Movies Like 2010 (1984)

Updated: September 14, 2023

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• Alias: 2010: The Year We Make Contact
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• 59,679 votes, 3.13 / 5 rating (62% score)
• Overall Score: ☆ 6.27/10
  IMDB: ☆ 6.7/10
  Metascore: ☆ 5.3/10
  Tomatometer: ☆ 6.8/10
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2010 Movie Information:

Directors:

Peter Hyams

Stars:

Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea … (full cast)

(10) Movie Recommendations

Similar Movies Like 2010 (1984)

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

   Synopsis/Plot: "2001" is a story of evolution.
   
   Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well).
   
   Evolution then enabled humankind to reach…
   
   Tagline: Let the Awe and Mystery of a Journey Unlike Any Other Begin
   Genres: Sci-Fi, Mystery, Adventure
   
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2. The Abyss (1989)

   Synopsis/Plot: Formerly married petroleum engineers who still have some issues to work out.
   
   They are drafted to assist a gung-ho Navy SEAL with a top-secret recovery operation: a nuclear sub has been ambushed and sunk, under…
   
   Tagline: Believe your eyes.
   Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Romance
   
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3. Sphere (1998)

   Synopsis/Plot: 1000 feet below the ocean, navy divers discover an object half-a-mile long.
   
   A crack team of scientists are deployed to the site in Deepsea Habitats.
   
   What they find boggles the mind as they discover a…
   
   Tagline: From the bestselling author of 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Lost World'
   Genres: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Action
   
   

4. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

   Synopsis/Plot: Travelling with mind-boggling speed, a gleaming unidentified flying object zooming in from the boundless deep space, penetrates the Earth's atmosphere, landing smoothly in Cold War-Washington, D.C.
   
   Encircled by large yet feeble military forces, the peaceful…
   
   Tagline: A robot and a man . . . hold the world spellbound with new and startling powers from another planet!
   Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi
   
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5. Logan's Run (1976)

   Synopsis/Plot: It's 2274, and on the surface, it all seems to be an idyllic society.
   
   Living in a city within an enclosed dome, there is little or no work for humans to perform, and inhabitants are…
   
   Tagline: A movie that begins where your imagination ends.
   Genres: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
   
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6. Forbidden Planet (1956)

   Synopsis/Plot: When Adams and his crew are sent to investigate the silence from a planet inhabited by scientists, he finds all but two have died.
   
   Dr.
   
   Morbius and his daughter Altaira have somehow survived a hideous…
   
   Tagline: It's out of this world!
   Genres: Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
   
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7. The Time Machine (1960)

   Synopsis/Plot: On January 5, 1900, a disheveled looking H.G.
   
   Wells - George to his friends - arrives late to his own dinner party.
   
   He tells his guests of his travels in his time machine, the work…
   
   Tagline: You Will Orbit into the Fantastic Future!
   Genres: Thriller, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Romance
   
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8. The Andromeda Strain (1971)

   Synopsis/Plot: When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency.
   
   Many…
   
   Tagline: Rated G...But May Be Too INTENSE For Younger Children
   Genres: Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery
   
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9. Outland (1981)

   Synopsis/Plot: Marshal O'Niel's assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons.
   
   He soon encounters miners who are dying, due to use of an illegal amphetamine.
   
   O'Niel follows the trail, and now O'Niel must…
   
   Tagline: On Jupiter's moon something deadly is happening
   Genres: Thriller, Sci-Fi, Action, Crime, Western
   
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10. Silent Running (1972)

    Synopsis/Plot: In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft.
    
    When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and…
    
    Tagline: The day the last flower died on earth this incredible mission began
    Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi
    
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Movies like 2010 include 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Abyss (1989), Sphere (1998), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Logan's Run (1976), Forbidden Planet (1956), The Time Machine (1960), The Andromeda Strain (1971), Outland (1981), and Silent Running (1972).