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Movies that feel like Space Sweepers (2021)

If you loved Space Sweepers, the closest films we have are Europa Report (2013), Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) and Prospect (2018). All three share Space Sweepers' cerebral and awe feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Hulu and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal which puts their lives at stake.

🍅 70% Rotten Tomatoes6.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jo Sung-heecontemplativedreamlikecerebralawe
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Europa Report
2013 · dir. Sebastián Cordero
🍅 81%6.4science fiction · thriller · drama

Both are built on the same subject: space adventure

The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike as Space Sweepers

A crew travels to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, to investigate signs of life in its subsurface ocean, but disaster cuts them off from Earth, leading to a tense and dangerous exploration.

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

One thread runs through both: space adventure

The difference: None of the stillness Space Sweepers is built on

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

Cerebral where it counts, awestruck underneath

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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The Wandering Earth
2019 · dir. Frant Gwo
🍅 70%5.9science fiction · action · drama

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into action than Space Sweepers does

When the Sun begins to expand in such a way that it will inevitably engulf and destroy the Earth in a hundred years, united mankind finds a way to avoid extinction by propelling the planet out of the Solar System using gigantic engines, moving it to a new home located four light years away, an epic journey that will last thousands of years.

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
2019 · dir. J.J. Abrams
🍅 51%6.3adventure · action · science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: space opera

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

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Aniara
2019 · dir. Pella Kågerman
🍅 70%6.3science fiction · drama

Contemplative science fiction in both cases

A ship carrying settlers to a new home on Mars after Earth is rendered uninhabitable is knocked off-course, causing the passengers to consider their place in the universe.

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Star Trek Beyond
2016 · dir. Justin Lin
🍅 86%7action · adventure · science fiction

Common ground: space opera

The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

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Ikarie XB 1
1963 · dir. Jindřich Polák
🍅 100%6.9science fiction

Both lean on dream logic more than on fantasy

The difference: Reviewed even better

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.

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

Dreamlike fantasy, 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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Vesper
2022 · dir. Kristina Buožytė
🍅 91%6science fiction · drama · adventure

Drama built on ideas, twice over

After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.

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Sputnik
2020 · dir. Egor Abramenko
🍅 88%6.4science fiction · drama · horror

Awestruck science fiction, and it commits to that

At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him…

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After Life
1999 · dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
🍅 88%7.6fantasy · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

The difference: 22 years apart, and the 1990s show

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.

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