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1. For All Mankind (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In an alternative version of 1969, the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, and the space race continues on for decades with still grander challenges and goals.
Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall
Votes: 68,699
2. 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
3. Moon (2009)
R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw
Votes: 376,469 | Gross: $5.01M
4. Ad Astra (2019)
PG-13 | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.
Director: James Gray | Stars: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 260,240 | Gross: $50.19M
5. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Dr. Evil is back and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 1960s and steal Austin Powers' mojo, inadvertently leaving him "shagless".
Director: Jay Roach | Stars: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York, Robert Wagner
Votes: 248,599 | Gross: $206.04M
6. Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind's new space defenses be enough?
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe
Votes: 188,603 | Gross: $103.14M
7. 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: 9,408
8. 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: 4,122
9. 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
10. The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
PG | 84 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.
Director: Nelson Shin | Stars: Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Leonard Nimoy, Norman Alden
Votes: 41,898 | Gross: $5.85M
11. Forbidden World (1982)
R | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
Director: Allan Holzman | Stars: Don Olivera, Jesse Vint, June Chadwick, Linden Chiles
Votes: 6,284
12. Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)
Not Rated | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A follow-up to the film Iron Sky (2012) in which Nazis plan to take over the world after lying dormant in a secret military base on the moon.
Director: Timo Vuorensola | Stars: Lara Rossi, Vladimir Burlakov, Kit Dale, Julia Dietze
Votes: 11,739
13. Doom: Annihilation (2019)
R | 96 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A group of UAC Marines respond to a distress call from a top secret scientific base on Phobos, a moon around Mars, only to discover it's been overrun by demons who seek to create Hell on Earth.
Director: Tony Giglio | Stars: Amy Manson, Dominic Mafham, Luke Allen-Gale, James Weber Brown
Votes: 10,376
14. Destroy All Monsters (1968)
G | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
At the end of the 20th century, all of Earth's monsters have been safely rounded up and sent to Monsterland for scientific study. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleashes the monsters on the world.
Directors: Ishirô Honda, Jun Fukuda | Stars: Akira Kubo, Jun Tazaki, Yukiko Kobayashi, Yoshio Tsuchiya
Votes: 7,553
15. The Phantom Planet (1961)
Unrated | 82 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After an invisible asteroid draws an astronaut and his ship to its surface, he is miniaturized by the phantom planet's exotic atmosphere.
Director: William Marshall | Stars: Dean Fredericks, Coleen Gray, Anthony Dexter, Francis X. Bushman
Votes: 3,318
16. Moontrap (1988)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
NASA finds remains of an ancient humanoid race on the Moon that left behind deadly robots.
Director: Robert Dyke | Stars: Walter Koenig, Bruce Campbell, Leigh Lombardi, Robert Kurcz
Votes: 3,785
17. Moon Zero Two (1969)
G | 100 min | Crime, Sci-Fi
A space salvage expert and his partner become involved with a group of criminals intent on hijacking a small asteroid made of sapphire and crashing it into the moon.
Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Adrienne Corri
Votes: 1,787
18. CQ (2001)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and realizing that he's infatuated with the sci-fi film's starlet.
Director: Roman Coppola | Stars: Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Élodie Bouchez, Gérard Depardieu
Votes: 5,086 | Gross: $0.41M
19. They Came from Beyond Space (1967)
Unrated | 85 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Scientists investigating an unusual meteor shower in a rural field are possessed by an alien force bent on an ulterior purpose.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin, Bernard Kay
Votes: 2,039
20. Above Majestic (2018)
Not Rated | 133 min | Documentary
A look at the origins, history and conspiracies behind the "Majestic 12", a clandestine group of military and corporate figureheads charged with reverse-engineering extraterrestrial technology.
Director: Roger R. Richards | Stars: David Adair, Ronald Bernard, George W. Bush, John de Souza
Votes: 1,496
21. Queen of Blood (1966)
Unrated | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The year is 1990. An alien species makes contact with Earth through radio transmissions. After astronauts from earth venture to the planet, they find one - a female, who's mute. As they ... See full summary »
Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: John Saxon, Basil Rathbone, Judi Meredith, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 2,349
22. The X from Outer Space (1967)
PG | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When a crew of scientists returns from Mars with a sample of the space spores that contaminated their ship, the sample escapes and grows into an enormous, rampaging beaked beast.
Director: Kazui Nihonmatsu | Stars: Shun'ya Wazaki, Itoko Harada, Shin'ichi Yanagisawa, Keisuke Sonoi
Votes: 1,511
23. Scooby-Doo! Moon Monster Madness (2015 Video)
TV-PG | 80 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The Scooby gang investigate a possible alien presence while exploring a moon base built by an eccentric billionaire celebrity.
Director: Paul McEvoy | Stars: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard
Votes: 2,038
24. Way... Way Out (1966)
Not Rated | 101 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a futuristic world, the USA decides to send a married couple of astronauts to its moon base in order to prevent any improper contact with the Soviet female cosmonauts manning the USSR moon base.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Robert Morley, Dennis Weaver
Votes: 1,110
25. Dead Leaves (2004)
Not Rated | 55 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Two aliens awaken on Earth with no recollection of their past and embark on a devastating crime spree but are sent to an infamous lunar penitentiary named Dead Leaves.
Director: Hiroyuki Imaishi | Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Takako Honda, Yûko Mizutani, Mitsuo Iwata
Votes: 4,410
26. Walden (2021)
105 min
After returning from a year-long Moon mission, Cassie, a NASA botanist, finds herself in a remote cabin in the woods, where her estranged twin sister, Stella, a former NASA architect, has found a new life with climate activist Bryan.
Directors: Ian Rickson, Liz Clare | Stars: Gemma Arterton, Fehinti Balogun, Lydia Wilson
Votes: 61
27. Quatermass II (1955)
188 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Professor Quatermass is trying to perfect a dangerously unstable nuclear-powered rocket engine. After a disastrous test firing in Australia, his soon-to-be son-in-law, Captain John Dillon, ... See full summary »
Stars: John Robinson, Monica Grey, Hugh Griffith, John Stone
Votes: 480
28. Luna Project (2023)
62 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The year is 2079. After a world war, USA is weakened and Sweden is the first nation to have a permanent base on the moon. However, the scientists soon find a mysterious ice wall and behind it is the answer if we are alone in the universe.
Director: Daniel Lehmussaari | Stars: Aldo Cunei, Mikael Stridsson, Evelina Nilsson, Jenny Dahlén
Votes: 22
29. Moonbase (1997)
R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi
The first would-be moon colonists discover a horrifying, mysterious, and deadly secret hidden on their new lunar home.
Director: Paolo Mazzucato | Stars: Scott Plank, Jocelyn Seagrave, Robert O'Reilly, Kurt Fuller
Votes: 392
30. Moonbase 3 (1973)
50 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The adventures of David Caulder and his crew stationed on Moonbase 3 on the moon's surface. In 2003, representatives of many of the world's governments live in bases on the moon. Moonbase 3... See full summary »
Stars: Donald Houston, Ralph Bates, Fiona Gaunt, Barry Lowe
Votes: 166
31. Plymouth (1991 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 101 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The residents of a town displaced by an industrial accident agree to take over a failing mining base on the Moon as their new place to live and work. Their first big test comes in the form of a wave of radiation from a massive solar flare.
Director: Lee David Zlotoff | Stars: Cindy Pickett, Richard Hamilton, Perrey Reeves, Matt Brown
Votes: 148
32. Luna (1965)
51 min | Sci-Fi
Story of the Moon told by scientists. The prospects of the Moon's future exploration by humans with elements of science fiction dramatization by actors in the final part of the film.
Director: Pavel Klushantsev
Votes: 113
33. Kultur Shock! (2013)
85 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Three helpless American immigrants, Red, White and Blue, are tormented by an Uncle Sam doll in a locked, windowless room. They can't remember who they are or how they got there. Little by ... See full summary »
Director: Todd Osleger | Stars: Eric Paul Chapman, Maureen O'Malley, Terry McNavage, Jerry Pietrala
Votes: 73
35. Second Moon Niburu
Thriller | Announced
The second moon Niburu is passing by the earth. Alien forces have built a huge black pyramid, that is set to destroy all human life on Earth. First, they destroy the US Space Force base, on the far side of our own moon. Now its war.
Stars: Anthony Snow, Michael Newman, Ciaron Davies, Tina Vasile
38. Tranquility Base (1984 Video Game)
Action, Sci-Fi
Experience the thrills of space flight with this realistic space flight simulation. You pilot the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), a sophisticated cargo vehicle that shuttles astronauts and ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Roberts
40.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
The Moonbase: Episode 1
(1967)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The TARDIS arrives on the Moon in the year 2070. When Jamie is injured, the other travellers are forced to seek the help of a moonbase afflicted with a space plague.
Director: Morris Barry | Stars: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines, Anneke Wills, Michael Craze
Votes: 519
41.
The Outer Limits (1963–1965)
Episode:
Moonstone
(1964)
TV-PG | 52 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A lunar exploration team from Earth encounters alien life, and must make a difficult decision.
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Ruth Roman, Alex Nicol, Tim O'Connor, Curt Conway
Votes: 499
42.
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
43.
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: 243
44.
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
45.
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
46.
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: 376
47.
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
48.
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: 644
49.
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: 245
50.
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