
Movies that feel like Barbarella (1968)
If you loved Barbarella, the closest films we have are Ikarie XB 1 (1963), Dark Star (1974) and Forbidden Planet (1956). All three share Barbarella's cerebral and awe feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If Barbarella hit the spot, these will too

Both are built on the same subject: alien planet
The difference: Reviewed even better

Cerebral and witty in the same breath
The difference: Not nearly as epic as Barbarella

The same preoccupation in both: alien planet

The same mix in both: scale, then play
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Awestruck science fiction in both cases

One thread runs through both: distant future
The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Barbarella does

Both lean on dream logic more than on adventure

Comedy built on ideas, twice over

Science fiction with a pulse of scale, in both cases

Dreamlike adventure, and it commits to that

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

Both lean on play more than on science fiction
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