20 movies like Man in the Moon, ordered by similarity : High Life(2018), Solo: A Star Wars Story(2018), Riders to the Stars(1954), The Bulldog Breed(1960), Star Trek(2009), The Quatermass Xperiment(1955), The Last Days(2013), Flash Gordon(1980), Android(1982), Avatar(2009), Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith(2005), Sunshine(2007) ...
Sci-Fi
UK
1961
98 Minutes
Kenneth More Shirley Anne Field Michael Hordern Charles Gray John Glyn-Jones John Phillips
astronaut scientist rival girlfriend professor test subject witty offbeat england field australia aerospace research lab space exploration bachelorhood medical research marriage underdog love 1960s
Scientists are looking for a man to send up to be the first man on the moon. A man immune to worry, disease, and even the common cold. They think they have found him until the impossible happens at Woomera.
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, 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
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 »
Comedy
UK
1960
100 Minutes
englishman naval officer astronaut love interest friend amusing hilarious madcap playful witty england coast seaside cliff rocket space ship rejection unintended consequences love
When he is crossed in love, grocers assistant Norman Puckle joins the Navy, where he is recruited to man the first British rocket.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|Germany
2009
126 Minutes
Chris Pine Zachary Quinto Leonard Nimoy Eric Bana Bruce Greenwood Karl Urban Zoe Saldana Simon Pegg John Cho Anton Yelchin Ben Cross
captain kirk spock cadet friend father alien spirited engaging intricate rousing thrilling amusing space earth spaceship starship enterprise alien planet black hole exploration mystery
The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2013
102 Minutes
Quim Gutiérrez David Pastor José Coronado Marta Etura Leticia Dolera Ivan Massagué Pere Ventura Mikel Iglesias Momo Ballesteros Pere Brasó
everyman man woman girlfriend dying person engaging suspenseful thrilling emotional bleak earth underground epidemic death danger search fight to the death adventure discovery pursuit
In ice hockey, no one is tougher than the "goon". Those players have one mission: to protect the star players at any price.
Sci-Fi
UK|Italy|Netherlands|USA
1980
110 Minutes
Sam Jones Melody Anderson Max von Sydow Topol Ornella Muti Timothy Dalton Brian Blessed Peter Wyngarde Mariangela Melato John Osborne Richard O'Brien
football player travel agent scientist tyrant hawkman campy quirky outlandish airplane spaceship planet mongo moon sky city space exploration apocalypse unlikely allies new love flash gordon saving the planet discovery
A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
Sci-Fi
USA
1982
80 Minutes
Klaus Kinski Don Opper Brie Howard Norbert Weisser Crofton Hardester Kendra Kirchner Gary Corarito Mary Ann Fisher
scientist android beautiful woman criminal offbeat eerie space station laboratory technology robots jealousy obsession isolation love triangle quest rivalry forbidden love future
A strange doctor secretly experiments with androids on his space station. His assistant is Max, a curious android who wants to see the world and meet a girl. Criminals hide on their station and soon violence erupts.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA
2009
155 Minutes
Sam Worthington Sigourney Weaver Stephen Lang Michelle Rodriguez Giovanni Ribisi Joel David Moore Dileep Rao Matt Gerald Sean Anthony Moran Jason Whyte Scott Lawrence
marines native soldier alien love interest scientist thrilling creative crafty outer space spaceship jungle pandora aliens greed nature showdown love redemption rise
A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.
Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy, Adventure
USA
2005
140 Minutes
Ewan McGregor Natalie Portman Hayden Christensen Ian McDiarmid Samuel L. Jackson Christopher Lee Jimmy Smits Peter Mayhew Ahmed Best Oliver Ford Davies Temuera Morrison
jedi knight sith lord droid wife clone dark melodramatic frenetic suspenseful thrilling coruscant space utapau mustafar betrayal murder love political coup adventure love
Three years into the Clone Wars, the Jedi rescue Palpatine from Count Dooku. As Obi-Wan pursues a new threat, Anakin acts as a double agent between the Jedi Council and Palpatine and is lured into a sinister plan to rule the galaxy.
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
Italy|Japan
1960
79 Minutes
Rik Van Nutter Gabriella Farinon Archie Savage David Montresor Alain Dijon Franco Fantasia Joe Pollini David Maran
reporter astronaut scientist crew member commander intense suspenseful thrilling patriotic space shuttle space station space solar system space exploration world destruction danger mission heroes adventure discovery
In the 22nd Century, Ray Peterson, reporter for the Interplanetary News, is assigned to write a story aboard a space station.
Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy, Adventure
USA|India
2018
140 Minutes
Tye Sheridan Olivia Cooke Ben Mendelsohn Lena Waithe T.J. Miller Simon Pegg Mark Rylance Philip Zhao Win Morisaki Hannah John-Kamen Ralph Ineson
designer young man club owner treasure hunter racer rival amusing passionate cheeky offbeat ohio virtual world slum racetrack dungeon battlefield virtual reality treasure hunting rivalry pop culture
When the creator of a virtual reality called the OASIS dies, he makes a posthumous challenge to all OASIS users to find his Easter Egg, which will give the finder his fortune and control of his world.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
UK
1965
78 Minutes
Boris Karloff Nick Adams Freda Jackson Suzan Farmer Terence de Marney Patrick Magee Paul Farrell Leslie Dwyer
scientist townsperson girlfriend father mother servant creepy offbeat intense estate england village mutation experiments science gone awry meteorite family transformation discovery love
A young man visits his fiancée's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
USA|Canada|France
2014
123 Minutes
Jennifer Lawrence Josh Hutcherson Liam Hemsworth Woody Harrelson Elizabeth Banks Julianne Moore Philip Seymour Hoffman Jeffrey Wright Sam Claflin Jena Malone Stanley Tucci
young woman captive president hunter rebel rival brooding dark intense hospital destroyed city bunker battlefield forest airship dystopia rebellion survival rivalry search
Katniss Everdeen is in District 13 after she shatters the games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she fights to save Peeta and a nation moved by her courage.
Sci-Fi, Romance, Fantasy
Canada|France
2012
107 Minutes
Kirsten Dunst Jim Sturgess Timothy Spall James Kidnie Jayne Heitmeyer Holly O'Brien Nicholas Rose Frank M. Ahearn Vincent Messina Jesse Sherman
young man young woman love interest inventor charming moving emotional engaging fantasy world imaginary world future reverse world corporate headquarters star-crossed lovers universe love future science fiction romance love
Adam and Eden fell in love as teens despite the fact that they live on twinned worlds with gravities that pull in opposite directions. Ten years after a forced separation, Adam sets out on a dangerous quest to reconnect with his love.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
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, Anime, Action, Fantasy
1987
124 Minutes
astronaut religious person general friend love interest spectacular dark alternate reality funeral spaceship space exploration conspiracy religion battle deception rise transformation 20th century
A would-be astronaut faces numerous obstacles as he attempts to become the first man to travel in space.