Mission to Mars
2000 Thriller, Science FictionWhen contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.
Movies like Mission to Mars
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to Mission to Mars. Explore films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, and Prometheus, around the themes of human on mars, outer space, mars the planet. Other notable keywords include based on theme park ride and astronaut.
#1
2001: A Space Odyssey
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Frank Miller,
Sean Sullivan,
Keir Dullea
#2
Solaris
Synopsis:
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.
Starring:
Anatoliy Solonitsyn,
Nikolay Grinko,
Tamara Ogorodnikova
#3
Prometheus
Synopsis:
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Starring:
Michael Fassbender,
Charlize Theron,
Guy Pearce
Plot:
prequel,
alien,
mission,
planet,
cryogenics,
cave,
one word title,
immolation,
cave painting,
disembodied head
...
#4
Event Horizon
Synopsis:
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship 'Event Horizon' which disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage. With its return, the crew of the 'Lewis and Clark' discovers the real truth behind the disappearance of the 'Event Horizon' – and something even more terrifying.
Starring:
Joely Richardson,
Jason Isaacs,
Laurence Fishburne
#5
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Synopsis:
It is the 23rd century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this inspection may well be the last space mission of his career. But Khan is back. Aided by his exiled band of genetic supermen, Khan - brilliant renegade of 20th century Earth - has raided Space Station Regula One, stolen a top secret devic…
Starring:
Nichelle Nichols,
Ricardo Montalban,
Leonard Nimoy
#6
Starship Troopers
Synopsis:
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".
Starring:
Clancy Brown,
Casper Van Dien,
Neil Patrick Harris
Plot:
space war,
giant insect,
future war,
satire,
space travel,
alien planet,
fascism,
military,
insect,
space station
...
#7
Silent Running
Synopsis:
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for commercial purposes, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell who loves the forest and …
Starring:
Ron Rifkin,
Bruce Dern,
Steven Brown
Plot:
space sci fi,
greenhouse,
robot,
spacecraft,
ecosystem,
botanist,
spaceship,
space travel,
male protagonist,
dying words
...
#8
Jason X
Synopsis:
In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place that they once fled, not to live, but to research the ancient, rusting artifacts of the long-gone civilizations. But it's not the harmful environment that could prove fatal to the intrepid, young expl…
Starring:
Kane Hodder,
Lexa Doig,
Chuck Campbell
#9
Interstellar
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Anne Hathaway,
Jessica Chastain,
Michael Caine
#10
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Synopsis:
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Starring:
Bradley Cooper,
Sylvester Stallone,
Dave Bautista
#11
Aliens
Synopsis:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story—all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.
Starring:
Bill Paxton,
Sigourney Weaver,
Carrie Henn
#12
Solaris
Synopsis:
A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Starring:
John Cho,
Viola Davis,
George Clooney
Plot:
space station,
space,
planet,
trapped in space,
title at the end,
nudity,
buttocks,
space travel,
dead wife,
alien contact
...
Movie in categories
#13
Europa Report
Synopsis:
A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
Starring:
Karolina Wydra,
Sharlto Copley,
Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Plot:
found footage,
space exploration,
spacewalk,
spaceship,
light,
self sacrifice,
disaster,
spacecraft,
science,
told in flashback
...
#14
Dune
Synopsis:
Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only th…
Starring:
Stellan Skarsgård,
Oscar Isaac,
Jason Momoa
Plot:
mother son relationship,
mind control,
empire,
sandworm,
combat,
premonition,
desert,
duke,
nobility,
desert planet
...
With the same actors
#15
Avengers: Infinity War
Synopsis:
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six Infinity Stones, artifacts of unimaginable power, and use them to inflict his twisted will on all of reality. Everything the Avengers have fought for has le…
Starring:
Chris Hemsworth,
Mark Ruffalo,
Benedict Cumberbatch
#16
Armageddon
Synopsis:
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, u…
Starring:
Peter Stormare,
Liv Tyler,
Bruce Willis
#17
Alien: Covenant
Synopsis:
Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world—which has a sole inhabitant: the 'synthetic', David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.
Starring:
Michael Fassbender,
Danny McBride,
Katherine Waterston
Plot:
xenomorph,
android,
alien,
future,
stasis,
alien technology,
scientist,
sequel,
space travel,
outer space
...
#18
Ad Astra
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Brad Pitt,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Ruth Negga
#19
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Synopsis:
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark…
Starring:
Clive Owen,
John Goodman,
Dane DeHaan
#20
The Martian
Synopsis:
During 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 meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Starring:
Jeff Daniels,
Michael Peña,
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Plot:
astronaut,
left for dead,
presumed dead,
nasa,
stranded,
alone,
potato,
mars the planet,
greenhouse,
food shortage
...