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1. 2010 (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: 57,296 | Gross: $40.20M
2. Contact (1997)
PG | 150 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt
Votes: 293,220 | Gross: $100.92M
3. Deep Impact (1998)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 190,463 | Gross: $140.46M
4. The Farthest (2017)
PG | 121 min | Documentary, History
It is one of humankind's greatest achievements. More than 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space - the first human-made object ever to do so.
Director: Emer Reynolds | Stars: Frank Drake, Carolyn Porco, John Casani, Lawrence Krauss
Votes: 4,585 | Gross: $0.01M
5. In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
PG | 100 min | Documentary, History
The crew members of NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words.
Director: David Sington | Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan, Mike Collins
Votes: 6,929 | Gross: $1.13M
6. Xploration Outer Space (2014– )
30 min | Documentary, Family
Host Emily Calandrelli, Harvard scholar and former Nasa employee, takes viewers on incredible journeys through space. She visits various NASA facilities as we search for answers about our universe.
Stars: Emily Calandrelli, Robert Zubrin, Marc D. Rayman, Story Musgrave
Votes: 63
7. Flat Earth: The Biggest Lie of All (2015 Video)
90 min | Documentary
What if you've been told the biggest whopper of all time? A lie that has rendered you as nothing more than an insignificant microbe that evolved by accident on the surface of an ... See full summary »
Stars: Dave Murphy, Luca Parmitano, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong
Votes: 78
8. 200 Proofs Earth Is Not a Spinning Ball (2015 Video)
119 min | Documentary, Comedy, Fantasy
Stars: Cabbage, Eric Dubay
Votes: 170
9. The History of Flat Earth (2017 Video)
97 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins, Betty Grissom
Votes: 40
10. The Flat Earth Conspiracy (2014 Video)
89 min | Documentary, History
This movie attempts to prove that the earth is flat. Arguments used are not scientifically proven unfortunately.
Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Bill Anders, Neil Armstrong, Alan Bean
Votes: 29
11. Hubble's Cosmic Journey (2015 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has captured thousands of stunning images of space, revolutionized our understanding of the universe and become a global icon. To mark ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Riley | Stars: Charles F. Bolden Jr., Chris Burrows, Michael Griffin, John M. Grunsfeld
Votes: 227
12. Moon Shot (1994 TV Movie)
188 min | Documentary
This mini-series is a documentary that chronicles the NASA space program from its inception up through the final moon mission of Apollo 17 with historical, archived NASA film footage.
Director: Kirk Wolfinger | Stars: Barry Corbin, Buzz Aldrin, Jay Barbree, Sam Beddingfield
Votes: 242
13. The Astronot (2018)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama, History
Daniel was a recluse who shut out the world yet longed to touch the moon. Sandy was a light whose warmth melted his heart and propelled him to the stars.
Director: Tim Cash | Stars: Pennan Brae, Kiran Cash, Tim Cash, Brittany Dixon
Votes: 44
14. The Search for Life in Space (2016)
Not Rated | 32 min | Documentary, Short
Journey from the depths of the Pacific Ocean into the far reaches of space on a quest to find something that changes everything...signs of life, somewhere else in the universe. With ... See full summary »
Director: Steve Amezdroz | Stars: Lisa Kaltenegger, Malcolm McDowell, Carl Sagan
Votes: 729
15. Alien Earths (2009 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Astronomers discover wobbling stars with planets where the ice is hot and the rain is made of iron.
Director: Dana Berry | Stars: Alan Boss, Sara Seager
Votes: 134
16. Living Universe (2018)
212 min | Documentary
An interstellar adventure in search of an exoplanet that supports complex life. We ask the greatest minds in the world: How do we get there?
Stars: Jean-Sebastien Steyer, Seth Shostak, Steve Squyres, Martin Rees
Votes: 57
17. Beyond Hubble: The Telescope of Tomorrow (2021 TV Special)
Reality-TV
Follows the world's most powerful observatory "The James Webb Space Telescope", which is set for launch after over 25 years of development and construction.
Director: Martin Gorst
Votes: 45
18. Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery (2005 Video)
83 min | Documentary
Covers all aspects of the Hubble Space Telescope project - a journey through the history, the troubled early life and the ultimate scientific successes of Hubble.
Director: Lars Lindberg Christensen | Star: Robert Fosbury
Votes: 113
19. BLAST! (2008)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Adventure
With extraordinary access, BLAST exposes a world of risky, hardcore, scientific adventure. The story follows an international team of astrophysicists trying to launch a multi-million dollar... See full summary »
Director: Paul Devlin | Stars: Mark Devlin, Barth Netterfield, Victor Davison, Jeff Klein
Votes: 56
20. The Apollo File (1978)
G | Documentary
A documentary look at the modern race for space, offering wide screen, colorful glimpses of the moon missions never before shown to the public, and intimate commentary by the astronauts and NASA officials.
Star: Jim Lovell
21. Patrick Stewart Narrates 'the Planets' (1993 Video)
50 min | Documentary, Family, Music
Documentary about the other seven planets of our solar system. The film features NASA's footage and illustrations as well as Isao Tomita's cover of Gustav Holst's orchestral suite The Planets. DVD re-release adds Pluto.
Director: Don Barrett | Star: Patrick Stewart
Votes: 9
22. Pluto: The Last Frontier (2015)
52 min | Documentary
Nine years travel. New wonders to discover.
Director: Ruth Chao | Stars: Ross Huguet, Alan Stern, Edward Stone, Jim Green
Votes: 9
23. Humans Sent a New Message to Aliens. Will They Respond? (2022)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Tim Maupin | Star: Douglas Vakoch
24. Passport to Pluto & Beyond (2007 TV Movie)
TV-G | 46 min | Documentary
NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.
Director: Geoffrey Haines-Stiles | Stars: Eric Worden, Don Davis, Dan Durda, Mark Garlick
25. Building the Coolest X-ray Satellite (2006 Video)
36 min | Short
Follow scientists and engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center as they build the X-ray Telescopes and an X-ray Spectrometer for the Japanese X-ray Observatory Astro-E2 mission. These... See full summary »
Director: Michael McClare | Stars: Kevin Boyce, Ilana Harrus, Curtis Odell, Liz Smith
26. C'est quoi le plan si les aliens nous contactent? (2023 Video)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Stars: Lylia Berthonneau, John Elliott, Douglas Vakoch
27.
NOVA Universe Revealed (2021– )
Episode:
Alien Worlds
(2021)
TV-PG
Scientific examination of possible alien planets capable of sustaining intelligent life. The search to identify those planets and speculation of what forms that life they may hold.
Stars: William J. Borucki, David Charbonneau, Courtney Dressing, Nikku Madhusudhan
Votes: 15
28.
A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (2010– )
Episode:
Jupiter
(2010)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
Have you ever thought of blasting off to the King of the Planets? For a truly out of this world planetary experience, you should head beyond the Asteroid Belt to the largest planet in the ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Smith | Star: Bray Poor
Votes: 34
29.
A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (2010– )
Episode:
Mars
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
Mars is the ruby jewel in our night sky and arguably the hottest travel destination in the Solar System. Thanks to a robot invasion from Earth that began in the 1960's, we probably know ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Smith | Star: Bray Poor
Votes: 33
30.
A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (2010– )
Episode:
Venus & Mercury
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
A Traveler's Guide to the Planets takes you on a tour into the Solar System's Hot Zone to visit the two planets both laying claim to the title of 'Real Hell'. While tiny Mercury blisters in... See full summary »
Director: Chris Thorburn | Star: Bray Poor
Votes: 30
31.
Good Morning Britain (2014– )
Episode:
Episode dated 15 September 2017
(2017)
TV-14 | 123 min | News, Talk-Show
Breakfast show featuring the latest news, sport and weather. Gok Wan talks about his first ever tour Gok Wan - Naked and Baring All, in which he takes to the stage to bare all about his life.
Stars: Ben Shephard, Kate Garraway, Chad O'Carroll, Charlotte Hawkins
32.
2017 Awakening UFO & Conscious Life Expo (2017)
Episode:
Globe Earth vs. Fixed Plane
(2017)
91 min
Star: Darren Nesbit
33.
Why Didn't They Laugh? (2018– )
Life Lessons from My Attempt at Carpentry
(2019 Podcast Episode)
Comedy, News
Star: Owen Benjamin