Movies Like Assignment: Outer Space

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2001: A Space Odyssey

1968·2h 29m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

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Total Recall

1990·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Paul Verhoeven

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The Impossible Voyage

1904·20m·★ 7.4·Georges Méliès

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Silent Running

1972·1h 29m·★ 6.6·Douglas Trumbull

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Explorers

1985·1h 49m·★ 6.4·Joe Dante

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(T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1

2004·1h 27m·★ 5.5·Michael Herbig

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This Island Earth

1955·1h 25m·★ 5.9·Joseph M. Newman

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Planet of the Apes

2001·2h·★ 5.7·Tim Burton

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The Man Who Saved the World

1982·1h 31m·★ 4.3·Çetin İnanç

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Alien

1979·1h 57m·★ 8.4·Ridley Scott

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WALL·E

2008·1h 38m·★ 8.4·Andrew Stanton

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Guardians of the Galaxy

2014·2h 1m·★ 8.0·James Gunn

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Gattaca

1997·1h 47m·★ 7.7·Andrew Niccol

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Star Trek

2009·2h 7m·★ 7.9·J.J. Abrams

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Woman in the Moon

1929·2h 50m·★ 7.3·Fritz Lang

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Stargate: Continuum

2008·1h 38m·★ 7.4·Martin Wood

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The Adam Project

2022·1h 44m·★ 6.7·Shawn Levy

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Spaceballs

1987·1h 36m·★ 7.1·Mel Brooks

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Battlestar Galactica

1978·2h 2m·★ 6.8·Alan J. Levi

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Star Trek Beyond

2016·2h 2m·★ 7.0·Justin Lin

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How Good Is Assignment: Outer Space?

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