Movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) is a sci-fi movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
★ 6.8 · 11,222 votes · Adventure, Action, Thriller
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
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2. Interstellar (2014)
★ 8.5 · 41,492 votes · Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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3. Gravity (2013)
★ 7.2 · 16,771 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Drama
Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
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4. Project Hail Mary (2026)
★ 8.6 · 8,304 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.
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5. Gattaca (1997)
★ 7.6 · 7,209 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
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6. Moon (2009)
★ 7.6 · 6,570 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.
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7. Ex Machina (2015)
★ 7.6 · 14,692 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi
Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.
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8. Star Trek (2009)
★ 7.4 · 10,786 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.
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9. The Wandering Earth (2019)
★ 6.6 · 1,229 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Drama
When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.
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10. Moonfall (2022)
★ 6.3 · 3,833 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action
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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11. TRON: Legacy (2010)
★ 6.6 · 8,214 votes · Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
Sam Flynn, the tech-savvy and daring son of Kevin Flynn, investigates his father's disappearance and is pulled into The Grid. With the help of a mysterious program named Quorra, Sam quests to stop evil dictator Clu from crossing into the real world.
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12. Life (2017)
★ 6.5 · 8,164 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
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13. Sunshine (2007)
★ 7.0 · 4,478 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller
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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14. The Creator (2023)
★ 7.0 · 4,233 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war—and mankind itself.
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15. Armageddon (1998)
★ 6.8 · 8,894 votes · Action, Sci-Fi, Adventure
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.
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16. The Terminator (1984)
★ 7.7 · 15,277 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
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17. I, Robot (2004)
★ 7.0 · 13,099 votes · Action, Sci-Fi
In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.
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18. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
★ 7.5 · 16,857 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
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19. Alien (1979)
★ 8.2 · 16,974 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
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20. The Fifth Element (1997)
★ 7.6 · 12,248 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
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