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Movies that feel likeMoonraker (1979)

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's nefarious plans for humanity, all the while fending off an old nemesis, Jaws, and venturing to Venice, Rio, the Amazon...and even outer space.

If you loved Moonraker, the closest films we have are The Wandering Earth II (2023), Aliens (1986) and Sunshine (2007). All three share Moonraker's cerebral and awe feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Planet of the Apes (1968).

🍅 59% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Lewis Gilbertkineticepictensecerebralawe
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Dr. No (1962) · From Russia with Love (1963) · Goldfinger (1964) · Thunderball (1965) · You Only Live Twice (1967) · On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)

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The Wandering Earth II
2023 · dir. Frant Gwo
🍅 83%★ 6.7science fiction · action · adventure

Both keep coming back to the same thing: space travel

The difference: Trades the tension of Moonraker for an angle of its own

Humans built huge engines on the surface of the earth to find a new home. But the road to the universe is perilous. In order to save earth, young people once again have to step forward to start a race against time for life and death.

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Aliens
1986 · dir. James Cameron
🍅 93%★ 8.4action · thriller · science fictionNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: space marine

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

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Sunshine
2007 · dir. Danny Boyle
🍅 77%★ 7.2science fiction · thrillerPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: space suit

The difference: 28 years apart, and the 2000s show

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

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Return of the Jedi
1983 · dir. Richard Marquand
🍅 83%★ 8.3adventure · action · science fictionDisney+

Common ground: space battle

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, the Emperor prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star, and the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor.

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The Marvels
2023 · dir. Nia DaCosta
🍅 63%★ 5.4science fiction · adventure · actionDisney+

One thread runs through both: space travel

When her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, Carol's powers become entangled with that of Jersey City super-fan Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, and Carol's estranged niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut Captain Monica Rambeau. Together, this unlikely trio must team up and learn to work in concert to save the universe.

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Planet of the Apes
1968 · dir. Franklin J. Schaffner
🍅 86%★ 8science fiction · adventure · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: space marine

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Moonraker does

Astronaut Taylor crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.

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Planet of the Apes
2001 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 42%★ 5.7thriller · science fiction · actionHulu

Common ground: space suit

After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.

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John Carter
2012 · dir. Andrew Stanton
🍅 52%★ 6.6action · adventure · science fictionDisney+

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

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🍅 22%★ 5.6science fiction · action · adventureNetflix

Both land ideas and awe at once

When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.

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Moonfall
2022 · dir. Roland Emmerich
🍅 35%★ 5.2science fiction · adventure · actionRent or buy

Kinetic action, and it commits to that

A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.

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Independence Day
1996 · dir. Roland Emmerich
🍅 77%★ 7action · adventure · science fiction

Adventure with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.

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Stargate
1994 · dir. Roland Emmerich
🍅 53%★ 7action · adventure · science fiction

Both lean on ideas more than on science fiction

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

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