20 best movies like Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

List of the best movies like Battle Beyond the Stars (1980): Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark, Starcrash, Lost in Space, Fantastic Four, Stargate: Continuum, Space Battleship Yamato, Wing Commander, seaQuest DSV, Stargate, Space Mutiny.

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Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:15

This latest installment of Babylon 5 is in two parts: the first, is about an entity that has possessed a worker. It wants to be exorcised but Col. Lochley prevents the priest & sends it & the host both back to Earth. The second is about Galen trying to dupe President Sheridan into assassinating the future Centauri President to stop him possibly attacking Earth in 30 years time.

Markimdb: 3.9
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA, Italy
Duration01:34

A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartharn. The smugglers are soon recruited by the Emperor to complete the mission, as well as to rescue the Emperor's son, who has gone missing.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, family
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:10

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.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
Duration02:40

Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:38

Ba'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.

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: 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: 6.7
Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family
CountryUSA

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.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA, France
Duration02:10

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

Markimdb: 2
Genrefantastic, action, melodrama, adventure
CountrySouth Africa, USA
Duration01:33

A pilot is the only hope to stop the mutiny of a spacecraft by its security crew, who plot to sell the crew of the ship into slavery.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, USA
Duration01:51

A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant—Ming the Merciless—to save Earth.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

A video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best Starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:34

Michael and Ellie break into a military junkyard to find a science project for Michael's class, and discover a strange glowing orb which absorbs electricity. When the orb begins to blend past, present, and future, its up to Michael and Ellie to stop the orb and save mankind.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:39

When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:54

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrefantastic, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

An astronaut doctor Ivan Hood and his fellow astronaut Kelly return from their mission in space to find the world has been taken over by aliens. Now Dr. Ivan Hood and Kelly must lead a revolution to free the human slaves from their alien masters.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA, Australia
Duration01:43

    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…

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    A story from the life in the beginning of XX century based on the theater play by Maxim Gorky.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Israel
    Duration01:46

    The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner and he begins to drain her life-force as he waits for the moon of Eternia to align with the Great Eye of the Universe that will bestow god-like power upon him.

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:25

    In 1943, five US soldiers are recruited by the OSS for a time travel mission to save the world from the tyranny of Hitler's 25th Reich.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryUSA, Hungary
    Duration01:59

      A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural being that have taken over a European city.

      Markimdb: 3.8
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family
      CountryGermany, USA
      Duration01:30

      The Fantastic Four is an unreleased low-budget feature film completed in 1994. Created to secure copyright to the property, the producers never intended it for release although the director, actors, and other participants were not informed of this fact. It was produced by low-budget specialist Roger Corman and Bernd Eichinger (who also produced another Fantastic Four movie in 2005).

      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: 7.9
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:53

        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.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, Spain

        A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon, short
        CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Canada

        Two unlikely heroes struggle to stop a vile alien named Chairman Drek from destroying every planet in the Solana Galaxy. When the two stumble upon a dangerous weapon capable of destroying entire planets, they must join forces with a team of colorful heroes called The Galactic Rangers in order to save the galaxy. Along the way, they'll learn about heroism, friendship, and the importance of discovering one's own identity.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:30

        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.

        Markimdb: 2.5
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
        CountryUSA, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, United Kingdom
        Duration01:25

          The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA, Mexico
          Duration02:17

          In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Dune – the only place where the time-travel substance 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some unsavory characters.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:54

            For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

            Markimdb: 8.4
            Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:36

            After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.

            Markimdb: 1.9
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:32

            In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later, the alien invaders have returned.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrefantastic, action, comedy
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:30

            College good guy Joe is drawn into a battle to save the world from arch-enemy Ferris. Joe's heirloom pendant just happens to be the key to the staff that opens doors to the Crossworlds. When Laura shows up to check on the key and Ferris' goons begin their assaults, they run to semi-retired adventurer A.T. for help and guidance.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama
            CountryJapan
            Duration01:53

            By the year 2050 AD, a mysterious organization called Galactor has occupied half of the Earth and threatens to exterminate the human race. Around the same time, the International Science Organization had uncovered mysterious stones that bear unusual powers. It is said that one person out of approximately eight million is able to harness the power of the stones; they are known as a "Receptor". Dr. Kozaburo Nambu gathers a team of these five lucky Receptors together. Known as the "Gatchaman" team, it is their mission to defeat Galactor.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrefantastic, action, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:12

              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.

              Markimdb: 4.7
              Genrefantastic, adventure
              CountryUnited Kingdom
              Duration01:42

              Slipstream is a 1989 post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure film. The plot has an emphasis on aviation and contains many common science-fiction themes, such as taking place in a dystopian future in which the landscape of the Earth itself has been changed and is windswept by storms of great power. There are also numerous sub-plots, such as free will and humanity amongst artificial intelligence.

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:59

              When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But... the greatest danger of all may be on their ship.

              Markimdb: 6.9
              Genrefantastic, action, adventure
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:20

              Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

              Markimdb: 2.8
              Genrefantastic, action
              CountryUSA

              Hundreds of massive intergalactic robots appear in all of the world's major capitals with an ultimatum: Prove the value of human civilization or be destroyed.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, adventure
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:43

              A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

              Markimdb: 7.8
              Genrefantastic, action, adventure
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:08

              A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genrefantastic, action, thriller
              CountryUSA, Canada
              Duration01:59

              Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.

              Markimdb: 4
              Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:43

                The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.

                Markimdb: 2.8
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, military
                CountryUSA

                When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship, stands in their way.

                Markimdb: 2.1
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
                CountryUSA

                Aliens invade, this time delivering a clear ultimatum. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance as the U.S. President and citizens decide if these aliens are to be trusted… or feared.

                Markimdb: 5.9
                Genrefantastic, adventure, family
                CountryUnited Kingdom
                Duration01:24

                Doctor Who and his companions are hurled into the future and make a horrifying discovery: the Daleks have conquered Earth! The metal fiends have devastated entire continents and turned the survivors into Robomen.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genrefantastic, action, adventure
                CountryJapan
                Duration01:56

                After an alien invasion threatens to annihilate the human race, a young Japanese girl, named Milly, travels back in time from 2084 to October 2002, and enlists the reluctant aid of skilled Tokyo gunman, named Miyamoto, to discover and prevent the start of the war. However, trouble ensues when the two protagonists are forced to deal with a Japanese mafia boss, named Mizoguchi, who is somehow involved in the start of the war by keeping the first alien spaceship and its alien pilot captive, while our two heroes race against the clock to find a way to stop the oncoming destruction from the vengeance-seeking alien invasion fleet on its way to Earth.

                Markimdb: 3
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:28

                A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.

                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: 5.8
                Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family, cartoon
                CountryUSA, Singapore, India

                Based on the original animated series Ben 10. Ben becomes targeted by an evil Mechamorph Warrior, named "Retaliator," who mistakenly blames Ben for something he did not do and attempts to destroy all aliens.




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