Memories Of The Space Age
by omoo22 | created - 31 Aug 2012 | updated - 31 Aug 2012 | Public"Movies", followed by documentaries.
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1. Destination Moon (1950)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
"Destination Moon", tells the tale of when Doctor Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer approach Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson
Votes: 4,691 | Gross: $5.00M
2. The Sound Barrier (1952)
Approved | 109 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.
Director: David Lean | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Ann Todd, Nigel Patrick, John Justin
Votes: 2,322
3. Men Into Space (1959–1960)
30 min | Sci-Fi
The adventures of Colonel Ed McCauley, head of the American space program. He battles saboteurs, budget cuts, defective equipment and other problems in outer space.
Stars: William Lundigan, Joyce Taylor, Charles Herbert, Tyler McVey
Votes: 213
4. I Aim at the Stars (1960)
Approved | 107 min | Biography, Drama
The story of rocket scientist Dr. Werner von Braun's career, from the 1920s until the late 1950s.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Victoria Shaw, Herbert Lom, Gia Scala
Votes: 250
5. Moon Pilot (1962)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Away on a short leave before an upcoming moon launch, a NASA astronaut disappears and is feared kidnapped when the security services learn about his friendship with a suspected foreign female spy.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Tom Tryon, Brian Keith, Edmond O'Brien, Dany Saval
Votes: 535
6. Countdown (1967)
Approved | 101 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar shelter for a year.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Joanna Moore, Barbara Baxley
Votes: 2,563
7. Marooned (1969)
G | 134 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Three American astronauts are stranded in space when their retros won't fire. Can they be rescued before their oxygen runs out?
Director: John Sturges | Stars: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus
Votes: 5,821 | Gross: $8.94M
8. Ukroshcheniye ognya (1972)
166 min | Biography, Drama, History
About Soviet space program and missile industry, and it's founder Sergei P. Korolev, from the 1920s to the first man in space in 1961.
Director: Daniil Khrabrovitsky | Stars: Kirill Lavrov, Ada Rogovtseva, Igor Gorbachyov, Andrei Popov
Votes: 402
9. Houston, We've Got a Problem (1974 TV Movie)
74 min | Drama
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Director: Lawrence Doheny | Stars: Robert Culp, Clu Gulager, Gary Collins, Sandra Dee
Votes: 108
10. Stowaway to the Moon (1975 TV Movie)
100 min | Family, Sci-Fi
An 11 year old boy, who has always been fascinated by space and astronauts, wishes he could go into space also. So of course it should be easy to get into Cape Kennedy, up the launch tower,... See full summary »
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen | Stars: Lloyd Bridges, Jeremy Slate, Jim McMullan, Morgan Paull
Votes: 253
11. Capricorn One (1977)
PG | 123 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston
Votes: 24,710
12. The Right Stuff (1983)
PG | 193 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
The U.S. space program's development from the breaking of the sound barrier to selection of the Mercury 7 astronauts, from a group of test pilots with a more seat-of-the-pants approach than the program's more cautious engineers preferred.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid
Votes: 65,325 | Gross: $21.50M
13. My Life as a Dog (1985)
Unrated | 101 min | Drama, Comedy
In the late '50s, young Ingemar learns a lot about life and himself when he is sent away from his sick mother to live with his aunt and uncle in a town full of eccentrics.
Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Anton Glanzelius, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén, Melinda Kinnaman
Votes: 22,526 | Gross: $8.35M
14. Space (1985)
780 min | Drama
A 13-hour mini-series detailing James A. Michner's fictional account of the American space program from the years after World War II to the Apollo landings on the moon in the early 1970s.
Stars: James Garner, Susan Anspach, Blair Brown, Bruce Dern
Votes: 259
15. Challenger (1990 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 160 min | Drama
New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe joins six other astronauts on the tragic 1986 space-shuttle flight.
Director: Glenn Jordan | Stars: Karen Allen, Barry Bostwick, Julie Fulton, Richard Jenkins
Votes: 407
16. Apollo 13 (I) (1995)
PG | 140 min | Adventure, Drama, History
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise
Votes: 315,396 | Gross: $173.84M
17. Apollo 11 (1996 TV Movie)
93 min | Biography, Drama, History
Fearful that the Russians would continue their lead in the space race and be the first to put a man on the moon, NASA felt an enormous pressure to push the Apollo Program forward as quickly... See full summary »
Director: Norberto Barba | Stars: Carmen Argenziano, Tuck Milligan, Dennis Lipscomb, William Mesnik
Votes: 457
18. The Cape (1996–1997)
60 min | Action, Drama
The select members of the NASA Astronaut Corps train at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Stars: Adam Baldwin, Corbin Bernsen, Cameron Bancroft, Tyra Ferrell
Votes: 219
19. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, History
Dramatized portrayal of the Apollo manned space program.
Stars: Tom Hanks, Nick Searcy, Lane Smith, David Andrews
Votes: 13,214
20. October Sky (1999)
PG | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Family
The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.
Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen
Votes: 97,850 | Gross: $32.48M
21. Race to Space (2001)
PG | 104 min | Drama, Family
In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space.
Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: Alex D. Linz, William Atherton, James Woods, Annabeth Gish
Votes: 980
22. Space Race (2005– )
240 min | Documentary, Drama
The BBC's Space Race is a documentary/drama chronicling the major events and characters in the American/Soviet space race, leading up to the first moon landing. The series concentrates on ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Dillane, Steve Nicolson, Ravil Isyanov, Max Bollinger
Votes: 937
23. Moonshot (2009 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Drama, History
The story leading up to the July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 moon landing launch.
Director: Richard Dale | Stars: Daniel Lapaine, James Marsters, Andrew Lincoln, Nigel Whitmey
Votes: 578
24. Der Raketenmann - Wernher von Braun und der Traum vom Mond (2009 TV Movie)
89 min | Documentary, Biography
Directors: Peter Claridge, Dirk Kämper | Stars: Johann Hillmann, Ludwig Blochberger, Daniel Rohr, Günter Barton
Votes: 21
25. Pervye sovetskie sputniki Zemli (1957)
39 min | Documentary, Short
A summary of the soviet air and space achievements as of the end of 1957 culminating in the launch of the world's satellite Sputnik 1 followed by the launch of the heavier Sputnik 2 with world's first animal on board - space dog Laika.
Directors: Nikolai Chigorin, Maria Slavinskaya
Votes: 8
26. The Race for Space (1959 TV Movie)
55 min | Documentary
The history of the beginning of man's reach for space travel. Some previously classified American and Russia footage is inter-spliced with Mike Wallace interviewing people about their first-hand experiences.
Director: David L. Wolper | Stars: Esther Goddard, Holger N. Toftoy, Mike Wallace
Votes: 58
27. A Man Has Returned from Space (1961)
19 min | Documentary, Short
Film about flight of Yuriy Gagarin in space of April, 12, 1961.
Director: Yekaterina Vermishyova | Star: Yuri Gagarin
Votes: 24
28. Footprints on the Moon: Apollo 11 (1969)
G | 95 min | Documentary, History
Theatrically released documentary on the Apollo 11 moon landing, issued barely two months after its completion, combining footage from Houston's Space Center, Florida's Cape Kennedy, and aboard the shuttle itself.
Director: Bill Gibson | Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins, Pierre Jalbert
Votes: 40
29. Moonwalk One (1972)
G | 96 min | Documentary
This documentary from 1970 explores all aspects of the Apollo 11 Moon mission.
Director: Theo Kamecke | Stars: Laurence Luckinbill, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins
Votes: 314
30. NASA: 25 Years (1983 Video)
48 min | Documentary, History
A collection of NASA films, from Project Mercury to the Space Shuttle.
Votes: 74
31. For All Mankind (1989)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, History
An in-depth look at various NASA moon landing missions, starting with Apollo 8.
Director: Al Reinert | Stars: Jim Lovell, Ken Mattingly, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan
Votes: 6,523 | Gross: $0.77M
32. The Other Side of the Moon (1990)
90 min | Documentary
Features eight Apollo astronauts who intimately share their experience of going to the moon, describing what happened to them while they were there, and how their lives have been shaped by the experience in the 20 years after.
Director: Mickey Lemle | Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Charles Conrad, James Irwin
Votes: 23
33. Houston, We've Got a Problem (1994)
35 min | Documentary, Short
The flight of Apollo 13.
Stars: Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, Walter Cunningham, John Glenn
Votes: 103
34. Moon Shot (1994 TV Movie)
188 min | Documentary
This mini-series is a documentary that chronicles the NASA space program from its inception up through the final moon mission of Apollo 17 with historical, archived NASA film footage.
Director: Kirk Wolfinger | Stars: Barry Corbin, Buzz Aldrin, Jay Barbree, Sam Beddingfield
Votes: 241
35. History Undercover: Secrets of Soviet Space Disasters (1999 TV Movie)
TV-PG | Documentary
Deadly accidents and failures of the Soviet Union's space program are revealed.
Star: Arthur Kent
Votes: 13
36. Moonshot - the Spirit of 69 (1999 TV Movie)
54 min | Documentary
Director: Peter Nicholson | Stars: Richard E. Grant, Buzz Aldrin, John Lennon, Trevor McDonald
Votes: 13
37. The Red Stuff (2000)
78 min | Documentary
A detailed and in-depth look at the early days of the Soviet Union's space program as told by cosmonauts themselves.
Director: Leo De Boer
Votes: 53
38.
Les mercredis de l'histoire (1995– )
Episode:
Opération lune
(2002)
52 min | Documentary
This hard-hitting mockumentary exposes how Stanley Kubrick faked the 1969 moon landing, with seeming-endorsements from many key players in NASA and the US government.
Director: William Karel | Stars: Philippe Faure, Christiane Kubrick, Jan Harlan, Vernon Walters
Votes: 1,933
39. Rocket Science (2002–2003)
46 min | Documentary
Rocket sleds scream across the New Mexico desert. Air Force pilots soar to the edge of space, and one even parachutes back, breaking the sound barrier as he does so. American astronauts ... See full summary »
Stars: Graham Greene, Buzz Aldrin, Walter Cronkite, Chuck Yeager
Votes: 33
40. Failure Is Not an Option (2003 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, History
A history of the U.S. manned space program from Mercury to Apollo 17, as seen by the men of Mission Control.
Directors: Rushmore DeNooyer, Kirk Wolfinger | Stars: Gene Kranz, James Doolittle, Christopher Kraft, Robert Seamans
Votes: 139
41. The Mighty Saturns Part I: The Early Saturns (2003 Video)
Documentary, History
The history, development, specifications, accomplishments, and launch footage of America's first heavy-lift space launch vehicles, the Saturn I and Saturn IB rockets.
Stars: John Willyard, Ed Buckbee, Jay Foster, Bob Lindstrom
Votes: 8
42. The Mighty Saturns Part II: The Saturn V (2004 Video)
41 min | Documentary, History
The history, development and testing, specifications, accomplishments, and launch footage of the world's largest heavy-lift space launch vehicle, the Saturn V moon rocket.
Stars: John Willyard, Ed Buckbee
Votes: 9
43. The Truth Behind the Moon Landings (2003 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
Director: Virginia Quinn | Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Marcus Allen, Bill Kaysing, Patrick Moore
Votes: 104
44. Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)
Unrated | 40 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
This program strives to give the viewer an impression of what it is like to actually be on the moon. It provides a romantic, inspirational depiction of the Apollo astronauts travels on the ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Cowen | Stars: Tom Hanks, John Corbett, Andrew Husmann, Bryan Cranston
Votes: 1,026 | Gross: $34.14M
45. In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
PG | 100 min | Documentary, History
The crew members of NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words.
Director: David Sington | Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan, Mike Collins
Votes: 6,925 | Gross: $1.13M
46. Secrets of the Moon Landings (2007 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
The challenges and risks that defined the Apollo program.
Director: Nicole Teusch | Stars: John Aaron, Buzz Aldrin, Bill Anders, Neil Armstrong
Votes: 26
47. Sputnik Fever (2007)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
Documentary looking back at the USSR's Sputnik satellite and its effects at the time and over the last 50 years.
Director: David Hoffman | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Gene Banucci, Jay Barbree, Paul Dickson
Votes: 129 | Gross: $0.01M
48. Orphans of Apollo (2008)
Unrated | 52 min | Documentary
Join this band of rebels out to change the course of history in space, as they board a private Gulf Stream jet, fly to Russia, negotiate one of the most remarkable business deals of the final frontier.
Directors: Becky Neiman, Michael Potter
Votes: 16
49. When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)
TV-G | 48 min | Documentary, History
Narrated by award-winning actor Gary Sinise, WHEN WE LEFT EARTH is the incredible story of humankind's greatest adventure, as it happened, told by the people who were there. From the early ... See full summary »
Stars: Gene Kranz, Gary Sinise, Jim Lovell, Eugene Cernan
Votes: 2,043
50. Apollo Wives (2010 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary
Every few years, the first wives of the Apollo astronauts have a reunion. This is their story.
Director: Andrew Tait | Stars: Veronika Hyks, Barbara Butler, Martha Chaffee, Clare Whitfield
Votes: 11
51. Apollo Zero (2009)
60 min | Documentary, Fantasy, History
Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan
Votes: 48
52. Moon Beat (2009)
Documentary
Moon Beat re-examines the epic 1969 flight of Apollo XI, on it's 40th anniversary, with a behind-the-scenes look from top NASA officials and many leading journalists who covered the first ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Stirling | Stars: George Alexander, Mark Bloom, Sue Butler, Bob Button
53. Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy: Fallen Idol (2009 Video)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary
Would you be shocked to find out that the greatest moment of our recent history in space may not have happened at all?
Directors: Denny Hooten, Samuel Oldham | Stars: Gordon Feller, Yuri Gagarin, Elliott Gould, Elliott Haimoff
Votes: 24
54. Beginnings of the Space Age: Destination Moon (2011)
Documentary
"Destination Moon" is the third in the trio of documentaries about the beginnings of the space age. It documents JPL's ambitious plan to beat the Soviet Union in robotic space exploration ... See full summary »
Director: Blaine Baggett | Star: Neil Ross
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