Movies like Asteroid
If Asteroid's mix of asteroid, meteorite and astronomer stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Asteroid's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Deep Impact
1998 · Directed by Mimi Leder · 122 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: asteroid, meteorite, astronomer · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world.
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Don't Look Up
2021 · Directed by Adam McKay · 138 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: asteroid, meteorite, astronomer
Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh.
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Armageddon
1998 · Directed by Michael Bay · 151 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: asteroid · Also action and science fiction · From the same decade (1990s)
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.