Movies like Gravity
If Gravity's mix of space mission, loss and space stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Gravity's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: space, astronaut, space station · Also drama and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
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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Gattaca
1997 · Directed by Andrew Niccol · 107 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: space mission, space, astronaut · Also science fiction and 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…
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Passengers
2016 · Directed by Morten Tyldum · 116 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: space, space station, trapped in space · Also drama and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
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Planet of the Apes
1968 · Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner · 112 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: astronaut, hopeful · Also science fiction and drama
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…
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Arrival
2016 · Directed by Denis Villeneuve · 116 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: loss, hopeful · Also drama and science fiction · From the same decade (2010s)
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
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WALL·E
2008 · Directed by Andrew Stanton · 98 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: space, reflective, hopeful
After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE.
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The Martian
2015 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 141 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: space, astronaut · Also science fiction and drama · From the same decade (2010s)
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet.
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Finch
2021 · Directed by Miguel Sapochnik · 116 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: reflective · Also science fiction and drama
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
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Moon
2009 · Directed by Duncan Jones · 97 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: space · Also science fiction and 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…