Movies Like Our Century (1983)

Our Century is a 1983 documentary film from Artavazd Peleshian with a MovieMagicScore of 5.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Queen of Blood and A Grand Day Out.

Documentary

Queen of Blood

1966

A spaceship is sent to Mars after an alien distress signal is picked up. They find one survivor, but when a crew member is found drained of blood it's evident they have rescued a bloodsucking monster. Uses footage from Encounter in Space (1963).

5.2

MagicScore

A Grand Day Out

1990

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

7.5

MagicScore

The Quatermass Xperiment

1955

The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.

6.5

MagicScore

The Impossible Voyage

1904

Using every known means of transportation, several savants from the Geographic Society undertake a journey through the Alps to the Sun which finishes under the sea.

7.2

MagicScore

Over the Moon

2020

Fueled by memories of her mother, resourceful Fei Fei builds a rocket to the moon on a mission to prove the existence of a legendary moon goddess.

7.2

MagicScore

Space Mutiny

1988

A pilot is the only hope to stop the mutiny of a spacecraft by its security crew, who plot to sell the crew of the ship into slavery.

2.7

MagicScore

In the Shadow of the Moon

2007

Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.

7.6

MagicScore

The Farthest

2018

The captivating tales of the people and events behind one of humanity's greatest achievements in exploration: NASA's Voyager mission.

7.8

MagicScore

Unknown: Cosmic Time Machine

2023

A unique behind-the-scenes access to NASA’s ambitious mission to launch the James Webb Space Telescope, following a team of engineers and scientists as they take the next giant leap in our quest to understand the universe.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

Return to Space

2022

The inspirational rise of SpaceX as well as Elon Musk's two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions.

6.5

MagicScore

#11

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

#12

Tobor the Great

1954

To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom creates highly advanced form of artificial intelligence capable of piloting a starship to other worlds. In order to transmit alien data, the extraordinary robot is infused with a powerful telepathic device that enables it to instantly read and even feel emotions. Danger strikes when a sinister band of covert agents kidnaps Gadge, the professor's 10-year-old grandson. But Gadge has a powerful ally. For he has developed a psychic, emotional bond with his grandfather's robot. And now Gadge's captors must suffer the wrath of his protective friend. They must face a mechanical monstrosity bent on a killing rampage of revenge and destruction.

5.2

MagicScore

#13

First Man into Space

1959

The first pilot to leave Earth's atmosphere lands, then vanishes; but something with a craving for blood prowls the countryside...

4.9

MagicScore

#14

The Space Children

1958

A glowing brain-like creature arrives on a beach near a rocket test site via a teleportation beam. The alien communicates telepathically with the children of scientists. The kids start doing the alien's bidding as the adults try to find out what's happening to their unruly offspring.

4.0

MagicScore

#15

Slacker

1991

Austin, Texas, is an Eden for the young and unambitious, from the enthusiastically eccentric to the dangerously apathetic. Here, the nobly lazy can eschew responsibility in favor of nursing their esoteric obsessions. The locals include a backseat philosopher who passionately expounds on his dream theories to a seemingly comatose cabbie, a young woman who tries to hawk Madonna's Pap test to anyone who will listen and a kindly old anarchist looking for recruits.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

It! The Terror from Beyond Space

1958

The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.

5.9

MagicScore

#17

Conquest of Space

1955

A team of American astronauts leave their space station on the first mission to Mars, but the captain's religious beliefs may get in the way.

5.5

MagicScore

#18

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women

1968

Astronauts crash-land on Venus and find themselves in trouble when they kill a monster that is worshipped by a group of Venusian women.

3.2

MagicScore

#19

Goofy's Glider

1940

Yet another sport is made 'easy' for us by Goofy's demonstration how- never, ever, to try anything for real, least of all with a glider-flying machine he launches in ways that would kill anything but a cartoon character, such as a giant catapult and even a canon. Meanwhile Goofy proves totally incapable to control any of its movements in the air, let alone the 'landing' which is too messy even for a bombshell.

6.5

MagicScore

#20

The Little Prince

2015

Based on the best-seller book 'The Little Prince', the movie tells the story of a little girl that lives with resignation in a world where efficiency and work are the only dogmas. Everything will change when accidentally she discovers her neighbor that will tell her about the story of the Little Prince that he once met.

7.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Our Century?

The top films similar to Our Century by MovieMagicScore are Queen of Blood (5.2), A Grand Day Out (7.5), The Quatermass Xperiment (6.5). Each shares documentary themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Our Century worth watching?

Our Century holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.7/10 from 25 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Our Century?

Our Century (1983) is a documentary film directed by Artavazd Peleshian.

Where can I find more recommendations like Our Century?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more documentary recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

Keep exploring

Movies like Queen of Blood Movies like A Grand Day Out Movies like The Quatermass Xperiment Movies like The Impossible Voyage Movies like Over the Moon Movies like Space Mutiny

About movies like Our Century

This ranked list pairs Our Century (1983), a documentary film from Artavazd Peleshian, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap. 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.

← Back to Our Century