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Movies that feel likeBarbarella (1968)

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

If you loved Barbarella, the closest films we have are Fantastic Voyage (1966), Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession (1973) and Forbidden Planet (1956). All three share Barbarella's cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Man in the White Suit (1951).

πŸ… 64% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.9 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Roger Vadimcerebralepicwittyplayful
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Fantastic Voyage
1966 Β· dir. Richard Fleischer
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.8science fiction Β· adventure

Both land ideas and scale at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.

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Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973 Β· dir. Leonid Gaidai
β˜… 8.2comedy Β· science fiction

Witty and playful in the same breath

The difference: Easier on the scale than Barbarella

A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.

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Forbidden Planet
1956 Β· dir. Fred M. Wilcox
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5science fiction Β· adventure

The same preoccupation in both: alien planet

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

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The Man in the White Suit
1951 Β· dir. Alexander Mackendrick
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· science fiction

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...

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Sexmission
1984 Β· dir. Juliusz Machulski
β˜… 7.5science fiction Β· adventure Β· comedy

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, World War III breaks out and life has been wiped off the surface of Earth. When they wake up, it turns out that not only 50 years have passed but also that they are the only living specimens of the male sex in a new, underground society composed exclusively of women.

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The Rocketeer
1991 Β· dir. Joe Johnston
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· science fictionDisney+

Cerebral comedy in both cases

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.

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Hot Tub Time Machine
2010 Β· dir. Steve Pink
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.4science fiction Β· comedy Β· adventure

Science fiction built on wit, twice over

Four pals are stuck in a rut in adulthood: Adam has just been dumped, Lou is a hopeless party animal, Nick is a henpecked husband, and Jacob does nothing but play video games in his basement. But they get a chance to brighten their future by changing their past after a night of heavy drinking in a ski-resort hot tub results in their waking up in 1986.

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πŸ… 95%β˜… 6.9comedy Β· science fiction Β· adventureDisney+

Playful adventure, and it commits to that

On a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, the Guardians head to Earth in search of the perfect present.

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Sullivan's Travels
1941 Β· dir. Preston Sturges
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.9comedy Β· romance Β· adventure

Both lean on scale more than on comedy

The difference: Sits closer to romance than Barbarella does

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.

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The Adam Project
2022 Β· dir. Shawn Levy
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.7adventure Β· science fiction Β· comedyNetflix

Both lean on wit more than on science fiction

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.

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Back to the Future Part III
1990 Β· dir. Robert Zemeckis
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· comedy Β· science fiction

Both lean on play more than on adventure

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.

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Until the End of the World
1991 Β· dir. Wim Wenders
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.8drama Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Science fiction of the same temperament

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Barbarella does

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law β€” an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.

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