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10 Best Movies Like The American Astronaut

If you loved The American Astronaut, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
In Like Flint

In Like Flint

1967★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The American Astronaut for fans of Action & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Flint is again called out of retirement when his old boss finds that he seems to have missed 3 Minutes while golfing with the President. Flint finds that the President has been rep...

#2
Leroy & Stitch

Leroy & Stitch

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The American Astronaut for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Lilo, Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley have finally caught all of Jumba's genetic experiments and found the one true place where each of them belongs. Stitch, Jumba and Pleakley are off...

#3
Real Men

Real Men

1987★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The American Astronaut for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind....

#4
Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars

Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The American Astronaut for fans of Action & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Phineas and Ferb become the galaxy's unlikeliest last hope when they must return the Death Star plans to the Rebel Alliance....

#5
Bill & Ted Face the Music

Bill & Ted Face the Music

2020★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The American Astronaut for fans of Comedy & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the stakes are higher than ever for the now middle-aged Bill and Ted who set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns...

#6
Planet 51

Planet 51

2009★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The American Astronaut for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it h...

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