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Movies that feel likeAlien³ (1992)

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.

If you loved Alien³, the closest films we have are Alien: Covenant (2017), Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and Total Recall (1990). All three share Alien³'s cerebral and awe feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991).

🍅 43% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. David Finchercerebralkineticdreadunsettlingbleakawe
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Alien (1979) · Aliens (1986) · Alien Resurrection (1997)

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Alien: Covenant
2017 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 65%★ 6.4horror · science fictionMax

Both are working the same pair: android, spacecraft

The difference: Easier on the momentum than Alien³

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

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Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971 · dir. Don Taylor
🍅 75%★ 6.3action · science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.

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Total Recall
1990 · dir. Paul Verhoeven
🍅 80%★ 7.5action · adventure · science fictionPrime VideoParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: space travel

The difference: Takes it somewhere less dread-soaked than Alien³ does

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Rekall, a virtual vacation company that manufactures memories. When something goes wrong during Quaid's memory implant procedure, his life turns upside down, leading him to question what is reality and what isn't.

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Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1991 · dir. Lam Ngai Kai
🍅 89%★ 7action · science fiction · horror

One thread runs through both: prison

In 2001, where all correctional facilities have been privatized, martial artist Ricky finds himself victim to the corrupt system, found "guilty" of the manslaughter of an infamous crime boss.

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Sputnik
2020 · dir. Egor Abramenko
🍅 88%★ 6.4science fiction · drama · horrorRent or buy

Common ground: alien

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Alien³ does

At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him…

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Pitch Black
2000 · dir. David Twohy
🍅 58%★ 7thriller · science fiction · action

Both are built on the same subject: dystopia

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Alien³ does

When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.

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AVP: Alien vs. Predator
2004 · dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
🍅 21%★ 5.7adventure · science fiction · action

The same preoccupation in both: alien

When scientists discover something near Antarctica that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the Predator race.

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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
2016 · dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
🍅 39%★ 5.5action · horror · science fictionNetflixHulu

Cerebral and kinetic in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.

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Planet of the Apes
2001 · dir. Tim Burton
🍅 42%★ 5.7thriller · science fiction · actionHulu

Common ground: space travel

After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. Desperate to find a way home, Leo must evade the invincible gorilla army led by Ruthless General Thade.

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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
2021 · dir. Johannes Roberts
🍅 30%★ 5.2action · horror · science fictionHuluStarz

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.

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The Fifth Element
1997 · dir. Luc Besson
🍅 70%★ 7.6science fiction · action · adventure

Bleak where it counts, awestruck underneath

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

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Deep Blue Sea
1999 · dir. Renny Harlin
🍅 60%★ 6action · horror · science fictionStarz

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.

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