Flight of the Navigator story

movie: Flight of the Navigator (1986) · 1986-08-01

A 12-year-old boy is abducted by an alien spaceship and finds himself caught in a world that has changed around him.

14 total · 9 major · 5 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
AI point of view major The AI Max was puzzled over and over again by things human, from promises, to humans excreting waste products, to music.
alien abduction major The premise of the story is that a 12-year-old boy, named David, gets abducted by an alien spaceship and returns to find 8 years had passed.
brother and brother major When David came back after being missing for eight years, himself the same physiological age as when he left, he found that his younger brother Jeff was now effectively his older brother.
father and son major Bill and his two sons, David and Jeff.
husband and wife major Bill and Helen Freeman had to come to grips with their 12-year-old son David returning home after having gone missing for eight years.
mother and son major Helen and her two sons, David and Jeff.
sentient computer major David learned to pilot a strange alien, spaceship the was controlled by a powerful AI named Max.
sentient spaceship major David learned to pilot a strange alien, spaceship the was controlled by a powerful AI named Max.
what if I found myself in the future major The premise of the story is that a 12-year-old boy, named David, gets abducted by an alien spaceship and returns to find 8 years had passed.
coping with a loved one being missing minor David's family had spent years searching for David after he went missing.