Movies like The Moon (2006)
The best movies like The Moon (2006) are Moon (2009), Countdown (1967) and Iron Lung (2026). If The Moon hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGladiator (1992)7.7/10 from 437 votes
- NewestIron Lung (2026)Released 2026
Moon (2009)
With only three weeks left in his three-year contract, Sam Bell is eager to return to Earth. Stationed alone at a Moon-based facility with his computer assistant GERTY, an unexpected accident sets off a series of unsettling events that shake his isolation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCountdown (1967)
Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar shelter for a year.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisIron Lung (2026)
In a post-apocalyptic future where an event known as "The Quiet Rapture" caused all known stars and habitable planets in the universe to disappear, a convict is sent to search an ocean of blood discovered on a desolate moon, using a small submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung".
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoonfall (2022)
A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Seventh Sign (1988)
Abby is a pregnant woman with a curious new boarder in the apartment over her garage. Turns out he's heaven-sent and is speeding along the Apocalypse by bloodying rivers, egging on plagues and following scripture word for word.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood Moon (2021)
When Esme and her ten-year-old son, Luna move to a small desert town looking for a fresh start, they attract all the wrong kinds of attention. Esme must battle to protect her son and a terrifying secret before the next full moon reveals all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisForgive Us All (2025)
In a post-apocalyptic world, a virus has transformed humans into violently deranged cannibals. A bereaved mother has lost everything and takes refuge in an isolated mountain cabin, until a desperate wounded stranger arrives with a story of hope.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Gabby Douglas Story (2014)
The true story of Gabby Douglas who becomes the first African American to be named Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVoyage of Time: Life's Journey (2017)
A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before us now: science and spirit, birth and death, the grand cosmos and the minute life systems of our planet.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGladiator (1992)
Tommy Riley has moved with his dad to Chicago from a 'nice place'. He keeps to himself, goes to school. However, after a street fight, he's noticed and quickly falls into the world of illegal underground boxing — where punches can kill.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNo One Will Save You (2023)
A lonely woman battles extraterrestrials who threaten her future while forcing her to face her past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt Comes at Night (2017)
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThreads (1984)
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSoylent Green (1973)
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSlingshot (2024)
An elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn's moon, Titan, gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot manoeuvre that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood and Snow (2023)
When researchers rescue a fellow scientist who survived a meteorite strike in the Arctic, they discover she may not be who they think she is. Is she some-how changed?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFirst Man (2018)
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOur Brand Is Crisis (2015)
Based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", this feature focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisShelter (2014)
Hannah and Tahir fall in love while homeless on the streets of New York. Shelter explores how they got there, and as we learn about their pasts we realize they need each other to build a future.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisTrees Lounge (1996)
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with the seventeen-year-old niece of his ex-girlfriend. This gets him into serious trouble with her father.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Moon?
The closest matches to The Moon are Moon (2009), Countdown (1967) and Iron Lung (2026). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Moon?
Start with Moon (2009), the closest match to The Moon.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Moon?
Gladiator (1992), rated 7.7/10 by 437 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Moon?
Iron Lung (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Chinese movies like The Moon?
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How are movies similar to The Moon chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Moon, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.