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1. Spaceman (I) (2024)
R | 107 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Half a year into his solo mission on the edge of the solar system, an astronaut concerned with the state of his life back on Earth is helped by an ancient creature he discovers in the bowels of his ship.
Director: Johan Renck | Stars: Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano, Kunal Nayyar
Votes: 31,603
2. Don't Look Up (2021)
R | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett
Votes: 601,378
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by old rival Captain Salazar and a crew of deadly ghosts who have escaped from the Devil's Triangle. They're determined to kill every pirate at sea...notably Jack.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 345,715 | Gross: $172.56M
4. The Age of Adaline (2015)
PG-13 | 112 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into.
Director: Lee Toland Krieger | Stars: Blake Lively, Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Kathy Baker
Votes: 202,993 | Gross: $42.48M
5. Moonfall (2022)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit and sends it hurtling on a collision course toward earth.
Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Charlie Plummer
Votes: 99,411 | Gross: $19.06M
6. Deep Impact (1998)
PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A comet is discovered to be on a collision course with Earth. As doomsday nears, the human race prepares for the worst.
Director: Mimi Leder | Stars: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman
Votes: 190,317 | Gross: $140.46M
7. Contact (1997)
PG | 150 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt
Votes: 293,024 | Gross: $100.92M
8. Treasure Planet (2002)
PG | 95 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
Jim Hawkins is a teenager who finds the map of a great treasure hidden by a space pirate. Together with some friends, he sets off in a large spaceship, shaped like a caravel, on his quest.
Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emma Thompson, Martin Short, Roscoe Lee Browne
Votes: 132,971 | Gross: $38.18M
9. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
PG | 105 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria
Votes: 212,687 | Gross: $177.24M
10. Agora (2009)
R | 127 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hope of pursuing freedom while falling in love with his mistress, the philosophy and mathematics professor Hypatia of Alexandria.
Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom
Votes: 73,034 | Gross: $0.62M
11. The Leopard (1963)
PG | 186 min | Drama, History
The Prince of Salina, a noble aristocrat of impeccable integrity, tries to preserve his family and class amid the tumultuous social upheavals of 1860s Sicily.
Director: Luchino Visconti | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa
Votes: 28,806
12. The Arrival (1996)
PG-13 | 115 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Zane, an astronomer, discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop Zane from learning it.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Shane
Votes: 38,164 | Gross: $14.05M
13. The War of the Worlds (2019)
TV-14 | 48 min | Drama, History, Sci-Fi
In London during the Edwardian era, George and Amy's attempt to start a life together is interrupted by a Martian invasion of Earth.
Stars: Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall, Robert Carlyle, Rupert Graves
Votes: 10,028
14. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet
Votes: 55,741
15. War of the Worlds: The Attack (2023)
85 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
The adventures of 3 young astronomers and their fight to survive a deadly Martian invasion.
Director: Junaid Syed | Stars: Sam Gittins, Leo Staar, Vincent Regan, Alhaji Fofana
Votes: 2,841
16. It Came from Outer Space (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert and only an amateur stargazer and a schoolteacher suspect alien influence when the local townsfolk begin to act strangely.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer
Votes: 11,040
17. Meteor (1979)
PG | 108 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
The U.S. must join forces with the U.S.S.R. in order to destroy a gigantic asteroid heading straight for Earth.
Director: Ronald Neame | Stars: Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden, Brian Keith
Votes: 8,207
18. Cosmos (1980)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Astronomer Carl Sagan leads us on an engaging guided tour of the various elements and cosmological theories of the universe.
Stars: Carl Sagan, Jaromír Hanzlík, Jonathan Fahn, Jean Charney
Votes: 44,022
19. When Worlds Collide (1951)
Approved | 83 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.
Director: Rudolph Maté | Stars: Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Peter Hansen, John Hoyt
Votes: 9,218
20. Addicted to Love (1997)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Maggie's and Sam's former partners are in love; she wants revenge and he wants his lost love back, so they work together to break up the happy couple.
Director: Griffin Dunne | Stars: Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tchéky Karyo
Votes: 25,723 | Gross: $34.66M
21. Invaders from Mars (1953)
Approved | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
Director: William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Helena Carter, Arthur Franz, Jimmy Hunt, Leif Erickson
Votes: 8,830
22. Adam (I) (2009)
PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
Director: Max Mayer | Stars: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving
Votes: 35,767 | Gross: $2.28M
23. Alien Trespass (2009)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
After crash landing near a desert town, an alien enlists the help of a local waitress to re-capture a monster that escaped from the wreckage of his space ship.
Director: R.W. Goodwin | Stars: Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick, Dan Lauria
Votes: 4,241 | Gross: $0.10M
24. The Awakening (1980)
R | 101 min | Horror
An archeologist discovers his daughter is possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian queen. To save mankind he must destroy her.
Director: Mike Newell | Stars: Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, Stephanie Zimbalist
Votes: 2,862 | Gross: $8.42M
25. Sangharsh (1999)
Not Rated | 127 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A rookie CBI officer must enlist the help of an incarcerated criminal in order to catch a serial child killer, who has recently escaped police custody.
Director: Tanuja Chandra | Stars: Preity G Zinta, Akshay Kumar, Ashutosh Rana, Vishwajeet Pradhan
Votes: 5,794
26. Frozen Planet (2011–2012)
TV-PG | 33 min | Documentary
Focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.
Stars: David Attenborough, Alec Baldwin, Chadden Hunter, Michael Kelem
Votes: 32,970
27. Les 1001 nuits (1990)
98 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Zany subversion of the 1001 Nights myth that skips all of the stories and simply focuses on the lovely Scheherazade's escape from the lustful king with the help of a magic lamp and a time traveling astrologist.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Gérard Jugnot, Stéphane Freiss, Thierry Lhermitte
Votes: 1,042
28. Religulous (2008)
R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg
Votes: 60,239 | Gross: $13.00M
29. Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
PG-13 | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two decades after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
Director: Justin Barber | Stars: Florence Hartigan, Luke Spencer Roberts, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews
Votes: 6,997 | Gross: $3.60M
30. War of the Worlds (2005 Video)
R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A determined astrophysicist must embark on a nationwide journey to find his son during a massive alien invasion that's goal is to exterminate the human race.
Director: David Michael Latt | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Rhett Giles, Andy Lauer, Tinarie van Wyk Loots
Votes: 2,769
31. Woman in the Moon (1929)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A tenacious scientist blasts off for the moon in hopes of riches that may be found there.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Willy Fritsch, Gerda Maurus, Klaus Pohl, Fritz Rasp
Votes: 3,858
32. Children of the Stones (1977)
173 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Scientist Adam Brake and his son Matthew arrive in the sleepy English village of Milbury to find it under the grip of weird psychic powers unleashed by the sinister village squire, Hendrick, and whose power they struggle to break.
Stars: Gareth Thomas, Veronica Strong, Peter Demin, Ruth Dunning
Votes: 856
33. The Great Queen Seondeok (2009)
60 min | Biography, Drama, History
Story of Queen Seondeok who was born a princess, brought up among commoners and overcame many trials to become the ruler of Silla.
Stars: Jeong Woong-in, Kim Jung-hyun, Ryu Dam, Lee Yo-won
Votes: 1,411
34. A Fire in the Sky (1978 TV Movie)
150 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to warn officials, but no one believes them.
Director: Jerry Jameson | Stars: Richard Crenna, Elizabeth Ashley, David Dukes, Joanna Miles
Votes: 560
35. Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez, Miguel Lawner
Votes: 6,106
36. The Mafu Cage (1978)
R | 102 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Ellen, a successful astronomer, cares for her mentally-ill sister, Cissy, who keeps a variety of primates in the home they inherited from their anthropologist father. When Ellen begins a romance, Cissy's jealousy proves deadly.
Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Lee Grant, Carol Kane, Will Geer, James Olson
Votes: 708
37. Earthstorm (2006 TV Movie)
PG | 90 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A massive asteroid impact on the moon begins causing storms on Earth due to the sudden changes in ocean tides. Scientists conclude the only solution is to set nuclear charges on the Moon to implode it and keep it whole.
Director: Terry Cunningham | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Amy Price-Francis, John Ralston, Dirk Benedict
Votes: 2,175
38. The Brainiac (1962)
Approved | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears ... See full summary »
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Abel Salazar, Ariadne Welter, David Silva, Germán Robles
Votes: 1,310
39. A Woman of Distinction (1950)
85 min | Comedy
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a... See full summary »
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter
Votes: 544
40. 27 Missing Kisses (2000)
98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The summer adventures of teenaged Sybilla, who falls in love with a middle-aged father while being romanced by his teenaged son.
Director: Nana Dzhordzhadze | Stars: Nutsa Kukhianidze, Evgeniy Sidikhin, Shalva Iashvili, Pierre Richard
Votes: 1,522
41. Asteroid (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 122 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to ... See full summary »
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Michael Biehn, Annabella Sciorra, Zach Charles, Don Franklin
Votes: 2,123
42. Nightfall (1988)
PG-13 | 83 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
On a planet with perpetual daylight, nightfall's arrival brings destruction. A dramatic depiction of Asimov's award-winning story, exploring the clash between science and superstition as darkness looms.
Director: Paul Mayersberg | Stars: David Birney, Sarah Douglas, Alexis Kanner, Andra Millian
Votes: 767
43. Red Planet Mars (1952)
Approved | 87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
An American scientist is able to contact and communicate with Mars with shattering political, economic, and spiritual repercussions.
Director: Harry Horner | Stars: Peter Graves, Andrea King, Herbert Berghof, Walter Sande
Votes: 1,484
44. Those Fantastic Flying Fools (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In Victorian England, an American showman uses a wealthy Frenchman's finances to build a German explosives expert's giant cannon designed to fire a people-filled projectile to the Moon, but spies and saboteurs endanger the project.
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: Burl Ives, Jimmy Clitheroe, Terry-Thomas, Graham Stark
Votes: 939
45. Supernova (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 172 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A scientific possibility becomes a terrifying reality when the most powerful force in the universe threatens to hurtle home.
Director: John Harrison | Stars: Luke Perry, Tia Carrere, Peter Fonda, Clemency Burton-Hill
Votes: 1,862
46. A Christmas Star (2021 TV Movie)
84 min | Romance
An astronomer predicts that a new meteor shower will appear over a tiny town. Can she convince the locals to help with her discovery at the expense of a Christmas tradition?
Director: Jessica Harmon | Stars: Sara Canning, Daniel Lissing, Joanne Wilson, Juliette Hawk
Votes: 990
47. Early Warning (1981)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, Thriller
A Christian woman (Delana Michaels) wants a newspaper man (Greg Wynne) to publish a story about a One World Foundation being set up whose only goal is to control the world. She wants him to... See full summary »
Director: David R. Elliott | Stars: Delana Michaels, Christopher Wynne, Joe Chapman, Alvy Moore
Votes: 187
48. Born of Fire (1987)
R | 84 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A musician searches for the Master Flautist, a supernatural creature who is planning to blow up the world.
Director: Jamil Dehlavi | Stars: Peter Firth, Suzan Crowley, Stefan Kalipha, Orla Pederson
Votes: 649
49. The Astronomer's Dream; or, the Man in the Moon (1898)
Not Rated | 3 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
An astronomer falls asleep and has a strange dream involving a fairy queen and the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Jehanne d'Alcy, Georges Méliès
Votes: 4,722
50. One Starry Christmas (2014 TV Movie)
TV-G | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When journeying by bus to surprise her boyfriend for Christmas, Holly meets a charming cowboy who accompanies her.
Director: John Bradshaw | Stars: Sarah Carter, Damon Runyan, Paul Popowich, Kathleen Laskey
Votes: 2,336