Movies Like Battle Beyond the Sun
If you liked Battle Beyond the Sun (1959), a science fiction and adventure movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola, 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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Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and adventureAfter being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest…
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Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods (2009)
★ 7.2/10Also adventure and science fictionAn alien similar to Ra appears out of the Stargate, killing five soldiers and kidnapping another, a year after the original Stargate mission. A new team is assembled, including some old members, and they go in search…
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Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and adventureA young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
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The Captains (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionThe Captains is a feature-length documentary film written and directed by William Shatner. The film follows Shatner as he interviews the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in the Star Trek franchise.
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Stargate: Continuum (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and science fictionBa'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.
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Battlestar Galactica (1978)
★ 6.9/10Also science fiction and adventureAfter 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.
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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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Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and adventureThe feature-length pilot for this Emmy award-winning show. Babylon 5 is the latest in a series of space stations built by humans. The Vorlon ambassador, Kosh, has been poisoned. It is the new commanding officer…
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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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2010 (1984)
★ 6.7/10Also science fictionWhile planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known…
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Earth to Echo (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and science fictionAfter a construction project begins digging in their neighbourhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going…
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Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and adventureSusan 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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The Black Hole (1979)
★ 5.8/10Also adventure and science fictionThe explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship…
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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and adventureWhen 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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F.R.E.D.I. (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and adventureAn intelligent, lovable robot known as "F.R.E.D.I." is stolen from a secret research facility by the project's lead scientist. The robot is found by a 15 year old teenager, James. Soon the two begin to communicate and…
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Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also adventure and science fictionSG-1 searches for an ancient weapon which could help them defeat the Ori, and discover it may be in the Ori's own home galaxy. As the Ori prepare to send ships through to the Milky Way to attack Earth, SG-1 travels to…
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The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
★ 8.4/10Also adventure and science fictionThe epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile…
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Time Toys (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionA group of middle school kids stumble upon a chest full of incredible toys from the future. The discovery takes them on an adventure using their newfound toys to save their neighborhood and ultimately the world from a…
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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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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.