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51. The Outer Space Connection (1975)

G | 94 min | Documentary

This documentary examines the speculation that aliens have visited Earth in ancient times, and built structures to which they will return at a future date.

Director: Fred Warshofsky | Stars: Rod Serling, Roy E. Cameron, M.C. Chang, Patrick Flanagan

Votes: 132

52. Black Knight Decoded (2015 Video)

10 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

After receiving a signal from a outer space, a father struggles to unite the world and make first contact.

Director: Jabbar Raisani | Stars: David Oyelowo, Freida Pinto, Layla Crawford, Sebastian Roché

Votes: 43

53. Chariots of the Gods? The Mysteries Continue (1996 TV Movie)

46 min | Documentary

An update of "Chariots of the Gods" (1970), this slick production provides updates of Erich von Däniken's controversial theories with von Däniken himself acting as co-host. Shooting ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Asher | Stars: Richard Karn, Erich von Däniken, Matthew Golombek, Daniel Goldin

Votes: 143

54. A Genesis Found (2010)

119 min | Adventure, Mystery

In 1938, while working an excavation at Moundville Archaeological Park, Civilian Conservation Corp cadet John Patton Jr. found the key to our darkest secret - an anomalous skeleton neither ... See full summary »

Director: Lee Fanning | Stars: Elliot Moon, Elise Zieman, Luke Weaver, Bennett Parker

Votes: 76

55. In Search of Ancient Mysteries (1974 TV Movie)

53 min | Documentary

An examination of mysteries of the ancient world and their connection to the possibility that aliens visited Earth.

Director: Fred Warshofsky | Stars: Rod Serling, Josef Blumrich, Duncan A. Lunan, Art Ford

Votes: 97

56. Aliens and Pyramids: Forbidden Knowledge (2015 Video)

TV-14 | 65 min | Documentary

Pyramids can be found in the Middle East, Latin America, Asia, Europe and The North American Continent. How were they constructed, and what was their purpose? If man built the pyramids on ... See full summary »

Director: J. Michael Long | Stars: O.H. Krill, Simon Oliver, Jessica Stanwyck

Votes: 23

57. Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1992)

Unrated | 48 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

In the year 1000, aliens from the planet Quetzalcoatl flee their dying planet and take refuge under the Earth's surface. Disturbed by 1950s American atomic testing, the aliens strike back ... See full summary »

Director: Craig Baldwin | Stars: Maurice Bishop, Jimmy Carter, Fidel Castro, John Foster Dulles

Votes: 373

58. UFOs 1973: Aliens, Abductions and Extraordinary Sightings (2010)

Unrated | 90 min | Documentary

1973. From the Pascagoula Gulf Coast and all around the world UFOs were being reported in ever increasing numbers. UFOS 1973 explores the Charlie Hickson case in detail, plus many more!

Director: J. Michael Long | Star: J. Michael Long

Votes: 23

59. Martian 2 (2011 Video)

7 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi

Captain Courageous joins the team to battle a space dragon.

Director: Brandon Hex | Stars: Ben Maclaine, Wally Wingert, Nilsa Castro, Deanna Rashell

Votes: 269

60. Ancient Astronauts: The Gods from Planet X (2011)

Not Rated | 180 min | Documentary

Jason Martell and Tom Van Flandern lecture about Planet X, ancient astronauts at the 2008 Central Coast Science-UFO Symposium.

Director: Jason Martell | Stars: Roger Leir, Jason Martell, Tom Van Flandern

Votes: 32

61. Ancient Astronauts: Our Extraterrestrial Legacy (2011)

Not Rated | 240 min | Documentary

This documentary explores the historical settlement of the Sumerians in Mesopotamia during the Chalcolithic era.

Director: Jason Martell | Star: Jason Martell

62. Calls for Cthulhu (1996 Video)

10 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

The ultimate horror which, trapped beneath the ocean, awaits the time when the stars are right, to wreak destruction upon mankind. While he waits, he takes your calls.

Director: Brand Gamblin | Stars: Brand Gamblin, Paul Pawluk, Tori Spelling

Votes: 35

63. Martian (2010 Video)

Animation, Short

Martian and Terra discover a lifeless Jovian freighter is not abandoned.

Director: Brandon Hex | Stars: Ben Maclaine, Deanna Rashell, Mark Starks, Alex Mathias

Votes: 22

64. The Phoenix (1981–1982)
Episode: Pilot (1981)

90 min | Sci-Fi

A mysterious alien with a secret is discovered in a Peruvian sarcophagus.

Director: Douglas Hickox | Stars: Judson Scott, Shelley Smith, E.G. Marshall, Fernando Allende

Votes: 68

65. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Children of the Gods (1997)

R | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Colonel Jack O'Neill is brought out of retirement to lead a new expedition back to Abydos, only to find an old friend, a new enemy and a far wider use of the Stargate.

Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

Votes: 3,714

66. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: Baltar's Escape (1979)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

While Commander Adama deals with a newly assertive Council of Twelve's modification of his command, Baltar plots his escape.

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 394

67. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: Experiment in Terra (1979)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The mysterious Ship of Lights reappears, hijacks Apollo and his viper in space and sends him on a quest to save the planet Terra during peace negotiations with the Eastern Alliance. One of ... See full summary »

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 400

68. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: Fire in Space (1978)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The crew of the Galactica struggle to fight massive fires on board caused by Cylon suicide incendiary attacks.

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 409

69. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: Greetings from Earth (1979)

TV-PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Apollo and Starbuck come across a vessel they think may have come from Earth and take it aboard the Galactica. On board are two adults and four children in a state of suspended animation. ... See full summary »

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 432

70. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (1978)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Military engagements with the Cylons push the Colonial Fleet toward an ice planet, where a vanguard discovers a Cylon weapon capable of singlehandedly destroying the Galactica.

Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 463

71. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: The Gun on Ice Planet Zero: Part II (1978)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

As Apollo and the team of convicted specialists brave the snowy mountain to blow up the Ravashol Pulsar, the criminals plan their escape. Starbuck is still determined to make a detour and ... See full summary »

Director: Alan J. Levi | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 443

72. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: Lost Planet of the Gods (1978)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When a large number of Colonial Warriors come down with a serious infection, Apollo and Starbuck must train a number of female shuttle pilots to fly Vipers for combat duty.

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 502

73. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: Lost Planet of the Gods: Part 2 (1978)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After traversing a large void in space, the Galactica and the refugee fleet discover the home planet of their species, Kobol.

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 469

74. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: Murder on the Rising Star (1979)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Starbuck is framed for murder of a sports rival. Apollo suspects Baltar but Adama agrees to charge Starbuck and try him for murder until Apollo can come up with some proof that he didn't do it.

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 386

75. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: Saga of a Star World (1978)

TV-PG | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After the Twelve Colonies of Mankind were destroyed in a sneak attack by the Cylon tyranny, the last Battlestar Galactica leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.

Directors: Richard A. Colla, Alan J. Levi | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 694

76. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: Take the Celestra (1979)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

During a celebration honoring Commander Kronus, Starbuck recognizes an old flame of his, Aurora and breaks off a date with Cassiopeia to follow his lost love to the Celestra. On their ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 368

77. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: The Hand of God (1979)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When the Galactica crew detects that a Cylon Basestar has swung around to attempt to intercept the refugee fleet, Commander Adama decides to attack.

Director: Donald P. Bellisario | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 406

78. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: The Living Legend (1978)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

While suffering from a fuel shortage, The Galactica finds the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus, led by the legendary Commander Cain.

Director: Vince Edwards | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 444

79. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: The Living Legend: Part II (1978)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After Baltar's attack is repulsed, the crews of the Galactica and Pegasus carry out an attack on the planet Gamoray to acquire fuel supplies.

Director: Vince Edwards | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 433

80. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: The Long Patrol (1978)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Starbuck's unplanned double-date with Cassiopeia and Athena on the recently-reopened luxury liner Rising Star is interrupted when the Galactica picks up long-range transmission traffic ... See full summary »

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 435

81. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: The Lost Warrior (1978)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Apollo crashes on the Wild West like planet Equellus after being pursued by four Cylon fighters. Taken in by a widow named Vella and her son Puppis, Apollo takes on crime boss La Certa and ... See full summary »

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 481

82. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: The Magnificent Warriors (1978)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After the Cylons destroy two of the fleet's Agro ships and cripple the last remaining one, Adama hopes to swap an old energizer for seed on the the planet Sectar in Quadrant Zeta. ... See full summary »

Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 398

83. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: The Man with Nine Lives (1979)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When an old con meets Starbuck and suggests he is the warrior's father, there proves to be more following the elder than family ties.

Director: Rod Holcomb | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 396

84. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: War of the Gods (1979)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Silver Spar Squadron is overtaken by a Ship of Lights and subsequently disappears. Investigating a red planet, Apollo, Starbuck and Sheba find a crashed starship and a lone survivor, the ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 424

85. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: The Young Lords (1978)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Shot down by Cylons, Starbuck crash lands on Attila, a planet on the far edge of Omega Sector and finds himself rescued from a phalanx of Cylons by a family of children. Kyle, the young ... See full summary »

Director: Donald P. Bellisario | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 413

86. Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)
Episode: War of the Gods: Part II (1979)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Count Iblis has delivered the Colonials' enemy, Baltar before the Council of Twelve. As the Colonials celebrate, Adama and Apollo come to the conclusion that the secret to Iblis' identity ... See full summary »

Director: Daniel Haller | Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Votes: 412

87. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode: The Time Warrior: Part One (1973)

TV-G | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

The Brigadier asks the Doctor to investigate the disappearance of several scientists, only for him to find they have been abducted back in time.

Director: Alan Bromly | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Elisabeth Sladen, Nicholas Courtney, Kevin Lindsay

Votes: 654

88. Red Dwarf (1988– )
Episode: Waiting for God (1988)

TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Lister learns he is the mythical god of Cat's people known as "Cloister the stupid" and Red Dwarf stumbles upon a Red Dwarf garbage capsule and Rimmer thinks it's a stasis capsule carrying a dormant alien woman.

Director: Ed Bye | Stars: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Norman Lovett

Votes: 1,049

89. Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
Episode: Sun Gold (1956)

30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Radioactive "green glass," formed by the heat of an atomic blast, is said to have been found in the Andes of Peru. A pair of scientists search for the source of the 2000-year-old sample and... See full summary »

Director: Eddie Davis | Stars: Truman Bradley, Marilyn Erskine, Ross Elliott, Julian Rivero

Votes: 23

90. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Plato's Stepchildren (1968)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After Dr. McCoy helps the leader of a planet populated by people with powerful psionic abilities, they decide to force him to stay by torturing his comrades until he submits.

Director: David Alexander | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Michael Dunn

Votes: 3,297

91. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Return to Tomorrow (1968)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The Enterprise is guided to a distant, long-dead world where survivors of an extremely ancient race - existing only as disembodied energy - desiring the bodies of Kirk, Spock and astro-biologist Ann Mulhall so that they may live again.

Director: Ralph Senensky | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Diana Muldaur

Votes: 3,317

92. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: Who Mourns for Adonais? (1967)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A powerful being claiming to be the Greek god Apollo appears and demands that the crew of the Enterprise disembark onto his planet to worship him.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Michael Forest

Votes: 4,038

93. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode: Explorers (1995)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Sisko rebuilds an ancient Bajoran space vessel from the blueprints, and he and Jake take the ship on a trip, attempting to prove that the ancient Bajorans went beyond their solar system without warp drive.

Director: Cliff Bole | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Terry Farrell

Votes: 2,163

94. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode: Tattoo (1995)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Finding a familiar cultural symbol on an away mission, Chakotay connects with an experience he had as a child and tries to contact his spirit people.

Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien

Votes: 1,980

95. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: A Hundred Days (2000)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After a cataclysmic meteorite bombardment, Col. Jack O'Neill finds himself stranded on a primitive planet with its Stargate apparently permanently inaccessible.

Director: David Warry-Smith | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

Votes: 1,314

96. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: A Matter of Time (1998)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Stargate Command opens a wormhole to a planet with a black hole in orbit.

Director: Martin Wood | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

Votes: 1,468

97. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Absolute Power (2001)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

When a "chosen" boy found on planet Abydos is brought to SGC, he sends a telepathic message, causing Daniel Jackson's personality to undergo disturbing changes. Will the rest of SG-1 be ... See full summary »

Director: Peter DeLuise | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

Votes: 1,208

98. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Abyss (2002)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

O'Neill's symbiont Kanan drags him to a planet ruled by the Goa'uld Ba'al, where Kanan was undercover. Ba'al captures and tortures O'Neil, whose only hope may lie with - Daniel Jackson?!?

Director: Martin Wood | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Corin Nemec

Votes: 1,235

99. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Affinity (2004)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Having obtained permission to live off the base, Teal'c rents an apartment, telling neighbors that he has recently arrived from Mozambique. He's under orders to keep a low profile but can't... See full summary »

Director: Peter DeLuise | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks

Votes: 1,088

100. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
Episode: Allegiance (2002)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Tok'ra are forced to evacuate their newly established base under attack from the Goa'uld. They flee to the SGC's Alpha site. Tensions rise between the allied factions, the Free Jaffa, ... See full summary »

Director: Peter DeLuise | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Corin Nemec

Votes: 1,095