20 best movies like The Dish (2000)

List of the best movies like The Dish (2000): First Man, The Astronaut Farmer, Magellan, Apollo 13, Radio, Gravity, The Wandering Earth, Light Up!, Apollo 18, Not Fade Away.

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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: 6.3
Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he's an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he's built and wants to take into space. It's his dream. The FBI puts him under surveillance when he tries to buy rocket fuel, and the FAA stalls him when he files a flight plan – but Charles is undeterred.

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: 7.7
Genredrama, adventure, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:20

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, tormented man into an inspiration to his community.

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: 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: 6.1
Genredrama
CountryRussia
Duration02:25

Alevtina Romanova is a warden in the woman's colony, and the only thing that is different from her «iron lady» image is her voice - a voice which even a notable opera diva would envy. However, Alevtina has been ashamed of her talent since the times she was a kid and nowadays, preliminarily making sure no one's around, she rarely sings for herself. Despite the fact that Alevtina is trying to stay invisible, one of the prisoners secretly records her singing on video by a cellphone and puts it online. The tape becomes a real sensation, and soon Alevtina is invited to Moscow to participate in the main singing show on national television. A sincere desire to change her life awakens inside Alevtina but she's not ready to compete in the show at all. The only person who could train her voice and prepare her for the performance is that very prisoner, who recorded the video, who turns out to be a singer in the past.

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: 6
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    Set in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Aging baseball star who goes by the nickname, Mr. 3000, finds out many years after retirement that he didn't quite reach 3,000 hits. Now at age 47 he's back to try and reach that goal.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA

    Tells the incredible true story of Amberley Snyder, a nationally ranked rodeo barrel racer who defies the odds after barely surviving a car accident that leaves her paralyzed from the waist down.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:48

    Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:39

    When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.

    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: 7.6
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama
    CountryThailand
    Duration01:02

    Welcome to an exam-cheating business run by Lynn, a straight-A student who gets the idea for her business after helping Grace and Pat. Grace is a prominent school activist who can’t get the grades she needs. Pat is a filthy-rich boy who believes money can buy anything. Lynn’s business skyrockets and the money starts to flood in as scores of students offer her cold hard cash in exchange for exam answers.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:32

    The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:48

    In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:53

    Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genredrama, family
    CountryUSA

    Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life has thrown him. Today, he mindlessly sleepwalks through his days and the challenge of raising his teenager daughter. His life is in a slow downward spiral when it is suddenly awakened and invigorated by the most unlikely person – Produce, a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, drama, history
    CountryPoland
    Duration01:50

    A movie about the power of thousands, the courage of hundreds and friendship of a few, thanks to whom a change of fate of millions became possible. Poland, lower Silesia, the beginning of a very cold winter 1981. After a series of entrapments by the security service a confrontation between the opposition and the communists seems to be inevitable. Just before the proclamation of martial law a group of young solidarity activists decide to play va banque and organize a rash action to take out 80 million of the union money from one of the Wroclaw’s banks before the account is blocked. Security service officers follow their steps. It’s the beginning of a gripping tournament in which also priests and curb dealers will play their parts. Each side has aces up their sleeve.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:35

    In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Just days before Rhett (Chris Pine) is leaving for Nashville to pursue a lifelong dream of being a singer/songwriter, his girlfriend Samantha (Bre Blair) realizes that "his" future may not be "their" future. This news comes as a shock to Rhett, and he is faced with having to choose between following his dream and staying in his hometown in order to be with the woman he loves.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:13

    In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling and a race horse will all have a part in the final decision.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis, and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

    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: 5.7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A rags-to-riches story of two friends, a small-time inventor and a sharky salesman, who hit rock bottom before coming up with a gizmo that becomes a worldwide phenomenon.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrethriller, adventure, biography, history
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:25

    March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish that, no price is too high and no risk is too great. Now it’s up to the unlikely duo of a seasoned war veteran and a hot-headed test-pilot to fulfill this mission. Two men in a tiny spaceship, without proper testing, facing the complete unknown… They were supposed to do what no man has done before – and no man imagined what would happen next…

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genredrama, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:02

    A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUSA

    The story of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson from his young days in West Texas to the White House.

    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: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:29

    A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.

    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: 6.6
      Genredrama, family, biography, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryFrance

      In the hospital where she works in Brest, France, a lung specialist discovers a direct link between suspicious deaths and state-approved medicine. She fights single-handedly for the truth to come out.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genremelodrama
      CountryUSA, Germany, South Africa

      Hollywood arrives in force to Quincy, the small town where the secret Crown Cola billionaire's live. They want to film about the billionaire's and how they made their fortunes. Summer Jenkins, who was the town pariah, joins forces with the scout, Ben, and finds filming locations, extras, lessons with the town officials and house owners, etc. When Cole Masten arrives, they hate each other, but sparks fly. Cole is running from a nasty divorce, yet is captivated by Summer. Summer is dying to leave town to get away from the gossip. This is a great story about Southern customs, a Southern girl, and a Hollywood star who finds his lady.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genredrama, family
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:47

      The team of people who saved Winter's life reassemble in the wake of her surrogate mother's passing in order to find her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater Marine Hospital.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, biography, history
      CountryChile, Colombia, Spain, USA
      Duration02:42

      Based on a true story about the collapse at the mine in San Jose, Chile that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genredrama, sport
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      The coach of a women's swim team parlays her success into an opportunity to build her school's men's golf team.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head of the Spelling Bee Championship Organization, Guy Trilby (Jason Bateman) eventually discovers winning isn't necessary for revenge, and that friendship is a blessing not a curse.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genredrama, family, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      Based on the true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes, and eventually became a NASA scientist.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:11

      Two boys find a fugitive hiding out on an island in the Mississippi River and form a pact to help him reunite with his lover and escape.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountrySpain, USA, Malaysia

      After their plane crashes off the coast of a deserted Pacific island, the surviving members of an American soccer team find themselves in the most dire of circumstances with limited resources, dwindling food supply and no rescue coming any time soon. Team spirit evaporates as disagreements cause the group to separate into factions - a violent one lead by an unbalanced ruler, and a compassionate one led by a selfless player.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genrecomedy, drama, biography
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:52

      A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      4 would be astronauts spend 400 days in a land locked space simulator to test the psychological effects of deep space travel but, when something goes terribly wrong and they are forced to leave the simulation, they discover that everything on earth has changed. Is this real or is the simulation on a higher level than they could have ever imagined?

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      An elderly, yet young-at-heart man, moves in with his grandson, and both their lives turn upside-down.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genredrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      Russell, a single father, balances his work as a lawyer with the care of his five-year-old son after his wife abandoned them. When she reappears creating turmoil, he must deal with his new love interest and the job opportunity of a lifetime.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantasy, drama, family, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:39

      Two children in 1917 take a photograph, believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on a true story




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