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Movies like The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera") (1981)

The best movies like The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera") (1981) are Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973), The Comancheros (1961) and Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004). If The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera") hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973)

    Jonathan is sick and tired of the boring life in his seagull clan. He rather experiments with new, always more daring flying techniques. Since he doesn't fit in, the elders expel him from the clan. So he sets out to discover the world beyond the horizon in a quest for wisdom.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. The Comancheros (1961)

    Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)

    From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Radio Flyer (1992)

    A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of their brutal stepfather, Mike decides to convert their toy trolley, the "Radio Flyer", into a plane to fly him to safety.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Dalíland (2022)

    In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Possessor (2020)

    Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Black Box (2026)

    Vero Airlines Flight 298 from New Orleans to Seattle becomes the center of a chilling supernatural mystery.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. The Color of Friendship (2000)

    Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is the daughter of a US congressman from California and who lives in a nice home in Washington DC. When Mahree is chosen to spend a semester at the Dellums' house, she doesn't expect that her host family would be black. Nor do her hosts suspect that she is not a black South African.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)

    A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Shut In (2022)

    A young single mother is held captive along with her two children by a violent ex and must plot their escape before it’s too late.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Big Jake (1971)

    An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Dark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)

    Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myth of Dracula.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)

    A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Julius Caesar (1970)

    All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, and the resulting war between the faction led by the assassins and the faction led by Mark Anthony.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Stealing Beauty (1996)

    Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. A Night at the Opera (1935)

    The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Three Christs (2017)

    Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Pain Hustlers (2023)

    After losing her job, a single mom falls into a lucrative but ultimately dangerous scheme selling prescription drugs.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Se7en (1995)

    Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Crimes of the Future (2022)

    With his partner Caprice, celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. An investigator from the National Organ Registry obsessively tracks their movements, which is when a mysterious group is revealed... Their mission — to use Tenser's notoriety to shed light on the next phase of human evolution.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera")?

The closest matches to The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera") are Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973), The Comancheros (1961) and Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera")?

Start with Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973), the closest match to The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera").

What is the highest-rated movie like The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera")?

Se7en (1995), rated 8.4/10 by 24,211 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera")?

Black Box (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera")?

Yes: Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973), The Comancheros (1961) and Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004).

How are movies similar to The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera") chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Flight of Daedalus... (from "Icarus, a Sky Opera"), then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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