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Movies that feel likeFantastic Voyage (1966)

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

If you loved Fantastic Voyage, the closest films we have are 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Forbidden Planet (1956) and The Rocketeer (1991). All three share Fantastic Voyage's cerebral and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Until the End of the World (1991).

πŸ… 91% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Richard Fleischercerebralepic
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1954 Β· dir. Richard Fleischer
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· science fiction Β· fantasyDisney+

Richard Fleischer working the same nerve twice

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Fantastic Voyage does

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

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Forbidden Planet
1956 Β· dir. Fred M. Wilcox
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5science fiction Β· adventure

The same mix in both: ideas, then scale

Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for twenty years. They find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.

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

Cerebral science fiction in both cases

The difference: 25 years apart, and the 1990s show

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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Until the End of the World
1991 Β· dir. Wim Wenders
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.8drama Β· science fiction Β· adventure

Both lean on scale more than on adventure

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Fantastic Voyage does

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law β€” an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.

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Westworld
1973 Β· dir. Michael Crichton
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.9adventure Β· science fiction Β· western

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.

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The Great Flood
2025 Β· dir. Kim Byung-woo
πŸ… 60%β˜… 5.4science fiction Β· adventure Β· dramaNetflix

Adventure built on scale, twice over

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

When a raging flood traps a researcher and her young son, a call to a crucial mission puts their escape β€” and the future of humanity β€” on the line.

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Coma
2020 Β· dir. Nikita Argunov
β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· adventure Β· actionPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: coma

A young and talented architect comes to his senses after a horrific accident only to find himself in the odd dystopian world. A world that is filled with the memories of all current coma patients. Just like a human memory this world is fragmental, chaotic and unstable. This is COMA: icecaps, rivers and cities can all exist in a space of a single room and laws of physics are no longer laws as they can be bent.

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Ra.One
2011 Β· dir. Anubhav Sinha
πŸ… 62%β˜… 5adventure Β· action Β· science fiction

Science fiction of the same temperament

When the titular antagonist of an action game takes on physical form, it's up to the game's less powerful protagonist to save the world.

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Superman
1978 Β· dir. Richard Donner
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4science fiction Β· action Β· adventureMax

Both play adventure straight

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

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

Both are built on the same subject: submarine

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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Dune
1984 Β· dir. David Lynch
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.2action Β· science fiction Β· adventure

The same science fiction instincts

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.

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The Face of Another
1966 Β· dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.8drama Β· science fiction

Science fiction approached the same way

The difference: Trades the scale of Fantastic Voyage for an angle of its own

A businessman with a disfigured face obtains a lifelike mask from his new doctor, but the mask starts altering his personality and causing him to question his identity.

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