Movies Like The Operation
If you liked The Operation (1995), a science fiction and romance movie directed by Jacob Pander and Marne Lucas, 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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The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionBased on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionWhen an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
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Battle for Terra (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionA peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionWhen 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…
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Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride (2006)
★ 7.8/10Also science fictionA young bride in the midst of her wedding finds herself mysteriously transported to the TARDIS. The Doctor must discover what her connection is with the Empress of the Racnoss's plan to destroy the world.
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Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also science fictionAfter a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionAs the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, Anakin Skywalker and his new Padawan learner Ahsoka Tano plunge into a dangerous mission to rescue the kidnapped son of crime lord Jabba the Hutt.
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Crack in the World (1965)
★ 5.8/10Also science fictionDr. Steven Sorenson plans to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior by means of a thermonuclear device detonated deep within the Earth. This experiment causes a crack to form and grow within the Earth's…
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Star Trek: Generations (1994)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionCaptain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been…
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The Second Renaissance Part II (2003)
★ 7.5/10Also science fictionThe battle for Earth turns against the humans, despite their infamous desperate act of blackening the skies.
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Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionThe Bionic Woman and the Six-Million-Dollar Man reunite--with a few younger bionic assistants--and try to catch a bionic spy.
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Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionSusan Ivanova discovers a derelict spaceship in hyperspace. They tow it back to Babylon 5, then strange things start happening. People are being telepathically taken over by aliens from another (third)space.
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionLed by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid…
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Hellfighters (1968)
★ 6.3/10Also romanceThe adventures of oil well fire specialist Chance Buckman (based on real-life Red Adair), who extinguishes massive fires in oil fields around the world.
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Logan's Run (1976)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionIn the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th…
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Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: Ignition (2005)
★ 8.4/10Also science fictionTwo rival race teams, the Teku and the Metal Maniacs, are recruited by Dr. Peter Tezla to race in the fantastic Racing Realms and retrieve the all-powerful AcceleChargers before they fall into the hands of the deadly…
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Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionIn the year 2044 AD, the human race has amped-up its space exploration and reached out to the stars through the miracle of ROBOTECHNOLOGY, but not without bringing intergalactic war upon the Earth itself. Heroes will…
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
★ 8/10Also science fictionHumanity 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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Fantastic Voyage (1966)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionIn order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.
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Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)
★ 6.9/10Also science fictionTest pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.