Movies like Barbarella (1968)
The best movies like Barbarella (1968) are Flesh Gordon (1974), Zardoz (1974) and Dark Star (1974). If Barbarella hooked you with its science fiction and adventure, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSexmission (1984)7.2/10 from 348 votes
- NewestSix-String Samurai (1998)Released 1998
Flesh Gordon (1974)
Emperor Wang (the Perverted) is leader of the planet Porno and sends his mighty "Sex Ray" towards Earth, turning everyone into sex-mad fiends. Only one man can save the Earth, football player Flesh Gordon. Along with his girlfriend Dale Ardor and Professor Flexi-Jerkoff, they set off towards the source of the Sex Ray, unaware of the perils that face them!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisZardoz (1974)
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDark Star (1974)
A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to question the meaning of its existence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCandy (1968)
A high school girl encounters a variety of kookie characters and humorous sexual situations while searching for the meaning of life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSpacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty hunters race to rescue three Earth female captives from the clutches of an evil warlord.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisSexmission (1984)
Two scientists are chosen as guinea pigs for a time experiment: they are placed in hibernation and should be brought back to life after three years. In the meantime, however, World War III breaks out and life has been wiped off the surface of Earth. When they wake up, it turns out that not only 50 years have passed but also that they are the only living specimens of the male sex in a new, underground society composed exclusively of women.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970)
This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, with the proposed solution of building a time machine. The decision is made to travel back in time and murder Einstein, with the hopeful result being that without the noted mathematician's research there will be no atomic bombs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & comedy
At the Earth's Core (1976)
A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry and David Innes are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like birds, and man-eating plants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisArgoman the Fantastic Superman (1967)
Argoman is practically invincible with powers beyond the scope of mortal man. Who is Sir Reginald Hoover, he seems to know what mission Argoman is involved with? Will Jenabell become the Queen of the World and achieve her wishes to outsmart Argoman?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & comedy
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions. While developing a method to transport water, Thomas meets Mary-Lou, a quiet hotel clerk, and begins to fall in love with her. Just as he is ready to leave Earth, Thomas is intercepted by the U.S. government, and his entire plan is threatened.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCherry 2000 (1987)
When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisQueen of Outer Space (1958)
An aborted mission strands a crew on Venus where they find the planet inhabited only by women led by their evil Queen Yllana. Yllana had all the men of Venus killed, now that's she met Earth men, she wants them dead, too.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisSleeper (1973)
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMessage from Space (1978)
The peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each to be received by a chosen one to defend the Gavanas. Each recipient, ranging from hardened General Garuda to Gavana Prince Hans to young Terrans Meia, Kido, and Aaron all have different reactions to being chosen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisBattlestar Galactica (1978)
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLiquid Sky (1982)
An alien creature invades New York's punk subculture in its search for an opiate released by the brain during an orgasm.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Ice Pirates (1984)
In the not too distant future, where by far the most precious commodity in the galaxy is water. The last surviving water planet was somehow removed to the unreachable centre of the galaxy at the end of the galactic trade wars. The galaxy is ruled by an evil emperor presiding over a trade oligarchy that controls all mining and sale of ice from asteroids and comets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisConquest of the Earth (1980)
A compilation of Battlestar Galactica episodes 1–3 and 7–9, with alternate footage. The Galactica and its ragtag fleet of ships finally arrive on Earth, only to discover that the planet is not prepared for the inevitable Cylon invasion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Emmanuelle in Space 2: A World of Desire (1994)
Having made First Contact with intergalactic travelers, Emmanuelle continues her ongoing mission... to impart the secrets of human love and sexuality. She encounters an enticing dilemma, when one of the aliens falls in love with a vivacious earthling.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Planet of the Vampires (1965)
After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bed Sitting Room (1969)
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisEmmanuelle in Space 5: A Time to Dream (1994)
Emmanuelle teaches her alien friends to explore sexual fantasy through their dreams, and searches for her own dream lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Six-String Samurai (1998)
In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDream City (1973)
A married couple of artists move to a utopian town known for its absolute freedom, but behind the surface perversion and violence are spreading.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFantastic Voyage (1966)
In order to save an assassinated scientist, a submarine and its crew are shrunk to microscopic size and injected into his bloodstream.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEmmanuelle in Space 4: Concealed Fantasy (1994)
As Emmanuelle demonstrates the hidden joys of sexual fantasy to her intergalactic students, the alien's leader is torn between love and jealousy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Myra Breckinridge (1970)
Myron Breckinridge flies to Europe to get a sex-change operation and is transformed into the beautiful Myra. She travels to Hollywood, meets up with her rich Uncle Buck and, claiming to be Myron's widow, demands money. Instead, Buck gives Myra a job in his acting school. There, Myra meets aspiring actor Rusty and his girlfriend, Mary Ann. With Myra as catalyst, the trio begin to outrageously expand their sexual horizons.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisDr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)
Mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot has invented an army of bikini-clad robots programmed to seek out wealthy men and charm them into signing over their assets. Secret agent Craig Gamble and millionaire Todd Armstrong set out to foil his fiendish plot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Barbarella?
The closest matches to Barbarella are Flesh Gordon (1974), Zardoz (1974) and Dark Star (1974). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Barbarella?
People who watched Barbarella most often go on to Flesh Gordon (1974), Zardoz (1974) and Dark Star (1974).
What is the highest-rated movie like Barbarella?
Sexmission (1984), rated 7.2/10 by 348 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Barbarella?
Six-String Samurai (1998) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Barbarella?
Yes: Flesh Gordon (1974), Zardoz (1974) and Dark Star (1974).
How are movies similar to Barbarella chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Barbarella, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.