Movies Like 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Updated: September 14, 2023

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2001: A Space Odyssey Movie Information:

Directors:

Stanley Kubrick

Stars:

Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter … (full cast)

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1. The Shining (1980)

   Synopsis/Plot: Haunted by a persistent writer's block, the aspiring author and recovering alcoholic, Jack Torrance, drags his wife, Wendy, and his gifted son, Danny, up snow-capped Colorado's secluded Overlook Hotel after taking up a job as…
   
   Tagline: Iconic terror from the No 1 bestselling writer.
   Genres: Horror, Drama
   
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2. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

   Synopsis/Plot: Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss, Joe Cabot, to carry out a diamond robbery.
   
   Right at the outset, they are given false names with the intention that…
   
   Tagline: Seven Total Strangers Team Up For The Perfect Crime. They Don't Know Each Other's Name. But They've Got Each Other's Color
   Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime
   
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3. Alien (1979)

   Synopsis/Plot: In the distant future, the crew of the commercial spaceship Nostromo are on their way home when they pick up a distress call from a distant moon.
   
   The crew are under obligation to investigate and…
   
   Tagline: In space no one can hear you scream.
   Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
   
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4. A Clockwork Orange (1971)

   Synopsis/Plot: Protagonist Alex DeLarge is an "ultraviolent" youth in futuristic Britain.
   
   As with all luck, his eventually runs out and he's arrested and convicted of murder and r*pe.
   
   While in prison, Alex learns of an experimental…
   
   Tagline: Being the adventures of a young man ... who couldn't resist pretty girls ... or a bit of the old ultra-violence ... went to jail, was re-conditioned ... and came out a different young man ... or was he ?
   Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Crime
   
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5. Blade Runner (1982)

   Synopsis/Plot: In the twenty-first century, a corporation develops androids to be used as slaves in colonies outside of the Earth, identified as "replicants".
   
   In 2019, a former Police Officer is hired to hunt down a fugitive…
   
   Tagline: A Futuristic Vision Perfected [2007 Final Cut]
   Genres: Thriller, Drama, Sci-Fi, Action
   
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6. Psycho (1960)

   Synopsis/Plot: Phoenix office worker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her.
   
   She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks, and they cannot get married because Sam has to give…
   
   Tagline: The picture you MUST see from the beginning... Or not at all!... For no one will be seated after the start of... Alfred Hitchcock's greatest shocker Psycho.
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Mystery
   
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7. Rear Window (1954)

   Synopsis/Plot: Professional photographer L.B.
   
   "Jeff" Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race.
   
   Confined to his New York apartment, he spends his time looking out of the rear window observing the…
   
   Tagline: In deadly danger...because they saw too much!
   Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
   
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Movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey include The Shining (1980), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Alien (1979), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Blade Runner (1982), Psycho (1960), and Rear Window (1954).