20 best movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

List of the best movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968): Gattaca, Interstellar, Mission to Mars, Stranded, Red Planet, Ad Astra, Approaching the Unknown, Solaris, Alita: Battle Angel, The Black Hole.

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Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:46

Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
Duration02:49

    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.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrefantastic, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada, France
    Duration01:54

    When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller
    CountryUSA, Australia
    Duration01:47

    Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA, China, Brazil
    Duration02:36

    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.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:31

    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.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
    CountrySoviet Union
    Duration02:49

    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 repressed memories and obsessions.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA, Japan, Canada
    Duration02:28

    When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic, action
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    The explorer craft USS 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 USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, 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.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama
    CountryCanada

    In the near future, as humanity prepares to set foot on Mars, Jacob Obus, an elderly musician, takes pride in slowing down time by playing instruments inspired by women's bodies, designed by his friend Arthur. A love triangle develops when Jacob and Arthur both fall in love with Avril, a young photographer. Enter Eugène Spaak, Arthur's father, an inventor and cosmologist who unveils a new theory about man's desire to reach Mars and helps Jacob find the true meaning of life and love.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:45

    In the future, Earth is overcrowded and the population relies on distant bases to be fed. In the Saturn 3 station, Major Adam and the scientist Alex, who is also his lover and has never been on Earth, have been researching hydroponics for three years in the base alone with their dog Sally. Meanwhile, the psychotic Captain Benson fails the mental test required to travel to Saturn 3 and kills his replacement, Captain James, taking his place in the mission of assembling and programming the Demi-God series robot Hector to replace one of the scientists in Saturn 3. On the arrival, the mentally disturbed Captain Benson becomes sexually obsessed for Alex. Then he uses an interface to link his brain to program Hector, but incapable to control his emotions, he transfers his homicidal tendency and insanity to Hector. Now Major Adam and Alex are trapped in the station with a dangerous psychopath robot.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrefantastic, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Hungary, Jordan
    Duration03:34

    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 upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Australia

    After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA

    Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space – and begins to lose touch with reality in a world that now seems too small.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrefantastic, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    After losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a claustrophobic and lonely existence, until he makes a strange discovery aboard the ship.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Mexico, United Kingdom
    Duration01:30

    Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredocumentary
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:47

    Some 220 miles above Earth lies the International Space Station, a one-of-a-kind outer space laboratory that 16 nations came together to build. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of this extraordinary structure in this spectacular IMAX film. Viewers will blast off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Russia for this incredible journey -- IMAX's first-ever space film. Tom Cruise narrates.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
    CountryFrance, United Kingdom, Singapore, New Zealand, Canada, USA, United Arab Emirates, Germany, Belgium, China, Thailand
    Duration01:47

    In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:29

      Officially, Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973, three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies it's authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Australia
      Duration02:31

      A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrefantastic, drama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:37

      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 however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
      Duration02:52

      A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Romania, France
      Duration01:46

      A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantastic, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:47

      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 hope.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama
      CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:06

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantastic, drama, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, short
      CountryFrance
      Duration00:16

      Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious satellite.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration02:30

      A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
      CountrySpain, USA
      Duration02:01

      When the brave and determined 12-year-old Mike Goldwing discovers that an eccentric billionaire plans to fly to the moon, steal its vast, valuable natural resources, and destroy the American flag planted by the Apollo XI astronauts during man's historic moon landing, the countdown to a spectacular adventure begins! Mike, teamed with his grandfather, best friends Amy and Marty, and a clever chameleon, blasts off on an incredible moon-bound mission, determined to thwart the billionaire's evil plan, capture the flag, and reunite his family.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrefantastic, comedy, drama, cartoon, short
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:05

      A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:05

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, drama, family
      CountryUSA

      In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrefantastic, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:46

      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 what the astronauts encountered on their first of its kind interstellar space journey.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, Germany

      A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantastic, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for commercial purposes, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell who loves the forest and its creatures, so decides to take matters into his own hands to protect what he loves.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
      CountryJapan
      Duration02:18

      In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
      CountryLuxembourg
      Duration01:52

      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.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrefantastic, action, drama
      CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada
      Duration01:49

      In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max (Matt Damon) is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, South Africa
      Duration02:17

      Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantastic, action, drama
      CountryChina
      Duration01:13

      When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA, Luxembourg
      Duration01:40

      The Hollywood version of the popular video game series "Wing Commander". Unlike other video games to feature film transitions, series creator Chris Roberts was heavily involved in the film's creation. This is the story of Christopher Blair and Todd "Maniac" Marshall as they arrive at the Tiger Claw and are soon forced to stop a Kilrathi fleet heading towards Earth.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredocumentary, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

      Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrefantastic, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      A deep space mining vessel has been adrift for two years. It is suspected the crew brutally killed each other, but the reason for the bloodbath is unknown. A rescue crew is sent to find if there are any survivors, what happened and why.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
      CountrySerbia
      Duration01:25

      On a lonely mission to Alpha Centauri, Milutin is teamed up with Nimani 1345, a female cyborg designed to fulfill his every need. At first thrilled to be able to control her, Sebastian grows tired of having his desires fulfilled so easily. Longing for human intimacy, Sebastian alters Nimani's programmed responses, but in doing so he risks the mission's security — and his own life.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada

      Twelve extremely talented men and women have been chosen to be part of the Phaeton mission, a 10-year trek to explore a distant planetary system. In order to endure the stress of being confined to their high-tech vessel, the crew passes the time using advanced virtual reality modules that allow them to take on various identities. But as the ship approaches a critical phase of their journey, a deadly flaw is discovered in the virtual system, forcing them to question if someone onboard might be a killer.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:29

        The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:14

        After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a Hurricane headed towards the launch site—and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts' capsule.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
        Duration01:36

        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.




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