Movies Like Voyage of Time: Life's Journey (2017)

Voyage of Time: Life's Journey is a 2017 documentary, drama, history film from Terrence Malick with a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time and The Visitor.

Documentary Drama History

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time

2019

How's it all gonna end? This experience takes us on a journey to the end of time, trillions of years into the future, to discover what the fate of our planet and our universe may ultimately be. We start in 2019 and travel exponentially through time, witnessing the future of Earth, the death of the sun, the end of all stars, proton decay, zombie galaxies, possible future civilizations, exploding black holes, the effects of dark energy, alternate universes, the final fate of the cosmos - to name a few.

8.5

MagicScore

The Visitor

2008

A college professor travels to New York City to attend a conference and finds a young couple living in his apartment.

7.1

MagicScore

The Tree of Life

2011

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

6.7

MagicScore

A Brief History of Time

1991

This shows physicist Stephen Hawking's life as he deals with the ALS that renders him immobile and unable to speak without the use of a computer. Hawking's friends, family, classmates, and peers are interviewed not only about his theories but the man himself.

7.2

MagicScore

Paris

2008

Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.

6.5

MagicScore

Pictures of the Old World

1972

A raw and telling portrait of a people left behind by the modern world, inspired by the work of photographer Martin Martinček - whose pictures of the inhabitants of the Liptov region in central Slovakia, encompassed by the Tatra mountains, distilled entire lifetimes into luminous and intransient images. Dušan Hanák's continuation of these photographs takes the shape of a poetic visual essay, capturing more comprehensive vignettes of their isolated human experiences.

8.1

MagicScore

Wildcat

2022

Back from war in Afghanistan, a young British soldier struggling with depression and PTSD finds a second chance in the Amazon rainforest when he meets an American scientist, and together they foster an orphaned baby ocelot.

7.3

MagicScore

The Dreamlife of Angels

1998

Isa and Marie bond while working in a French sweatshop and soon begin sharing an apartment that Marie is watching for a hospitalized mother and daughter. Marie, hoping to avoid a life of struggle and poverty, takes up with Chriss, a nightclub owner whose most attractive asset is his money. Isa recognizes the ultimate futility of the relationship and tries to keep Marie away from him, but her interference puts their friendship at risk.

6.9

MagicScore

Still the Water

2014

On the Japanese island of Amami, despite lacking parental guidance, Kaito and his girlfriend Kyoko try to find their place in the world. While Kaito suffers from the absence of his father, who moved to Tokyo after his birth, Kyoko must come to grips with her mother’s terminal illness.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

Cunk on Life

2024

Pioneering documentary maker Philomena Cunk returns with her most ambitious quest to date: venturing right up the universe and everything to examine life and existence in an attempt to find out the point of it all. Along the way, she interrogates experts on subjects from the big bang to biology and art to artificial intelligence. Really get to the nub of it.

7.3

MagicScore

#11

Kin-dza-dza!

1986

Two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other are transported to the planet Pluke in the Kin-dza-da galaxy due to a chance encounter with an alien teleportation device. They must come to grips with a language barrier and Plukian social norms (not to mention the laws of space and time) if they ever hope to return to Earth.

7.7

MagicScore

#12

Another Earth

2011

Tragedy connects a young woman and a shattered music professor as an exact replica of Earth is discovered.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

Nine

2009

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from his wife, his mistress, his muse, and his mother.

5.5

MagicScore

#14

Space/Time

2025

After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.

5.9

MagicScore

#15

National Geographic: Journey to the Edge of the Universe

2008

In one single, epic camera move we journey from Earth's surface to the outermost reaches of the universe on a grand tour of the cosmos, to explore newborn stars, distant planets, black holes and beyond.

7.7

MagicScore

#16

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

#17

TimeScapes

2012

Stunning slow-motion and timelapse cinematography of the landscapes, people and wildlife of the American South West.

7.4

MagicScore

#18

Forsaken

2018

As a result of a chain of tragic accidents on a distant planet, the cosmonaut Chapayev is left alone. His life is in constant danger. Something inexplicable, which he came into contact with, will forever change his life. From now on, he will be lost not only for himself but for the people of earth as well. And he have to die many times in order to prove that he is alive.

3.5

MagicScore

#19

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968

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.

8.0

MagicScore

#20

Alien

1979

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

8.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Voyage of Time: Life's Journey?

The top films similar to Voyage of Time: Life's Journey by MovieMagicScore are Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time (8.5), The Visitor (7.1), The Tree of Life (6.7). Each shares documentary/drama/history themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Voyage of Time: Life's Journey worth watching?

Voyage of Time: Life's Journey holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10 from 195 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Voyage of Time: Life's Journey?

Voyage of Time: Life's Journey (2017) is a documentary, drama, history film directed by Terrence Malick, starring Cate Blanchett, Jamal Cavil, Maisha Diatta.

Where can I find more recommendations like Voyage of Time: Life's Journey?

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This ranked list pairs Voyage of Time: Life's Journey (2017), a documentary and drama and history film from Terrence Malick, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Cate Blanchett 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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