Films like Gravity

10 picks with a similar feel

What defines Gravity, going by its Boxlist taste profile: An otherworldly, serious sci-fi film: original and intimate. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of injustice and vengeance and resilience and survival, plus tags such as trapped in space, loss and space mission.

Here are 10 films with a similar feel, ranked by how closely they match that profile. Treat them as picks to try, not a definitive list.

Based on Gravity (2013).

  1. 1

    Passengers (2016)

    Film6.9Slower burn

    Why it's like Gravity: Also heightened and inventive. Common ground: trapped in space, space station, space.

  2. 2

    Interstellar (2014)

    Film8.3Faster-paced

    Why it's like Gravity: Also heightened and inventive, with themes of resilience and survival. Common ground: space station, astronaut, space.

  3. 3

    Arrival (2016)

    Film7.6

    Why it's like Gravity: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of injustice and vengeance and resilience and survival. Common ground: loss.

  4. 4

    The Martian (2015)

    Film7.7Easier to follow

    Why it's like Gravity: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of resilience and survival. Common ground: astronaut, space.

  5. 5

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

    Film7.0

    Why it's like Gravity: Also heightened and inventive, with themes of injustice and vengeance and resilience and survival.

  6. 6

    Moon (2009)

    Film7.6

    Why it's like Gravity: Also heightened and inventive. Common ground: space.

  7. 7

    Project Hail Mary (2026)

    Film8.7Lighter option

    Why it's like Gravity: Also heightened and inventive, with themes of resilience and survival. Common ground: space mission, astronaut, space.

  8. 8

    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

    Film8.1Lighter option

    Why it's like Gravity: Also heightened and inventive. Common ground: space mission, space station, astronaut.

  9. 9

    I Am Mother (2019)

    Film6.7More intricate

    Why it's like Gravity: Also heightened and weighty.

  10. 10

    M3GAN (2022)

    Film7.3Darker

    Why it's like Gravity: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of resilience and survival.

Boxlist compares Gravity with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point. Ratings are TMDB audience scores out of 10.

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Questions

What should I watch if I like Gravity?
Picks with a similar feel include Passengers, Interstellar, Arrival and The Martian. Each shares part of Gravity's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 10 films.
How are these films like Gravity chosen?
Boxlist compares Gravity with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point.
Is there a lighter film like Gravity?
Project Hail Mary has a similar feel but scores lighter on Boxlist's weightiness scale.

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