretary Yukino Yayoi. Unknown to anyone, Yayoi harbours deep secrets: LaMetal crosses paths with Earth (and wreaks chaos) every millennium, it is home to an advanced civilization who enslave any human survivors of the cataclysm, and she herself is the Millennial Queen, a special citizen of La Metal who comes to Earth every 1000 years to prepare for the this passing. However, she also hopes to save Earth, for though she is from LaMetal, she cannot stand aside and let her home world destroy the planet and its natives that she has come to love. And so she begins a desperate struggle of her own.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 310
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min
Plot tags: anime
Similar in 76%
Robotech II: The Sentinels (1988)
Plot Summary:
Robotech II: The Sentinels was an attempt to continue the original 1985 Robotech television series. The project was cancelled in 1986. The aborted Sentinels series would have followed the ongoing adventures of Rick Hunter and Lisa Hayes and the rest of the Robotech Expeditionary Force (REF) during the events of The Robotech Masters and The New Generation series.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 543
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: anime, cyberpunk anime
Similar in 81%
Rocket Robin Hood (1966)
Plot Summary:
Rocket Robin Hood is a Canadian animated television series, placing the characters and conflicts of the classic Robin Hood legend in a futuristic, outer space setting, produced by Krantz Films, Inc. from 1966 to 1969.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: futuristic, canadian science fiction
Similar in 75%
Dogstar (2006)
Plot Summary:
On the voyage from Old Earth to New Earth, a freak accident causes the Dogstar, a giant space ark containing all of the world's dogs, to become lost to mankind.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 221
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 82%
Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase (1982)
Plot Summary:
Mighty Mouse must save the galaxy from evil cat Harry the Heartless and rescue Queen Pureheart in this animated children's adventure.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 160
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: anthology, anime, independent film
Similar in 81%
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985)
Plot Summary:
Based on elements from the stories of Mark Twain, this feature-length Claymation fantasy follows the adventures of Tom Sawyer, Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn as they stowaway aboard the interplanetary balloon of Mark Twain. Twain, disgusted with the human race, is intent upon finding Halley's Comet and crashing into it, achieving his "destiny." It's up to Tom, Becky, and Huck to convince him that his judgment is wrong and that he still has much to offer humanity that might make a difference. Their efforts aren't just charitable; if they fail, they will share Twain's fate. Along the way, they use a magical time portal to get a detailed overview of the Twain philosophy, observing the "historical" events that inspired his works.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: claymation, disturbing, philosophical, experimental, independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious, allegory, meta
Similar in 81%
Catnapped! The Movie (1995)
Plot Summary:
The story involves a boy and his younger sister whose dog Papadoll is missing. They find out that he has been abducted by anthropomorphic cats to be brought to a world called Banapal Witt, which is built on top of a giant sleeping cat. There the sun turns poor Papadoll into a bizarre giant monster. He becomes the weapon and beloved pet of a spoiled Princess who turns everything she touches into balloons. She plans to use Papadoll and a giant inflatable mouse to control the sleeping cat and thus Banapal Witt itself.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: anime
Similar in 85%
BraveStarr: The Legend (1988)
Plot Summary:
Marshall Bravestarr is the lawman of the wild-west planet "New Texas" with help from Thirty-Thirty, his cybernetic talking horse and Deputy Fuzz, his sidekick and Shaman, his mentor. Bravestarr with his special powers fights the outlaw Tex-Hex, the leader of the Carrion Bunch, who are after the mineral Kerium, Bravestarr sets out to set things right and enforce peace and justice on "New Texas".
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime, wild
Similar in 76%
The Secrets of Gravity: In the Footsteps of Albert Einstein (2016)
Plot Summary:
Why do things fall to the ground without magic? The young magician's apprentice LIMBRADUR is far more interested in the universe and its secrets than boring magic spells. He is fascinated by the stars, the universe and the laws of nature. So, one night he sneaks into the Albert Einstein Museum, where he meets ALBYX3, a small, clever but rather quirky robot who knows all about Albert Einstein and his theories. ALBY takes LIMBRADUR on a magical journey of discovery through time and space, during which they not only uncover the secrets of gravity but also learn much about friendship and imagination. For LIMBRADUR and ALBY both have secrets of their own.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: educational, thought provoking, feel good, captivating, entertaining, anime, edutainment
Similar in 81%
Lensman (1984)
Plot Summary:
Kimball Kinnison, a young man from the agricultural planet Mquie and his Valerian companinon, Buscirk find a dying man with a legendary crystal lens embedded in his hand. As the man was dying, he mysteriously passed on the Lens to Kim. With more companions to come by, Kim must find out the purpose of the Lens before the Boskone dynasty does.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 722
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: anime, psychedelic, campy, cult film
Similar in 89%
Crusher Joe (1983)
Plot Summary:
Enter the tale of the Crusher Council, a group of rugged individuals known for assignments ranging from transportation to terraforming and everything in between. In the early days of space exploration the Crushers took on the job of destroying asteroids and defining space lanes. Because of their work, they were nicknamed "Crushers" which eventually became their business moniker. Despite the rough and ready nature of the Crushers' work, they subscribe to a few steadfast rules. Unethical and illegal assignments are taboo, and any Crusher accepting one is barred from the Union. Of course, this presents problems for shady clients who try to trick the Crushers into accepting misleading assignments. They know that once the Union accepts a case the Crushers are honor-bound to follow it through. Among the various worlds, the Crusher Council has a stunning reputation, and among the Crushers, the most elite team is the one led by Crusher Dan and his successor, Crusher Joe.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: anime, vintage
Similar in 78%
Knights of Sidonia: The Movie (2015)
Plot Summary:
The year is 3394. The solar system has been long destroyed by a strange alien race called Gauna. Now humans are barely maintaining population in their seed ships - the ones they also used to escape a thousand years ago. After several years of drifting though space, Sidonia, a seed ship with a population of over 500,000 people, is once again threatened by Gauna. Follow Tanikaze Nagate, a mysterious young man from the deep corners of the ship, and his friends as they try to strike back against these gigantic creatures and at the same time learn what they really are for the sake of humanity's survival. -MAL.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 132
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: anime, mecha, exciting, tense, captivating, cyberpunk anime
Similar in 77%
Space Firebird (1980)
Plot Summary:
Phoenix 2772 starts with twelve minutes without dialogue, much like a silent film, recalling the birth and education of Godo. In this brave new world, children are born in test tubes and are raised by computers and robots. Godo learns the skills that will make him into a great pilot, assisted by the robotic wonder Olga. Everything that Godo needs is provided for him until he eventually goes for training with his automaton companion. He soon realizes that the world is not what he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: anime, serious, futuristic, suspenseful
Similar in 80%
The Phoenix: Space Chapter (1987)
Plot Summary:
This is the third part of "The Phoenix" series of the Kadokawa Haruki Office Co., Ltd. version. It is an animation version of the original story by Tezuka Osamu that depicts the cruelty of love through the fate of spacemen destined to drift through the universe after losing their mother ship.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 65
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: anime
Similar in 90%
Thundercats - Ho! The Movie (1987)
Plot Summary:
Lion-O is haunted by the recurring nightmares of Thunderians being killed on Thundera while he fled to the safety of Third Earth with Jaga and the other ThunderCats. Jaga later tells Lion-O that 3 more Thundercats have, in fact, survived and are also living on Third Earth. The ThunderCats decide to search for the 3 new Thunderians, but Mumm-Ra has plans as well and takes the new Thunderians as his prisoners to Fire Rock Mountain. Lion-O loses the Sword of Omens in an avalanche while Panthro battles the Fist-Pounder with the ThunderTank as the ThunderCats close in on rescuing the Thunderians from Fire Rock Mountain, but they'll need supernatural help if they are to pass through the Thundranium gasses to reach them.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 635
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: anime
Similar in 83%
Uninhabited Planet Survive! (2003)
Plot Summary:
Uninhabited Planet Survive, also known as Planet Survive is a Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Action/Adventure anime series that aired in Japan on NHK from October 2003 to October 28, 2004. It is a 52 episode series produced by Telecom Animation Film and Madhouse Production.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 190
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 76%
Night on the Galactic Railroad (1985)
Plot Summary:
Giovanni currently lives a dreary life of near non-stop work. At school, his peers ridicule him incessantly, and his employer at work is distant and cold. As his isolation from society becomes unbearable, he suddenly finds himself on a train heading far away from his miserable home. Accompanied by Campanella, an acquaintance from school, Giovanni embarks on a journey that will define the rest of his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: anime, psychedelic, surreal
Similar in 81%
Fly Me to the Moon (2007)
Plot Summary:
Three young houseflies stow away aboard the Apollo 11 flight to the moon.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Belgium, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, computer animated, entertaining, light, clever, 3d animation
Similar in 90%
Once Upon a Time Was the Space (1982)
Plot Summary:
Once Upon a Time… Space is a French/Japanese animated TV series from 1982, directed by Albert Barillé. The series was animated in Japan by the animation studio Eiken, and is thus considered to be anime as it also aired on Japanese TV, albeit not until 1984, under the title Ginga Patrol PJ. In contrast to the show's success in the West, the series' Japanese broadcast was consigned to an early-morning time slot and attracted little attention.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Canada, Argentina
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: anime, futuristic, serious, captivating, educational
Similar in 78%
Silverhawks (1986)
Plot Summary:
SilverHawks is an American animated television series developed by Rankin/Bass Productions and distributed by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1986. The animation was provided by Japanese studio Pacific Animation Corporation. In total, 65 episodes were made. It was created as a space-bound equivalent of their previous series, ThunderCats. As was the case with ThunderCats, there was also a SilverHawks comic book series published by then-Marvel Comics imprint Star Comics. Currently, Warner Bros. owns the rights to the series.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Family, Adventure, Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, retro, exciting, serious
Similar in 88%
Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales (2021)
Plot Summary:
Poe Dameron and BB-8 must face the greedy crime boss Graballa the Hutt, who has purchased Darth Vader’s castle and is renovating it into the galaxy’s first all-inclusive Sith-inspired luxury hotel.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, humorous, captivating, entertaining, anime, computer animated
Similar in 84%
The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981)
Plot Summary:
At the end of the 22nd century Alisa Seleznyova, her father Professor Seleznyov and pilot Zelyony go on a space expedition to find rare animals for Moscow Zoo. On the way they seem to encounter a mysterious conspiracy led by Doctor Verhovtsev against legendary Two Captains Kim and Buran. The only clue is a talking bird Сhatterer [Govorun] that our heroes accidentally took possession of.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, entertaining, talky, psychedelic, anime, exciting, offbeat, humorous, stylized
Similar in 80%
Welcome to the Space Show (2010)
Plot Summary:
Five children save the life of a dog-like alien while at a self-run summer camp. He attempts to reward them by taking them to an alien colony on the Moon. Events take a turn for the worse when his report on that attack that injured him causes passage from the Moon to the Earth to be banned, and children are stranded in space. The children need to find a way back home before camp ends and their parents discover that they are missing. They also have to avoid the poachers that injured their alien friend, and now seem to be stalking them all.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 136 min
Plot tags: anime, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, light, futuristic, exciting, urban fantasy
Similar in 76%
Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon (1965)
Plot Summary:
The story concerns a homeless boy named Ricky, or Ted in the Japanese version. After seeing a movie about Gulliver he meets Professor Gulliver himself in a forest. Gulliver is now an elderly, space-traveling scientist. With Dr. Gulliver's assistant Sylvester the crow (named Crow in the Japanese edition), and Ricky's companions, a talking dog and a toy soldier, they travel the Milky Way to the Planet of Blue Hope, which has been taken over by the Queen of Purple Planet and her evil group of robots. Armed with water-pistols and water balloons, which melt the villains, Ricky and Gulliver restore Blue Hope to its doll-like owners.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, futuristic, semi serious, fast, psychotronic
Similar in 83%
Space Chimps (2008)
Plot Summary:
Three chimps are sent into space to explore the possibility of alien life when an unmanned space shuttle crash lands on an uncharted planet.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Australia
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: computer animated, humorous, entertaining, not serious, 3d animation, anime, exciting, fairy tale, parody, funny
Similar in 85%
Space Dogs: Adventure to the Moon (2014)
Plot Summary:
Get ready to blast off to an out-of-this-world adventure with canine teenage astronaut, Pushok, who is determined to find his missing astronaut father. Against all odds, Pushok stows away on a US rocket ship to the moon but soon finds he is not alone, as he is reunited with his mom and encounters a macho monkey and a baby alien. Together, the furry heroes learn the true meaning of teamwork as they join the search for Pushok's dad.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Russia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, anime, computer animated
Similar in 88%
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Kids in Space (2020)
Plot Summary:
The Magic School Bus kids blast into orbit - and onto the International Space Station - only to find themselves on the run from a giant tardigrade.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 75%
Treasure Planet (2002)
Plot Summary:
When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms. But, soon, Jim realizes Silver is a pirate intent on mutiny!.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, exciting, entertaining, futuristic, stylized, semi serious, anime, feel good, retro, educational
Similar in 84%
Planet 51 (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an empathetic little green being.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 58000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: computer animated, humorous, entertaining, funny, feel good, captivating, 3d animation, visual, futuristic, inspirational