Movies like After Impact
If After Impact's mix of asteroid, loss and love stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what After Impact's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Directed by Nicholas Meyer · 113 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: asteroid · Also science fiction and thriller
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
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The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Directed by Ronald Neame · 117 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: disaster · Also drama and thriller
When their ocean liner capsizes, a group of passengers struggle to survive and escape.
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The Andromeda Strain
1971 · Directed by Robert Wise · 131 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: disaster · Also science fiction and thriller
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency.
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After Yang
2022 · Directed by Kogonada · 96 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: loss · Also science fiction and drama · From the same decade (2020s)
When his young daughter's beloved companion — an android named Yang — malfunctions, Jake searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting…
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When Worlds Collide
1951 · Directed by Rudolph Maté · 83 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: disaster · Also science fiction and drama
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc on land and sea.
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Upstream Color
2013 · Directed by Shane Carruth · 96 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: loss · Also drama and science fiction
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
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The Iron Giant
1999 · Directed by Brad Bird · 86 min8.0
Why you'll like itAlso drama and science fiction
In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
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Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol
2010 · Directed by Toby Haynes · 62 min8.0
Why you'll like itAlso science fiction and drama
Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser.