20 movies like Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, ordered by similarity : The Wave(2019), Star Trek(2009), Ad Astra(2019), High Life(2018), Apollo 11(2019), 3022(2019), Interstellar(2014), Solo: A Star Wars Story(2018), 400 Days(2015), Alien: Covenant(2017), Arrival(2016), The Martian(2015) ...
Sci-Fi, Drama
UK
1969
99 Minutes
Roy Thinnes Ian Hendry Patrick Wymark Lynn Loring Loni von Friedl Herbert Lom George Sewell Franco De Rosa Ed Bishop Philip Madoc Vladek Sheybal
astronaut scientist doppelganger tense uneasy suspenseful alternate reality earth spaceship alternate reality space exploration mystery quest discovery 21st century
The European Space Exploration Council sends two astronauts to explore a planet similar to the Earth but located on the opposite side of the sun.
Sci-Fi
USA
2019
87 Minutes
Justin Long Donald Faison Tommy J. Flanagan Sheila Vand Katia Winter
colleague drug dealer lawyer disturbing uneasy unrestrained eerie united states bar alternate reality drugs unintended consequences reality psychedelia alternate reality missing persons discovery escape mystery quest
An insurance lawyer goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion with his co-worker, Jeff. But their night takes a turns bizarre when Frank ingests a hallucinogen that completely alters his perception of the world.
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, 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, 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.
Documentary, Drama, History
USA
2019
93 Minutes
buzz aldrin neil armstrong astronaut engaging fascinating inspiring patriotic space space shuttle spacecraft moon apollo program moon space space race adventure discovery mystery quest 1960s
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2019
91 Minutes
Omar Epps Kate Walsh Miranda Cosgrove Enver Gjokaj Haaz Sleiman Angus Macfadyen Jorjan Fox
astronaut doctor engineer bleak brooding dark disheartening gripping gutsy intense melodramatic melancholy somber suspenseful tense spaceship space space travel astronauts survival
A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space awake to find earth has suffered an extinction level event.
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.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2015
91 Minutes
Brandon Routh Caity Lotz Ben Feldman Dane Cook Tom Cavanagh Grant Bowler Dominic Bogart Fernanda Romero
astronaut commander crew member man woman frightening confident disturbing spectacular fascinating suspenseful space spaceship simulated reality research station space travel mission reality experiments research
With their 400-day mission simulation nearing completion, 4 astronauts begin to feel something's amiss.
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.
Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2016
116 Minutes
Amy Adams Jeremy Renner Forest Whitaker Michael Stuhlbarg Mark O'Brien Tzi Ma Abigail Pniowsky Julia Scarlett Dan Jadyn Malone Frank Schorpion Nathaly Thibault
linguist army commander teammate alien civilian president fascinating creative intense moving inspiring heartwarming house helicopter spaceship office street car alien landing language
A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecrafts appear around the world.
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
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
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, Adventure
Canada
2013
94 Minutes
Luke Pasqualino Ben Cotton Lili Bordán Jill Teed John Pyper-Ferguson Brian Markinson Karen LeBlanc Sebastian Spence
pilot woman mysterious woman intense suspenseful tense spectacular cyberspace future space battlefield mission war rescue rescue quest mystery future
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Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
89 Minutes
Sharlto Copley Michael Nyqvist Christian Camargo Daniel Wu Karolina Wydra Isiah Whitlock Jr. Anamaria Marinca Embeth Davidtz
astronaut crew member pilot captain engineer marine biologist fascinating gripping thrilling suspenseful spectacular spacecraft earth space mission science fiction science crisis technology adventure
An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.
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, Drama
Germany
1927
123 Minutes
Brigitte Helm Alfred Abel Gustav Fröhlich Rudolf Klein-Rogge Fritz Rasp Theodor Loos Erwin Biswanger Heinrich George Olaf Storm Hanns Leo Reich Heinrich Gotho
leader son rebel teacher worker android bleak dark melodramatic tense metropolis class distinctions social change social standing kidnapping quest discovery metamorphosis 21st century
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Sci-Fi
USA
1951
72 Minutes
Marguerite Chapman Cameron Mitchell Arthur Franz Virginia Huston John Litel Richard Gaines
astronaut scientist alien thrilling suspenseful melodramatic spaceship mars underground alien/human relationship space exploration discovery adventure love escape 21st century
Five astronauts successfully fly to Mars where they encounter seemingly friendly and advanced inhabitants who harbor covert plans to use their ship to invade Earth.
Sci-Fi
USA|Bulgaria
2003
100 Minutes
James Spader Janine Eser John Lynch Leslie Stefanson Aimee Graham Stuart Charno Carl Lewis Roy Dotrice
scientist alien government agent expert thrilling tense suspenseful gripping frightening antarctica laboratory discovery alien life-forms aliens mystery discovery 21st century
An alien black box is found in the South Pole, where a government agency is conducting botanical experiments.