Movies Like Pilot Pirx's Inquest

If you liked Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979), a science fiction and drama movie directed by Marek Piestrak, 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
Stowaway (2021)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and drama
A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.
2
2073 (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and drama
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and…
3
Jonathan (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and science fiction
Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.
4
Light of My Life (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and drama
Years after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.
5
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
Through 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.
6
Impostor (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
7
Moon (2009)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and drama
With 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…
8
Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and drama
The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!
9
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also 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.
10
Gemini Man (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…
11
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
★ 7.3/10Also 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…
12
The Creator (2023)
★ 7/10Also science fiction
Amid 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…
13
Cosmos (2019)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
Three 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.
14
Signal One (2026)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
A computer scientist is invited by a tech billionaire to join his private facility on a Caribbean island to investigate extraterrestrial matter on Earth. When they make contact beyond our world, chaos erupts as we’re…
15
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also science fiction
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.
16
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and science fiction
David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this…
17
Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)
★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction
Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to…
18
Stormageddon (2015)
★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction
What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human…
19
Planet of the Apes (1968)
★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and drama
Astronaut 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…
20
The Dark Tower (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction
A boy haunted by visions of a parallel world aids its disillusioned guardian in preventing the destruction of the nexus of universes known as the Dark Tower.