
Movies that feel likeFantastic Planet (1973)
If you loved Fantastic Planet, the closest films we have are Ikarie XB 1 (1963), Silent Running (1972) and Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971). All three share Fantastic Planet'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 Fahrenheit 451 (1966).
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If Fantastic Planet hit the spot, these will too

Two things both keep coming back to: space travel and surrealism
The difference: Takes it somewhere less bleak than Fantastic Planet does

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia
The difference: Trades the dream logic of Fantastic Planet for an angle of its own

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dystopia
The difference: Sits closer to action than Fantastic Planet does

One thread runs through both: space travel
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Fantastic Planet does

The same mix in both: ideas, then awe

Bleak science fiction, and it commits to that

Animation with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

Both lean on bleakness more than on animation
The difference: 31 years apart, and the 2000s show

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

Awestruck animation, and it commits to that

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