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1. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 1,449,187 | Gross: $322.74M
2. Passengers (I) (2016)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
A malfunction in a sleeping pod on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet wakes one passenger 90 years early.
Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 447,195 | Gross: $100.01M
3. 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: 315,459 | Gross: $173.84M
4. Flash Gordon (1980)
PG | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Topol
Votes: 61,508
5. First Man (2018)
PG-13 | 141 min | Biography, Drama, History
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler
Votes: 202,192 | Gross: $44.94M
6. 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: 9,428
7. I Dream of Jeannie (1965–1970)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
A United States astronaut finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie.
Stars: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Bill Daily, Hayden Rorke
Votes: 17,444
8. 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: 59,911 | Gross: $18.00M
9. My Favorite Martian (1963–1966)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
An exoanthropologist from the planet Mars, stranded on Earth, is rescued by Tim O'Hara, a newspaper reporter who introduces the Martian to his friends and the authorities as his uncle Martin.
Stars: Ray Walston, Bill Bixby, Pamela Britton, Alan Hewitt
Votes: 2,994
10. When Worlds Collide (1951)
Approved | 83 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, John Hoyt
Votes: 9,218
11. G.O.R.A. (2004)
127 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A slick young Turk kidnapped by extraterrestrials shows his great « humanitarian spirit » by outwitting the evil commander-in-chief of the planet of G.O.R.A.
Director: Ömer Faruk Sorak | Stars: Cem Yilmaz, Özge Özberk, Ozan Güven, Safak Sezer
Votes: 66,873
12. Defying Gravity (2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Eight astronauts living aboard an international spacecraft on a mission through the solar system, as the world watches from billions of kilometers away.
Stars: Ron Livingston, Malik Yoba, Andrew Airlie, Paula Garcés
Votes: 10,056
13. Fly Me to the Moon 3D (2007)
G | 84 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Three young houseflies stow away aboard the Apollo 11 flight to the moon.
Directors: Ben Stassen, Mimi Maynard | Stars: Trevor Gagnon, Philip Bolden, David Gore, Christopher Lloyd
Votes: 4,791 | Gross: $14.53M
14. Return to Space (2022)
TV-MA | 128 min | Documentary
Offering rare inside access to NASA and SpaceX, this is the thrilling story of the nearly 20 year journey to send American astronauts back to space aboard U.S. rockets, from filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Elon Musk, Bob Behnken, Douglas Hurley, Jim Bridenstine
Votes: 5,674
15. Riders to the Stars (1954)
Approved | 81 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Three men are assigned by the Office of Scientific Investigation to man rocket ships to outer space and attempt to capture a meteor.
Directors: Richard Carlson, Herbert L. Strock | Stars: William Lundigan, Herbert Marshall, Richard Carlson, Martha Hyer
Votes: 924
16. Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979)
95 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Humanlike robots replace humans on space missions. Test flight with robots and human crew, including commander Pirx unaware of robots' identities, evaluates robot performance/interactions. UN organizes mission to assess robot capabilities.
Director: Marek Piestrak | Stars: Sergei Desnitsky, Boleslaw Abart, Vladimir Ivashov, Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Votes: 1,027
17. Gagarin. Pervyy v kosmose (2013)
108 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Gagarin blasted off in a Vostok rocket and he orbited Earth for 106 minutes. He was the cosmonaut who was selected from over three thousand fighter pilots throughout the Soviet Union.
Director: Pavel Parkhomenko | Stars: Yaroslav Zhalnin, Mikhail Filippov, Vladimir Steklov, Vadim Michman
Votes: 3,577
18. 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
19. Moscow: Cassiopea (1974)
85 min | Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Several children go to a lifelong space mission to Cassiopeia because they don't want to go to school.
Director: Richard Viktorov | Stars: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Vasiliy Merkurev, Lev Durov, Yuriy Medvedev
Votes: 911
20. Teens in the Universe (1975)
84 min | Family, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Continuation of the film "Moscow-Cassiopea": cosmonauts-schoolchildren fly to an extraterrestrial civilization in distress.
Director: Richard Viktorov | Stars: Misha Yershov, Aleksandr Grigoryev, Vladimir Savin, Vladimir Basov Ml.
Votes: 808
21. Mercury 13 (2018)
TV-PG | 78 min | Documentary
After rigorous testing in 1961, a small group of skilled female pilots are asked to step aside when only men are selected for the spaceflight.
Directors: David Sington, Heather Walsh | Stars: Wally Funk, Rhea Woltman, Sarah Ratley, Bob Steadman
Votes: 1,290
22. 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
23. Brick Bradford (1947)
Approved | 257 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An adventurer travels to the moon to stop a madman from getting hold of the Interceptor Ray, a weapon that could destroy Earth.
Directors: Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr | Stars: Kane Richmond, Rick Vallin, Linda Leighton, Pierre Watkin
Votes: 95
24. Fly Me to the Moon (1988)
Adventure, Comedy, Family
Director: Mike Relon Makiling | Stars: Tito Sotto, Vic Sotto, Joey De Leon, Richard Gomez
Votes: 31
25. 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
26. Haredevil Hare (1948)
Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
Bugs is tricked into being the first rabbit shot into space. When he lands on the moon he finds Commander X-2 (later known as Marvin Martian) set to blow up planet Earth.
Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Stan Freberg, The Sportsmen Quartet
Votes: 2,107
27. Starcom: The U.S. Space Force (1987)
TV-Y7 | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
This is a show about heroes, about exploration, conflict, adventure and excitement, set against the backdrop of the colonization of the Solar System.
Stars: Philip Akin, Yank Azman, Robert Cait, Rob Cowan
Votes: 217
28. Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (2017)
TV-PG | 101 min | Documentary, History
At the heart of the Apollo program was the special team in Mission Control who put a man on the moon and helped create the future.
Director: David Fairhead | Stars: John Aaron, Stephen Bales, Jerry Bostick, James Burke
Votes: 1,692
29. Doroga k zvezdam (1957)
52 min | Biography, Sci-Fi
A groundbreaking popular science fiction film about the past and future of astronautics, from the first experiments by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky to the manned spaceflight and colonization of the Moon.
Director: Pavel Klushantsev | Stars: Georgi Solovyov, Leonid Khmara, Georgi Kulbush
Votes: 364
30. Spaceflight IC-1: An Adventure in Space (1965)
Unrated | 65 min | Sci-Fi
A spaceship crewman plots a mutiny against the stern leader taking a group of people to settle on a new planet from Earth.
Director: Bernard Knowles | Stars: Bill Williams, Kathleen Breck, John Cairney, Donald Churchill
Votes: 267
31. Mercury XX (2022)
7 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Mercury XX is a sci-fi short film which tells the story of an all female space mission to draw the first breath on another planet.
Director: Miriam Kuhlmann | Star: Rae Jones
32. The Greatest Adventure--the Story of Man's Voyage to the Moon (1983 Video)
Documentary
The planning and implementation of the first flight to the moon, narrated by Orson Welles.
Star: Orson Welles
Votes: 12
33. Spaceflight (1985– )
226 min | Documentary
A history of space flight.
Stars: Martin Sheen, Jim Lovell, Walter Cronkite, Chuck Yeager
Votes: 60
34. Genosse Münchhausen (1962)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Wolfgang Neuss | Stars: Wolfgang Neuss, Corny Collins, Ingrid van Bergen, Peer Schmidt
Votes: 23
35. The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole (1958–1961)
5 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Spanky is a normal little boy. Tadpole is a sentient teddy bear. Together they went to adventures around the world, from assisting the police in catching criminals to participating in human spaceflight and visiting the Moon.
Stars: Joan Gardner, Don Messick, Ed Janis
Votes: 28
36. Planet Mouseola (1960)
6 min | Animation, Short, Family
A mouse, tired of being chased by a cat, pretends to be an alien from "Mouseola", a planet completely populated by mice. He convinces the cat the mice need a king. But before the cat leaves... See full summary »
Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Myron Waldman | Stars: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel
Votes: 19
37. Above and Beyond (2004–2005)
600 min | Documentary
A hodgepodge look at what has happened regarding manned space flight, a view into the future and an examination of what is out beyond our world.
Star: Paul Roberts
Votes: 12
38. 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
39. Mer dare (1983)
47 min | Documentary
A man paves his own way to his own soul through an intellectual quest, tragedies of nations and personal drama. The road moving through the cosmic distances is a flight into one's internal ... See full summary »
Director: Artavazd Peleshian
Votes: 372
40. Otkrytyy kosmos (2011 TV Movie)
205 min | Documentary, Drama, History
History of the Soviet space flight - from Tsiolkovsky, early rockets of 1930's to detailed accounts of first manned flights, the Moon race, orbital space stations - and future plans of expedition to Mars.
Directors: Evheniy Kovalenko, Pavel Tupik | Stars: D. Belyaev, Sergey Chonishvili, M. Doronin, V. Gureyev
Votes: 27
41. Pervyy reys k zvyozdam (1961)
55 min | Documentary
The film tells about the history of the Soviet space program and the April 12, 1961 orbital flight of the world's first manned spacecraft-satellite "Vostok" with pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on board.
Directors: Dmitriy Bogolepov, Ilya Kopalin, Grigory Kosenko | Star: Yuri Gagarin
Votes: 9
42. Sigmund Jähn - Der erste Deutsche im All (2017 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Every child knew his name in East Germany, many wanted to be just like him. Schools and streets were named after this national hero. In the Socialist Eastern Bloc dictatorship of the GDR, ... See full summary »
Director: Rene Römer | Stars: Carsten Linke, Sigmund Jähn, Eberhard Köllner, Romy Mothes
43. Future Flight (1987 TV Special)
Director: Harrison Engle | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Ted Kennedy
Votes: 12
44. 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
45. Black Sky: Winning the X Prize (2004 TV Movie)
Documentary
The intimate, behind the scenes story of how Burt Rutan and the SpaceShipOne team overcome the obstacles and brave the dangers of space flight to claim the $10 million dollar X Prize.
Directors: Scott B, Sandy Guthrie, Jill Shinefield, Gail Willumsen | Stars: Paul Allen, Tom Bales, Jim Benson, Brian Binnie
Votes: 31
46. Picard & Kirk Into Space (2012)
Documentary, Short, Adventure
A group of Star Trek fans and engineering students team up to send the greatest starship captains to ever exist into space for the first time in reality.
Director: Logan Kugler | Stars: Logan Kugler, Spencer Gore, Daniel Kumor, Brishen Hawkins
Votes: 9
47. How My Next Door Neighbour Discovered Life on Mars (2005)
10 min | Short, Adventure, Family
Director: Austin Andrews | Stars: Thomas Malios, David Clendenning, Chris Hillier, Banjo
Votes: 40
48. Space Travelers (2009)
80 min | Documentary, Biography
Aerospace pioneer Burt Rutan takes space flight in to the next generation.
Director: Charles Evans | Stars: Burt Rutan, George Takei
49. 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
50. Around Space (2001– )
28 min | Talk-Show
Scientist Kent Miller hosts a show designed to get the public interested in space. Guests include: astronauts, scientists, astronomers, lobbyists, engineers, venture capitalists, government officials, activists and hobbyists.
Stars: Robert Terry, Tom Hill, Inga Heyer, Bob Haltermann