Movies like Star Wars (1977)
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Star Wars (1977)
8.6
PG
Release Date: May. 25,1977
Duration: 121min
Country: US
Original Language: en
Director: George Lucas
Plot: The evil Galactic Empire controls the entire galaxy, and its inhabitants suffer from tyranny while the rebels continue to fight against it. Darth Vader captures Princess Leia of the planet Alderaan after the Empire's secret weapon is stolen. But she has entered the data into R2-D2's computer. What will happen to R2-D2?
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness
Keywords: space, android, smuggling (contraband), freedom, rebellion, rebel, rescue mission, hermit, galaxy, empire
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
8.3
G
Release Date: 1968-04-10
Duration: 149min
Country: US
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Blade Runner (1982)
8.1
R
Release Date: 1982-06-25
Duration: 118min
Country: US
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Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis
Release Date: 1999-05-19
Duration: 136min
Country: US
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
6.4
G
Release Date: 1979-12-07
Duration: 131min
Country: US
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei
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Spaceballs (1987)
7.1
PG
Release Date: 1987-06-24
Duration: 96min
Country: US
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Superman Returns (2006)
6.1
PG-13
Release Date: 2006-06-28
Duration: 154min
Country: US
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Alien (1979)
8.5
R
Release Date: 1979-05-25
Duration: 117min
Country: US
Plot: Humans will easily travel between stars in the future, and "Nostromo" is only one of the numerous commercial space transport ships operating. After completing its mission and returning to Earth with a cargo of space ore, it unexpectedly received a series of peculiar distress signals. The crew came to a distant, strange planet and found that the occupants had perished and become fossils. In fact, the signal was a warning, not a distress signal. The squad must fight with alien parasites for their lives!
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Gattaca (1997)
7.7
PG-13
Release Date: 1997-10-24
Duration: 106min
Country: US
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Alan Arkin, Loren Dean
Shrek the Third (2007)
6.1
PG
Duration: 93min
Country: US
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