Movies like Explorers
If Explorers's mix of spacecraft, dreams and washington dc, usa stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Explorers's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017 · Directed by Luc Besson · 137 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith Ethan Hawke · Shares: space travel, alien · Also adventure and science fiction
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an…
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Interstellar
2014 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 169 min8.5
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft, space travel · Also adventure and science fiction
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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Star Trek Into Darkness
2013 · Directed by J.J. Abrams · 132 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft, alien · Also adventure and science fiction
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of…
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Galaxy Quest
1999 · Directed by Dean Parisot · 102 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft, alien · Also science fiction and adventure
For four years, the courageous crew of the NSEA Protector — Commander Peter Quincy Taggart, Lieutenant Tawny Madison, and Doctor Lazarus — set off on a thrilling and often dangerous mission in space...
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Home
2015 · Directed by Tim Johnson · 94 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft, alien · Also science fiction and family
When Earth is taken over by the overly-confident Boov, an alien race in search of a new place to call home, all humans are promptly relocated, while all Boov get busy reorganizing the planet.
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Guardians of the Galaxy
2014 · Directed by James Gunn · 121 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft · Also science fiction and adventure
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.
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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
1982 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 115 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: alien · Also adventure and science fiction · From the same decade (1980s)
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliott who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliott, his brother, and his little sister Gertie…
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Directed by Nicholas Meyer · 113 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft · Also adventure and science fiction · From the same decade (1980s)
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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Star Trek
2009 · Directed by J.J. Abrams · 127 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft · Also science fiction and 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.
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Flight of the Navigator
1986 · Directed by Randal Kleiser · 90 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: alien · Also family and science fiction · From the same decade (1980s)
12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged.
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Elio
2025 · Directed by Domee Shi · 98 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: alien · Also adventure and science fiction
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover…
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Star Trek Beyond
2016 · Directed by Justin Lin · 122 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: spacecraft · Also adventure and science fiction
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.