Highest-Rated Movies about 'Space Exploration', Sort by Popularity

Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (2017), First Man (2018), The Space Movie (1980), Blast! (2008), Hard Goodbyes: My Father (2002), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Clara (2018), The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Space Exploration movies.

#16. The Martian Chronicles (1980)

Storyline: One long and painful decade after the brutal assassination of her husband, a reclusive queen comes face-to-face with the deceased's doppelgänger and fugitive anarchist poet, Sebastian, when he breaks into her ancestral castle in nineteenth-century Oberwald. In this dark and stormy night, bold Sebastian is bent on killing the grief-stricken aristocrat; however, the would-be assassin's striking resemblance to her late husband paves the way for an unexpected three-day pact, without turning him in to the police, and the ignoble Count of Foehn. Nevertheless, fate has other plans. What is the mystery of Oberwald?—Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords: astronaut, explorer, alien, missionary, melodramatic, somber, earth ...

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#17. Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969)

Storyline: A planet is discovered in the same orbit as Earth's but is located on the exact opposite side of the sun, making it not visible from Earth. The European Space Exploration Council decide to send American astronaut Glenn Ross and British scientist John Kane via spaceship to explore the other planet. After a disastrous crash-landing Ross awakes to learn that Kane lies near death and that they apparently have returned to Earth, as evidenced by the presence of the Council director and his staff. Released to the custody of his wife, he soon learns things are not as they seem.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>

Plot Keywords: astronaut, scientist, doppelganger, tense, uneasy, suspenseful, earth ...

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#18. Man in the Moon (1961)

Storyline: William Blood makes his living as a guinea-pig helping medical research into ailments such as the common cold. This is great for him as his carefree attitude means he never succumbs to the illnesses being tested. Because of this, scientists training the first group of UK astronauts recruit him so he can be the first to check out the moon, much to the annoyance of the rest of the more macho team. However, William's life may be becoming more complicated after he meets the stunning Polly, so his defence against germs could be in jeopardy.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: astronaut, scientist, rival, girlfriend, professor, test subject, witty ...

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#19. Moonwalkers (2015)

Storyline: What if Apollo 11 never actually made it? What if, in reality, Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the US administration? This is the premise of a totally plausible conspiracy theory that takes us to swinging sixties London, where a stubborn CIA agent will never find Kubrick but instead is forced to team up with a lousy manager of a seedy rock band to develop the biggest con of all time, in this riotous, high-tempo action-comedy.—Reece Davis

Plot Keywords: cia agent, music executive, manager, thrilling, suspenseful, london, england ...

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#20. Lifeforce (1985)

Storyline: The space shuttle Churchill is assigned to observe Halley's Comet under the command of Colonel Tom Carlsen. They see a strange form attached to the comet and Carlsen goes with a team to investigate. They find three humanoid life forms in caskets and they bring them to the Churchill. However, Earth loses contact with the shuttle and the Space Research Center sends another spacecraft to search the Churchill. They find the crew dead and the shuttle burnt and one rescue pod missing. They bring the humanoids to Earth and soon Dr. Hans Fallada and his team discover that the Space Girl is a sort of vampire and drains the life force from people, transforming them into zombies. When the authorities find that Colonel Tom Carlsen has survived, they summon him to explain what happened in the Churchill. Carlsen tells an incredible story about the three aliens and he teams up with Colonel Colin Caine trying to save mankind from the evil vampires from space.

Plot Keywords: astronaut, alien, military officer, beautiful woman, creepy, tense, space shuttle ...

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#22. The Osiris Child (2016)

Storyline: Set in a time of interplanetary colonization, Sy Lombrok (Kellan Lutz), a former nurse who is now a drifter with a haunted past, forms an unlikely alliance with Kane Sommerville (Daniel MacPherson), a lieutenant who works for off-world military contractor Exor. In a race against time they set out to rescue Kane's young daughter Indi (Teagan Croft) amid an impending global crisis precipitated by Exor.—Teaser-Trailer.com

Plot Keywords: daughter, father, astronaut, mercenary, alien, man, confident ...

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#23. The Astronaut's Wife (1999)

Storyline: A pair of shuttle astronauts leave their spacecraft to repair a satellite. There's an explosion. NASA loses contact for two minutes, but the both are rescued and safely returned to Earth. Eventually it becomes evident that neither of the astronauts is quite the same.

Plot Keywords: astronaut, wife, partner, sister, uneasy, creepy, space shuttle ...

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#24. The Angry Red Planet (1959)

Storyline: The first spaceship to Mars, presumed lost, is found in space and brought back to Earth by remote control. Only two from an initial crew of four are still alive, but one is unconscious due to an attached alien growth, while the other is traumatized, blocking out all memory of what happened. In hopes to save the unconscious crewman, the amnesiac is interrogated back into remembering. Those in charge thereby learn of the terrible dangers awaiting anyone venturing into the spooky, ruddy stillness of the very alien Martian ecosystem.—statmanjeff

Plot Keywords: alien, monster, astronaut, professor, colonel, doctor, creepy ...

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#26. Flight to Mars (1951)

Storyline: A newspaper reporter and a bunch of scientists fly a rocket to Mars just to find out that Martians look exactly like us. Mars is running low on one of their natural resources (Corium), and plan to steal the Earth astronauts' rocket and conquer Earth. The Martian underground helps the Earthmen stop the insidious plan.—Marty McKee <mmckee@wkio.com>

Plot Keywords: astronaut, scientist, alien, thrilling, suspenseful, melodramatic, spaceship ...

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#27. Supernova (2000)

Storyline: Supernova chronicles the search and rescue patrol of a medical ship in deep space in the early 22nd century and its six-member crew which includes a captain and pilot, a co-pilot, a medical officer, a medical technician, a search and rescue.

Plot Keywords: captain, pilot, paramedic, technician, officer, young man, suspenseful ...

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#28. Fly Me to the Moon (2008)

Storyline: In the Kennedy days, all the States buzz about the Apollo moon program, even the bugs. Grandpa fly Amos (Christopher Lloyd) keeps "inspiring" his grandson and two mates, a nerd and a glutton, with heroic stories. New they decide to get in on the action at Cape Canaveral via an astronaut's bread box. Grandpa also gets involved. There's also an evil Soviet Russian fly with which to deal.—KGF Vissers

Plot Keywords: fly, grandfather, insect, neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, russian, lighthearted ...

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#29. Beyond White Space (2018)

Storyline: 2156 A.D. The Essex, a deep space fishing vessel for industry giant, AmberCorp, is ready to make its final harvest of the season. The ship brushes with a rare creature, mammoth in size and highly territorial. Could this be the same leviathan that killed Richard and Owen's father? To make matters worse, a vicious band of scavengers intercept the transmission and infiltrate the Essex, leaving them with nothing. With no cargo and few supplies, the captain makes a daring decision, they will venture into uncharted territory, playing for keeps, to capture the creature for a large black market take.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: space traveler, captain, alien, monster, crew member, brutal, creative ...

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#30. 2036 Origin Unknown (2018)

Storyline: After the first manned mission to Mars ends in a deadly crash, mission controller Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson (Sackhoff) assists an artificial intelligence system, A.R.T.I. Their investigation uncovers a mysterious object under the surface of Mars, that could change the future of our planet as we know it.—boboTheDinosaur

Plot Keywords: space traveler, suspenseful, tense, thrilling, mars, space, space exploration ...

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