List of films about outer space
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User:RMCD bot/subject notice The following are some of the more notable films set in or about outer space.
| Film name | Year | Language | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | English | Classic directed by Stanley Kubrick |
| 2010: The Year We Make Contact | 1985 | English | Sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | 1953 | English | Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| Ad Astra | 2019 | English | Directed by James Gray |
| The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | 1984 | English | Cult classic, Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash | 2002 | English | Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| Aelita | 1924 | Silent | The first Soviet sci-fi film |
| After Earth | 2013 | English | Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| The Age of Pioneers | 2017 | Russian | Historical drama about cosmonaut Alexey Leonov - the first human to perform a spacewalk. |
| Airplane II: The Sequel | 1982 | English | Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| Alien | 1979 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Aliens | 1986 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Alien 3 | 1992 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Alien Resurrection | 1997 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Alien: Covenant | 2017 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Alien vs. Predator | 2004 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | 2007 | English | Sci-Fi-Horror |
| The American Astronaut | 2001 | English | Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| Android | 1982 | English | |
| The Andromeda Strain | 1971 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Apollo 13 | 1995 | English | Dramatization of the Apollo 13 lunar mission |
| Apollo 18 | 2011 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Approaching the Unknown | 2016 | English | Sci-Fi/Drama |
| Armageddon | 1998 | English | Disaster film |
| Attraction | 2017 | Russian | Sci-Fi/Drama/Disaster film |
| The Angry Red Planet | 1959 | English | |
| Avatar | 2009 | English | Directed by James Cameron |
| Avatar 2 | 2020 | English | Directed by James Cameron |
| Avatar 3 | 2021 | English | Directed by James Cameron |
| Babylon 5 | 1993 | English | TV series |
| Barbarella | 1968 | French English |
Cult classic, Comic book |
| Battle Beyond the Stars | 1980 | English | Cult classic, Space Western |
| Battlefield Earth | 2000 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Battlestar Galactica | 1978 | English | TV series |
| Battlestar Galactica | 2003 | English | TV series |
| Battlestar Galactica: Razor | 2007 | English | TV movie |
| Battlestar Galactica: The Plan | 2009 | English | TV movie |
| The Black Hole | 1979 | English | Walt Disney film |
| Blake's 7 | 1978 | English | TV series |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 1979 | English | TV series |
| Capricorn One | 1978 | English | |
| Cargo | 2009 | German | |
| Cat-Women of the Moon | 1953 | English | |
| Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 1977 | English | Classic directed by Steven Spielberg |
| Conquest of Space | 1955 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Contact | 1997 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| The Chronicles of Riddick | 2004 | English | Cult classic |
| Cosmic Voyage | 1936 | Silent | Co-written by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky |
| Countdown | 1968 | English | Film adaptation of the novel The Pilgrim Project |
| Dante 01 | 2008 | French | |
| Dark Star | 1974 | English | Cult classic, Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | 1951 | English | Classic directed by Robert Wise |
| Kalai Arasi | 1963 | Tamil | First ever Indian Film based on Outer Space and Aliens |
| Deep Impact | 1998 | English | Sci-Fi/Drama/Disaster film |
| Destination Moon | 1950 | English | Film adaptation of the novel Rocket Ship Galileo |
| District 9 | 2009 | English | An alien ship lands over Johannesburg. |
| Doctor Who | 1963 | English | Longest running Sci-Fi series |
| Doom | 2005 | English | Adaptation of the video game |
| Dune | 1984 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Elysium | 2013 | English | |
| Ender's Game | 2013 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Enemy Mine | 1985 | English | Film adaptation of the novella |
| E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | English | Classic directed by Steven Spielberg |
| Europa Report | 2013 | English | |
| Event Horizon | 1997 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Explorers | 1985 | English | Cult classic |
| The Fifth Element | 1997 | English | Directed by Luc Besson |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | 2001 | English | |
| Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars | 2004 | English | Used to tie many loose ends from the TV series. |
| Firefly | 2002 | English | TV series |
| First Man | 2018 | English | Biographical drama/Adventure film |
| First Man into Space | 1959 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| The First Men in the Moon | 1919 | Silent | Film adaptation of the novel |
| First Men in the Moon | 1964 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| First Spaceship on Venus | 1959 | German | Film adaptation of the novel Astronauts |
| Flash Gordon | 1980 | English | Cult classic, Comic book |
| Flight to Mars | 1951 | English | |
| Forbidden Planet | 1956 | English | Classic |
| The Fountain | 2006 | English | |
| From the Earth to the Moon | 1958 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Gagarin: First in Space | 2013 | Russian | Docudrama about cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin - the first human in space and the mission of Vostok 1. |
| Galactica 1980 | 1980 | English | TV series |
| Galaxy Quest | 1999 | English | Satire of space adventure television genre i.e. Star Trek |
| Galaxy of Terror | 1981 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Ghosts of Mars | 2001 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 2014 | English | Superhero film, Comic book |
| Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | 2017 | English | Superhero film, Comic book |
| Gravity | 2013 | English | Sci-Fi/Drama/Disaster film |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 2005 | English | Remake/second adaptation of the novel |
| Himmelskibet (A trip to Mars) | 1918 | Silent | |
| Humanity's End | 2009 | English | |
| Hunter Prey | 2010 | English | |
| The Ice Pirates | 1984 | English | Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| Ikarie XB-1 | 1963 | Czech | |
| Independence Day | 1996 | English | Directed by Roland Emmerich |
| Independence Day: Resurgence | 2016 | English | Directed by Roland Emmerich |
| Interstellar | 2014 | English | Directed by Christopher Nolan |
| Iron Sky | 2012 | English | Satire featuring secret 1940s Nazi lunar colony |
| It! The Terror from Beyond Space | 1958 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Journey to the Seventh Planet | 1962 | Danish English |
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| Journey to the Far Side of the Sun | 1969 | English | |
| Jupiter Ascending | 2015 | English | Directed by The Wachowskis |
| Kin-dza-dza! | 1986 | Russian | Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| The Last Days on Mars | 2013 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| The Last Starfighter | 1984 | English | Cult classic |
| Life | 2017 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Lifeforce | 1985 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Lilo & Stitch | 2002 | English | Animated comedy |
| Lost in Space | 1998 | English | Film adaptation of the 1960s TV series |
| Love | 2011 | English | |
| Man of Steel | 2013 | English | Superhero film, Comic book |
| Marooned | 1969 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Mars Attacks! | 1996 | English | Parody on alien invasion films |
| The Martian | 2015 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Masters of the Universe | 1987 | English | Superhero film, Cult classic |
| Megamind | 2010 | English | Animated parody on superhero films |
| Men in Black | 1997 | English | Superhero film, Comic book |
| Men in Black II | 2002 | English | Superhero film, Comic book |
| Men in Black 3 | 2012 | English | Superhero film, Comic book |
| Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn | 1983 | English | Road movie, Cult classic |
| Missile to the Moon | 1958 | English | |
| Mission to Mars | 2000 | English | |
| Moon | 2009 | English | |
| Moon Zero Two | 1969 | English | |
| Moon 44 | 1990 | English | Directed by Roland Emmerich |
| Moonraker | 1979 | English | James Bond film |
| Moontrap | 1989 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Muppets from Space | 1999 | English | Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| The Mystery of the Third Planet | 1981 | Russian | Animation |
| Oblivion | 2013 | English | Multiple versions |
| Outland | 1981 | English | Space Western |
| Outlander | 2008 | English | Pre-modern era "Alien" visit |
| Pandorum | 2009 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| The Phantom Planet | 1961 | English | |
| Passengers | 2016 | English | |
| Pitch Black | 2000 | English | First film of the Riddick saga |
| Planet 51 | 2009 | English | Animated |
| Planet Hulk | 2010 | English | Animated |
| Planet of the Apes | 1968 | English | |
| Planet of the Storms | 1962 | Russian | |
| Predators | 2010 | English | |
| Project Moonbase | 1953 | English | |
| Prometheus | 2012 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Queen of Outer Space | 1958 | English | |
| Race to Space | 2002 | English | |
| Red Dwarf | 1988 | English | TV series, Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| Red Planet | 2000 | English | |
| Riddick | 2013 | English | |
| The Right Stuff | 1983 | English | Film adaptation of the book |
| Robinson Crusoe on Mars | 1964 | English | Adaptation of the novel Robinson Crusoe |
| Rocketship X-M | 1950 | English | |
| Rocky Jones, Space Ranger | 1954 | English | TV series |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | 2016 | English | |
| Salyut-7 | 2017 | Russian | Historical drama/Disaster film |
| Saturn 3 | 1980 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Screamers | 1995 | English | |
| Serenity | 2005 | English | Based on the cult TV series Firefly from 2002 |
| Silent Running | 1972 | English | |
| Solaris | 1972 | Russian | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Solaris | 2002 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Soldier | 1998 | English | |
| Solo: A Star Wars Story | 2018 | English | |
| Space: 1999 | 1975 | English | TV series |
| Spaceballs | 1987 | English | Parody of Star Wars and space sagas in general |
| SpaceCamp | 1986 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | 1983 | English | Road movie |
| Space Battleship Yamato | 2010 | Japanese | Live-action version of the anime series |
| Space Cowboys | 2000 | English | |
| Space Raiders | 1983 | English | |
| Space Station 76 | 2014 | English | Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| Space Truckers | 1996 | English | Comedy/Sci-Fi |
| Starchaser: The Legend of Orin | 1985 | English | Animated |
| Starcrash | 1978 | English | Cult classic |
| Starship Troopers | 1997 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation | 2004 | English | Direct-to-video |
| Starship Troopers 3: Marauder | 2008 | English | Direct-to-video |
| Starship Troopers: Invasion | 2012 | English | Computer-animated |
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture | 1979 | English | Follow up to Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | 1982 | English | Follow up to Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | 1984 | English | Follow up to Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | 1986 | English | Follow up to Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | 1989 | English | Follow up to Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | 1991 | English | Follow up to Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Star Trek Generations | 1994 | English | Follow up to Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Star Trek: First Contact | 1996 | English | Follow up to Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Star Trek: Insurrection | 1998 | English | Follow up to Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Star Trek: Nemesis | 2002 | English | Follow up to Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| Star Trek | 2009 | English | Reboot of Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Star Trek Into Darkness | 2013 | English | Reboot of Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Star Trek Beyond | 2016 | English | Reboot of Star Trek: The Original Series |
| Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 1999 | English | |
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | 2002 | English | |
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | English | |
| Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope | 1977 | English | |
| Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | 1980 | English | |
| Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi | 1983 | English | |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | 2015 | English | |
| Star Wars: The Last Jedi | 2017 | English | |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | 2008 | English | Computer-animated |
| Stargate | 1994 | English | Directed by Roland Emmerich |
| Stargate: The Ark of Truth | 2008 | English | Direct-to-video |
| Stargate: Continuum | 2008 | English | Direct-to-video |
| Stranded: Náufragos | 2001 | English Spanish |
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| Stranded | 2013 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| Sunshine | 2007 | English | Disaster film |
| Superman | 1978 | English | Superhero film, Comic book |
| Superman II | 1980 | English | Superhero film, Comic book |
| Supernova | 2000 | English | Sci-Fi/Horror |
| The Terrornauts | 1967 | English | |
| This Island Earth | 1955 | English | Film adaptation of the novel |
| Thor | 2011 | English | Superhero film, Comic book |
| Thor: The Dark World | 2013 | English | Superhero film, Comic book |
| Thor: Ragnarok | 2017 | English | Superhero film, Comic book |
| Titan A.E. | 2000 | English | Animated |
| Total Recall | 1990 | English | |
| The Transformers: The Movie | 1986 | English | Animated, Cult classic |
| Treasure Planet | 2002 | English | Animated, Tribute to the novel Treasure Island |
| A Trip to the Moon | 1902 | Silent | Original title Le voyage dans la lune |
| Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | 2017 | English | Directed by Luc Besson |
| WALL-E | 2008 | English | Animated comedy |
| Wing Commander | 1999 | English | Adaptation of the video game |
| Woman in the Moon | 1929 | Silent | |
| Zathura: A Space Adventure | 2005 | English | Film adaptation of the book |
| Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century | 1999 | English | Disney Channel movie |
| Zenon: The Zequel | 2001 | English | Disney Channel movie |
| Zenon: Z3 | 2004 | English | Disney Channel movie |
| Tik Tik Tik | 2018 | Tamil | Indian space film |
| Vinveli Payana Kurippugal | 2018 | Tamil | Indian Sci-Fi Non-Linear Black Comedy space film |
| Chanda Mama Door Ke | 2018 | Hindi | Viki Rajani |
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