Movies Like Countdown

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Armageddon

1998·2h 31m·★ 6.7·Michael Bay

TMDB recommendsThemes: nasa, moonThriller & Science Fiction

Apollo 11

2019·1h 33m·★ 8.1·Todd Douglas Miller

4 shared themes: moon landing, space race, nasa...

Fly Me to the Moon

2024·2h 12m·★ 6.6·Greg Berlanti

Themes: moon landing, space race, nasa

Destination Moon

1950·1h 31m·★ 6.3·Irving Pichel

Themes: moon landing, moonFans also liked

First Man

2018·2h 21m·★ 7.3·Damien Chazelle

Themes: moon landing, nasa, moon

Hidden Figures

2016·2h 7m·★ 7.8·Theodore Melfi

Themes: space race, nasa

The Right Stuff

1983·3h 13m·★ 7.8·Philip Kaufman

Themes: space race, nasa

Blade Runner

1982·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Ridley Scott

TMDB recommendsScience Fiction & Thriller

Starship Troopers

1997·2h 9m·★ 7.3·Paul Verhoeven

TMDB recommendsThriller & Science Fiction

War of the Worlds

2005·1h 57m·★ 6.6·Steven Spielberg

TMDB recommendsThriller & Science Fiction

Moonraker

1979·2h 6m·★ 6.3·Lewis Gilbert

TMDB recommendsThriller & Science Fiction

A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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2001: A Space Odyssey

1968·2h 29m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

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The Wages of Fear

1953·2h 33m·★ 8.1·Henri-Georges Clouzot

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Rebecca

1940·2h 10m·★ 8.1·Alfred Hitchcock

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A Trip to the Moon

1902·15m·★ 8.1·Georges Méliès

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956·1h 20m·★ 7.7·Don Siegel

Fans also likedScience Fiction & Thriller

Apollo 13

1995·2h 20m·★ 7.7·Ron Howard

Themes: nasa, moon

Jackie Brown

1997·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Quentin Tarantino

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The Experiment

2001·2h·★ 7.7·Oliver Hirschbiegel

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How Good Is Countdown?

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