Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "communication-satellite"

1. The Fifth Element (1997)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.

Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm

Votes: 505,884 | Gross: $63.54M

2. Moon (2009)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.

Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw

Votes: 376,596 | Gross: $5.01M

3. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

PG-13 | 151 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Diana must contend with a work colleague, and with a businessman whose desire for extreme wealth sends the world down a path of destruction, after an ancient artifact that grants wishes goes missing.

Director: Patty Jenkins | Stars: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal

Votes: 291,675 | Gross: $46.37M

4. Antitrust (2001)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A computer programmer's dream job at a hot Portland-based firm turns nightmarish when he discovers his boss has a secret and ruthless means of dispatching anti-trust problems.

Director: Peter Howitt | Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Tim Robbins, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani

Votes: 30,314 | Gross: $10.97M

5. Swades (2004)

Not Rated | 189 min | Drama, Musical

A successful Indian scientist returns to an Indian village to take his nanny to America with him and in the process rediscovers his roots.

Director: Ashutosh Gowariker | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Gayatri Joshi, Kishori Ballal, Smith Seth

Votes: 98,478 | Gross: $1.22M

6. Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

Unrated | 83 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Extraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth.

Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum

Votes: 9,101

7. Superman: Unbound (2013 Video)

PG-13 | 75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Superman and Supergirl take on the cybernetic Brainiac, who boasts that he possesses "the knowledge and strength of 10,000 worlds."

Director: James Tucker | Stars: Matt Bomer, Stana Katic, John Noble, Molly C. Quinn

Votes: 13,700

8. Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)

R | 119 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A music-infused drama about Joe Meek, the flamboyantly gay, tone deaf, songwriter-producer behind the '60s hits "Have I the Right," "Just Like Eddie," "Johnny, Remember Me" and "Telstar."

Director: Nick Moran | Stars: Con O'Neill, Kevin Spacey, Pam Ferris, JJ Feild

Votes: 1,934

9. Artifact (2013)

Action, Adventure, Drama

Human's struggle to obtain ancient Artifacts that have been scattered throughout space.

Stars: Cesar D' La Torre, Rich Finley, Ksenia Valenti, Daniel Begus

Votes: 55

10. The Mongols (1973)

92 min | Adventure, Drama, History

A director of a television series on the history of cinema, who has been grappling with the screenplay of his first feature film, receives an assignment to oversee the installation of a ... See full summary »

Director: Parviz Kimiavi | Stars: Fahimeh Rastkar, Parviz Kimiavi, Agha Seyed ali Mirza Sajadi, Ali Mirza

Votes: 218

11. Telstar! (1962)

27 min | Documentary, Short

The story behind the creation, launch, and first transmissions of the first active communications satellite in space, Telstar 1, built by Bell Telephone Laboratories and launched by NASA.

12. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode: Silent Enemy (2002)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

After an attack by a mysterious ship, Archers orders Enterprise's return to Jupiter to install phase cannons; Hoshi makes plans for Malcolm's birthday.

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 1,884

13. Centurions (1986)
Episode: Film at Eleven (1986)

TV-Y7-FV | 30 min | Animation, Action, Family

Jenny Rivers returns with a scoop on Dr. Terror. She disguises herself as a man and joins one of Terror's training camps, with some help from a former mercenary named Kaska. She and the ... See full summary »

Stars: Pat Fraley, Neil Ross, Vince Edwards, Ron Feinberg

Votes: 16

14. 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

15. Covert Affairs (2010–2014)
Episode: Communication Breakdown (2010)

TV-PG | 42 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Annie and Auggie work together in the field to obtain a code from a Russian hacker--a woman who also just so happens to be Auggie's ex-girlfriend.

Director: Kate Woods | Stars: Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Kari Matchett, Anne Dudek

Votes: 361

16. Vox (2014– )
Episode: Space trash lasers, explained (2024)

9 min | Documentary

The technology to build ground based and space based lasers that would reduce the risk of damage to working satellites by space debris looks feasible as of 2024. But the commitment to proceed is still lagging.

Star: Claude R. Phipps

17. CaspianReport (2010– )
Episode: How America is pushing China out of the internet (2023)

24 min | Documentary

While satellites tend to make the headlines the work horses of the world's information transmission infrastructure are undersea cables making them crucial assets in geopolitics.

Star: Shirvan Neftchi

18. 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: 28

19. 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

20. Lab Rats (2012–2016)
Episode: Space Colony: Part 1 (2016)

TV-Y7 | 22 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Donald takes everyone for a visit to "Davenportia," the first human space colony located on a remote planet in another galaxy.

Director: Victor Gonzalez | Stars: William Brent, Spencer Boldman, Kelli Berglund, Tyrel Jackson Williams

Votes: 58

21. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Einstein's Quantum Riddle (2019)

TV-G | 54 min | Documentary

In an effort to disprove quantum mechanics, Albert Einstein proposes one of its strangest features: quantum entanglement.

Director: Jamie E. Lochhead | Stars: Eric Meyers, Jason Gallicchio, Kevin Quantum

Votes: 143