Movies Like Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998)

Babylon 5: In the Beginning is a 1998 action, adventure, science fiction film from Michael Vejar with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Babylon 5: The Gathering and Babylon 5: Thirdspace.

Action Adventure Science Fiction

Babylon 5: The Gathering

1993

The first installment of this Emmy award-winning series. A movie based at Babylon 5: a new space station built by Humans. The Vorlon ambassador, Kosh, has been poisoned. It is the new commanding officer's, Jeffrey Sinclair, responsibility to find the culprit. Otherwise the space station will fail in its role to bring all the races together.

6.4

MagicScore

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

1998

Susan Ivanova discovers a derelict spaceship in hyperspace. They tow it back to Babylon 5, then strange things start happening. People are being telepathically taken over by aliens from another (third)space.

6.7

MagicScore

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

1998

A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.

6.4

MagicScore

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

1999

Allies of the Shadows seek revenge against humanity. This movie sets up the series, "Crusade," the sequel to "Babylon 5."

6.9

MagicScore

Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

2002

After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest city on record and a clue to a dangerous ancient race.

5.9

MagicScore

Babylon 5: The Lost Tales - Voices in the Dark

2007

This latest installment of Babylon 5 is in two parts: the first, is about an entity that has possessed a worker. It wants to be exorcised but Col. Lochley prevents the priest & sends it & the host both back to Earth. The second is about Galen trying to dupe President Sheridan into assassinating the future Centauri President to stop him possibly attacking Earth in 30 years time.

6.4

MagicScore

Babylon 5: The Road Home

2023

Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way he reunites with some familiar faces, while discovering cosmic new revelations about the history, purpose, and meaning of the Universe.

6.8

MagicScore

Armageddon

1998

When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous space mission provided he can bring along his own hotshot crew. Among them is the cocksure A.J. who Harry thinks isn't good enough for his daughter, until the mission proves otherwise.

6.8

MagicScore

Outland

1981

On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a mining colony and his gang of roughnecks while investigating a rash of worker suicides.

6.4

MagicScore

#10

Eolomea

1972

Eight space cargo-ships disappear without a trace within three days. And the orbit station "Margot" has suddenly fallen silent. The space council is faced with a mystery and the scientist in charge, Maria Scholl, sees no other solution than ordering a total flight stop to this mysterious sector of space. Her colleague, Prof. Tal seems to be suspicious since he knows things before they are even released. A forbidden look into his personal file brings to light that Tal was part of the Eolomea project that never found approval of the commission in charge.

5.3

MagicScore

#11

Dante 01

2008

Deep space, at the edge of the galaxy. The future. A new prisoner arrives on top security prison ship and psychiatric research unit Dante 01. Sole survivor of an encounter with an alien force, Saint-Georges is a man possessed by inner demons, caught up in the battle to control the monstrous power within him. It's a power that will infect the other highly dangerous occupants of Dante 01, gaolors and prisoners alike, unleashing a violent rebellion that turns this terrifying, labyrinthine world upside down. In the otherworldly hell of the ship's depths, through danger and redemption, each must journey to his very limits... each must confront his own Dragon.

4.9

MagicScore

#12

The Noah's Ark Principle

1984

The year is 1997, and World Peace seems to have come, with most classic weapons of mass destruction having been abandoned. However, orbiting the Earth there is the European/American space station FLORIDA ARKLAB, capable of controlling the weather at any location on the planet underneath. A civil project by nature, it might be abused as an offensive weapon, since it could deliver devastation to any potential adversary simply by creating natural disasters such as storms and floods. No wonder the space station soon becomes the central point in rising political tensions between East and West, next stop World War 3 (as indicated by the tagline "The end of our future has already begun"). We follow the main protagonist Billy Hayes, an astronaut aboard the station, as he wades through a plot of secrecy and sabotage trying to tell friend from foe in the process.

4.8

MagicScore

#13

Ender's Game

2013

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

6.6

MagicScore

#14

Acquária

2003

The planet Earth is devastated by the lack of water. Desert and arid, left this place few living beings , who had to adapt to the new bioma.2 Isolated in small communities , living separated...

4.1

MagicScore

#15

Firefox

1982

The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.

6.0

MagicScore

#16

The Astronaut Farmer

2007

Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he's an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he's built and wants to take into space. It's his dream. The FBI puts him under surveillance when he tries to buy rocket fuel, and the FAA stalls him when he files a flight plan – but Charles is undeterred.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

1999

Zenon Kar, a 13-year-old girl who lives on a space station in the year 2049, gets into some trouble and is banished to Earth. With help from some Earth friends she must find her way back.

6.0

MagicScore

#18

Kenny Begins

2009

Kenny Starfighter is probably the most hopeless student the Hero academics of the galaxy has ever had. But in his desperate attempt in graduating he accidentally crashes on earth and discovers Pontus, an earthling who accidentally stumbled upon an intergalactic crystal which gave him inhuman strength. Now Kenny must save Pontus from Rutger Oversmart who wants the powers from the crystal for himself and Pontus must save Kennys faith from failing school and ending up as a hairdresser.

5.9

MagicScore

#19

Meet Dave

2008

A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.

5.3

MagicScore

#20

Meteor Apocalypse

2010

A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.

5.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Babylon 5: In the Beginning?

The top films similar to Babylon 5: In the Beginning by MovieMagicScore are Babylon 5: The Gathering (6.4), Babylon 5: Thirdspace (6.7), Babylon 5: The River of Souls (6.4). Each shares action/adventure/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Babylon 5: In the Beginning worth watching?

Babylon 5: In the Beginning holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 157 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Babylon 5: In the Beginning?

Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) is a action, adventure, science fiction film directed by Michael Vejar, starring Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs.

Where can I find more recommendations like Babylon 5: In the Beginning?

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About movies like Babylon 5: In the Beginning

This ranked list pairs Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998), a action and adventure and science fiction film from Michael Vejar, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Bruce Boxleitner take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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