
10 Best Movies Like Countdown
If you loved Countdown, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Destination Moon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Countdown for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives an ambitious plan to land Americans on the moon. From their base in the Mojave De...

First Men in the Moon
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Countdown for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and...

2001: A Space Odyssey
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Countdown for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer....

When Worlds Collide
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Countdown for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc...

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Countdown for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition ...

The Andromeda Strain
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Countdown for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an...