Movies set on Jupiter or its moons
by sindala | created - 16 Mar 2016 | updated - 6 months ago | PublicA list of movies that are set on or near the planet Jupiter or its moons.
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1. The Wandering Earth (2019)
TV-MA | 125 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
With the sun dying out, a group of brave astronauts set out to find new planet for the whole human race.
Director: Frant Gwo | Stars: Jing Wu, Chuxiao Qu, Guangjie Li, Man-Tat Ng
Votes: 36,359 | Gross: $5.88M
The wandering Earth must prevent a collision with Jupiter.
2. Jupiter Ascending (2015)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.
Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne, Sean Bean
Votes: 194,602 | Gross: $47.39M
Partially set in the Great Red Spot of Jupiter.
3. 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: 75,545 | Gross: $0.13M
Set on Jupiter moon Europa.
4. The Last Push (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
When a tragic accident cuts short the first manned mission to explore life on the moons of Jupiter, Michael Forrest must make the 3 year journey home to Earth in pure solitude.
Director: Eric Hayden | Stars: Khary Payton, Lance Henriksen, Brian Baumgartner, James Madio
Votes: 1,849
Set on Jupiter moon Europa.
5. Strange Frame: Love & Sax (2012)
Not Rated | 98 min | Animation, Crime, Music
In a dystopian spacefaring future, Naia, a female guitarist, and Parker, a female saxophonist, fall in love and form a successful band together. A sleazy music producer breaks them up. When his acts start dying, Parker must save Naia.
Director: G.B. Hajim | Stars: Claudia Black, Tara Strong, Ron Glass, Cree Summer
Votes: 1,864
Set on Jupiter moon Ganymede.
6. Chaos in Outer Space (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 73 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Set off with Commander Ollie as he leads his crew on the Jupiter Space Station against the major Conglomerates of Space. Evil Ensma the leader of the major Conglomerates is set to destroy and takeover all the Earth Space stations.
Director: Matthew W. Enstrom | Stars: Henry Humble, Jessica Shuck, Doug Hopkins, Curtis Humble
Votes: 23
Set on a space station orbiting Jupiter.
7. Journey to the Edge of the Universe (2008 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary, Family
A journey through space and time.
Director: Yavar Abbas | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Sean Pertwee, Paul Essiembre
Votes: 4,420
Jupiter and its moons Io and Europa are visited.
8. Power Corps. (2004)
Not Rated | 92 min | Sci-Fi
After radioactive devastation destroys the Earth in 2020, the Galactic Marine Infantry is formed to protect the remaining human race, struggling for survival on a distant star.
Director: Christian Viel | Stars: Andy Bradshaw, Kevin Kelsall, Patrick Sabongui, Gillian Leigh
Votes: 475
Partially set on Jupiter moon Io.
9. 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: 1,017
Partially set on Jupiter moons Io and Europa.
10. Voices of a Distant Star (2002)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The love of Japanese high school students Mikako Nagamine and Noboru Tera is tested when Mikako is sent to fight aliens in a distant universe and voice mails to and from Earth become months to years in transmission.
Director: Makoto Shinkai | Stars: Mika Shinohara, Makoto Shinkai, Sumi Mutoh, Chihiro Suzuki
Votes: 9,656
Partially set on Jupiter moon Europa.
11. Ice Planet (2001)
83 min | Sci-Fi
The end of our world is the beginning of another.
Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Reiner Schöne, Sab Shimono, James O'Shea, Valeriy Nikolaev
Votes: 1,064
Partially set on Jupiter moon Io.
12. 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
Jupiter moons Io, Europa and Callisto are visited.
13. Escape from Jupiter (1994– )
30 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
At some point in the not too distant future, a mining and research colony is set up on Jupiter's moons, lo.
Stars: Steve Bisley, Arthur Dignam, Justin Rosniak, Daniel Taylor
Votes: 106
Set on Jupiter moon Io.
14. Bye Bye Jupiter (1984)
130 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
While extracting water from the Martian polar ice caps, ancient carvings are uncovered describing an alien spacecraft crashing into Jupiter, postponing plans to turn Jupiter into a second Sun.
Directors: Koji Hashimoto, Sakyô Komatsu, Ishirô Honda | Stars: Tomokazu Miura, Dangely Diane, Miyuki Ono, Rachel Huggett
Votes: 282
15. 2010 (1984)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban
Votes: 57,306 | Gross: $40.20M
Set near Jupiter and its moons Europa and Io.
16. 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: 32,377 | Gross: $17.37M
Set on Jupiter moon Io.
17. Operation Ganymed (1977 TV Movie)
118 min | Sci-Fi
Years ago, three spacecraft were launched to Jupiter. Only one, Ganymede II, survived the expedition, but lost two members of its crew. There has been no contact with Earth for 900 days. ... See full summary »
Director: Rainer Erler | Stars: Horst Frank, Dieter Laser, Jürgen Prochnow, Uwe Friedrichsen
Votes: 427
Partially set on Jupiter moon Ganymede.
18. 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: 720,067 | Gross: $56.95M
Partially set near Jupiter.
19. Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956)
Approved | 73 min | Sci-Fi
A team of astronauts lands on a moon of Jupiter to find it populated with beautiful young women looking for mates. An old man explains to the explorers the group's story, as well as the moon's dangers.
Director: Cy Roth | Stars: Anthony Dexter, Susan Shaw, Paul Carpenter, Jacqueline Curtis
Votes: 1,986
Set on Jupiter moon Leda.
20. Our Heavenly Bodies (1920)
70 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
Documentary on physics and astronomy.
Director: Hanns Walter Kornblum | Stars: Paul Bildt, Willy Kaiser-Heyl, Theodor Loos, Oscar Marion
Votes: 171
21. A Trip to Jupiter (1909)
8 min | Short, Sci-Fi
In a medieval palace, an astronomer with a telescope shows the king.
Director: Segundo de Chomón
Votes: 304
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