Movies like Prometheus
If Prometheus's mix of android, alien and space stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Prometheus's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Alien
1979 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 117 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Ridley Scott · Shares: android, alien, space · Also horror and science fiction
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…
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The Thing
1982 · Directed by John Carpenter · 109 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: alien, creature, lovecraftian · Also horror and mystery
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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The Martian
2015 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 141 min7.7
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Ridley Scott · Shares: space · 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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Alien: Romulus
2024 · Directed by Fede Álvarez · 119 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: spin off, sci-fi horror · Also horror and science fiction
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
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Iron Lung
2026 · Directed by Mark Fischbach · 125 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: space, cosmic horror · Also horror and mystery
In a post-apocalyptic future where an event known as "The Quiet Rapture" caused all known stars and habitable planets in the universe to disappear, a convict is sent to search an ocean of blood discovered on a desolate…
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The Fly
1986 · Directed by David Cronenberg · 96 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: creature · Also horror and science fiction
When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself.
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Star Wars
1977 · Directed by George Lucas · 121 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: android, space
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo…
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Dead Space: Downfall
2008 · Directed by Chuck Patton · 74 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: sci-fi horror · Also horror and science fiction
On a deep space mining mission to a remote planet, an ancient religious relic - thought to be proof of the existence of God - is unearthed and brought aboard.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017 · Directed by James Gunn · 137 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: alien, space · From the same decade (2010s)
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
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Pandorum
2009 · Directed by Christian Alvart · 108 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: creature · Also horror and mystery
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is.
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Event Horizon
1997 · Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · 96 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: lovecraftian · Also horror and science fiction
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage.
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From Beyond
1986 · Directed by Stuart Gordon · 85 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: lovecraftian · Also horror and science fiction
The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum.