
Movies that feel like Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
If you loved Star Trek: The Motion Picture, the closest films we have are 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) and The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). All three share Star Trek: The Motion Picture's cerebral and awe feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.
If Star Trek: The Motion Picture hit the spot, these will too

The same two preoccupations: man vs machine, and artificial intelligence
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The same mix in both: ideas, then scale

The same hand behind both of them: Robert Wise
The difference: Not nearly as epic

Science fiction built on awe, twice over
The difference: Lighter on twists

Adventure with a pulse of ideas, in both cases
The difference: Leans further into action

Epic mystery, and it commits to that

Common ground: space opera
The difference: 40 years apart, and the 2010s show

The same preoccupation in both: teleportation

Both keep coming back to the same thing: artificial intelligence

One thread runs through both: spacecraft

Both are built on the same subject: spacecraft

Both lean on awe more than on science fiction
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