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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 48% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres 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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Mission to Mars (2000)
It has a 42% 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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Planet of the Apes (1968)
It has a 40% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
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 chimpanzee scientist.
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The Black Hole (1979)
It has a 40% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, its story and themes and shared genres.
The 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 is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.
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The Creator (2023)
It has a 39% 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 Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
It has a 38% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, its story and themes and shared genres.
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
It has a 38% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
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The Electric State (2025)
It has a 38% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, its story and themes and shared genres.
An orphaned teen hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler and his wisecracking sidekick.
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Oblivion (2013)
It has a 38% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.
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Star Trek Beyond (2016)
It has a 37% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, its story and themes and shared genres.
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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Project Hail Mary (2026)
It has a 36% 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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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
It has a 36% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
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Interstellar (2014)
It has a 35% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
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Solaris (2002)
It has a 35% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
It has a 34% affinity with 2001: A Space Odyssey, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, its story and themes and shared genres.
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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