Space Movies

A hand-picked watchlist of the best space movies — realistic films based on true stories and real missions, plus sci-fi classics set among the stars. Click a poster for IMDb, or watch the trailer.

Grounded in Reality

Realistic, based-on-true-story space films and astronaut dramas — The Martian, Apollo 13, Hidden Figures, Interstellar and more.

Project Hail Mary poster

Project Hail Mary

20267.8

A lone amnesiac astronaut must save Earth from a stellar catastrophe.

Ad Astra poster

Ad Astra

20196.5

An astronaut crosses the solar system to find his lost father.

First Man poster

First Man

20187.3

Neil Armstrong and the brutal road to Apollo 11.

Hidden Figures poster

Hidden Figures

20167.8

The Black women mathematicians who helped launch John Glenn into orbit.

The Martian poster

The Martian

20158.0

Stranded on Mars, an astronaut has to science his way home.

Interstellar poster

Interstellar

20148.7

A wormhole offers humanity a last chance beyond a dying Earth.

Gravity poster

Gravity

20137.7

A debris cascade leaves two astronauts adrift in low Earth orbit.

Apollo 13 poster

Apollo 13

19957.7

NASA races to bring a crippled lunar mission safely back to Earth.

The Right Stuff poster

The Right Stuff

19837.8

Test pilots become the Mercury Seven at the dawn of the Space Race.

Sci-Fi

The best sci-fi space movies set among the stars — from hard science fiction to space opera.

Dune: Part Two poster

Dune: Part Two

20248.5

Paul Atreides unites the Fremen in a war of vengeance.

Dune poster

Dune

20218.0

A noble heir confronts his destiny on the desert planet Arrakis.

Blade Runner 2049 poster

Blade Runner 2049

20178.0

A blade runner unearths a secret that could shatter society.

Arrival poster

Arrival

20167.9

A linguist races to decode the language of newly-arrived aliens.

Moon poster

Moon

20097.8

A lone lunar miner nearing the end of his contract makes an unsettling discovery.

Sunshine poster

Sunshine

20077.2

A crew carries a payload to reignite the dying Sun.

Aliens poster

Aliens

19868.4

Ripley returns to the xenomorph nest with a squad of colonial marines.

Alien poster

Alien

19798.5

In space, no one can hear you scream.

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope poster

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

19778.6

A farm boy joins the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire.

2001: A Space Odyssey poster

2001: A Space Odyssey

19688.3

Kubrick's odyssey from the dawn of man to a journey beyond the infinite.