20 best movies like Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

List of the best movies like Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979): Wing Commander, Stargate, Fantastic Four, Space Battleship Yamato, Stargate: Continuum, Starcrash, The Black Hole, Lost in Space, Green Lantern, Space Mutiny.

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 5.9
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: 5.2
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: 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: 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: 6.7
    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: 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: 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: 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: 4.8
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller
        CountryUSA, Luxembourg
        Duration01:31

        Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. What they find is a black hole--that threatens to destroy both ships--and a mysterious survivor whose body quickly mutates into a monstrous and deadly form.

        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: 6.6
        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: 5.1
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA, Bulgaria
          Duration01:32

          Government agents find evidence of extraterrestrial life at the South Pole.

          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: 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: 1.6
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA

          A mother and a father search for their only child as a giant asteroid headed for Earth, triggering a series of apocalyptic events.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:44

          A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.

          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: 5.2
          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: 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: 6.1
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:28

          David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a sinister and determined group of zealots who have sworn to destroy all Jumpers. Now, David’s extraordinary gift may be his only hope for survival!

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:57

          In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.

          Markimdb: 4
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA

          During their search for a habitable planet the last living humans crash-land on a barren world, inhabited by bloodthirsty aliens and mysterious post-apocalyptic warriors.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA, West Germany, United Kingdom
          Duration01:48

          A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, France
          Duration02:15

          Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.

          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: 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: 5.5
          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: 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: 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: 3
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:35

          As a rogue planet roars through our solar system, it acts as an intergalactic magnet that pulls Earth in its wake. Meteors destroy major cities. Fire and ice storms engulf the land. Casualties are in the millions. And as the situation grows even worse, Steve Lannon is determined to reunite with his wife and teenage daughter. But when they stumble into a secret government installation, they'll uncover a nuclear mission that will either blast our planet back into orbit or guarantee front row seats to the end of the world.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
          Duration01:30

          Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryIndia, USA
          Duration02:35

          A father trying hard to ‘fit-in’ in his son’s badass world. A son trying hard to ‘dude-up’ his dad from ‘aiiiyyyo’ to ‘Yo!’ And a mother lost in translation between her husband’s ‘ingeva’ and her son’s ‘inn’it!’ While Shekhar was trying every trick in the book to woo his son, get ‘dude-ified’ and ‘up his coolness quotient’ his son had given up on him. Just when the father-son duo hit a deadlock, Shekhar strikes gold when he designs one hell of a game. Finally it all starts falling into place, as the family comes together, only to find themselves in the middle of a crash…not just a hard drive crash but a crash that would drive them to a disaster and make their lives go – KABOOM! All hell breaks loose when – the game that was meant to be played with starts playing them. Ra.one – The next level.

          Markimdb: 3.3
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, Bulgaria
          Duration01:28

          It is 2020 and the impending apocalypse is inevitable. Due to a rapidly growing Black Hole headed straight for the sun, Earth begins to fall into darkness, waves rise above Los Angeles, Paris is rocked by extreme earthquakes and Japan is crumbling. Governments around the world race to build massive space arks for the lucky few who will escape Earth's tragic fate, though billions of people will be left behind. At the same time in the ruins of a Mayan temple a solution is discovered: 12 ancient skulls, that when brought together can stop the destruction. A team of scientists set out to find the hidden skulls and rescue mankind from imminent destruction.

          Markimdb: 3.4
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryCanada
          Duration01:30

          When Earth is attacked by a hostile alien force, a small town firefighter and a rogue SETI scientist team up to activate the only technology capable of defeating the invaders.

          Markimdb: 3.5
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:25

          A team of climbers is assembled by a rich and eccentric man to rescue a missing expedition he sent up to a forbidden mountain who disappeared after sending out one last disturbing radio message.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrefantastic, adventure
          CountryUSA

          Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.

          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: 6.5
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:10

          The next installment in the franchise and the conclusion of the “Star Wars“ sequel trilogy as well as the “Skywalker Saga“.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration04:31

          We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.

          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: 8.3
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family, cartoon
          CountryUSA

          Taking place some time between 'Tron' and 'Tron: Legacy', 'Tron: Uprising' tells the story of Beck, a young program who becomes the skillful leader of a revolution inside the computer world of The Grid.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:22

          When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save one of the astronauts Colonel Calder, the mission commander. A young boy also recovers what turns out to be a specimen of an alien creature. Growing at a fantastic rate, it manages to escape and eventually threatens the city of Rome.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:30

          16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

          Markimdb: 5.1
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:01

          Deeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control ... before it initiates the next world war.




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