Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "alien-contact", "space-shuttle"
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1. 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: 720,677 | Gross: $56.95M
2. Independence Day (1996)
PG-13 | 145 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell
Votes: 606,498 | Gross: $306.17M
3. Life (I) (2017)
R | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens all life on Earth.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada
Votes: 254,398 | Gross: $30.23M
4. Lost in Space (1965–1968)
TV-G | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A space colony family struggles to survive when a spy/accidental stowaway throws their ship hopelessly off course.
Stars: Guy Williams, June Lockhart, Mark Goddard, Marta Kristen
Votes: 8,888
5. Another Life (2019–2021)
TV-MA | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Astronaut Niko Breckenridge and her young crew face unimaginable danger as they go on a high-risk mission to explore the genesis of an alien artifact.
Stars: Katee Sackhoff, Samuel Anderson, A.J. Rivera, JayR Tinaco
Votes: 38,368
6. The Transformers (1984–1987)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Two opposing factions of transforming alien robots engage in a battle that has the fate of Earth in the balance.
Stars: Frank Welker, Peter Cullen, Corey Burton, Christopher Collins
Votes: 23,584
7. 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: 4,146
8. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
PG-13 | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.
Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton
Votes: 132,197 | Gross: $92.00M
9. Europa Report (2013)
PG-13 | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.
Director: Sebastián Cordero | Stars: Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo, Embeth Davidtz
Votes: 75,603 | Gross: $0.13M
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: 41,988 | Gross: $5.85M
11. My Favorite Martian (1999)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
A Martian lands on Earth and makes friends with a reporter.
Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Hurley, Daryl Hannah
Votes: 14,446 | Gross: $36.83M
12. Magellan (2017)
103 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.
Director: Rob York | Stars: Brandon Ray Olive, K. Danor Gerald, Whitney Palmer, Matthew Mercer
Votes: 1,874
13. Time Runner (1993)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
During the unstoppable alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992 in hope of changing the future. But attempt after attempt is made by someone there to catch and kill him.
Director: Michael Mazo | Stars: Mark Hamill, Rae Dawn Chong, Brion James, Mark Baur
Votes: 1,145
14. Kinkyû UFO tettei shuzai tokuhô! (1989 TV Movie)
97 min | Documentary
Director: Jun'ichi Yaoi | Stars: John Blaha, John Brandenburg, George Bush, Milton William Cooper
15. STC: The Falkenhorst Chronicles (2013– )
Animation, Sci-Fi
STC - The Falkenhorst Chronicles tells the Story of Admiral Jonathan Falkenhorst, from the Beginning in his Career as the Captain of the U.S.S. Robertson, an Ambassador Class Vessel, until ... See full summary »
Stars: Wolfgang Dichtl, Jonathan Dichtl, Joshua Dichtl, Stephen MacWarren
Votes: 11
16.
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: 23
17.
Artifact (2013)
Episode:
First Contact (Pilot)
(2013)
Action, Adventure, Drama
An excavation team's Captain must save his crew from being consumed and driven mad by a recovered artifact.
Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Daniel Begus, Cesar D' La Torre, David Fichtenmayer, Rich Finley
Votes: 29
18.
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: 28