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Movies similar to 2001: A Space Odyssey
Humanity 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.
Explore the interactive map15 recommendations if you liked 2001: A Space Odyssey
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
It has a 44% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and country of origin.
When 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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Project Hail Mary (2026)
It has a 44% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
Science 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 mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction.
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Mission to Mars (2000)
It has a 43% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster after reporting an unidentified structure, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors.
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The Creator (2023)
It has a 42% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, its story and themes and shared genres.
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 architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war—and mankind itself.
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Star Trek Beyond (2016)
It has a 40% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
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.
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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
It has a 38% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
When 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 the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.
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Alien (1979)
It has a 37% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by its story and themes, shared genres and TMDB relationship signals.
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
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The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
It has a 37% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
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Moonfall (2022)
It has a 36% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
A 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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Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023)
It has a 35% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
When the ruthless forces of the Motherworld threaten a quiet farming village on a distant moon, a mysterious outsider becomes its best hope for survival.
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Cosmos (2019)
It has a 35% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by shared genres, TMDB relationship signals and its story and themes.
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.
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Finch (2021)
It has a 33% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
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Star Wars (1977)
It has a 32% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.
Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
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Back to the Future (1985)
It has a 32% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by shared genres, its story and themes and country of origin.
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
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Road to the Stars (1957)
It has a 27% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by its story and themes, shared genres and TMDB relationship signals.
This film consists of three parts. The first dramatizes the life of the founder of Soviet astronautics, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky; the second describes the development of rocket technology; and the third visualizes the future with enactments of the first manned spaceflight, spacewalk, space station construction and humans on the moon.
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