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"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signaβ¦ls the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult classic epic cult film independent film |
Themes: | space travel evolution artificial intelligence technology time travel deception murder surrealism |
Mood: | ambiguous ending avant garde |
Locations: | space hero space station outer space space desert |
Characters: | evil computer russian baby photographer alien doctor father daughter relationship |
Period: | year 2001 future |
Story: | space voyage computer chess alien technology voyage of discovery satellite dish ancient astronaut rapid aging moon base moon landing spaceship setting message from outer space space expedition human in outer space trapped in space earth viewed from space β¦space exploration space shuttle future shock computer breakdown human versus computer talking computer super computer alien intelligence alien contact soviet american relations blue danube waltz compilation music score psychadelic image classical music score cryogenic suspension negative footage planetary alignment shuttle craft millennialism carl jung technophobia 70mm film overture famous opening theme jupiter the planet video telephone techne stargate monolith number in character's name suspended animation waterhole visual metaphor explosive decompression biosphere airlock cryonics hibernation archeological dig lip reading man versus machine electromagnetic pulse spacewalk crater vacuum airline escape pod video recording outpost screenplay adapted by author ambiguity council rescue attempt orb zero gravity vortex visionary solar system prehistory leopard metaphysics messiah extreme close up science runs amok cryogenics asphyxiation animal killing famous line spacesuit rebirth voyage bone orchestral music score prehistoric times silence famous score stars ape top secret quarantine asteroid psychedelic very little dialogue stewardess location in title satellite nasa tribe astronaut sun animal attack blockbuster spacecraft aging jogging sabotage year in title cold war freeze frame chess moon cult director ufo first part long take character's point of view camera shot product placement mission pay phone based on short story beaten to death hotel room pilot flash forward news report spaceship drawing no opening credits toilet bedroom subjective camera scientist bathroom bed birthday computer slow motion scene digit in title beating surprise ending singing explosion number in title based on novel flashback (See All) |
Earth's future has been riddled by disasters, famines, and droughts. There is only one way to ensure mankind's survival: Interstellar travel. A newly discovered wormhole in the far reaches of our solar system allows a team of astronauts to go where no man has gone before, a planet that may have the β¦right environment to sustain human life. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence time travel deception surrealism |
Mood: | ambiguous ending |
Locations: | space station outer space space desert |
Characters: | doctor father daughter relationship |
Period: | future |
Story: | earth viewed from space space exploration space shuttle future shock 70mm film zero gravity solar system cryogenics asphyxiation spacesuit orchestral music score top secret nasa astronaut spacecraft β¦sabotage mission pilot spaceship drawing no opening credits scientist birthday beating surprise ending explosion flashback (See All) |
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | artificial intelligence |
Locations: | outer space space |
Characters: | russian |
Story: | ancient astronaut spaceship setting message from outer space space expedition human in outer space trapped in space space exploration jupiter the planet monolith cryonics spacewalk cryogenics stars nasa astronaut β¦spacecraft year in title cold war moon computer digit in title surprise ending number in title based on novel (See All) |
Dr. Ryan Stone ('Sandra Bullock' (qv)) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski ('George Clooney' (qv)) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Sβ¦tone and Kowalsky completely alone - tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. (Read More)
Themes: | space travel technology |
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Characters: | russian doctor |
Story: | human in outer space trapped in space earth viewed from space space shuttle explosive decompression spacewalk escape pod zero gravity spacesuit satellite nasa astronaut sun long take character's point of view camera shot β¦mission no opening credits subjective camera singing explosion flashback (See All) |
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find⦠a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring "the Martian" home, while his crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible, rescue mission. As these stories of incredible bravery unfold, the world comes together to root for Watney's safe return. (Read More)
Themes: | space travel |
Locations: | space station outer space space desert |
Story: | space expedition trapped in space earth viewed from space space exploration space shuttle explosive decompression biosphere airlock spacewalk crater video recording zero gravity spacesuit satellite nasa β¦astronaut spacecraft mission pilot news report spaceship no opening credits scientist birthday computer surprise ending explosion based on novel (See All) |
A massive alien spacecraft of enormous power destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, entering Federation space. Admiral James T. Kirk is ordered to take command of the USS Enterprise for the first time since her historic five-year mission. The Epsilon IX space station alerts the Federation, but thβ¦ey are also destroyed by the alien spacecraft. The only starship in range is the Enterprise--after undergoing a major overhaul at Spacedock on Earth. Kirk rounds up the rest of his crew, and acquires some new members, and sets off to intercept the alien spacecraft. However, it has been there years since Kirk last commanded the Enterprise... is he up to the task of saving Earth? (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence |
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Characters: | alien doctor |
Story: | human in outer space trapped in space space exploration shuttle craft overture man versus machine spacewalk spacesuit orchestral music score famous score blockbuster spacecraft first part long take mission |
Based on the true story of the ill-fated 13th Apollo mission bound for the moon. Astronauts Lovell, Haise and Swigert were scheduled to fly Apollo 14, but are moved up to 13. It's 1970, and The US has already achieved their lunar landing goal, so there's little interest in this "routine" flight.. unβ¦til that is, things go very wrong, and prospects of a safe return fade. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | space travel technology |
Locations: | outer space space |
Characters: | photographer doctor father daughter relationship |
Story: | moon landing human in outer space trapped in space earth viewed from space space exploration space shuttle explosive decompression zero gravity famous line spacesuit nasa astronaut blockbuster spacecraft moon β¦mission news report bedroom computer digit in title explosion number in title (See All) |
Europa, Jupiter's moon is known to have potential to support life. Hence a manned mission is sent to Europa to search for data proving existence of life there. "Europa report" shows the difficult choices and sacrifices the crew has to make to fulfill their objective of sending valuable data to Earth⦠for research. (Read More)
Themes: | space travel |
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Characters: | alien |
Story: | trapped in space earth viewed from space space shuttle alien intelligence alien contact jupiter the planet airlock spacewalk zero gravity spacesuit astronaut freeze frame moon mission spaceship β¦no opening credits subjective camera scientist flashback (See All) |
When Adams and his crew are sent to investigate the silence from a planet inhabited by scientists, he finds all but two have died. Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira have somehow survived a hideous monster which roams the planet. Unknown to Adams, Morbius has made a discovery, and has no intention⦠of sharing it (or his daughter!) with anyone. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence surrealism murder |
Locations: | outer space space desert |
Characters: | doctor father daughter relationship |
Story: | alien technology space exploration super computer science runs amok animal killing silence famous score stars animal attack spacecraft sabotage moon character's point of view camera shot spaceship subjective camera β¦scientist surprise ending (See All) |
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomoβ¦rrowland." (Read More)
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence time travel deception murder surrealism |
Locations: | outer space space |
Characters: | doctor father daughter relationship |
Period: | future |
Story: | earth viewed from space space shuttle future shock electromagnetic pulse escape pod video recording orb nasa astronaut sabotage freeze frame moon long take character's point of view camera shot product placement β¦mission pay phone beaten to death news report spaceship no opening credits subjective camera scientist slow motion scene beating surprise ending explosion flashback (See All) |
The spaceship, Starship Avalon, in its 120-year voyage to a distant colony planet known as the "Homestead Colony" and transporting 5,258 people has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result one hibernation pod opens prematurely and the one person that awakes, Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) β¦is stranded on the spaceship, still 90 years from his destination. (Read More)
Themes: | space travel deception murder |
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Characters: | father daughter relationship |
Story: | spaceship setting human in outer space trapped in space space shuttle suspended animation biosphere explosive decompression cryonics hibernation spacewalk zero gravity spacesuit voyage asteroid spacecraft β¦jogging sabotage flash forward spaceship no opening credits birthday computer surprise ending explosion flashback (See All) |
Two decades after the freak alien invasion that nearly destroyed mankind a new threat emerges. This Alien mothership is more than twice the size as the last one and once again, the world's armies must band together to save the world. Do they have enough firepower or will this battle change and will β¦aliens take over? (Read More)
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence technology deception murder |
Locations: | outer space desert |
Characters: | baby alien doctor father daughter relationship |
Story: | alien technology moon base earth viewed from space alien intelligence alien contact electromagnetic pulse crater council rescue attempt orb spacesuit satellite blockbuster spacecraft moon β¦ufo character's point of view camera shot mission pilot news report spaceship no opening credits subjective camera scientist computer surprise ending explosion (See All) |
In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the crew of the "Lewis and Clark" discover the real truth behind its⦠disappearance and something even more terrifying. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Period: | future |
Story: | space voyage spaceship setting human in outer space trapped in space suspended animation explosive decompression airlock cryonics zero gravity solar system science runs amok cryogenics spacesuit voyage astronaut β¦spacecraft sabotage spaceship explosion (See All) |
Set way in the future, Earth is no longer inhabitable, so humans have colonized in outer space. One colony receives two cryogenically frozen bodies, and when they defrost them, one of the bodies turns out to be.....who else? Jason Voorhees. No longer in the forest or Camp Crystal Lake, Jason stalks β¦the colonists in a whole new environment. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence murder |
Mood: | ambiguous ending |
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Characters: | doctor |
Period: | future |
Story: | spaceship setting human in outer space trapped in space earth viewed from space suspended animation explosive decompression science runs amok cryogenics spacesuit spacecraft sabotage beaten to death pilot flash forward spaceship β¦scientist computer beating surprise ending explosion number in title flashback (See All) |
The crew of the commercial spaceship Nostromo are on their way home when they pick up a distress beacon from a distant moon. The crew are under obligation to investigate and the spaceship descends on the moon afterwards. After a rough landing, three crew members leave the spaceship to explore the arβ¦ea on the moon. At the same time as they discover a hive colony of some unknown creature, the ship's computer deciphers the message to be a warning, not a distress call. When one of the eggs is disturbed, the crew realizes that they are not alone on the spaceship and they must deal with the consequences. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | space travel technology murder |
Locations: | outer space space |
Characters: | alien |
Story: | spaceship setting human in outer space trapped in space alien contact suspended animation airlock cryonics hibernation vacuum escape pod cryogenics spacesuit blockbuster spacecraft moon β¦first part spaceship computer (See All) |
On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he's made an historic discovery; fossilised evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up, and goes out on an unauthorised expedition to collect β¦further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster, when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they begin to realise; the life-form they've discovered is highly dangerous to all human life. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | space travel deception |
Mood: | ambiguous ending |
Locations: | space station outer space space desert |
Characters: | russian doctor |
Period: | future |
Story: | trapped in space space exploration space shuttle explosive decompression zero gravity spacesuit location in title astronaut spacecraft chess mission based on short story no opening credits scientist beating β¦surprise ending flashback (See All) |
Almost eleven years after the futile and disastrous expedition on the distant moon LV-223, the deep-space colonisation vessel Covenant equipped with more than 2,000 colonists in cryogenic hibernation, sets a course for the remote planet Origae-6 with the intention to build a new world. Instead, a roβ¦gue transmission will entice the crew to a nearby habitable small planet which resembles The Earth. The unsuspecting members of Covenant will have to cope with biological foes, beyond human comprehension. Ultimately, what was intended as a peaceful exploratory mission, will soon turn into a desperate rescue operation deep into the cold infinite space. (Read More)
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence deception murder |
Locations: | outer space space |
Characters: | alien doctor |
Period: | future |
Story: | alien technology trapped in space space exploration super computer suspended animation explosive decompression hibernation spacewalk video recording cryogenics spacesuit quarantine spacecraft moon cult director β¦character's point of view camera shot mission beaten to death pilot spaceship subjective camera scientist slow motion scene beating surprise ending explosion flashback (See All) |
The Solaris mission has established a base on a planet that appears to host some kind of intelligence, but the details are hazy and very secret. After the mysterious demise of one of the three scientists on the base, the main character is sent out to replace him. He finds the station run-down and thβ¦e two remaining scientists cold and secretive. When he also encounters his wife who has been dead for ten years, he begins to appreciate the baffling nature of the alien intelligence. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | space travel surrealism |
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Characters: | russian alien doctor |
Period: | future |
Story: | trapped in space space exploration alien intelligence alien contact video telephone video recording metaphysics spacesuit astronaut spacecraft long take mission scientist bed birthday β¦surprise ending based on novel flashback (See All) |
This film is set in 2093 and takes place in the same universe as the 'Alien' movies. A group of explorers, including some archaeologists, are on an "undisclosed" mission. They arrive at a moon trillions of miles away from Earth. The team spot what they believe to be signs of civilization. They go to⦠investigate and find more than just signs, they find conclusive evidence. But some of them have an ulterior motive for being there, including the Weyland Corporation. They believe that this is where the human race actually came from. Things soon turn from excitement to survival once inside their discovery. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | space travel technology murder |
Locations: | outer space |
Characters: | father daughter relationship |
Period: | future |
Story: | space voyage alien technology ancient astronaut space expedition human in outer space trapped in space alien contact suspended animation archeological dig escape pod cryogenics spacesuit animal attack moon mission β¦pilot spaceship scientist explosion flashback (See All) |
A soldier from Earth crash-lands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpβ¦ected way. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | space travel deception surrealism murder |
Locations: | space station outer space desert |
Characters: | baby alien |
Period: | future |
Story: | alien technology space exploration crater council rescue attempt animal killing orchestral music score animal attack spacecraft moon mission beaten to death pilot spaceship beating β¦surprise ending singing explosion (See All) |
In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a joint American- Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions. Among the mysteries the expedition must explain are the appearance of a huge black monolith in Jupiter'β¦s orbit and the fate of H.A.L., the Discovery's sentient computer. Based on a novel written by Arthur C. Clarke. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence deception surrealism |
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Characters: | russian doctor |
Story: | satellite dish ancient astronaut spaceship setting message from outer space space expedition human in outer space trapped in space earth viewed from space space exploration space shuttle super computer alien intelligence jupiter the planet monolith electromagnetic pulse β¦zero gravity famous score top secret astronaut sun spacecraft jogging year in title cold war moon mission news report spaceship scientist computer digit in title surprise ending number in title (See All) |
50 years into the future, the Sun begins to die, and Earth is dying as a result. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun - but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind's last hope.
Subgenre: | cult film independent film |
Themes: | murder |
Locations: | outer space space |
Period: | future |
Story: | spaceship setting trapped in space airlock spacewalk vacuum spacesuit asteroid astronaut sun spacecraft sabotage mission spaceship scientist surprise ending |
In the year 2058, the Earth will soon be uninhabitable after the irreversible effects of pollution and global warming! Professor John Robinson, lead scientist of the Jupiter 2 Mission, will lead his family to the habitable planet Alpha Prime to prep it for colonization. The Jupiter 2 is equipped witβ¦h a hyperdrive that allows faster-than-light travel, which will eventually be employed to evacuate the citizens of Earth. However hypergates must be constructed on Earth and Alpha Prime to provide stable points of departure and arrival. Dr. Zachary Smith is bribed by a terrorist organization to sabotage the mission, and ends up an unwilling stowaway as the ship blasts off. (Read More)
Themes: | space travel time travel |
Locations: | outer space space desert |
Period: | future |
Story: | human in outer space trapped in space space exploration zero gravity cryogenics spacesuit sun spacecraft sabotage mission spaceship scientist explosion |
When the USS Enterprise crew is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone worlβ¦d to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction. As our space heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | space travel deception murder |
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Characters: | alien doctor father daughter relationship |
Story: | human in outer space shuttle craft jupiter the planet suspended animation spacewalk escape pod zero gravity cryogenics spacesuit top secret tribe blockbuster spacecraft sabotage chess β¦moon mission spaceship no opening credits scientist beating explosion (See All) |
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence murder |
Locations: | outer space desert |
Characters: | alien |
Story: | ancient astronaut earth viewed from space space exploration alien contact escape pod outpost council cryogenics spacesuit satellite blockbuster spacecraft moon ufo first part β¦character's point of view camera shot product placement news report spaceship no opening credits scientist slow motion scene beating surprise ending explosion flashback (See All) |
Autobots Bumblebee, Ratchet, Ironhide, Mirage (aka Dino), Wheeljack (aka Que) and Sideswipe led by Optimus Prime, are back in action taking on the evil Decepticons, who are eager to avenge their recent defeat. The Autobots and Decepticons become involved in a perilous space race between the United Sβ¦tates and Russia to reach a hidden Cybertronian spacecraft on the moon and learn its secrets, and once again Sam Witwicky has to go to the aid of his robot friends. The new villain Shockwave is on the scene while the Autobots and Decepticons continue to battle it out on Earth. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | space travel deception murder |
Locations: | outer space space desert |
Characters: | russian alien |
Story: | alien technology ancient astronaut moon landing space shuttle top secret satellite nasa astronaut blockbuster spacecraft sabotage moon product placement news report spaceship β¦no opening credits scientist computer slow motion scene beating explosion flashback (See All) |
King Roland of the planet Druidia is trying to marry his daughter Princess Vespa to Prince Valium, but Vespa is kidnapped by the evil race of the Spaceballs. The Spaceballs ask Roland a tremendous ransom: all the air of Druidia (you see, the air of Spaceball had serious pollution problems...). The Kβ¦ing decides to offer a generous amount of money to a space rogue, Lone Starr, to persuade him to save Vespa. What follows is the parody of a _LOT_ of famous SF movies. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | space travel technology |
Locations: | outer space space desert |
Characters: | alien |
Story: | alien technology human in outer space space exploration alien contact escape pod spacecraft cult director ufo character's point of view camera shot spaceship subjective camera surprise ending |
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS is the new adventure film from Luc Besson, the director of The Professional, The Fifth Element and Lucy, based on the comic book series which inspired a generation of artists, writers and filmmakers. In the 28th century, Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laurelinβ¦e (Cara Delevingne) are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two embark on a mission to the astonishing city of Alpha-an ever-expanding metropolis where species from all over the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence and cultures with each other. There is a mystery at the center of Alpha, a dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence deception murder surrealism |
Locations: | space station outer space desert |
Characters: | alien father daughter relationship |
Period: | future |
Story: | alien technology space exploration space shuttle super computer council zero gravity spacesuit tribe astronaut animal attack spacecraft sabotage mission beaten to death flash forward β¦spaceship slow motion scene beating surprise ending explosion number in title flashback (See All) |
After stopping off at Starbase Yorktown, a remote outpost on the fringes of Federation space, the USS Enterprise, halfway into their five-year mission, is destroyed by an unstoppable wave of unknown aliens. With the crew stranded on an unknown planet and with no apparent means of rescue, they find tβ¦hemselves fighting against a ruthless enemy with a well-earned hatred of the Federation and everything it stands for. Only a rebellious alien warrior can help them reunite and leave the planet to stop this deadly menace from beginning a possible galactic war. (Read More)
Themes: | space travel deception murder |
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Characters: | russian alien doctor |
Story: | alien technology ancient astronaut human in outer space explosive decompression escape pod outpost video recording zero gravity famous line famous score satellite blockbuster spacecraft long take mission β¦spaceship no opening credits birthday slow motion scene explosion (See All) |
Six astronauts aboard the space station study a sample collected from Mars that could provide evidence for extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. The crew determines that the sample contains a large, single-celled organism - the first example of life beyond Earth. But..things aren't always what thβ¦ey seem. As the crew begins to conduct research, and their methods end up having unintended consequences, the life form proves more intelligent than anyone ever expected. (Read More)
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Characters: | alien |
Story: | trapped in space space shuttle biosphere spacewalk escape pod zero gravity spacesuit quarantine astronaut long take scientist computer surprise ending explosion |
In the near future, Earth is dying. A new colony on Mars could be humanity's only hope. A team of American astronauts, each a specialist in a different field, is making the first manned expedition to the red planet and must struggle to overcome the differences in their personalities, backgrounds and⦠ideologies for the overall good of the mission. When their equipment suffers life-threatening damage and the crew must depend on one another for survival on the hostile surface of Mars, their doubts, fears and questions about God, man's destiny and the nature of the universe become defining elements in their fates. In this alien environment they must come face to face with their most human selves. (Read More)
Themes: | space travel evolution |
Locations: | outer space desert |
Characters: | alien |
Period: | future |
Story: | human in outer space trapped in space space exploration talking computer spacewalk zero gravity spacesuit nasa astronaut spacecraft mission spaceship |
Taylor and two other astronauts come out of deep hibernation to find that their ship has crashed. Escaping with little more than clothes they find that they have landed on a planet where men are pre-lingual and uncivilized while apes have learned speech and technology. Taylor is captured and taken tβ¦o the city of the apes after damaging his throat so that he is silent and cannot communicate with the apes. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | space travel evolution technology time travel murder |
Locations: | outer space desert |
Period: | future |
Story: | space exploration hibernation science runs amok cryogenics ape astronaut blockbuster spacecraft first part character's point of view camera shot scientist surprise ending explosion based on novel |
One of the few remaining drone repairmen assigned to Earth, its surface devastated after decades of war with the alien Scavs, discovers a crashed spacecraft with contents that bring into question everything he believed about the war, and may even put the fate of mankind in his hands.
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence deception surrealism murder |
Locations: | space station outer space desert |
Characters: | alien |
Period: | future |
Story: | space shuttle cryonics spacesuit nasa astronaut spacecraft spaceship drawing no opening credits surprise ending explosion flashback |
57 years after Ellen Ripley had a close encounter with the reptilian alien creature from the first movie, she is called back, this time, to help a group of highly trained colonial marines fight off against the sinister extraterrestrials. But this time, the aliens have taken over a space colony on thβ¦e moon LV-426. When the colonial marines are called upon to search the deserted space colony, they later find out that they are up against more than what they bargained for. Using specially modified machine guns and enough firepower, it's either fight or die as the space marines battle against the aliens. As the Marines do their best to defend themselves, Ripley must attempt to protect a young girl who is the sole survivor of the decimated space colony. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | space travel technology |
Locations: | outer space space |
Characters: | alien |
Period: | future |
Story: | human in outer space trapped in space alien contact suspended animation cryonics cryogenics famous line spacesuit orchestral music score blockbuster spacecraft moon character's point of view camera shot spaceship subjective camera β¦slow motion scene explosion (See All) |
On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. It is soon learned by the military that a number of enormous objects are on a collision course with Earth. At first thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to be gigantic spacecraft, pilotβ¦ed by a mysterious alien species. After attempts to communicate with the aliens go nowhere, David Levinson, an ex-scientist turned cable technician, discovers that the aliens are going to attack major points around the globe in less than a day. On July 3rd, the aliens all but obliterate New York, Los Angeles and Washington, as well as Paris, London, Houston and Moscow. The survivors set out in convoys towards Area 51, a strange government testing ground where it is rumored the military has a captured alien spacecraft of their own. The survivors devise a plan to fight back against the enslaving aliens, and July 4th becomes the day humanity will fight for its freedom. July 4th is their Independence Day... (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic cult film |
Themes: | space travel |
Locations: | outer space desert |
Characters: | alien father daughter relationship |
Story: | alien technology human in outer space space shuttle alien contact electromagnetic pulse blockbuster spacecraft chess moon ufo product placement mission pilot news report spaceship β¦no opening credits scientist surprise ending explosion (See All) |
The Imperial Forces, under orders from cruel Darth Vader, hold Princess Leia hostage in their efforts to quell the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo, captain of the Millennium Falcon, work together with the companionable droid duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiβ¦ful princess, help the Rebel Alliance and restore freedom and justice to the Galaxy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult classic epic cult film |
Themes: | space travel murder |
Locations: | space station outer space space desert |
Characters: | alien |
Period: | future |
Story: | ancient astronaut human in outer space famous opening theme number in character's name escape pod famous line orchestral music score famous score blockbuster spacecraft sabotage character's point of view camera shot mission pilot spaceship β¦no opening credits subjective camera computer slow motion scene number in title (See All) |
A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
Subgenre: | cult film independent film |
Themes: | space travel deception murder surrealism |
Locations: | outer space |
Characters: | alien father daughter relationship |
Story: | earth viewed from space alien contact asteroid spacecraft sabotage ufo first part character's point of view camera shot mission pay phone news report spaceship toilet bedroom subjective camera β¦slow motion scene surprise ending explosion (See All) |
All looks lost for the Rebellion against the Empire as they learn of the existence of a new super weapon, the Death Star. Once a possible weakness in its construction is uncovered, the Rebel Alliance must set out on a desperate mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. The future of the entire β¦galaxy now rests upon its success. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | space travel artificial intelligence deception murder |
Locations: | space station outer space space desert |
Characters: | alien father daughter relationship |
Period: | future |
Story: | space shuttle alien intelligence escape pod outpost council extreme close up famous score blockbuster spacecraft sabotage moon character's point of view camera shot mission pilot flash forward β¦spaceship no opening credits subjective camera scientist explosion number in title flashback (See All) |
This theatrical movie based on the television series (which was also based on a popular multiform robot toyline) did not go over very well at the box office. The movie takes place in 2005, twenty years after the television series, and chronicles the efforts of the heroic Autobots to defend their homβ¦eworld Cybertron from the evil Decepticons. Both factions are seething with anger, and that hatred has blinded them to a hideous menace headed their way. That hideous menace is the colossal planet known as Unicron, who has been ready to consume anything that stands in its way. The only thing that can stop Unicron is the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, which is possessed by the Autobots and which the Decepticons, through Unicron's orders, plan to take away from them. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film independent film |
Themes: | space travel technology deception murder |
Locations: | space station outer space |
Characters: | alien |
Period: | future |
Story: | alien technology moon base human in outer space space shuttle alien contact psychadelic image escape pod messiah famous line spacecraft moon ufo spaceship scientist computer β¦surprise ending explosion (See All) |
The Earth was ravaged by the Formics, an alien race seemingly determined to destroy humanity. Fifty years later, the people of Earth remain banded together to prevent their own annihilation from this technologically superior alien species. Ender Wiggin, a quiet but brilliant boy, may become the saviβ¦or of the human race. He is separated from his beloved sister and his terrifying brother and brought to battle school in orbit around earth. He will be tested and honed into an empathetic killer who begins to despise what he does as he learns to fight in hopes of saving Earth and his family. (Read More)
Subgenre: | independent film |
Themes: | space travel deception |
Locations: | space station outer space |
Characters: | alien father daughter relationship |
Period: | future |
Story: | human in outer space earth viewed from space space shuttle outpost zero gravity cryogenics spacesuit spacecraft character's point of view camera shot spaceship no opening credits subjective camera beating surprise ending explosion β¦based on novel (See All) |
Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway has long been interested in contact to faraway lands, a love fostered in her childhood by her father, Ted Arroway, who passed away when she was nine years old leaving her then orphaned. Her current work in monitoring for extraterrestrial life is based on that love and is⦠in part an homage to her father. Ever since funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) was pulled on her work, which is referred to some, including her NSF superior David Drumlin, as more science fiction than science, Ellie, with a few of her rogue scientist colleagues, have looked for funding from where ever they could get it to continue their work. When Ellie and her colleagues hear chatter originating from the vicinity of the star Vega, Ellie feels vindicated. But that vindication is short lived when others, including politicians, the military, religious leaders and other scientists such as Drumlin, try to take over her work. When the messages received from space are decoded, the project takes on a whole new dimension, which strengthens for Ellie the quest for the truth. Thrown into the mix are the unknown person who has up until now funded most of Ellie's work and what his motivations are, and Palmer Joss, a renowned author and theologian, who despite their fundamental differences in outlook, is mutually attracted to Ellie, that attraction based in part on intellect and their common goal of wanting to know the truth. (Read More)
Themes: | space travel time travel |
Locations: | space station outer space space |
Characters: | alien father daughter relationship |
Story: | alien technology message from outer space alien intelligence alien contact zero gravity spacesuit orchestral music score top secret nasa sabotage long take flash forward news report no opening credits scientist β¦surprise ending based on novel flashback (See All) |
Jenny Hayden never did get over the death of her husband. So when an alien life form decides to model "himself" on the husband, Jenny is understandably confused if not terrified. The alien, or Starman, as he is called, has a deadline to meet, and kidnaps Jenny in order to meet it.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | deception surrealism |
Locations: | outer space desert |
Characters: | baby alien |
Story: | alien contact crater orb spacecraft cult director ufo long take character's point of view camera shot product placement pay phone news report subjective camera scientist beating surprise ending β¦explosion (See All) |
In a distant, but not so unrealistic, future where mankind has abandoned earth because it has become covered with trash from products sold by the powerful multi-national Buy N Large corporation, WALL-E, a garbage collecting robot has been left to clean up the mess. Mesmerized with trinkets of Earth'β¦s history and show tunes, WALL-E is alone on Earth except for a sprightly pet cockroach. One day, EVE, a sleek (and dangerous) reconnaissance robot, is sent to Earth to find proof that life is once again sustainable. WALL-E falls in love with EVE. WALL-E rescues EVE from a dust storm and shows her a living plant he found amongst the rubble. Consistent with her "directive", EVE takes the plant and automatically enters a deactivated state except for a blinking green beacon. WALL-E, doesn't understand what has happened to his new friend, but, true to his love, he protects her from wind, rain, and lightning, even as she is unresponsive. One day a massive ship comes to reclaim EVE, but WALL-E, out of love or loneliness, hitches a ride on the outside of the ship to rescue EVE. The ship arrives back at a large space cruise ship, which is carrying all of the humans who evacuated Earth 700 years earlier. The people of Earth ride around this space resort on hovering chairs which give them a constant feed of TV and video chatting. They drink all of their meals through a straw out of laziness and/or bone loss, and are all so fat that they can barely move. When the auto-pilot computer, acting oβ¦ (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | deception |
Locations: | space station outer space space desert |
Characters: | baby |
Period: | future |
Story: | human in outer space earth viewed from space space shuttle human versus computer number in character's name airlock man versus machine escape pod bone very little dialogue blockbuster spacecraft moon mission pilot β¦spaceship no opening credits computer slow motion scene (See All) |
Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine Wise, a genetically engineered ex-β¦military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along - her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic cult film |
Themes: | space travel deception surrealism murder |
Locations: | outer space |
Characters: | russian alien |
Story: | ancient astronaut human in outer space earth viewed from space alien contact shuttle craft jupiter the planet rescue attempt spacesuit stars spacecraft product placement mission spaceship no opening credits slow motion scene β¦surprise ending explosion (See All) |
Three stories - one each from the past, present, and future - about men in pursuit of eternity with their love. A conquistador in Mayan country searches for the tree of life to free his captive queen; a medical researcher, working with various trees, looks for a cure that will save his dying wife; a⦠space traveler, traveling with an aged tree encapsulated within a bubble, moves toward a dying star that's wrapped in a nebula; he seeks eternity with his love. The stories intersect and parallel; the quests fail and succeed. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | space travel murder surrealism |
Locations: | outer space space |
Characters: | doctor |
Period: | future |
Story: | space exploration metaphysics messiah rebirth ape stars tribe astronaut aging beaten to death flash forward no opening credits scientist bed beating β¦flashback (See All) |
A naval war ship encounters an alien armada and faces the biggest threat mankind has ever faced. If they lose, the world could face a major extinction event and an alien invasion. Will humans win this alien war, what are the aliens doing here, and what do they want? Based on the Hasbro naval war gamβ¦e. (Read More)
Themes: | space travel |
Locations: | outer space |
Characters: | alien father daughter relationship |
Story: | satellite dish alien contact electromagnetic pulse spacesuit satellite nasa spacecraft long take character's point of view camera shot product placement beaten to death flash forward news report spaceship no opening credits β¦subjective camera scientist birthday slow motion scene beating explosion (See All) |
In the distant future high school kids are encouraged to become citizens by joining the military. What they don't know is that they'll soon be engaged in a full scale war against a planet of alien insects. The fight is on to ensure the safety of humanity.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | space travel murder |
Locations: | space station outer space |
Characters: | alien |
Period: | future |
Story: | human in outer space outpost asteroid spacecraft first part pilot news report spaceship drawing no opening credits scientist beating explosion based on novel |
In the twenty-third century, the universe is threatened by evil. The only hope for mankind is the Fifth Element, who comes to Earth every five thousand years to protect the humans with four stones of the four elements: fire, water, Earth and air. A Mondoshawan spacecraft is bringing The Fifth Elemenβ¦t back to Earth but it is destroyed by the evil Mangalores. However, a team of scientists use the DNA of the remains of the Fifth Element to rebuild the perfect being called Leeloo. She escapes from the laboratory and stumbles upon the taxi driver and former elite commando Major Korben Dallas that helps her to escape from the police. Leeloo tells him that she must meet Father Vito Cornelius to accomplish her mission. Meanwhile, the Evil uses the greedy and cruel Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg and a team of mercenary Mangalores to retrieve the stones and avoid the protection of Leeloo. But the skilled Korben Dallas has fallen in love with Leeloo and decides to help her to retrieve the stones. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic cult film |
Themes: | space travel murder |
Locations: | outer space space desert |
Characters: | alien |
Period: | future |
Story: | ancient astronaut human in outer space space shuttle escape pod messiah satellite blockbuster spacecraft product placement mission spaceship explosion number in title |
In the early 70's, Commander Nathan Walker, Captain Ben Anderson and Lieutenant Colonel John Grey are assigned in a secret mission to the Moon to protect the USA from USSR using detectors. Nathan and Ben land on the Moon in the Liberty module while John stays in orbit in the module Freedom. They colβ¦lect rock samples and bring them to the Liberty. They also find footprints and the body of a Soviet cosmonaut on the moon. Soon they hear weird noises and they find that they are not alone in the satellite. (Read More)
Themes: | deception |
Locations: | outer space |
Characters: | alien |
Story: | moon landing trapped in space earth viewed from space crater spacesuit satellite nasa astronaut moon mission spaceship digit in title surprise ending number in title |
Journalist Jenny Lerner is assigned to look into the background of Secretary Alan Rittenhouse who abruptly resigned from government citing his wife's ill health. She learns from his secretary that Rittenhouse was having an affair with someone named Ellie but when she confronts him, his strange reactβ¦ion leads her to reconsider her story. In fact, a comet, discovered the previous year by high school student Leo Biederman and astronomer Dr. Marcus Wolf, is on a collision course with the Earth, an Extinction Level Event. A joint US-Russian team is sent to destroy the comet but should it fail, special measures are to be put in place to secure the future of mankind. As the space mission progresses, many individuals deal with their fears and ponder their future. (Read More)
Subgenre: | epic |
Themes: | space travel |
Locations: | outer space space |
Characters: | russian father daughter relationship |
Period: | future |
Story: | human in outer space space shuttle nasa astronaut blockbuster spacecraft product placement mission news report computer explosion |