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Movies that feel like Ikarie XB 1 (1963)

If you loved Ikarie XB 1, the closest films we have are Prospect (2018), Fantastic Planet (1973) and Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025). All three share Ikarie XB 1's cerebral and awe feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Hulu, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel and HBO Max Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

The year is 2163. Starship Ikaria XB-1 embarks on a mission deep into space in search of alien life. During their perilous journey the crew confront the effects of a malignant dark star, the destructive legacy of the 20th century and, ultimately, the limits of their own sanity.

🍅 100% Rotten Tomatoes6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jindřich Polákcerebralawedreamlike

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Prospect
2018 · dir. Zeek Earl
🍅 89%6.3science fiction

Both keep circling back to alien planet

The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike as Ikarie XB 1

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.

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Fantastic Planet
1973 · dir. René Laloux
🍅 91%7.7animation · science fiction

Both circle space travel and surrealism

The difference: Plays it as animation more than Ikarie XB 1 does

On the planet Ygam, the Draags, extremely technologically and spiritually advanced blue humanoids, consider the tiny Oms, human beings descendants of Terra's inhabitants, as ignorant animals. Those who live in slavery are treated as simple pets and used to entertain Draag children; those who live hidden in the hostile wilderness of the planet are periodically hunted and ruthlessly slaughtered as if they were vermin.

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Avatar: Fire and Ash
2025 · dir. James Cameron
🍅 66%7.2science fiction · adventure · fantasy

The same preoccupation in both: alien

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

In the wake of the devastating war against the RDA and the loss of their eldest son, Jake Sully and Neytiri face a new threat on Pandora: the Ash People, a violent and power-hungry Na'vi tribe led by the ruthless Varang. Jake's family must fight for their survival and the future of Pandora in a conflict that pushes them to their emotional and physical limits.

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Explorers
1985 · dir. Joe Dante
6.4science fiction · adventure · family

Spacecraft is the engine of both

The difference: Leans adventure where Ikarie XB 1 does not

Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.

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Dark Star
1974 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 74%6.1comedy · science fiction

Both built around future

The difference: None of the dream logic that defines Ikarie XB 1

A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.

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Solaris
1972 · dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
🍅 92%7.9drama · science fiction · mystery

Space travel sits at the heart of each

A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out repressed memories and obsessions.

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Venom
2018 · dir. Ruben Fleischer
🍅 31%6.6science fiction · action

Both built around spacecraft

The difference: 55 years apart, and the 2010s show

Investigative journalist Eddie Brock attempts a comeback following a scandal, but accidentally becomes the host of Venom, a violent, super powerful alien symbiote. Soon, he must rely on his newfound powers to protect the world from a shadowy organization looking for a symbiote of their own.

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Sunshine
2007 · dir. Danny Boyle
🍅 77%7.2science fiction · thriller

Both land ideas and awe at once

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

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Timecrimes
2007 · dir. Nacho Vigalondo
🍅 90%7.1science fiction · thriller

Both built around surrealism

A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.

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

Robot is the engine of both

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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Battle: Los Angeles
2011 · dir. Jonathan Liebesman
🍅 37%5.7science fiction · action

The same preoccupation in both: alien

When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine staff sergeant and his team are sent into battle only to find they must take it upon themselves to defeat an unknown enemy and protect what remains of Los Angeles.

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Jupiter Ascending
2015 · dir. Lana Wachowski
🍅 28%5.3science fiction · fantasy · action

Dreamlike science fiction, and it commits to that

In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…

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