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Movies that feel likeA Trip to the Moon (1902)

Professor Barbenfouillis and five of his colleagues from the Academy of Astronomy travel to the Moon aboard a rocket propelled by a giant cannon. Once on the lunar surface, the bold explorers face the many perils hidden in the caves of the mysterious planet.

If you loved A Trip to the Moon, the closest films we have are Mickey 17 (2025), Spaceballs (1987) and Galaxy Quest (1999). All three share A Trip to the Moon's cerebral and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is I'm All Right Jack (1959).

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Georges MΓ©liΓ¨sepiccerebralwittyplayfuldarkly funnyawe
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Mickey 17
2025 Β· dir. Bong Joon Ho
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· comedy Β· adventureMax

The same preoccupation in both: space adventure

The difference: 123 years apart, and the 2020s show

Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

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Spaceballs
1987 Β· dir. Mel Brooks
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· science fictionPrime Video

Common ground: satire

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?

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Galaxy Quest
1999 Β· dir. Dean Parisot
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.4comedy Β· science fiction Β· adventureParamount+

Epic and cerebral in the same breath

The difference: Takes it somewhere less darkly funny than A Trip to the Moon does

For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector β€” Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus β€” set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space... until their series was cancelled! Now, twenty years later, aliens under attack have mistaken the Galaxy Quest television transmissions for "historical documents" and beam up the crew of has-been actors to save the universe. With no script, no director, and no clue, the actors must turn in the performances of their lives.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
2005 Β· dir. Garth Jennings
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6.7adventure Β· comedy Β· science fiction

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

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Kin-dza-dza!
1986 Β· dir. Georgiy Daneliya
β˜… 7.8comedy Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Adventure built on awe, twice over

Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-dza galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.

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πŸ… 68%β˜… 7adventure Β· comedy Β· drama

Darkly funny comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Sits closer to drama than A Trip to the Moon does

After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.

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(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1
2004 Β· dir. Michael Herbig
β˜… 5.5comedy Β· science fiction Β· adventure

One thread runs through both: space adventure

Hundreds of years after humans have settled on Mars, Regulator Rogul and Lord Jens Maul lead a force of Martians to Earth in order to conquer the planet. Queen Metaphor looks to the gay heroes aboard the Dreamship Surprise – Captain Kork, Mr. Spuck, and first engineer Schrotty – for help.

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Dark Star
1974 Β· dir. John Carpenter
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.1comedy Β· science fictionPrime Video

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.

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Idiocracy
2006 Β· dir. Mike Judge
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· science fiction Β· adventurePrime Video

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than A Trip to the Moon does

To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.

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PK
2014 Β· dir. Rajkumar Hirani
πŸ… 82%β˜… 8.1comedy Β· drama Β· science fictionNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: satire

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laughter and letting go.

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I'm All Right Jack
1959 Β· dir. John Boulting
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1comedy

Both are built on the same subject: black and white

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

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The Producers
1968 Β· dir. Mel Brooks
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5comedy

Witty comedy in both cases

A conniving Broadway producer and his meek accountant plan to profit from charming wealthy old biddies to invest in an overbudget production, and then put on a sure-fire disaster, so nobody will ask for their money back β€” and what's more disastrous than a tasteless musical celebrating Adolf Hitler.

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