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1. Passengers (I) (2016)

PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

A malfunction in a sleeping pod on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet wakes one passenger 90 years early.

Director: Morten Tyldum | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne

Votes: 447,994 | Gross: $100.01M

2. Avatar (2009)

PG-13 | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez

Votes: 1,387,266 | Gross: $760.51M

3. Sunshine (2007)

R | 107 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A team of international astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Cliff Curtis

Votes: 267,653 | Gross: $3.68M

4. 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: 254,130 | Gross: $30.23M

5. Gravity (2013)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Dr 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.

Director: Alfonso Cuarón | Stars: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen

Votes: 863,578 | Gross: $274.09M

6. Barbarella (1968)

Approved | 98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

In the 41st century, an astronaut partakes in sexy misadventures while seeking to stop an evil scientist who threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.

Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea

Votes: 37,745

7. Superman Returns (2006)

PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Superman returns to Earth after spending five years in space examining his homeworld Krypton. But he finds things have changed while he was gone, and he must once again prove himself important to the world.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Brandon Routh, Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden

Votes: 291,452 | Gross: $200.08M

8. Fire in the Sky (1993)

PG-13 | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Fantasy

An Arizona logger mysteriously disappears for five days in an alleged encounter with a flying saucer in 1975. His co-workers endure ridicule and contempt as they are wrongly accused of murder.

Director: Robert Lieberman | Stars: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg

Votes: 28,458 | Gross: $20.10M

9. Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

PG | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is hurled through the depths of space by the magical board game they are playing.

Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Jonah Bobo, Dax Shepard, Tim Robbins

Votes: 115,384 | Gross: $29.26M

10. Solaris (1972)

PG | 167 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A psychologist is sent to a station orbiting a distant planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane.

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky | Stars: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy

Votes: 98,327

11. xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.

Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu

Votes: 97,219 | Gross: $44.90M

12. 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: 132,120 | Gross: $92.00M

13. 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: 75,551 | Gross: $0.13M

14. Song to Song (I) (2017)

R | 129 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Two intersecting love triangles. Obsession and betrayal set against the music scene in Austin, Texas.

Director: Terrence Malick | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman

Votes: 22,570 | Gross: $0.44M

15. Solar Crisis (1990)

PG-13 | 112 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts must fly toward the sun to drop a talking bomb at the right time for the flare to be aimed elsewhere.

Directors: Richard C. Sarafian, Arthur Marks | Stars: Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston, Peter Boyle, Annabel Schofield

Votes: 2,077

16. Ben 10: Secret of the Omnitrix (2007 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 71 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

When the Omnitrix begins a countdown to self-destruction, Ben and Gwen team up with Tetrax to find the watch's creator before it's too late.

Directors: Sebastian Montes, Scooter Tidwell | Stars: Tara Strong, Meagan Moore, Paul Eiding, Dwight Schultz

Votes: 4,132

17. The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

PG | 104 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A NASA astronaut, forced to retire years earlier so he could save his family farm, has never given up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government's threats to stop him.

Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, Max Thieriot

Votes: 23,283 | Gross: $11.00M

18. Doomsday Machine (1976)

Not Rated | 83 min | Sci-Fi

Spies discover that the Red Chinese have built a "doomsday machine" capable of destroying the surface of the Earth, and that they plan to use it within a matter of days.

Directors: Harry Hope, Lee Sholem, Herbert J. Leder | Stars: Bobby Van, Ruta Lee, Mala Powers, James Craig

Votes: 1,381

19. Destination Moon (1950)

Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

"Destination Moon", tells the tale of when Doctor Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer approach Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson

Votes: 4,696 | Gross: $5.00M

20. The Myth (2005)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Archeologist Jack keeps having reoccurring dreams of a past life, where he is the great general Meng Yi, who is sworn to protect a princess named Ok-Soo. Jack decides to go investigate everything with his friend William.

Director: Stanley Tong | Stars: Bing Shao, Jackie Chan, Weixing Yao, Jianzhong Zhang

Votes: 16,321

21. A Perfect Plan (2012)

104 min | Adventure, Comedy, Romance

A successful woman in love tries to break her family curse of every first marriage ending in divorce, by dashing to the altar with a random stranger before marrying her boyfriend.

Director: Pascal Chaumeil | Stars: Diane Kruger, Dany Boon, Alice Pol, Robert Plagnol

Votes: 9,905

22. Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012–2013)

TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the year 2199, the space battleship Yamato embarks on a voyage to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a device that will rejuvenate a war-ravaged Earth.

Stars: Mallorie Rodak, Monica Rial, Jamie Marchi, Mike McFarland

Votes: 1,180

23. Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Two workmen accidentally launch a space rocket intended for Mars, and find mistakenly landing in New Orleans just the beginning of their misadventures.

Director: Charles Lamont | Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Robert Paige, Mari Blanchard

Votes: 3,605

24. The Invisible Boy (1957)

Approved | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

A ten-year-old boy and Robby the Robot team up to prevent a Super Computer from controlling the Earth from a satellite.

Director: Herman Hoffman | Stars: Richard Eyer, Philip Abbott, Diane Brewster, Harold J. Stone

Votes: 1,628

25. The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)

Not Rated | 80 min | Sci-Fi

An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visits to Earth and Earth's man-made demise, while human astronauts attempt to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.

Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Brad Dourif, Donald Williams, Ellen Baker, Franklin Chang-Diaz

Votes: 3,888

26. Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)

Approved | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Earth sends a five-man team to explore the frozen planet Uranus, only to find a temperate forest and sultry women from their past on it, courtesy of an alien brain with evil designs.

Director: Sidney W. Pink | Stars: John Agar, Carl Ottosen, Ove Sprogøe, Louis Miehe-Renard

Votes: 1,875

27. The X from Outer Space (1967)

PG | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

When a crew of scientists returns from Mars with a sample of the space spores that contaminated their ship, the sample escapes and grows into an enormous, rampaging beaked beast.

Director: Kazui Nihonmatsu | Stars: Shun'ya Wazaki, Itoko Harada, Shin'ichi Yanagisawa, Keisuke Sonoi

Votes: 1,514

28. Space Dogs (2010)

G | 85 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Schoolbooks say that Belka and Strelka were first space dogs. But the dogs say that people dissemble a lot.

Directors: Inna Evlannikova, Svyatoslav Ushakov | Stars: Anna Bolshova, Elena Yakovleva, Evgeniy Mironov, Sergey Garmash

Votes: 1,522

29. Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic (2008)

Not Rated | 145 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

An angel, a man and 4 orphans come together to bring you a story filled with fun, excitement, tears, love and magic.

Director: Kunal Kohli | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Rani Mukerji, Rishi Kapoor, Akshat Chopra

Votes: 2,957 | Gross: $0.37M

30. Cosmic Journey (1936)

70 min | Sci-Fi

In 1946, the Soviet space program is undergoing turmoil. Professor Sedikh, who is planning to lead the first manned exploration to the moon, is denounced by his rival Professor Karin as ... See full summary »

Director: Vasily Zhuravlyov | Stars: Sergey Komarov, Ksenia Moskalenko, Vassili Gaponenko, Nikolay Feoktistov

Votes: 504

31. Star Blazers 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014)

115 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

2199 AD. Yamato tries to leave behind the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy after receiving a Cosmo Reverse System at its destination, Iscandar. However, suddenly it encounters a mysterious ... See full summary »

Directors: Katsuichi Nakayama, Makoto Bessho, Yutaka Izubuchi | Stars: Kenji Akabane, Kazusa Amagai, Shigeru Chiba, Yûki Chiba

Votes: 204

32. Absurdistan (2008)

Not Rated | 88 min | Comedy

An allegorical comedy centered on two childhood sweethearts who seem destined for one another until the women of their isolated village, angered by male indifference toward the water ... See full summary »

Director: Veit Helmer | Stars: Max Mauff, Kristyna Ryska, Nino Chkheidze, Ivane Ivantbelidze

Votes: 1,744 | Gross: $0.04M

33. Journey to Space (2015)

Unrated | 45 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An unveiling of a new era of unprecedented deep space exploration in dramatic giant screen film format.

Director: Mark Krenzien | Stars: Lindsay Aitchison, Serena Aunon-Chancellor, Chris Ferguson, Christian Gardner

Votes: 857

34. Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi

Directors Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott and James Cameron discuss the science fiction movies of the 1950s that influenced them.

Director: Richard Schickel | Stars: Mark Hamill, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Ridley Scott

Votes: 461

35. The Far Side of the Moon (2003)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama

After the death of his mother, a man tries to discover a meaning to his life, to the universe and to rebuild a relationship with the only family he has left: his brother.

Director: Robert Lepage | Stars: Robert Lepage, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marco Poulin, Céline Bonnier

Votes: 1,979 | Gross: $0.01M

36. Walking on Air (1987 TV Movie)

TV-G | 55 min | Drama, Family, Sport

An unconventional science teacher encourages her wheelchair-bound student in his dream to become an astronaut so he can be free of the limitations of gravity. Will his overprotective parents and skeptical NASA administrators follow suit?

Director: Ed Kaplan | Stars: Lynn Redgrave, Jordan Marder, Philip Akin, Tom Butler

Votes: 41

37. Hors piste (2018)

6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

The two best rescue workers in the region take off for their umpteenth mission. Professionalism and efficiency all around, but things don't really go as planned...

Directors: Léo Brunel, Loris Cavalier, Camille Jalabert, Oscar Malet

Votes: 578

38. Sputnik (1958)

110 min | Comedy

In USSR ,Monsieur Martin had a dreadful flight.

Director: Jean Dréville | Stars: Noël-Noël, Denise Grey, Francis Blanche, Nathalie Nerval

Votes: 85

39. Backstreet Boys: Larger Than Life (1999 Music Video)

5 min | Music, Musical, Sci-Fi

Backstreet Boys' official music video for 'Larger Than Life'.

Director: Joseph Kahn | Stars: Backstreet Boys, Patricia D. Adams, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough

Votes: 210

40. Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13 (1996 Video)

58 min | Documentary

The making of the motion picture "Apollo 13".

Director: Lagniappe | Stars: Jim Lovell, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Tom Hanks

Votes: 127

41. Utazás a Holdba (1974 TV Movie)

161 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

Hungarian adaptation of Jules Verne's classic novels, "From the Earth to the Moon" and "Around the Moon".

Director: Miklós Csányi | Stars: Péter Kertész, Attila Tyll, László Inke, András Márton

Votes: 25

42. Prior to the Leap Into Space (1961)

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Director: Viktor Morgenstern

43. This Guy Is Falling (2000)

12 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Alison buys a used car without consulting any men, including her boyfriend Bob and their friend Warren. On the dash is a switch marked "Gravity." Bob flips the switch, and all gravity, at ... See full summary »

Directors: Michael Horowitz, Gareth Smith | Stars: Todd Giebenhain, Maria-Elena Laas, Lela Lee, Colburn Tseng

Votes: 82

44. We're Go for Launch to Zero-g (1994 Video)

58 min | Documentary, Family

Astronaut Bill Pogue explains what it is like to live in zero-gravity.

Star: William R. Pogue

Votes: 11

45. Beyond the Sphere of Reasonable Doubt (2018)

240 min | Adventure, Comedy

A live trip to the afterlife for the contestants in a TV show but the white smoke from heaven recovers the screen and everyone chokes on it and the presenter is so enthusiastic that his ego explodes.

Director: Nick Peterson | Stars: Old-Nick, Alex Hall, Janet Priest, Vincent X. Hall

46. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode: Melora (1993)

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

Melora Pazlar, a new arrival on DS9 with a special gravity-based disability, finds an admirer in Bashir. Meanwhile, an old associate of Quark's comes to the station to kill the bartender.

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Alexander Siddig, Terry Farrell

Votes: 2,251

47. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Conduit (1993)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mulder becomes obsessed with solving a case that closely parallels an "encounter" he experienced as a child.

Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Carrie Snodgress, Michael Cavanaugh

Votes: 6,916

48. Ben 10 (2005–2008)
Episode: The Return (2007)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ben encounters several past adversaries now working together to affect the latest space ship launch at NASA.

Director: Scooter Tidwell | Stars: Tara Strong, Meagan Moore, Paul Eiding, Richard Green

Votes: 495

49. Ben 10 (2005–2008)
Episode: Be Afraid of the Dark (2007)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In this two-parter conclusion, the Tennysons struggle in outer space to prevent Earth from becoming Ghostfreak's darkened domain.

Director: Sebastian Montes | Stars: Tara Strong, Meagan Moore, Paul Eiding, Richard Steven Horvitz

Votes: 507

50. Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers (1990– )
Episode: Special from the Soviet Union (1991)

TV-PG | Documentary

Russian Technology - Russian Angioplasty using U.S. Stent materials; Preserving the endangered Great Bustard; High Stakes Math - Tetris Game inventor and Earthquake Prediction; Klutzy ... See full summary »

Director: Andy Liebman | Star: Woodie Flowers