Movies Like The Starlost: Deception

If you liked The Starlost: Deception (1980), a movie directed by Ed Richardson and Joseph L. Scanlan, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Long Distance (2024)
★ 6.6/10
After crash-landing on an alien planet, an asteroid miner must contend with the challenges of his new surroundings, while making his way across the harsh terrain to the only other survivor – a woman who is trapped in…
2
Ender's Game (2013)
★ 6.6/10
Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
3
Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
★ 6/10
The rebels gear up for battle against the ruthless forces of the Motherworld as unbreakable bonds are forged, heroes emerge — and legends are made.
4
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
★ 6.8/10
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.
5
Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
★ 6.2/10
When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.
6
The 5th Wave (2016)
★ 5.9/10
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
7
Battlestar Galactica (1978)
★ 6.9/10
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
8
Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)
★ 5.9/10
The troopers of two starships have joined forces to terminate a massive bug attack at a Federation outpost. Before the mission can be completed and the survivors evacuated, one ship abruptly departs and goes…
9
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
★ 7.9/10
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.
10
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
★ 7.5/10
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
11
Osiris (2025)
★ 6.2/10
Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.
12
Aliens (1986)
★ 8/10
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she…
13
Dead Sea (2024)
★ 6.4/10
Stranded in the open sea after a fatal accident, a young woman and her two friends are rescued by a fishing vessel's captain, unaware that the ship harbors a chilling secret.
14
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
★ 6.5/10
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as…
15
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
★ 7.5/10
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
16
Pacific Rim (2013)
★ 7/10
Using massive piloted robots to combat the alien threat, Earth's survivors take the fight to the invading alien force lurking in the depths of the Pacific Ocean. Nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless enemy…
17
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
★ 6.2/10
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
18
Sunshine (2007)
★ 7/10
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the…
19
Underwater (2020)
★ 6.3/10
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
20
Forbidden Planet (1956)
★ 7.3/10
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone…