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Movies that feel like Mira (2022)

If you loved Mira, the closest films we have are Flight of the Navigator (1986), The Journey of Natty Gann (1985) and Long Way North (2015). All three share Mira's epic and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Near future. Lera Arabova is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her family in Vladivostok. Lera's father has been working at the orbiting space station "Mira" for many years and has long lost contact with his daughter, turning only into a voice on the phone. After a meteor shower hits the city, Lera has only one chance to save her loved ones and the city from a new disaster. Her father helps her in this - through satellite surveillance systems and the telephone, he uses every opportunity to send a message to his daughter, watching from above from the station her every step.

5.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Dmitry Kiselyovcerebralcontemplativeepicwarmcozy
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If Mira hit the spot, these will too

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Flight of the Navigator
1986 · dir. Randal Kleiser
🍅 85%6.9family · science fiction · adventure

Both land ideas and scale at once

The difference: None of the stillness Mira is built on

12-year-old David is accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, but when he awakens eight years have passed. His family is overjoyed to have him back, but is just as perplexed as he is that he hasn't aged. When a NASA scientist discovers a UFO nearby, David gets the chance to unravel the mystery and recover the life he lost.

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The Journey of Natty Gann
1985 · dir. Jeremy Kagan
🍅 91%7adventure · family · drama

Contemplative and warm in the same breath

The difference: 37 years apart, and the 1980s show

America is in the depths of the Great Depression. Families drift apart when faraway jobs beckon. A courageous young girl confronts overwhelming odds when she embarks on a cross-country search for her father. During her odyssey, she forms a close bond with two diverse traveling companions: a magnificent, protective wolf, and a hardened drifter.

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Long Way North
2015 · dir. Rémi Chayé
🍅 98%7.2adventure · animation · drama

Drama with a pulse of comfort, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Mira does

In 1892 Saint Petersburg, when her explorer grandfather's failure to return from his latest expedition brings dishonour to her aristocratic family, a resilient teenager runs away to follow in his trail in search of his famed ship.

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The Great Flood
2025 · dir. Kim Byung-woo
5.4science fiction · adventure · drama

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

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

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The Call of the Wild
2020 · dir. Chris Sanders
🍅 62%6.7adventure · family · drama

Contemplative adventure in both cases

Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team—and later its leader—Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in the world and becoming his own master.

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Escape to Witch Mountain
1975 · dir. John Hough
🍅 87%6.3adventure · fantasy · science fiction

Epic family, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than Mira does

Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.

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Help! I'm a Fish
2000 · dir. Michael Hegner
6adventure · animation · comedy

Both lean on warmth more than on drama

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Three children are accidentally transformed into fish after consuming a potion made by an eccentric scientist. The kids end up in the sea, with one problem: they must find and drink the antidote within 48 hours, or forever remain as fish.

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Monsters vs Aliens
2009 · dir. Rob Letterman
🍅 73%6.4animation · family · adventure

Science fiction built on comfort, twice over

When Susan Murphy is unwittingly clobbered by a meteor full of outer space gunk on her wedding day, she mysteriously grows to 49-feet-11-inches. The military jumps into action and captures Susan, secreting her away to a covert government compound. She is renamed Ginormica and placed in confinement with a ragtag group of Monsters...

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Lightyear
2022 · dir. Angus MacLane
🍅 74%6.1animation · science fiction · family

Adventure built on ideas, twice over

Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.

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Paper Planes
2014 · dir. Robert Connolly
🍅 85%6.2comedy · family · drama

Contemplative family, and it commits to that

Dylan discovers he has a talent for making paper planes. He has a chance to compete in a world championship, but he'll have to face bullies and self-doubt to do so.

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The White Balloon
1995 · dir. Jafar Panahi
🍅 83%7.6drama · family

Drama built on warmth, twice over

Several people try to take advantage of a little girl's innocence to hustle money her mom gave to her to buy a goldfish with.

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The Incredible Journey
1963 · dir. Fletcher Markle
🍅 89%7adventure · family

Epic adventure, and it commits to that

The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?

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