Movies Like The Phantom Planet

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

Armageddon

1998·2h 31m·★ 6.7·Michael Bay

Themes: asteroid, moon

This Island Earth

1955·1h 25m·★ 5.9·Joseph M. Newman

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2001: A Space Odyssey

1968·2h 29m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

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Gattaca

1997·1h 47m·★ 7.7·Andrew Niccol

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956·1h 20m·★ 7.7·Don Siegel

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977·2h 17m·★ 7.6·Steven Spielberg

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Total Recall

1990·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Paul Verhoeven

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Forbidden Planet

1956·1h 38m·★ 7.5·Fred M. Wilcox

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Galaxy Quest

1999·1h 42m·★ 7.4·Dean Parisot

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Spaceballs

1987·1h 36m·★ 7.1·Mel Brooks

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Silent Running

1972·1h 29m·★ 6.6·Douglas Trumbull

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The Astronaut Farmer

2007·1h 44m·★ 6.3·Michael Polish

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It Came from Outer Space

1953·1h 20m·★ 6.5·Jack Arnold

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Impostor

2001·1h 42m·★ 6.2·Gary Fleder

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The Astronaut

2025·1h 30m·★ 4.8·Jess Varley

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Invaders from Mars

1953·1h 18m·★ 6.3·William Cameron Menzies

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Planet of the Apes

2001·2h·★ 5.7·Tim Burton

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It! The Terror from Beyond Space

1958·1h 9m·★ 6.0·Edward L. Cahn

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The People

1972·1h 14m·★ 5.8·John Korty

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The Prototype

2022·1h 35m·★ 2.3·Marcelo Grion

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How Good Is The Phantom Planet?

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