Which Is Your Favorite Type of Space Travel Movie?
Which of these select types* of space travel movies, differentiated by the breadth of the space backdrop they are set within, is your favorite group to watch? *Pictured movies are just standard-bearers for each subgenre class and are only cited as examples.
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- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHenry ThomasDrew BarrymorePeter CoyoteA troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape from Earth and return to his home planet.Earth-Based Space Travel Movies
These movies feature space travel, but films depict travel on or just above the planet, Earth.
[movie examples: 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', 'The Day the Earth Stood Still', 'The Thing from Another World', 'The Wandering Earth' franchise (debatable), 'GATTACA', 'Capricorn One', 'Starman', etc.] - DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.Earth Orbit Space Travel Movies
These movies feature space travel, but films depict travel beyond the Kármán line to orbit around the Earth or to an Earth-orbiting space-station.
[movie examples: 'The Right Stuff', 'Capsule', 'Ender's Game', 'The Cloverfield Paradox', 'Life', 'I.S.S.', 'Proxima', 'Space Camp', 'Jason X', 'Elysium', etc.] - DirectorDuncan JonesStarsSam RockwellKevin SpaceyDominique McElligottAstronaut 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.Intercelestial Space Travel Movies
These movies feature space travel, but films depict travel to nearby natural celestial bodies, such as the Moon, known to some as Luna, or asteroids and meteors.
[movie examples: 'Apollo 13', 'Apollo 18', 'Countdown', 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon', 'Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out', 'Moonfall', 'Armageddon', 'Deep Impact', etc.] - DirectorRidley ScottStarsMatt DamonJessica ChastainKristen WiigAn astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.Interplanetary Space Travel Movies
These movies feature space travel, but films depict travel to other planets within our own Copernican solar system or otherwise depict travel between two different planets within the same star system.
[movie examples: the '2001' franchise, 'Sunshine', 'Ad Astra', 'Abbott and Costello Go to Mars', 'Mission to Mars', 'Red Planet', 'Stowaway', 'Europa Report', 'Spaceman', 'Jupiter Ascending', etc.] - DirectorChristopher NolanStarsMatthew McConaugheyAnne HathawayJessica ChastainWhen Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.Interstellar Space Travel Movies
These movies feature space travel, but films depict travel outside our own Copernican solar system, but still within our own Milky Way galaxy or otherwise depict travel between two different star systems within the same galaxy.
[movie examples: 'Forbidden Planet', the 'Guardians of the Galaxy' franchise, the 'Star Trek' franchise, the 'Alien' franchise, the 'Dune' franchise, the 'Star Wars' franchise, etc.] - DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsKurt RussellJames SpaderJaye DavidsonAn interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.Intergalactic Space Travel Movies
These movies feature space travel, but films depict travel beyond the confines of our own Milky Way galaxy or otherwise depict travel between two different galaxies.
[movie examples: the 'Stargate' franchise, 'Contact', 'Green Lantern', 'Galaxy Quest', etc.]