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2026 · Movie · PG-13 · your starting pointIf Project Hail Mary is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Movies like Project Hail Mary, ranked
1. Sphere (1998)
A lone scientist must decipher an alien mystery while isolated from Earth, relying on problem-solving and unconventional thinking to survive encounters with phenomena that challenge everything they thought they knew.
3. Life (2017)
The same blend of problem-solving ingenuity and escalating tension unfolds as a lone scientist must outwit an unexpected threat in an isolated, unforgiving environment millions of miles from home.
4. Contact (1997)
A lone scientist must decode an incomprehensible cosmic phenomenon while navigating institutional skepticism and humanity's existential questions about our place in the universe.
5. First Spaceship On Venus (1960)
The methodical problem-solving and sense of discovery mirror each other as protagonists use scientific reasoning to unravel cosmic mysteries that threaten humanity's survival.
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