Movies Like First Men in the Moon
If you liked First Men in the Moon (1964), a adventure and science fiction movie directed by Nathan Juran, 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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Destination Moon (1950)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and adventureA team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave Desert, they construct and successfully…
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Moonfall (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also science fictionA mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
★ 8/10Also science fiction and adventureHumanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
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Moon (2009)
★ 7.6/10Also science fictionWith 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…
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John Carter (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also adventure and science fictionJohn Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink…
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Crater (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and adventureAfter the death of his father, a boy growing up on a lunar mining colony takes a trip to explore a legendary crater, along with his four best friends, prior to being permanently relocated to another planet.
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and adventureAstronaut 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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Project Hail Mary (2026)
★ 8.6/10Also science fiction and adventureScience 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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The Time Machine (1960)
★ 7.4/10Also adventure and science fictionA Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
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The Aeronauts (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also adventureIn 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing…
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also adventureOrphaned heiress, English aristocrat and intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the two halves of an ancient artifact which controls time before it falls into the wrong hands. As…
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The Martian (2015)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and adventureDuring 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. With only…
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Mortal Engines (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and science fictionMany thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom…
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionThe world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and 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…
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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also adventure and science fictionSean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
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65 (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and science fiction65 million years ago, the only 2 survivors of a spaceship from Somaris that crash-landed on Earth, must fend off dinosaurs to reach the escape vessel in time before an imminent asteroid strike threatens to destroy 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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War of the Worlds (2005)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and science fictionRay Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm…
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The Time Machine (2002)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and adventureHoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th-century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds mankind divided into two warring races.