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Movies that feel like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

If you loved 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the closest films we have are Fantastic Voyage (1966), The Time Machine (1960) and The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). All three share 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea's epic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Peacock Premium, Shudder and Darkroom and others, checked against today's data.

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Richard Fleischerepiccerebraldreamlike
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Fantastic Voyage
1966 Β· dir. Richard Fleischer
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.8science fiction Β· adventure

Richard Fleischer working the same nerve twice

The difference: Lighter on dream logic

In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.

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The Time Machine
1960 Β· dir. George Pal
πŸ… 77%β˜… 7.5thriller Β· adventure Β· fantasy

The same preoccupation in both: steampunk

The difference: Leans further into thriller

A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

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The Incredible Shrinking Man
1957 Β· dir. Jack Arnold
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.6science fiction Β· adventure Β· horror

The same mix in both: scale, then ideas

The difference: Played as horror first

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.

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Vesper
2022 Β· dir. Kristina BuoΕΎytΔ—
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6science fiction Β· drama Β· adventure

Adventure with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

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.

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Alienoid: Return to the Future
2024 Β· dir. Choi Dong-hoon
β˜… 6.5action Β· fantasy Β· adventure

Both lean on scale more than on science fiction

The difference: 70 years apart, and the 2020s show

Ean has a critical mission to return to the future to save everyone. However, she becomes trapped in the distant past while trying to prevent the escape of alien prisoners who are locked up in the bodies of humans. Meanwhile, Muruk, who helps Ean escape various predicaments, is unnerved when he begins sensing the presence of a strange being in his body. Traveling through the centuries, they are trying to prevent the explosion of the haava.

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Alienoid
2022 Β· dir. Choi Dong-hoon
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· action Β· fantasy

Cerebral fantasy in both cases

Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.

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The Rocketeer
1991 Β· dir. Joe Johnston
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.6adventure Β· science fiction

One thread runs through both: steampunk

A stunt pilot comes across a prototype jetpack that gives him the ability to fly. However, evil forces of the world also want this jetpack at any cost.

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April and the Extraordinary World
2015 Β· dir. Franck Ekinci
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.2thriller Β· adventure Β· animation

Adventure built on dream logic, twice over

It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

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Escape to Witch Mountain
1975 Β· dir. John Hough
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.3adventure Β· fantasy Β· science fiction

Epic science fiction, and it commits to that

Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.

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The Abyss
1989 Β· dir. James Cameron
πŸ… 75%β˜… 7.5adventure Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Both are working the same pair: submarine, ocean

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious force that has the power to change the world or destroy it.

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Around the World in 80 Days
1956 Β· dir. Michael Anderson
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.7adventure Β· comedy Β· family

Both keep coming back to the same thing: jules verne

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.

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Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 Β· dir. Jack Arnold
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.9adventure Β· horror Β· science fiction

Common ground: ship

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a β€œmissing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancΓ©e, Kay.

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