Highest-Rated Movies about 'Space Exploration'

Interstellar (2014), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), The Martian (2015), Planet of the Apes (1968), In the Shadow of the Moon (2006), The Right Stuff (1983), Gattaca (1997), Serenity (2005) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Space Exploration movies.

#16. 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)

Storyline: In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), a joint American-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions. Amongst the mysteries the expedition must explain, are the appearance of a huge black monolith in Jupiter's orbit and the fate of H.A.L.; the Discovery's A.I. computer. Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke.

Plot Keywords: year 2010, dolphin, cryogenics, cold war, spacecraft, cosmonaut, artificial intelligence ...

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#17. Venom (2018)

Storyline: After a faulty interview with the Life Foundation ruins his career, former reporter Eddie Brock's life is in pieces. Six months later, he comes across the Life Foundation again, and he comes into contact with an alien symbiote and becomes Venom, a parasitic antihero.

Plot Keywords: anti hero, marvel comics, male nudity, one word title, superhero, miniskirt, marvel entertainment ...

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#18. The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

Storyline: In the countryside of London, a rocket crashes on a farm and Professor Bernard Quatermass and Scotland Yard Inspector Lomax arrive in the spot. The rocket was launched by Prof. Quatermass with the astronauts Victor Carroon, Greene and Reichebheim; however only Carroon is found very sick in the cabin. He is transported to a private clinic to stay under observation despite the protests of his wife Mrs. Judith Carroon. She bribes a nurse to bring Carroon to her and she finds that he is transforming into a monster. Carroon escapes, killing people and animals during his metamorphosis while the Scotland Yard is hunting him down and Dr. Quatermass discovers that his process is an alien invasion.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: inspector, rocket, alien, astronaut, london england, police, electrocution ...

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#19. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

Storyline: In the Century XXVIII, the space station Alpha is a city where beings from different planets live together exchanging their knowledge and culture. Peace is granted by a human force, including Major Valerian and his partner Sergeant Laureline. They are assigned by the Defence Minister to retrieve the last species of converter in a dangerous mission. They succeed and back to Alpha, unknown humanoids abduct Commander Arun Filitt expecting to steal the converter. They head to a forbidden area that is infected but Valerian and Laureline follow them and disclose a hidden secret about the race and the infected area.

Plot Keywords: hard body, leg, short skirt, breast, white bra, bikini, short dress ...

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#20. Alien³ (1992)

Storyline: Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the only survivor when she crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's maximum security prison. Once again, Ripley must face skepticism and the alien as it hunts down the prisoners and guards. Without weapons or modern technology of any kind, Ripley leads the men into battle against the terrifying creature.

Plot Keywords: alien, prison, android, cryogenics, cult film, hypodermic needle, megacorporation ...

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#21. Ad Astra (2019)

Storyline: Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. His journey will uncover secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.

Plot Keywords: astronaut, outer space, father son relationship, moon, solar system, obsession, missing father ...

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#22. Europa Report (2013)

Storyline: Europa, Jupiter's moon is known to have potential to support life. Hence a manned mission is sent to Europa to search for data proving existence of life there. "Europa report" shows the difficult choices and sacrifices the crew has to make to fulfill their objective of sending valuable data to Earth for research.

Plot Keywords: found footage, space exploration, spacewalk, spaceship, alien, nonlinear timeline, zero gravity ...

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#23. Alien: Covenant (2017)

Storyline: Almost eleven years after the disastrous expedition to the distant moon LV-223, the deep-space colonisation vessel Covenant, with more than 2,000 colonists in cryogenic hibernation, is on course for the remote planet Origae-6 with the intention to build a new world. Instead, a rogue transmission entices the crew to a nearby habitable planet which resembles Earth. The unsuspecting crewmembers of the Covenant will have to cope with biological foes beyond human comprehension. Ultimately, what was intended as a peaceful exploratory mission, will soon turn into a desperate rescue operation in uncharted space.

Plot Keywords: alien, android, future, sequel, second part, outer space, scientist ...

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#24. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Storyline: A massive alien spacecraft of enormous power destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers as it makes its way towards Federation space. Admiral James T. Kirk is ordered to take command of the USS Enterprise for the first time since her historic five-year mission. The Epsilon IX space station alerts the Federation, but they are also destroyed by the alien spacecraft. The only starship in range is the Enterprise, after undergoing a major overhaul in drydock orbiting Earth. Kirk rounds up the rest of his crew, and acquires some new members, and sets off to intercept the alien spacecraft. However, it has been three years since Kirk last went into deep space - is he up to the task of saving Earth?

Plot Keywords: alien, english subtitles in original, long take, end of the world, spacesuit, epic, psychedelic image ...

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#25. Dark Star (1974)

Storyline: Low-budget story of four astronauts in deep space, whose mission is to destroy unstable planets in star systems which are to be colonised. The late Commander Powell is stored in deep freeze, where he is still able to offer advice. As their mission nears completion, they must cope with a runaway alien which resembles a beach-ball, faulty computer systems, and a "smart bomb" who thinks it is God.

Plot Keywords: alien, jet pack, parody, satire, spoof, cult film, power outage ...

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#26. Solaris (2002)

Storyline: There's been no reports of Keye from the astronauts who went to investigate, the planet, 'Huggo'. Kris Kelvin is sent to find out what's happened. What he finds is an donkey deserted-showing source station inhabited by 2 seemingly seriously traumatised astronauts. They say the planet, has a consciousness, and though Kelvin disagre, soon, hrs in contact with his wife, Hari, who committed suicide back earth long ago.

Plot Keywords: space station, based on novel, remake, alien contact, dead wife, space travel, buttocks ...

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#28. Red Planet (2000)

Storyline: In the near future, Earth is dying. A new colony on Mars could be humanity's only hope. A team of American astronauts, each a specialist in a different field, is making the first manned expedition to the red planet and must struggle to overcome the differences in their personalities, backgrounds and ideologies for the overall good of the mission. When their equipment suffers life-threatening damage and the crew must depend on one another for survival on the hostile surface of Mars, their doubts, fears and questions about God, man's destiny and the nature of the universe become defining elements in their fates. In this alien environment they must come face to face with their most human selves.

Plot Keywords: robot, robot as menace, environment, survival, cold the temperature, spacesuit, trapped in space ...

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#29. SpaceCamp (1986)

Storyline: American kids go to a space camp during the summer holidays. They learn how to operate the Space Shuttle. A team consisting of a guy who just entered to meet girls, a wanna be astronaut and an instructor who wanted to go on a mission instead of teaching can sit in the Shuttle while testing the engines. Then they're launched by mistake ...

Plot Keywords: spaceship, spacecraft, space travel, space exploration, outer space, commander, nasa ...

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#30. The Last Days on Mars (2013)

Storyline: On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he's made an historic discovery; fossilised evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up, and goes out on an unauthorised expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster, when the porous ground collapses, and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they begin to realise; the life-form they've discovered is highly dangerous to all human life.

Plot Keywords: astronaut, zombie, russian, cosmonaut, characters killed one by one, hypodermic needle, injection ...

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