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Spaceman (2024)

Six months into a solo mission, a lonely astronaut confronts the cracks in his marriage with help from a mysterious creature he discovers on his ship.

Directed byJohan Renck

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    Proximity

    Strong story similarity

    2020 · 119 min · Drama · Science Fiction

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    A young NASA JPL scientist is abducted by extraterrestrials but when no one believes his story he becomes obsessed with finding proof which leads him on a journey of discovery.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    Project Hail Mary

    Strong story similarity

    2026 · 157 min · Adventure · Science Fiction

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    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong shared themes: alien and astronaut
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  3. 03

    The Mandela Effect

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 80 min · Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to question reality itself.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  4. 04

    Europa Report

    Strong story similarity

    2013 · 90 min · Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A crew travels to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, to investigate signs of life in its subsurface ocean, but disaster cuts them off from Earth, leading to a tense and dangerous exploration.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  5. 05

    Vesper

    Similar atmosphere

    2022 · 112 min · Adventure · Drama · Fantasy · Science Fiction

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    After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  6. 06

    Arrival

    Strong story similarity

    2016 · 116 min · Drama · Mystery · Science Fiction

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    Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  7. 07

    Stowaway

    Strong story similarity

    2021 · 116 min · Drama · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • shared themes: astronaut and space travel
    • substantial genre overlap
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  8. 08

    Ad Astra

    Strong story similarity

    2019 · 123 min · Drama · Science Fiction

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    The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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    The Shift

    Strong story similarity

    2023 · 113 min · Science Fiction

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    Following a tense encounter with a mysterious stranger with otherworldly powers, a man finds himself banished to a parallel, tyrannical Earth, where he fights to get back to the woman he loves.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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    Chaos Walking

    Strong story similarity

    2021 · 109 min · Adventure · Fantasy · Science Fiction

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    Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thoughts are seen and heard by everyone.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
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