Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "early-warning-system"

1. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)

TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from Earths orbit and into deep space.

Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton

Votes: 9,430

2. UFO (1970–1971)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Sci-Fi

The missions of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization (SHADO), which defends Earth from extra-terrestrial threats.

Stars: Ed Bishop, Dolores Mantez, Michael Billington, Ayshea Brough

Votes: 4,129

3. Thunderbirds (1965–1966)

TV-G | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Family

In the year 2065, the Tracy family run International Rescue - a top-secret organization whose ongoing mission is to rescue people trapped in extraordinarily dangerous situations using their advanced Thunderbirds machines.

Stars: Sylvia Anderson, Peter Dyneley, David Graham, Shane Rimmer

Votes: 5,111

4. The Deadly Mantis (1957)

Approved | 79 min | Family, Horror, Sci-Fi

A giant prehistoric praying mantis, recently freed from the Arctic ice, voraciously preys on American military at the DEW Line and works its way south.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton, Donald Randolph

Votes: 4,101

5. Thunderbird 6 (1968)

G | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Several members of the International Rescue crew attend the maiden flight of Brains' revolutionary craft Skyship One, unaware that they are being lured into a deadly trap.

Director: David Lane | Stars: Peter Dyneley, Sylvia Anderson, Shane Rimmer, Jeremy Wilkin

Votes: 1,613

6. Interceptor Force (1999)

R | 97 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

In the near future, the government has created an elite team of soldiers specially trained in the event of a hostile alien encounter. A multi-national force of the world's best, they are ... See full summary »

Director: Phillip J. Roth | Stars: Olivier Gruner, Brad Dourif, Ernie Hudson, William Zabka

Votes: 956

7. Secret Flight (1946)

72 min | Drama, War

During World War II, on the eve of the Battle of Britain, British scientists develop the first radar systems to be employed against the German Luftwaffe.

Director: Peter Ustinov | Stars: Ralph Richardson, Raymond Huntley, John Laurie, Ernest Jay

Votes: 246

8. All Along the Watchtower (1999– )

30 min | Comedy

RAF Auchnacluchnie is a nearly abandoned early-warning radar station situated in the highlands of Scotland overlooking a small village.

Stars: Chris Lang, Felix Bell, Roger Blake, Tony Roper

Votes: 23

9. Sound the Alarm (2022)

55 min | Documentary

January 1995. Scientists launch a rocket from arctic Norway to study the northern lights. The rocket triggers a false alert in Russia of an incoming nuclear attack. Russian President Boris Yeltsin has just a few minutes to respond.

Director: John Trainor | Stars: Kolbjørn Adolfsen, Viktor Baranets, Bruce Blair, John Bonnell

Votes: 21

10. Battle of Britain: The Real Story (2010)

59 min | Documentary

A historical re-examination of Britain's Finest Hour and its actual nature.

Director: Aaron Young | Stars: James Holland, Peter Caddick-Adams, Hilda Muller, Steve Prince

Votes: 78

11. Polar Outpost (1957)

Approved | 15 min | Documentary, Short, History

This Cold War era documentary describes the building of the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line, a string of radar stations across Alaska and Canada north of the Arctic Circle meant to protect against air attacks coming over the North Pole.

Stars: Don Morrow, Robert Alexander, Richard Crane, H.G. Ross

Votes: 75

12. Dust Storm (2017 TV Special)

50 min | Documentary

This film explores a growing threat. We investigate storm causes, why they occur frequently and severely in several parts of the world, how to predict them, and what can be done to lessen ... See full summary »

Director: Neil Cameron | Star: Anna Koval

13. Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (1961)

16 min | Documentary, Short

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Director: Lowell Shaffer

14. Dew Line (2005)

5 min | Animation, Short

"Dew Line" is an abstract tapestry of biomorphic forms that hints at the loss of botanical diversity. The title refers to the shapes created by condensation and to the line of radar ... See full summary »

Director: Joanna Priestley

Votes: 67

15. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Russian Roulette (1999)

TV-MA | 55 min | Documentary, News

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, how safe is Russia's nuclear arsenal?

Directors: Dan Chambers, June Cross, Sharon Tiller | Stars: Anton Fedyashin, Will Lyman, Boris Maksimov, Mike McNally

16. The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode: Dressed to Kill (1963)

TV-14 | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

All of the country's early warning systems bar one go off, mistakenly suggesting a nuclear attack. When land is about to be sold, adjacent to the one that was not sounded, interested buyers... See full summary »

Director: Bill Bain | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Honor Blackman, Leonard Rossiter, Alexander Davion

Votes: 143

17. Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971)
Episode: The Tower (1967)

TV-PG | 26 min | Comedy, War

Hogan enlists an attractive agent's help in blackmailing Gen. Burkhalter so Klink won't be punished for the destruction of a newly built radio tower.

Director: Gene Reynolds | Stars: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary

Votes: 186

18. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Invasion (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A traitor is willing to sell secrets about the nuclear defense network that would make America vulnerable to nuclear attack. The IMF has to trick him into revealing where the microfilm is hidden before it falls into enemy hands.

Director: Leslie H. Martinson | Stars: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Lynda Day George, Peter Lupus

Votes: 143

19. My Favorite Martian (1963–1966)
Episode: Who's Got a Secret? (1965)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi

Mrs. Brown's big talking, mooching brother visits and finagles attending a women's defense league luncheon with a general as a guest speaker. He cons the General into thinking he is working on a top secret project with "inventor" Martin.

Director: John Erman | Stars: Ray Walston, Bill Bixby, Pamela Britton, Gavin MacLeod

Votes: 40

20. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: A Matter of Balance (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Several crew members explore the planet Sunin, including botanist Shermeen Williams, who appears to have visionary gifts. She links up with an alien, called Vindrus, who wants her help in ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 212

21. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: The AB Chrysalis (1976)

TV-14 | 49 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Alpha is on the verge of being destroyed by intense shockwaves emanating from a planet they are approaching. The Alphans land on the planet, seemingly devoid of any human existence but ... See full summary »

Director: Val Guest | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Nick Tate

Votes: 244

22. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: All That Glisters (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The Alpha Moonbase needs a rare ore known as Milgonite, which is detected on an extremely dry planet. Koenig leads a small landing force and discovers a glowing rock formation which comes ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 229

23. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Alpha Child (1975)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The Alphans' joy turns to horror when the first child born on the Alpha matures into a five year old in a matter of hours. This is only a prelude to the arrival of formless alien fugitives- who plan to inhabit Alpha's population.

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Julian Glover

Votes: 361

24. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Another Time, Another Place (1975)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A distortion in time produces two separate moons, with two separate Alphas from different eras.

Director: David Tomblin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Judy Geeson

Votes: 378

25. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Black Sun (1975)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The moon is approaching a black hole. Professor Bergman is a able to rig up an energy shield around the moonbase, but Commander Koenig feels this is only a desperate measure and has an ... See full summary »

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Paul Jones

Votes: 416

26. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Breakaway (1975)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Commander John Koenig, the new commander of Moonbase Alpha, leads the investigation of a mysterious disease at the station and uncovers evidence of a far greater looming disaster.

Director: Lee H. Katzin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Roy Dotrice

Votes: 645

27. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Brian the Brain (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The Alphans encounter an eccentric and intelligent robot who is known as Brian the Brain. Brian's creator Captain Michael and his crew have all died in mysterious circumstances and Brian ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 246

28. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Catacombs of the Moon (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Ship's engineer Patrick Osgood believes he can obtain tiranuim to make a new heart for his sick wife Michelle, from the catacombs of the moon, using explosives. The explosion which follows ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Lynn | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 221

29. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Collision Course (1975)

TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

After destroying an asteroid on a collision course with the moon, an even larger obstacle appears - an entire planet! On a recon mission, John Koenig encounters an inhabitant who convinces ... See full summary »

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Margaret Leighton

Votes: 422

30. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Death's Other Dominion (1975)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

On the ice world of Ultima Thule the Alphans encounter members of lost earth expedition who have achieved immortality- but at a price!

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Brian Blessed

Votes: 423

31. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Devil's Planet (1977)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

After investigating a planet where all humanoid life had been eradicated, Koenig becomes trapped in a prison on one of the moons where no one knows that their planet has been wiped out.

Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 223

32. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Dorzak (1977)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

When a ship carrying a prisoner lands at Moonbase Alpha after asking for assistance, Maya insists that the prisoner is a poet and not a murderer and releases him.

Director: Val Guest | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 220

33. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Dragon's Domain (1975)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Discredited eagle pilot Tony Cellini is beset by recurring nightmares in which he was the only survivor of disastrous space mission. Now the moon is approaching the same set of circumstances that Cellini encountered.

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Gianni Garko

Votes: 572

34. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Earthbound (1975)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A vessel of alien pacifists, bound for Earth, lands on the moon. They are greeted as friends by all- except Commissioner Simmons who sees their vessel as way to return home.

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Roy Dotrice

Votes: 450

35. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: End of Eternity (1975)

TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

While exploring a cavern in an asteroid, the Alphans release Balor, a sadistic alien who has achieved immortality.

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Peter Bowles

Votes: 355

36. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Force of Life (1975)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A wandering energy force inhabits the body of Alpha technician Anton Zoref, turning him into an energy absorbing being.

Director: David Tomblin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Ian McShane

Votes: 481

37. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Journey to Where (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A transmission from Dr. Logan in Texas City leads the Alphans to believe that they can finally land back on Earth through a revolutionary teleportation process. The downside is that it is ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 255

38. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Matter of Life and Death (1975)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Dr. Russell's presumed-dead husband mysteriously reappears on a reconnaissance mission to a nearby planet.

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Richard Johnson

Votes: 373

39. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Missing Link (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

After Commander Koening's Eagle crashes on the planet Zenno, his soul is captured and scrutinized by a resident alien, due to the fact that we humans appear to be their missing link.

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Joanna Dunham

Votes: 328

40. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Mission of the Darians (1975)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The Alphans encounter a miles-long ark from the planet Daria, where the inhabitants have a very distinctive class separation.

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Joan Collins

Votes: 353

41. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: New Adam New Eve (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The tall and imposing Magus arrives on board the ship. He claims godlike powers, namely that he effected the Creation. But he is now disillusioned with the way that Life has progressed and ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 237

42. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: One Moment of Humanity (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A sinister woman called Zamara materializes on the base, forcing Helena and Tony to accompany her to the planet of Vega, whose natives are anything but friendly. A servant of the Vegans, ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 256

43. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Ring Around the Moon (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Maintenance technician Ted Clifford is possessed by an eerie yellow glow, which ultimately kills him. It transpires that it is coming from a planet called Triton, which captures the Alphans... See full summary »

Director: Ray Austin | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Prentis Hancock

Votes: 319

44. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Seed of Destruction (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Whilst he is exploring an asteroid Koenig is taken over by an alien race known as the Kalthon, who replace him with an exact double. In consequence every action ordered by the fake Koenig ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 224

45. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Space Brain (1976)

TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Alien glyphs appear on all of Alpha's screens. Koenig sends an Eagle to investigate. The Eagle is lost and the pilot is taken over by a huge, alien 'Space Brain', using him as a channel to ... See full summary »

Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Shane Rimmer

Votes: 282

46. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: Space Warp (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Koenig and Verdeschi are sucked into a space warp. A feverish Maya is stricken with a fever that causes her to transform into a repulsive space monster.

Director: Peter Medak | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 222

47. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: The Beta Cloud (1976)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A strange cloud drifts over the base and causes most of the crew to be stricken with illness. A monster, the 'cloud creature' appears out of the cloud and runs amok on the base. A voice ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Lynn | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 228

48. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: The Bringers of Wonder: Part 1 (1977)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

While unconscious and connected to an experimental brain machine, Koenig dreams that he and his friends are on the way home. Upon awakening everyone appears to be hideous monsters.

Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 256

49. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: The Bringers of Wonder: Part 2 (1977)

TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Koenig convinces Helena and Maya that their supposed rescuers from earth are really hostile aliens who want a nuclear explosion on Moonbase Alpha.

Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 237

50. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode: The Dorcons (1977)

TV-14 | 49 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

The Dorcans demand that Moonbase Alpha hand over Maya so that the use of her brain stem can continue their immortal existence.

Director: Tom Clegg | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt

Votes: 221