Movie: The Astronomer's Dream

Recommendations Movies

Monkey Business
67%

Monkey Business(en)

1952-09-03

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with water from the cooler, Fulton begins to act just like a twenty-year-old and believes his potion is working. Soon his wife and boss are also behaving like children.

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
64%

Kirikou and the Wild Beasts(fr)

2005-12-07

Kirikou's Grandfather says that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain more about Kirikou's accomplishments. We find out how little boy became a gardener, a detective, a maker of pottery, a merchant, a traveler and a doctor.

Beauty & the Briefcase
59%

Beauty & the Briefcase(en)

2010-07-20

A freelance writer looking for romance sells a story to Cosmopolitan magazine about finding love in the workplace and goes undercover at a Finance Company.

The Return of Swamp Thing
55%

The Return of Swamp Thing(en)

1989-05-11

The Swamp Thing returns to battle the evil Dr. Arcane, who has a new science lab full of creatures transformed by genetic mutation, and chooses Heather Locklear as his new object of affection.

Fantozzi The Return
58%

Fantozzi The Return(it)

1996-12-20

Ugo Fantozzi has been ejected from Heaven and is sent back to Earth for a short period of time until the staff in Heaven can get Fantozzi a place there. Fantozzi goes through a variety of unfortunate experiences, such as rescuing his retro punk granddaughter Uga, and having to pay a vast telephone bill due to frequent chat line conversations. He ends up getting arrested instead of his ex-boss, who was originally charged with corruption. Just as he is about to enjoy the World Cup Final with Italy, he is called back into Heaven. Can he find peace once again?

Natale a Rio
51%

Natale a Rio(it)

2008-12-19

Fabio is in love with his colleague Linda, but she has never even seen him until he's mistaken for her boyfriend. Paolo and Mario leave for a luxurious vacation in Rio de Janeiro for Christmas, without knowing that their sons have booked a trip for the same low-cost destination and, for a problem of homonymy between fathers and sons, the two holidays are exchanged.

Have You Met Claudia?
67%

Have You Met Claudia?(it)

2004-12-15

Claudia is married with Giovanni, a rather dull type. Meek Giacomo is happily divorced, until he meets her. Aldo is a colorful cabbie with whom she had an affair. Who'll win her heart?

The Legend of Al, John and Jack
71%

The Legend of Al, John and Jack(it)

2002-12-13

Hapless Depression-era gangsters Al, John and Jack find out their boss wants to get rid of them and come up with a plan to sell him to the FBI, but Al's short-term memory loss could make it difficult.

The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold
65%

The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold(en)

2006-02-07

Two ice skaters develop a love-hate relationship while dreaming of Olympic glory.

Darkman II: The Return of Durant
56%

Darkman II: The Return of Durant(en)

1995-07-11

Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city's drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in and try to stop Durant once and for all.

Cyberbully
60%

Cyberbully(en)

2011-11-10

A woman tries to help her teenage daughter when she becomes the victim of online bullying.

Natale a Beverly Hills
48%

Natale a Beverly Hills(it)

2009-12-18

Carlo descends on his former lover's unsuspecting family and the scheming Rocco tries to break up his old rival Marcello's wedding.

Femme Fatale
61%

Femme Fatale(en)

2002-04-30

A $10-million diamond rip-off, a stolen identity, a new life married to a diplomat. Laure Ash has risked big, won big. But then a tabloid shutterbug snaps her picture in Paris, and suddenly, enemies from Laure's secret past know who and where she is. And they all want their share of the diamond heist. Or her life. Or both.

Barbie: Fairytopia
68%

Barbie: Fairytopia(en)

2005-03-08

Elina is a flower fairy who discovers that her home of Magic Meadow has been overcome by a horrible malady that is killing the flowers and making the fairies unable to fly. With the help of Bibble, a puffball and a giant butterfly named Hue she attempts to find Azura, a Guardian Fairy. She's challenged along the way by the evil Laverna who wants to usurp the Enchantress, the ruler of Fairytopia.

Paparazzi
51%

Paparazzi(it)

1998-12-18

A montley group of free-lance photographers are desperate to grab a good shot of a celebrity.

Barbie in Rock 'N Royals
69%

Barbie in Rock 'N Royals(en)

2015-08-12

When royal Princess Courtney trades places with famous rock star Erika, two worlds collide while both learn to appreciate new friends and experiences.

g
68%

g(en)

A disgruntled couple sets on a road trip, as the boyfriend is hiding something mysterious from his girlfriend. The suspicion grows bigger when she begins to fear her boyfriends next move.

Fantozzi in Heaven
58%

Fantozzi in Heaven(it)

1993-12-21

One by one, with a sweet but inexorable rate, Ugo's colleagues, go to a better life. When Ugo is attending at one of the innumerable funerals, he and the priest remain involved in an accident. The doctor says that Ugo as only one week left to live

Fantozzi to the Rescue
61%

Fantozzi to the Rescue(it)

1990-12-21

Fantozzi is now retired but continues to go to the office where it is held up as a fine example of employees intending to do career.

Ace of Aces
71%

Ace of Aces(fr)

1982-10-27

In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.

Similar Movies

Thunder
64%

Thunder(ja)

1982-07-11

A woman’s face disappearing behind, and emerging from, a pair of hands. Flashing lights. An empty building full of dark hallways. Designs drawn in the air with light and long-exposure cinematography.

Building No. 7
43%

Building No. 7(en)

2006-07-01

A short by Steven Soderbergh described as “intense sci-fi homage to Godard.”

Explorers
63%

Explorers(en)

1985-07-12

Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real result – when he has a vivid dream about technology, his prodigy best friend Wolfgang manages to create a working spacecraft. Joined by their buddy Darren, the boys take off into outer space and encounter some very odd extraterrestrial life.

The Skeleton Key
66%

The Skeleton Key(en)

2005-07-29

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

The Search for Human
82%

The Search for Human(fr)

2022-11-30

In a fantasy world, a griffin embraces his fate and goes on an epic journey to find a legendary creature : The Human.

Firewood, Kanta & Grandpa
0%

Firewood, Kanta & Grandpa(ja)

2013-06-06

Outside a village in deep snow, there lived a boy named Kanta and his grandpa. One day, the grandpa gets sick. Kanta decides to go get firewood for his grandpa from the woodshed he is very scared of.

Norman the Snowman: The Northern Lights
71%

Norman the Snowman: The Northern Lights(ja)

2013-03-01

The boy has longed to visit the northern country and experience the beautiful mysteries of nature that his childhood friend Norman the Snowman has told him about. On the first day of snow in the northern country, the boy sneaks out of his house and boards a northbound train with Norman to see the mysteries of nature with his own eyes.

Moon of a Sleepless Night
64%

Moon of a Sleepless Night(ja)

2015-05-13

In a thick forest full of giant trees, a boy lives modestly with his family. One day, a guardian of the moon looking like a squirrel shows up in front of the boy, saying the moon got accidentally stuck on a high tree somewhere far East. Night dominates the world as the sky stops moving with the still moon. Now, the boy and the squirrel go off on adventures into the dark forest to search and free the moon.

Big Buck Bunny
65%

Big Buck Bunny(en)

2008-04-10

Follow a day of the life of Big Buck Bunny when he meets three bullying rodents: Frank, Rinky, and Gamera. The rodents amuse themselves by harassing helpless creatures by throwing fruits, nuts and rocks at them. After the deaths of two of Bunny's favorite butterflies, and an offensive attack on Bunny himself, Bunny sets aside his gentle nature and orchestrates a complex plan for revenge.

LEGO® Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day
54%

LEGO® Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day(en)

2010-02-23

Arthur Fol attempts to get Peg's second hair back from the planet Ashlar by using his new invention, the Interstellar Portateller ray, but brings back characters from the film as well.

Maakies: A Hungry Sailor
0%

Maakies: A Hungry Sailor(en)

2003-01-01

One of three short animated films based on the comic strip.

Maakies: A Battle at Sea
0%

Maakies: A Battle at Sea(en)

2003-01-01

One of three short animated films based on the comic strip.

The Order
57%

The Order(en)

2003-09-05

For centuries, a secret Order of priests has existed within the Church. A renegade priest, Father Alex Bernier, is sent to Rome to investigate the mysterious death of one of the Order's most revered members. Following a series of strangely similar killings, Bernier launches an investigation that forces him to confront unimaginable evil.

Après la mort
0%

Après la mort(fr)

2013-11-16

Neuro
0%

Neuro(en)

2025-03-07

In the late 1970’s and after a traumatic event on their honeymoon, a struggling couple visit an experimental, and borderline unethical memory research facility.

Tomorrow I Will Be Dirt
82%

Tomorrow I Will Be Dirt(xx)

2019-03-23

An authorized stop-motion sequel to Jörg Buttgereit's 1993 movie "Schramm", called scenes from the Afterlife of Lothar Schramm, who was the centre of the feature film.

Nothing
59%

Nothing(en)

2003-09-09

The film tells the story of two good friends who live together, Andrew, an agoraphobic travel agent who works from his home, and Dave, a loser who works in an office where he is treated with contempt. Just when it seems things can't get any worse for the two, the entire world outside of their house disappears and is replaced with an endless white void.

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
64%

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea(en)

2000-01-23

Set several years after the first film, Ariel and Prince Eric are happily married with a daughter, Melody. In order to protect Melody from the Sea Witch, Morgana, they have not told her about her mermaid heritage. Melody is curious and ventures into the sea, where she meets new friends. But will she become a pawn in Morgana's quest to take control of the ocean from King Triton?

Surveillance
60%

Surveillance(en)

2008-02-08

An FBI agent tracks a serial killer with the help of three of his would-be victims - all of whom have wildly different stories to tell.

Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Missing Episode
0%

Dick Spanner P.I.: The Case of the Missing Episode(en)

2014-01-01

The opener (and only episode, later restored as a short) for an unfinished third series finds a group of detectives assembled in Paris, where they're bumped off in the manner of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians). Copyrighted in 1988, but unreleased until 2014, when it surfaced on The Lost Worlds of Gerry Anderson DVD. It was later included as a bonus feature on the 2017 Dick Spanner DVD set.