
Movies that feel likeSilent Running (1972)
If you loved Silent Running, the closest films we have are Aniara (2019), Planet of the Apes (1968) and THX 1138 (1971). All three share Silent Running's cerebral and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Ikarie XB 1 (1963).
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If Silent Running hit the spot, these will too

The same two preoccupations: dystopia, and space travel
The difference: Takes it somewhere less epic than Silent Running does

Both are built on the same subject: dystopia
The difference: Leans harder into action than Silent Running does

The same mix in both: ideas, then stillness

Bleak science fiction in both cases

Both are working the same pair: robot, space station
The difference: 51 years apart, and the 2020s show

Both keep coming back to the same thing: space travel

Drama with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

One thread runs through both: space station

Adventure built on stillness, twice over

The same preoccupation in both: robot
The difference: Reviewed even better

Epic and awestruck in the same breath

Both lean on bleakness more than on science fiction
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