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Movies that feel likeForbidden Planet (1956)

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.

If you loved Forbidden Planet, the closest films we have are Fantastic Voyage (1966), The Rocketeer (1991) and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). All three share Forbidden Planet's cerebral and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Until the End of the World (1991).

πŸ… 96% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Fred M. Wilcoxcerebralepic
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Fantastic Voyage
1966 Β· dir. Richard Fleischer
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.8science fiction Β· adventure

The same mix in both: ideas, then scale

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

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

The difference: 35 years apart, and the 1990s show

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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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954 Β· dir. Richard Fleischer
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· science fiction Β· fantasyDisney+

Adventure built on scale, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Forbidden Planet does

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

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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 with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Forbidden Planet 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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Westworld
1973 Β· dir. Michael Crichton
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.9adventure Β· science fiction Β· western

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.

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Superman
1978 Β· dir. Richard Donner
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4science fiction Β· action Β· adventureMax

One thread runs through both: sabotage

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

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The Great Flood
2025 Β· dir. Kim Byung-woo
πŸ… 60%β˜… 5.4science fiction Β· adventure Β· dramaNetflix

Cut from the same science fiction cloth

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

When a raging flood traps a researcher and her young son, a call to a crucial mission puts their escape β€” and the future of humanity β€” on the line.

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The Abyss
1989 Β· dir. James Cameron
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· thriller Β· science fictionDisney+

Both are built on the same subject: flying saucer

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

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Coma
2020 Β· dir. Nikita Argunov
β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· adventure Β· actionPrime Video

Adventure of the same temperament

A young and talented architect comes to his senses after a horrific accident only to find himself in the odd dystopian world. A world that is filled with the memories of all current coma patients. Just like a human memory this world is fragmental, chaotic and unstable. This is COMA: icecaps, rivers and cities can all exist in a space of a single room and laws of physics are no longer laws as they can be bent.

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Ra.One
2011 Β· dir. Anubhav Sinha
πŸ… 62%β˜… 5adventure Β· action Β· science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: robot

When the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's up to the game's less powerful protagonist to save the world.

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Okja
2017 Β· dir. Bong Joon Ho
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.3adventure Β· drama Β· science fictionNetflix

Both are science fiction through and through

A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

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Jurassic Park
1993 Β· dir. Steven Spielberg
πŸ… 91%β˜… 8.2adventure Β· science fictionStarz

Adventure approached the same way

A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. However, the park is anything but amusing as the security systems go off-line and the dinosaurs escape.

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