
Movies that feel likeForbidden Planet (1956)
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).
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If Forbidden Planet hit the spot, these will too

The same mix in both: ideas, then scale

Cerebral science fiction in both cases
The difference: 35 years apart, and the 1990s show

Adventure built on scale, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Forbidden Planet does

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Forbidden Planet does

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

One thread runs through both: sabotage

Cut from the same science fiction cloth
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both are built on the same subject: flying saucer

Adventure of the same temperament

The same preoccupation in both: robot

Both are science fiction through and through

Adventure approached the same way
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