
Movies that feel likeThe Martian (2015)
If you loved The Martian, the closest films we have are Ad Astra (2019), Passengers (2016) and Star Trek Beyond (2016). All three share The Martian'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 The Wall (2012).
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If The Martian hit the spot, these will too

The solar system as a lonely frontier for one man's journey
The difference: Interior and melancholy where Watney cracks jokes

Stranded in space, engineering a way to keep living
The difference: A morally thorny romance, not a rescue

A crew scattered and improvising their way back to each other
The difference: Action-forward; problems get punched more than calculated

Pinned in one spot, thinking your way through hour by hour
The difference: Airless and cruel; no support system, no lightness

A desert-stranded survivor swept into something bigger
The difference: Space fantasy, the science fictional

A hostile desert world that demands adaptation to survive
The difference: Mythic war epic, no botany jokes

Common ground in both: space and astronaut
The difference: Easier on the scale than The Martian

The same preoccupation in both: space
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than The Martian does

Space survival where science is the lifeline and Earth watches
The difference: Cosmic mysticism versus duct-tape pragmatism

Common ground: spacecraft
The difference: Trades the stillness of The Martian for an angle of its own

One thread runs through both: planet mars
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Smart-people sci-fi where intelligence is the whole game
The difference: A locked-house AI thriller, quietly sinister
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