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6 days ago · Vote up your favorite movies that happen in space or deal with space travel. Latest additions: Alien: Romulus, Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver, Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate. Most divisive: Star Trek Nemesis. Over 15.0K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The 185+ Best Sci-Fi Movies About Space.
Jan 23, 2023 · When it comes to space movies, it's hard to find one better than Stanley Kubrick's 1968 magnum opus.
A list of the 25 greatest films that are somehow (however remotely) related to space and space travel.
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- WALL-E (2008) - Director: Andrew Stanton. - Stacker score: 100.0. - Metascore: 95. - IMDb user rating: 8.4. - Runtime: 98 minutes. The striking depiction of Earth in "WALL-E" as a barren wasteland, destroyed by the forces of climate and human overconsumption, is made even more impactful through the film's choice not to include human dialogue for much of the film.
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - Director: George Lucas. - Stacker score: 98.3. - Metascore: 90. - IMDb user rating: 8.6. - Runtime: 121 minutes. What is there to say about "Star Wars"?
- Alien (1979) - Director: Ridley Scott. - Stacker score: 97.2. - Metascore: 89. - IMDb user rating: 8.5. - Runtime: 117 minutes. Facehugger, Xenomorph, Chestburster—the titular alien in "Alien" takes many forms, all terrifying, as the creation of gory special effects and dark imagination.
- Gravity (2013) - Director: Alfonso Cuarón. - Stacker score: 96.6. - Metascore: 96. - IMDb user rating: 7.7. - Runtime: 91 minutes. Alfonso Cuarón, the five-time Oscar winner and director of "Children of Men" and "Roma," tried his hand at an outer-space thriller in 2013's seven-time Oscar winner "Gravity," starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as stranded astronauts doing whatever it takes to return home.
- 'Cowboy Bebop: The Movie'
- 'Star Wars: Episode Vi - Return of The Jedi'
- 'Mr. Nobody'
- 'Gattaca'
- 'THX 1138'
- 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
- 'Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2'
- 'Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of The Sith'
- 'Galaxy Quest'
- 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'
- Directors: Shin'ichirô Watanabe, Tensai Okamura, Hiroyuki Okiura, Yoshiyuki Takei - Stacker score: 78.2 - Metascore: 61 - IMDb user rating: 7.9 - Runtime: 115 minutes If you're not already into anime, Cowboy Bebop: The Moviemay not be the best place to start. It's based on a series by the same name, and while it's not necessary that you watch the...
- Director: Richard Marquand - Stacker score: 78.8 - Metascore: 58 - IMDb user rating: 8.3 - Runtime: 131 minutes The original Star Wars trilogy will always be remembered for bringing blockbusters to Hollywood, with all their action, adventure, and exorbitant budgets. The third entry, Return of the Jedi, is generally considered by fans and critics ...
- Director: Jaco Van Dormael - Stacker score: 78.8 - Metascore: 63 - IMDb user rating: 7.8 - Runtime: 141 minutes This list comprises space movies, after all that's what you came here for, but Mr. Nobodyis one of a few time movies too. Jared Leto portrays the protagonist, Nemo Nobody, the last mortal left on Earth after everyone else achieves immor...
- Director: Andrew Niccol - Stacker score: 79.3 - Metascore: 64 - IMDb user rating: 7.8 - Runtime: 106 minutes Twenty-one years after the release of Gattaca, the scientific community was forced to confront an issue raised by the film: gene editing. Using CRISPR technology, scientists can now selectively edit portions of DNA in embryos, creating art...
- Director: George Lucas - Stacker score: 79.3 - Metascore: 75 - IMDb user rating: 6.7 - Runtime: 86 minutes THX 1138 was a failure. That is, until George Lucas gained notoriety for Star Warsand fans went back to watch his first film, which depicts a totalitarian dystopia controlled by mind-altering chemicals and an android police force. The title ...
- Director: Gareth Edwards - Stacker score: 79.9 - Metascore: 65 - IMDb user rating: 7.8 - Runtime: 133 minutes Many fans found inconvenient truths (without revealing spoilers) at the end of Star Wars: Episode IV. 39 years later,Rogue One, which takes place right before Episode IV, sets the stage for that famous climax, explaining the story behind ...
- Director: James Gunn - Stacker score: 79.9 - Metascore: 67 - IMDb user rating: 7.6 - Runtime: 136 minutes Until 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy, the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe were mostly confined to Earth, with a few sojourns to Asgard with Thor. However, like its predecessor which appears further down this list, Guardians 2is set ent...
- Director: George Lucas - Stacker score: 79.9 - Metascore: 68 - IMDb user rating: 7.5 - Runtime: 140 minutes Though the trilogy of films that served as prequels to Star Wars: Episode IV generated ire from fans and critics alike, there's a lot to enjoy in Revenge of the Sith, in which Anakin Skywalker must choose between the light side of the Jedi ...
- Director: Dean Parisot - Stacker score: 79.9 - Metascore: 70 - IMDb user rating: 7.3 - Runtime: 102 minutes What does Sigourney Weaver do after finally escaping from the aliens in Alien and Aliens? Poke fun at another staple of the sci-fi genre in Galaxy Quest, a transparent but nonetheless hilarious send-up of Star Trekand its fans. Also starrin...
- Director: Nicholas Meyer - Stacker score: 80.4 - Metascore: 67 - IMDb user rating: 7.7 - Runtime: 113 minutes Nowadays, with the ubiquity of computer-generated images, or CGI, in blockbuster cinemas, it's charming to remember of time of carefully painted miniatures and fireworks explosions comprising much of what we consider "special effects." Th...
Rate. 90 Metascore. Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
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Jul 8, 2022 · Try watching 55 space movies in a row and not feeling a little short of breath. It's not the most hopeful genre, as filmmakers grapple with the existential dread inspired by the endless vacuum...
