3. Arrival
Alien spaceships land all over the Earth. The military brings physicist Ian Donnelly and linguist Louise Banks on board to help make contact with them and find out what the visitors want on Earth.
Watch Arrival if you like the following about Interstellar:
- Different perceptions of time
- Communication as a central theme
- Human emotions and relationships
- Scientific basis
- Visually stunning
- Philosophical and existential questions
- Female characters in key roles
According to IMDb ratings: Arrival receives 7.9 stars on IMDb, with 774,567 users rating it.
Fun Fact: It took several months to develop the alien script for Arrival. Vermette, the film’s production designer, revealed: ‘The dictionary is quite simple. We came up with about 100 different words, different expressions, different meanings, different concepts or sentences or words that we can present and communicate.’ (via Business Insider)
4. Gravity
Astronaut Matt Kowalsky and scientist Dr. Ryan Stone are conducting maintenance on the Hubble Space Telescope. However, an accident occurs, launching both astronauts into the vastness of space.
Watch Gravity if you like the following about Interstellar:
- Space travel as a theme
- Impressive visual effects
- Tension and survival
- Based on scientific concepts
- Loners in extreme situations
- Emotional depth
According to IMDb ratings: The film receives an average of 7.7 stars on IMDb from 864,358 ratings.
Fun Fact: To ensure the director didn’t push Sandra Bullock too hard, he held his breath while filming an underwater scene as well. However, he realized he couldn’t keep up with her lung capacity. So Cuarón recounted: “Halfway through the take, I gasped for air – and she just kept going“. (via Entertainment Weekly)
