20 movies like Riders to the Stars, ordered by similarity : Ad Astra(2019), This Island Earth(1955), The Quatermass Xperiment(1955), 2036 Origin Unknown(2018), Solo: A Star Wars Story(2018), Destination Moon(1950), High Life(2018), Alien: Covenant(2017), Gravity(2013), Thunderbirds Are Go(1966), Prospect(2018), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2(2017) ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1954
81 Minutes
William Lundigan Herbert Marshall Richard Carlson Martha Hyer Dawn Addams Robert Karnes Larry Dobkin
astronaut scientist love interest father physicist gutsy thrilling incredible space rocket laboratory desert military base father/son relationship research technology accidental death space travel cowardice quest
In an attempt to discover the composition of meteors, three astronauts are sent out into space in three specially designed rockets. Their mission is to capture a meteor and bring it to ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
China|USA|Brazil
2019
124 Minutes
Brad Pitt Tommy Lee Jones Ruth Negga Donald Sutherland Kimberly Elise Loren Dean Donnie Keshawarz Sean Blakemore Bobby Nish LisaGay Hamilton John Finn
astronaut father engineer space traveler intense suspenseful thrilling disturbing raw space space center space station spaceship space travel missing persons secret supernatural adventure discovery mystery
Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
Sci-Fi
USA
1955
86 Minutes
Jeff Morrow Faith Domergue Rex Reason Russell Johnson Lance Fuller Robert Nichols Douglas Spencer Karl Lindt Regis Parton Olan Soule Richard Deacon
scientist alien physicist assistant love interest thrilling engaging laboratory spaceship outer space airplane alien abduction war space travel kidnapping adventure 1950s
Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war.
Sci-Fi
UK|Japan
1955
78 Minutes
Brian Donlevy Jack Warner Margia Dean Richard Wordsworth David King-Wood Thora Hird Gordon Jackson Harold Lang Lionel Jeffries Maurice Kaufman Frank Phillips
astronaut mutant monster construction worker scientist shocking thrilling gory raw suspenseful brooding space center space shuttle space laboratory space exploration crash mutation monsters alien life-forms
Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
UK
2018
95 Minutes
space traveler artificial intelligence suspenseful tense thrilling space space shuttle mars space space exploration space travel space shuttle artificial intelligence escape rescue future
After a failed mission to Mars, A.I./ARTI is now used for the 2036 mission with a few human supervisors. A monolith of unknown origin is found there. It will have a big effect on Earth.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2018
135 Minutes
Alden Ehrenreich Emilia Clarke Donald Glover Woody Harrelson Joonas Suotamo Thandie Newton Paul Bettany Phoebe Waller-Bridge Warwick Davis Clint Howard Ian Kenny
captain smuggler creature gangster crew member friend brash thrilling amusing confident cool spirited space spaceship plant base camp desert city space space exploration
During an adventure into the criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the Rebellion.
Sci-Fi
1950
91 Minutes
John Archer Warner Anderson Tom Powers Dick Wesson Erin O'Brien-Moore Ted Warde
astronaut scientist general wife industrialist confident gripping uplifting mojave desert outer space moon spaceship space travel space race research daunting task stranded adventure rivalry sacrifice
Astronauts (John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers) land their rocket on the moon but must lessen the load a lot in order to get back.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
France|UK|Germany|Poland|USA
2018
113 Minutes
Robert Pattinson Juliette Binoche André Benjamin Mia Goth Lars Eidinger Agata Buzek Ewan Mitchell Scarlett Lindsey Jessie Ross
convict daughter father astronaut scientist friend brash brutal dark disturbing gripping shocking space spacecraft room garden black hole experiments exploitation sex
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA|UK
2017
122 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Katherine Waterston Billy Crudup Danny McBride Demián Bichir Carmen Ejogo Jussie Smollett Callie Hernandez Amy Seimetz Nathaniel Dean Alexander England
space traveler colonist robot alien chilling frightening gripping suspenseful spaceship alien planet space alien life-forms cyborgs space exploration space travel discovery mystery quest adventure future
The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
UK|USA|Mexico
2013
91 Minutes
Sandra Bullock George Clooney Adam Cozens
astronaut commander captain creative fascinating thrilling spacecraft space station outer space space travel accident stranded survival escape adventure 2010s
Two astronauts work together to survive after an accident leaves them stranded in space.
Sci-Fi, Kids & Family
UK
1966
92 Minutes
father son hero astronaut secret agent criminal thrilling rousing playful gutsy spaceship space center mars nightclub rock formation space exploration undercover operations security teamwork dangerous mission
When the launch of a mission to Mars goes awry due to sabotage, International Rescue is requested to assist in the mission's second attempt.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Canada|USA
2018
98 Minutes
Pedro Pascal Chris Caldwell Sophie Thatcher Jay Duplass Andre Royo Sheila Vand Anwan Glover Trick Danneker Luke Pitzrick Doug Dawson Arthur Deranleau
teen girl father space traveler prospector hostage mercenary thrilling intense engaging uneasy striking gripping alien planet greed survival father/daughter relationship space exploration prospecting science fiction adventure
A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest's other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Action, Fantasy
USA
2017
135 Minutes
Chris Pratt Zoe Saldana Dave Bautista Michael Rooker Karen Gillan Sylvester Stallone Pom Klementieff Kurt Russell Elizabeth Debicki Tommy J. Flanagan Chris Sullivan
adventurer bounty hunter villain raccoon humanoid father brash cheeky confident thrilling offbeat hilarious space spaceship colony alien planet prison outer space team misfits
The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father the ambitious celestial being Ego.
Sci-Fi, Adventure
USA
1986
118 Minutes
William Shatner Leonard Nimoy Catherine Hicks DeForest Kelley James Doohan George Takei Walter Koenig Nichelle Nichols Jane Wyatt Mark Lenard Robin Curtis
captain kirk spock doctor engineer officer biologist airy amusing quirky thrilling san francisco spacecraft space golden gate park rescue animals space travel time travel search adventure
To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
2007
107 Minutes
Cillian Murphy Chris Evans Rose Byrne Michelle Yeoh Hiroyuki Sanada Cliff Curtis Troy Garity Benedict Wong Mark Strong Paloma Baeza Archie Macdonald
astronaut scientist crew member friend engineer creative dark profound space spaceship space travel apocalypse humanity spiritual journey speculative fiction adventure quest discovery future
A team of international astronauts are sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.
Sci-Fi, Kids & Family, Adventure, Fantasy
USA
2018
109 Minutes
Storm Reid Oprah Winfrey Reese Witherspoon Mindy Kaling Gugu Mbatha-Raw Michael Peña Zach Galifianakis Chris Pine Levi Miller Deric McCabe Andre Holland
young girl brother father classmate traveler thrilling incredible dreamy house alien planet space space travel science friendship family reunification adventure discovery pursuit quest 2010s
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA|UK|Canada
2014
165 Minutes
Matthew McConaughey Anne Hathaway Jessica Chastain Michael Caine Ellen Burstyn Mackenzie Foy Timothée Chalamet Wes Bentley David Gyasi John Lithgow Casey Affleck
professor physicist pilot researcher crew member daughter brooding emotional intense earth new planet space spaceship truck house interstellar portal space travel leaving home time exploration
A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action
Australia
2016
95 Minutes
Kellan Lutz Daniel MacPherson Isabel Lucas Rachel Griffiths Temuera Morrison Luke Ford
daughter father astronaut mercenary alien man confident cool gripping intense rousing thrilling space foreign planet future space exploration space race rescue impending doom science fiction
Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monsters that live inside us all.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama
UK|USA|Hungary|Jordan
2015
142 Minutes
Matt Damon Jessica Chastain Kristen Wiig Jeff Daniels Michael Peña Kate Mara Sean Bean Sebastian Stan Aksel Hennie Donald Glover Mackenzie Davis
astronaut survivor president scientist wife crew member brooding emotional intense tense dark nasa facility camp mars spacecraft space station control room space travel stranded mars
An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Sci-Fi
USA|Canada|France
2000
112 Minutes
Gary Sinise Tim Robbins Don Cheadle Connie Nielsen Jerry O'Connell Kim Delaney Elise Neal Peter Outerbridge Jill Teed Kavan Smith
astronaut survivor alien beautiful woman husband leader thrilling striking rousing gripping mars outer space space station desert spaceship research station dangerous mission alien life-forms space travel stranded
When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA
2018
74 Minutes
James Kondelik Ryan Budds Doug Burch Eric Paul Erickson Jonathan Nation Frankie Ray Tamara Stayer Madison West
space traveler explorer dinosaur astronaut survivor frightening gory suspenseful thrilling gripping alien planet desert cave spaceship dinosaurs space travel survival escape quest adventure
In the near future, a ship of space explorers crash land on an unknown planet. They're soon met with some of their worst fears as they discover the planet is inhabited by monstrous dinosaurs.