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Movies that feel likeWALL·E (2008)

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

If you loved WALL·E, the closest films we have are Lightyear (2022), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005) and Finding Dory (2016). All three share WALL·E's warm and cozy feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Moon (2009).

🍅 95% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Andrew Stantonwarmcozycerebralbleakawelonely
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Lightyear
2022 · dir. Angus MacLane
🍅 74%★ 6.1animation · science fiction · familyDisney+

A dutiful spacer confronting a universe that moved on

The difference: Action-adventure polish, irony-free

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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Zathura: A Space Adventure
2005 · dir. Jon Favreau
🍅 77%★ 6.3science fiction · adventure · familyNetflix

A family adventure that treats outer space as pure wonder

The difference: Rowdy kids-vs-chaos energy — none of WALL·E's wordless poetry

After their father is called into work, two young boys, Walter and Danny, are left in the care of their teenage sister, Lisa, and told they must stay inside. Walter and Danny, who anticipate a boring day, are shocked when they begin playing Zathura, a space-themed board game, which they realize has mystical powers when their house is shot into space. With the help of an astronaut, the boys attempt to return home.

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Finding Dory
2016 · dir. Andrew Stanton
🍅 94%★ 7.2adventure · animation · familyDisney+

Stanton's tenderness for small creatures lost in vast spaces

The difference: Ocean comedy, dialogue nonstop

Dory is reunited with her friends Nemo and Marlin in the search for answers about her past. What can she remember? Who are her parents? And where did she learn to speak Whale?

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The Martian
2015 · dir. Ridley Scott
🍅 91%★ 8science fiction · drama · adventureRent or buy

Common ground: space

The difference: Takes it somewhere less warm than WALL·E does

During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

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Moon
2009 · dir. Duncan Jones
🍅 90%★ 7.8science fiction · drama

One worker alone in space, with only a machine for company

The difference: Live-action unease for adults — melancholy that never turns cute

With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.

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Aniara
2019 · dir. Hugo Lilja
🍅 70%★ 6.3science fiction · drama

Humans adrift in a ship that becomes their whole world

The difference: Bleak Swedish sci-fi for adults — no hope offered at all

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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John Carter
2012 · dir. Andrew Stanton
🍅 52%★ 6.6action · adventure · science fictionDisney+

Stanton's eye for alien vistas and unlikely devotion

The difference: Overstuffed live-action — charmless where WALL·E is silent

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

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I Am Legend
2007 · dir. Francis Lawrence
🍅 68%★ 7.2drama · science fiction · thriller

The last soul in an empty world, keeping routines to stay sane

The difference: Grim survival horror — this empty Earth offers no whimsy

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.

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Sleep Dealer
2008 · dir. Alex Rivera
🍅 73%★ 6drama · science fiction · thriller

A lonely soul reaching for connection across a broken future

The difference: Scrappy low-budget dystopia — the ideas outpace the polish

Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.

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The Chronicles of Riddick
2004 · dir. David Twohy
🍅 29%★ 6.6action · science fiction

A bleak future built with real conviction about its own rules

The difference: Grim and violent — nothing tender survives in it

After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, reluctant hero will emerge as humanity's champion - and the last hope for a universe on the edge of annihilation.

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Monsters vs Aliens
2009 · dir. Rob Letterman
🍅 73%★ 6.4animation · family · adventureParamount+Peacock

Sci-fi tropes lovingly repurposed for family comedy

The difference: Broad spoof energy, no silence

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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Passengers
2016 · dir. Morten Tyldum
🍅 30%★ 7drama · romance · science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: robot

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

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