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1. The Expanse (2015–2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The disappearance of rich-girl-turned-political-activist links the lives of Ceres detective, accidental ship captain and U.N. politician. Amidst political tension between Earth, Mars and the Belt, they unravel the greatest conspiracy.
Stars: Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Votes: 172,129
2. Alien (1979)
R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 949,893 | Gross: $78.90M
3. 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: 447,120 | Gross: $100.01M
4. Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis
Votes: 175,490
5. 2010: The Year We Make Contact (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: 57,193 | Gross: $40.20M
6. Sunshine (2007)
R | 107 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A team of international astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis
Votes: 267,311 | Gross: $3.68M
7. Event Horizon (1997)
R | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A rescue crew is tasked with investigating the mysterious reappearance of a spaceship that had been lost for seven years.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson
Votes: 197,063 | Gross: $26.67M
8. Pandorum (2009)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
Two crew members of a spaceship wake up from hypersleep to discover that all their colleagues are missing. Despite this, it appears that they are not alone.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue
Votes: 159,484 | Gross: $10.33M
9. Jason X (2001)
R | 92 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Jason Voorhees is cryogenically frozen at the beginning of the 21st century, and is discovered in the 25th century and taken to space. He gets thawed, and begins stalking and killing the crew of the spaceship that's transporting him.
Director: James Isaac | Stars: Kane Hodder, Lexa Doig, Jeff Geddis, David Cronenberg
Votes: 61,514 | Gross: $13.12M
10. Battlestar Galactica (2003)
TV-14 | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Following the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a rag-tag fugitive fleet of the last remnants of mankind flees the pursuing Cylons while simultaneously searching for their true home: Earth.
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff, Jamie Bamber
Votes: 80,143
11. Silent Running (1972)
G | 89 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.
Director: Douglas Trumbull | Stars: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint
Votes: 31,455 | Gross: $0.69M
12. Planet of the Vampires (1965)
Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.
Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Ángel Aranda, Evi Marandi
Votes: 6,995 | Gross: $0.25M
13. Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
TV-14 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In 2199, the crew of the space battleship Yamato embark on a dangerous journey to the planet Iskandar to acquire a device that will rejuvenate the war-ravaged Earth.
Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Meisa Kuroki, Toshirô Yanagiba, Naoto Ogata
Votes: 6,381
14. Captain EO (1986)
17 min | Short, Adventure, Fantasy
Captain EO and his space crew are on a mission to save the world from the evil queen by giving her a song and dance.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Michael Jackson, Anjelica Huston, Dick Shawn, Tony Cox
Votes: 4,662
15. Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.
Director: Edward James Olmos | Stars: Edward James Olmos, Dean Stockwell, Michael Trucco, Grace Park
Votes: 21,208
16. Love (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
A man spends years alone on a space station orbiting Earth after losing communication with Houston/Earth. He spends time on maintenance, exercise, watching old messages, and reading a journal by a soldier in the American Civil War.
Director: William Eubank | Stars: Gunner Wright, Corey Richardson, Bradley Horne, Nancy Stelle
Votes: 8,964
17. Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012–2013)
TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the year 2199, the space battleship Yamato embarks on a voyage to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a device that will rejuvenate a war-ravaged Earth.
Stars: Mallorie Rodak, Monica Rial, Jamie Marchi, Mike McFarland
Votes: 1,175
18. Nightflyers (1987)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Professor hires a spaceship to get to the source of weird signals from deep space. The trip is cut short however when the ship's computer gets jealous because the captain is in love with one of the female passengers and it gets homicidal.
Director: Robert Collector | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, Michael Praed, John Standing, Lisa Blount
Votes: 1,389 | Gross: $1.15M
19. Android (1982)
PG | 80 min | Sci-Fi
A strange doctor secretly experiments with androids on his space station. His assistant is Max, a curious android who wants to see the world and meet a girl. Criminals hide on their station and soon violence erupts.
Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Don Keith Opper, Brie Howard, Norbert Weisser
Votes: 2,569
20. Virtuality (2009 TV Movie)
87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Spaceship crew members start dying because of an unknown defect in a virtual-reality device.
Director: Peter Berg | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Kerry Bishé, Joy Bryant, Jose Pablo Cantillo
Votes: 4,220
21. Simoun (2006)
TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the world of Daikuuriku, everyone is born female, and chooses which sex they wish to become at age 17. In this world, the peaceful theocracy of Simulacrum is guarded by magical flying ... See full summary »
Stars: Mamiko Noto, Nana Mizuki, Megumi Toyoguchi, Houko Kuwashima
Votes: 168
22. Project Shadowchaser III (1995 Video)
R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
It has been 25 years since the ore spaceship Siberia was last heard from. Unfortunately, it is now on a collision course with the communications station Comstat 5 which is orbiting Mars. ... See full summary »
Director: John Eyres | Stars: Sam Bottoms, Musetta Vander, Christopher Atkins, Frank Zagarino
Votes: 509
23. Cosmodrama (2015)
112 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Seven astronauts wake up in a spaceship, not knowing where they come from nor where they are heading.
Director: Philippe Fernandez | Stars: Jackie Berroyer, Bernard Blancan, Emilia Derou-Bernal, Ortès Holz
Votes: 72
24. Inhumanoid (1996 TV Movie)
R | 87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A family of three is travelling in space, when they encounter a stranded spaceship. They manage to pull out one survivor (Grieco) who's in shock. However, when the father goes on to ... See full summary »
Director: Victoria Muspratt | Stars: Richard Grieco, Lara Harris, Corbin Bernsen, Edie McClurg
Votes: 228
25. Trapped in Space (1994 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After an accident during a routine trip to Venus, a spaceship has only enough oxygen left for three people... out of five on board.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Jack Wagner, Jack Coleman, Craig Wasson, Sigrid Thornton
Votes: 511
28.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Frontier in Space: Episode Two
(1973)
TV-PG | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Jo are taken to Earth, where both humans and Draconians believe them to be a spy for the other side.
Director: Paul Bernard | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, Vera Fusek, Michael Hawkins
Votes: 483
29.
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975)
Episode:
More Tribbles, More Troubles
(1973)
TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Cyrano Jones returns, infesting the Enterprise with tribbles that now grow to monstrous size.
Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei
Votes: 923
30.
Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975)
Episode:
The Survivor
(1973)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A famous humanitarian is found alive near the Romulan Neutral Zone after being missing for five years, but he may not be who he claims to be.
Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei
Votes: 831
31.
Artifact (2013)
Episode:
CruxEnigma
(2017)
Action, Adventure, Drama
In a Stroy by Allan Linder, a fallen Astronaut searches the unknown for a way home. What he finds will change the future of humanity forever.
Votes: 22
32.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
Idiot's Array
(2015)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The wrong gamble with a new acquaintance forces the crew into transporting some unusual cargo.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Steward Lee | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 2,554
33.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
Rebel Resolve
(2015)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The team tries to get Kanan's location to free him.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Justin Ridge | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 2,511
34.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
Fire Across the Galaxy
(2015)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The crew has to go through many obstacles to save Kanan from the Inquisitor.
Director: Dave Filoni | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 3,456
35.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
The Siege of Lothal
(2015)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Now a part of Phoenix Squadron, the Ghost crew joins a mission to steal shield generators from an Imperial freighter. Under pressure from Darth Vader, an Imperial defector leads the Sith Lord to battle with Kanan and Ezra.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Bosco Ng, Brad Rau | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 3,354
36.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
The Siege of Lothal: Part 2
(2015)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After being confronted by Darth Vader, the Ghost crew seek help from Lando Calrissian to leave Lothal and continue the fight against the Empire with the rest of the rebel fleet.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Sergio Páez | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 2,711
37.
Artifact (2013)
Episode:
Dissimulation
(2015)
Action, Adventure, Drama
A Captain searching for an Artifact on a desolate planet, exposes the truths of his mission.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel
Votes: 27
38.
Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2014–2020)
Episode:
Deep Trouble
(2015)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Grimlock tries to hide an injury while the Autobots track down an aquatic Decepticon.
Director: Frank Marino | Stars: Will Friedle, Darren Criss, Constance Zimmer, Khary Payton
Votes: 22
39.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
Relics of the Old Republic
(2015)
TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Ezra and the crew begin to develop friendships with Captain Rex and his colleagues, prompting them to work together against an attack by Agent Kallus.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Bosco Ng | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 2,632
40.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
Stealth Strike
(2015)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A new Imperial ship captures Ezra, Commander Sato, and his crew, forcing Kanan and Rex to go undercover as stormtroopers to free the rebels.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Brad Rau | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 2,454
41.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
The Protector of Concord Dawn
(2016)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In need of new hyperspace routes due to Imperial pressure, the rebels find a shortcut but must gain permission from the leader of the nearby system.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Brad Rau | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 2,283
42.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
Homecoming
(2016)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The Ghost crew journeys to Ryloth to aid a rebel cell.
Directors: Dave Filoni, Bosco Ng | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 2,240
43.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
The Holocrons of Fate
(2016)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
When Maul takes the crew of the Ghost hostage, Ezra and Kanan must pass a trial in order to recover an ancient Sith artifact to save them.
Directors: Justin Ridge, Steward Lee | Stars: Taylor Gray, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr., Tiya Sircar
Votes: 2,480
44.
Star Wars: Rebels (2014–2018)
Episode:
Through Imperial Eyes
(2017)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The rebels attempt to save a rebel spy, fearing that their identity will be unveiled by the Empire.
Directors: Justin Ridge, Saul Ruiz | Stars: Taylor Gray, Freddie Prinze Jr., Dave Filoni, Dee Bradley Baker
Votes: 2,612