Movies like Interstellar
Big-idea science fiction that pairs space with feeling: time, distance, and the people we leave behind. If Interstellar wrecked you in the best way, start here.
#1Arrival 2016 · Movie
7.6Language, time and grief — the closest thing to Interstellar’s emotional core.
#2Blade Runner 2049 2017 · Movie
7.6Slow, vast and visually overwhelming; a meditation on what makes a life real.
#4Contact 1997 · Movie
7.5A father, a daughter, and a signal from the stars. The film Nolan clearly loves.
#8Ex Machina 2015 · Movie
7.6Small-scale, big questions: consciousness, control and who is really being tested.
#102001: A Space Odyssey 1968 · Movie
8.0The template: cold, precise and awe-struck by the universe.
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