Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "dying-planet"

1. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya

Votes: 182,324 | Gross: $0.50M

2. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

PG | 115 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 69,756 | Gross: $24.95M

3. Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned U.S.S. Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis Planet to recover Spock's body.

Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan

Votes: 86,116 | Gross: $76.47M

4. The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

R | 139 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.

Director: Nicolas Roeg | Stars: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry

Votes: 28,644 | Gross: $0.10M

5. The Invaders (1967–1968)

TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The Aliens are here, posing as human, and not friendly. David Vincent has seen them land and now must evade them and convince others of their presence while not being put in the booby hatch.

Stars: Roy Thinnes, Kent Smith, Max Kleven, William Windom

Votes: 3,428

6. Sonic X (2003–2006)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A slight malfunction causes Chaos Control, and sends Sonic the Hedgehog to Earth. While there, Sonic meets Chris Thorndyke, who aids at collecting the Chaos Emeralds, so Sonic and friends can go home.

Stars: Gabriella Lewis, Jun'ichi Kanemaru, Sanae Kobayashi, Jason Griffith

Votes: 5,517

7. This Island Earth (1955)

Passed | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Aliens come to Earth seeking scientists to help them in their war.

Directors: Joseph M. Newman, Jack Arnold | Stars: Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue, Rex Reason, Lance Fuller

Votes: 10,669

8. Planet of the Vampires (1965)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

After landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.

Director: Mario Bava | Stars: Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Ángel Aranda, Evi Marandi

Votes: 6,988 | Gross: $0.25M

9. Killers from Space (1954)

Passed | 71 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

An atomic scientist claims he was abducted by aliens after being injured in a plane crash.

Director: W. Lee Wilder | Stars: Peter Graves, James Seay, Steve Pendleton, Frank Gerstle

Votes: 2,558

10. The Invaders (1995)

148 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

A man named Nolan Wood tries to stop an invasion of Earth by aliens disguised as humans.

Stars: Scott Bakula, Elizabeth Peña, Richard Thomas, DeLane Matthews

Votes: 508

11. I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)

Not Rated | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Aliens arrive on Earth to possess the bodies of humans. One of their first victims is a young man, whose new wife soon realizes something is wrong with him.

Director: Gene Fowler Jr. | Stars: Tom Tryon, Gloria Talbott, Peter Baldwin, Robert Ivers

Votes: 3,092

12. To the Stars by Hard Ways (1981)

148 min | Sci-Fi

A female creature created in space tries to live on earth and has special (and sometimes dangerous) powers.

Directors: Richard Viktorov, Nikolay Viktorov | Stars: Yelena Metyolkina, Nadezhda Sementsova, Vadim Ledogorov, Uldis Lieldidzs

Votes: 1,474

13. Alien Agent (2007 Video)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A lawman from another galaxy must stop an invading force from building a gateway to planet Earth.

Director: Jesse V. Johnson | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Amelia Cooke, Emma Lahana, William MacDonald

Votes: 1,388

14. Savage Planet (2007 TV Movie)

87 min | Action, Adventure, Horror

A team of scientists explore a new planet and find much more than expected.

Director: Andrew Wild | Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery, Reagan Pasternak, Joel Keller, Roman Podhora

Votes: 776

15. Phoenix 2772 (1980)

122 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

In the distant future, a young cadet is sent to find and capture "Cosmozone 2772", a mystical universal Phoenix which possesses the power to rejuvenate the drained Earth.

Directors: Taku Sugiyama, Osamu Tezuka | Stars: Kaneto Shiozawa, Keiko Takeshita, Hiroshi Ôtake, Katsue Miwa

Votes: 585

16. The Last Contact

Sci-Fi | Announced

50,000 years B.C. extra-terrestrials, fleeing from their dying planet, arrive on our world. Many years later others of their kind come to find them.

17. Katy, Kiki y Koko (1988)

70 min | Animation

Katy is a beautiful butterfly whose young caterpillar children, Kiki and Koko, are impatient to learn how to fly before their time. One night, the children sneak away to find themselves a flying teacher.

Directors: José Luis Moro, Santiago Moro | Stars: Rocío Garcel, María Fernanda Morales, Diana Santos, Gerardo Moscoso

Votes: 78

18. Harvest Moon (2021)

26 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

As her home dies around her, a young woman must learn trust again to escape her fate.

Director: Frank Frascella | Stars: Dana DePirri, Marvin St-Jean, Rashidah Namuyomba, Noel Noel

19. Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode: The Naked Time (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The crew is infected with a mysterious disease that removes people's emotional inhibitions to a dangerous degree.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Stewart Moss, Majel Barrett

Votes: 5,180

20. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: A Matter of Time (1991)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Reaching Penthara IV after an asteroid wreaks havoc of catastrophic proportions, the Enterprise crew deals with trying to save the planet as well as deal with someone who claims to be a historian from the future.

Director: Paul Lynch | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,139

21. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Homeward (1994)

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

In an attempt to preserve a race of people on a planet being bombarded by storms that would kill them, Worf's foster brother violates the Prime Directive, leaving the Enterprise crew in a difficult position.

Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 2,772

22. Super Friends (1973–1985)
Episode: Invasion of the Brain Creatures/Conquerors of the Future (1978)

TV-Y7-FV | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

The Legion of Doom pretends to be the Legion of Good before traveling to 3984 and taking over a domed city with the help of the primitive Barlocks.

Directors: Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano | Stars: Jack Angel, Marlene Aragon, Lewis Bailey, Michael Bell

Votes: 70

23. Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975)
Episode: The Terratin Incident (1973)

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

Exposed to spiroid epsilon waves, the Enterprise crew begins to shrink in size. If a way can not be found to stop their condition, they will soon be too small to control the ship.

Director: Hal Sutherland | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei

Votes: 734

24. Space Academy (1977)
Episode: The Rocks of Janus (1977)

22 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

The Cadets set out to investigate two strange asteroids on a collision course with Space Academy. What they discover astounds them.

Director: George Tyne | Stars: Jonathan Harris, Pamelyn Ferdin, Ric Carrott, Ty Henderson

Votes: 16

25. Space Academy (1977)
Episode: The Survivors of Zalon (1977)

22 min | Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

The Cadets race to a planet in its death throes to rescue a young orphan serving there as caretaker to alien eggs. Gampu enters delicate negotiations with the alien over the boy's future.

Directors: Jeffrey Hayden, George Tyne | Stars: Jonathan Harris, Pamelyn Ferdin, Ric Carrott, Ty Henderson

Votes: 26