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The Brother from Another Planet

United States, 1984
film

An alien spaceship, piloted by a runaway slave from a distant planet, crash lands in New York harbour. From it emerges a bedraggled, bewildered extra-terrestr..

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Lost in space

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Journey to the seventh planet

United States, 1962
Similarity: 70%

Beyond gravity

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Similarity: 70%

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Similarity: 70%

Moonstruck

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Brother

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Simple men

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Starman

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World to conquer

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Similarity: 69%

A Far off world

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Similarity: 69%

Alien [DVD]

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Similarity: 69%

Forbidden planet

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Starship troopers

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Brothers in trouble

United Kingdom, 1995
Similarity: 68%

Kid brother

United States, 1957
Similarity: 68%
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