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by richardmears | created - 04 Jun 2012 | updated - 29 Sep 2013 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Red Planet (2000)
PG-13 | 106 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Astronauts, and their robotic dog AMEE (Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion), search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
Director: Antony Hoffman | Stars: Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tom Sizemore, Benjamin Bratt
Votes: 59,888 | Gross: $18.00M
Visitors discover a source of Oxygen on Mars.
2. Outland (1981)
R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
A federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked for murder.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Sean Connery, Frances Sternhagen, Peter Boyle, James Sikking
Votes: 32,343 | Gross: $17.37M
3. WALL·E (2008)
G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.
Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard
Votes: 1,199,060 | Gross: $223.81M
A robot travels vast distances working and living.
4. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.
Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter
Votes: 718,699 | Gross: $56.95M
HAL gets some original ideas.
5. Serenity (2005)
PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.
Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alan Tudyk
Votes: 305,510 | Gross: $25.51M
The crew of the Firefly ship Serenity combats an Alliance assassin who is after the stowaways.
6. 95 Worlds and Counting (2000 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Swimming in Neptune's moons, flying in Uranus' moons, jumping in Mars' moons, living in Jupiter's moons - welcome to the future of mankind, where you'll see the next worlds to discover.
Director: Marc Etkind | Stars: John Lithgow, Jeffrey Kargel, Ashley Davies, Rosaly Lopes
Votes: 73
Some exciting places to visit in the Solar System.
7.
The Magical World of Disney (1954–1997)
Episode:
Mars and Beyond
(1957)
Unrated | 53 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
With help of technical advisers Dr. Wernher von Braun, Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger, and Dr. E. C. Slipher. Walt presents a humorous look at what man might find on Mars, with predictions for exploration of the planet with an atomic spaceship.
Director: Ward Kimball | Stars: Paul Frees, Walt Disney, Clarence Nash, E.C. Slipher
Votes: 280
Walt Disney and Werner Von Braun on how we can get to Mars. Pretty good for now, pretty unbelievable for the fifties.
8. Planetes (2003–2004)
TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Ai Tanabe joins the Debris Section of the Technora Corporation as they work to remove the debris left around Earth. As Ai tries to accommodate to space life, she learns more about her crew on the dilapidated 'Toy Box'.
Stars: Kazunari Tanaka, Satsuki Yukino, Ai Orikasa, Kirk Thornton
Votes: 3,920
Living in space for the long run.
9. Europa Report (2013)
PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.
Director: Sebastián Cordero | Stars: Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 75,461 | Gross: $0.13M
Is there life on Jupiter's moon Europa?
10. 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: 315,247 | Gross: $173.84M
Houston, we have a problem.
11.
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode:
Can We Do This?
(1998)
TV-PG | 58 min | Action, Drama, History
The United States launches an aggressive plan to beat the Soviets to the moon.
Director: Tom Hanks | Stars: Tom Hanks, David Andrews, George Bartenieff, Robert Curtis Brown
Votes: 551
"A Okay", Alan Shepherd takes a ride.
12.
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode:
Mare Tranquilitatis
(1998)
TV-PG | 54 min | Action, Drama, History
Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins prepare for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Director: Frank Marshall | Stars: Tom Hanks, Sam Anderson, David Andrews, Roger Bernard
Votes: 434
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin put some footprints on the moon.
13.
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Episode:
Le voyage dans la lune
(1998)
TV-PG | 57 min | Action, Drama, History
The last manned Apollo mission to the moon is juxtaposed with Georges Méliès' filming of A Trip to the Moon (1902).
Director: Jonathan Mostow | Stars: Tom Amandes, Bart Braverman, David Clyde Carr, David Clennon
Votes: 352
We couldn't stay long, and we might not be back soon, but we made the voyage.
14. Space Cowboys (2000)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
When retired engineer Frank Corvin is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner
Votes: 86,133 | Gross: $90.46M
A second chance for a team of has-beens.
15. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West, The Woolly Monkey
Votes: 7,150
In orbit around Mars, a problem necessitates ejection, and the resulting search for resources to survive.
16. Forbidden Planet (1956)
G | 98 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
A starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.
Director: Fred M. Wilcox | Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens
Votes: 53,130 | Gross: $3.00M
The survivors of interplanetary exploration have some secrets.
17. Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets (2004 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary, Drama, Sci-Fi
This two-part science fiction docu-drama examines the possibilities of a dangerous, manned space mission to explore the inner and outer planets of the Solar system.
Director: Joe Ahearne | Stars: David Suchet, Martin McDougall, Joanne McQuinn, Rad Lazar
Votes: 1,016
Nice views of hard to get to places like Mercury and Mars.
18. 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: 65,305 | Gross: $21.50M
Test pilots who thought they could make a difference.
19. Armageddon (1998)
PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas will impact Earth in less than a month, NASA recruits a misfit team of deep-core drillers to save the planet.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler
Votes: 450,472 | Gross: $201.57M
Paging Mr. Willis, asteroid strike imminent! Apologize in advance for this one.
20. Stranded (2001)
R | 99 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An international group of astronauts crash land on Mars with limited supplies. Help from Earth is 26 months away which means only two can survive. The crew is forced to make desperate choices.
Director: María Lidón | Stars: Vincent Gallo, Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida, María Lidón
Votes: 2,875
Low budget Spanish sci-fi. Original.
21. Iron Sky (2012)
R | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Nazis set up a secret base on the dark side of the moon in 1945 where they hide out and plan to return to power in 2018.
Director: Timo Vuorensola | Stars: Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto, Udo Kier
Votes: 96,519
Good satire.
22.
Firefly (2002–2003)
Episode:
Ariel
(2002)
TV-14 | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Serenity travels to the core world Ariel and Simon comes up with a plan to steal drugs from the hospital.
Director: Allan Kroeker | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin
Votes: 5,009
Dr. Simon has a plan to acquire medicine for his patients.
23. The Last Days on Mars (2013)
R | 98 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of astronaut explorers succumb one by one to a mysterious and terrifying force while collecting specimens on Mars.
Director: Ruairi Robinson | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai, Olivia Williams
Votes: 38,945 | Gross: $0.02M
Stunning visuals.
24. Roving Mars (2005)
G | 40 min | Documentary, Short
Through the eyes of two state-of-the-art rovers, and with NASA scientists at your side, you'll see Mars in a way no one ever has before-direct from the surface of the amazing red planet.
Director: George Butler | Stars: Paul Newman, Steve Squyres, Rob Manning, Charles Elachi
Votes: 1,123 | Gross: $10.40M
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