Movies Like To the Stars by Hard Ways
If you liked To the Stars by Hard Ways (1981), a science fiction movie directed by Richard Viktorov, 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.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionThe 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.
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Cosmoball (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also science fictionCosmoball is a mesmerizing intergalactic game of future played between humans and aliens at the giant extraterrestrial ship hovering in the sky over Earth. A young man with enormous power of an unknown nature joins the…
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Stowaway (2021)
★ 6/10Also science fictionA three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.
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Mira (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also science fictionNear future. Lera Arabova is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her family in Vladivostok. Lera's father has been working at the orbiting space station "Mira" for many years and has long lost contact with his daughter…
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Rebel Moon - Part Two: The Scargiver (2024)
★ 6/10Also science fictionThe rebels gear up for battle against the ruthless forces of the Motherworld as unbreakable bonds are forged, heroes emerge — and legends are made.
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Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also science fictionLight 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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Ender's Game (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionBased 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.
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Cosmos (2019)
★ 6/10Also science fictionThree astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.
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Star Trek Beyond (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also science fictionThe 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.
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Project Hail Mary (2026)
★ 8.6/10Also science fictionScience teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the…
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Chaos Walking (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionTwo unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
★ 7.7/10Also science fictionAstronaut 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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The Creator (2023)
★ 7/10Also science fictionAmid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive…
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Invasion (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also science fictionTwo years after the fall of the alien ship, the life of a young woman from Moscow has been changed forever. Her growing powers are now at the focus of both human and celestial investigation: an alien force takes an…
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The Adam Project (2022)
★ 7/10Also science fictionAfter accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
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Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionThrough a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.
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Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionThis instalment of Babylon 5 is in two parts: the first is about an entity that has possessed a worker. Colonel Lochley prevents a priest from performing an exorcism. The host is returned to Earth. The second has Galen…
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionAfter a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
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Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998)
★ 7.1/10Also science fictionLondo Mollari, the Centauri Emperor, recounts the initial contact between the Humans and Minbari, which resulted in a major incident and subsequent war, for an eager pair of youngsters wanting a story about love and…
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionIn 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…