Space Movies

Cargo · Post by **Cargo** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:35 pm

Here's a list of all the space movies that I have seen, or at least remember seeing. Hopefully you will find some you haven't seen before or post your own favorites that I may have missed.

Notes:
â€¢ All titles link to their IMDB page
â€¢ Titles now listed in alphabetical order, series grouped together and listed by release date
â€¢ Any personal comments will be notated and listed at the end

2001: A Space Odyssey
2010

Alien
Aliens
AlienÂ³
Alien: Resurrection
Prometheus

Apollo 13

Armageddon

Battle Beyond the Stars

The Black Hole

CargoÂ³

The Dark Side of the Moon

Dead Space

Deep Impact

Destination Moon

Dune

Event Horizon

The Fifth Element

First Men in the Moon (1964)

From the Earth to the Moon (1958)

Forbidden Planet

Galaxy Quest

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy⁴

Ice Pirates

The Last Starfighter

Lost in Space

Mission to Mars

Moon

Moon 44

Outland

Pandorum

Pitch Black
The Chronicles of Riddick

Red Planet

The Right Stuff

Saturn 3

Serenity Â²

Silent Running

Solaris (1972) ⁷
Solaris (2002)

Spaceballs

Space Cowboys

Space Truckers

Stargate

Starship Troopers

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
The Wrath of Khan Â¹
The Search for Spock
The Voyage Home
The Final Frontier
The Undiscovered Country
Generations
First Contact
Insurrection
Nemesis
Star Trek 2009

Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
The Phantom Menace ⁵
Attack of the Clones ⁵
Revenge of the Sith ⁵

Sunshine

Supernova

Titan A.E.

Treasure Planet

WALLÂ·E

Wing Commander

Notes and Comments
Â¹ This is not just one of the best Star Trek movies ever but one of the best movie movies ever.
Â² Watch the TV series Firefly first. Actually, first slap yourself for not having watched it yet, then watch it.
Â³ This is a Swiss movie and is in German with English subtitles. Also, it had absolutely nothing to do with how I chose my name.
⁴ This movie is ok but read the books and listen to the old BBC radio shows, they are the HHGTTG you are looking for.
⁵ Yes, unfortunately, these happened and exist.
⁷ Russian spoken language with English subtitles. Also, Windows doesn't have a superscript code for 6, weird.

[Edited on 2-9-2013 by Cargo]

Post by **Marvin** » Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:56 pm

You missed the two best Sci-Fi movies ever:

Forbidden Planet
The Day the Earth Stood Still (the original)*

* Anyone who cannot, at the drop of a hat, recite the words which saved Earth from total destruction needs to turn in his Geek badge.

-splosives- · Post by **-splosives-** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:23 am

Event horizon is one I liked

Cargo · Post by **Cargo** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 1:19 am

From post: 158182, Topic: tid=10566, author=Marvin wrote: You missed the two best Sci-Fi movies ever:

Forbidden Planet

The Day the Earth Stood Still (the original)*

* Anyone who cannot, at the drop of a hat, recite the words which saved Earth from total destruction needs to turn in his Geek badge.

Nice Marvin, Forbidden Planet added !
Though is has a spaceship, I wouldn't call TDtESS a "space" movie so it, War of the Worlds, Independence Day and others like these won't be added to the list.
Oh and Klaatu barada nikto

From post: 158186, Topic: tid=10566, author=-splosives- wrote:Event horizon is one I liked

Oh yeah, good one.

zex · Post by **zex** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:08 am

Please add the Fifth Element

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:21 am

The Black Hole. Robots in that one were cool.

Cargo · Post by **Cargo** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:25 am

From post: 158192, Topic: tid=10566, author=zex wrote:Please add the Fifth Element

Please forgive the initial omission of The First Element, those responsible have been sacked.

From post: 158193, Topic: tid=10566, author=Marvin wrote: The Black Hole. Robots in that one were cool.

Another good one, I had a really cool Black Hole pop-up book when I was a kid.

[Edited on 2-7-2013 by Cargo]

PirxThePilot · Post by **PirxThePilot** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:46 am

There are two movies called Solaris based on the novel by Polish mathematician/philosopher/doctor/scifi author Stanislaw Lem. One is Russian and is very cool despite having been made in the 70's. (1970 Tokyo stands in for a futuristic Moscow.) The other Solaris stars George Clooney and is so-so.

Of course the novel is great.

Cargo · Post by **Cargo** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:03 am

From post: 158205, Topic: tid=10566, author=PirxThePilot wrote:There are two movies called Solaris based on the novel by Polish mathematician/philosopher/doctor/scifi author Stanislaw Lem. One is Russian and is very cool despite having been made in the 70's. (1970 Tokyo stands in for a futuristic Moscow.) The other Solaris stars George Clooney and is so-so.

Of course the novel is great.

Great, both added and another book for the kindle, thank you.

Busch · Post by **Busch** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:20 am

As y'all are - "Lost In Space"....

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:28 am

From post: 158205, Topic: tid=10566, author=PirxThePilot wrote:The other Solaris stars George Clooney and is so-so.

How did that one end? I fell asleep.

hank · Post by **hank** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 2:35 pm

Silent Running w/Bruce Dern
Wing Commander
The Last Starfighter
Titan AE (animated)
Armaggedon
Space Cowboys
Apollo 13

Does Avatar qualify?

[Edited on 2-7-2013 by hank]

Post by **Marvin** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:55 pm

From post: 158252, Topic: tid=10566, author=hank wrote:Silent Running w/Bruce Dern

I could never understand the reasoning behind that one. Totally illogical. But poker-playing robots ... that was cool.

Cargo · Post by **Cargo** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 6:55 pm

From post: 158252, Topic: tid=10566, author=hank wrote:Silent Running w/Bruce Dern
Wing Commander
The Last Starfighter
Titan AE (animated)
Armaggedon
Space Cowboys
Apollo 13

Does Avatar qualify?

Great stuff hank,
Titan AE reminds me to also add Treasure Planet and Wall-E. Apollo 13 and Space Cowboy's reminded me of The Right Stuff. Armageddon reminded me of Deep Impact, and both together reminded me of the other duo, Mission to Mars and Red Planet.

I don't know if Avatar should count or not, they're in a spaceship in the beginning but the rest of the movie is Dances with Wolv-Blue People.

What does everyone else think, should Avatar be put on the list?

From post: 158258, Topic: tid=10566, author=Marvin wrote:
From post: 158252, Topic: tid=10566, author=hank wrote:Silent Running w/Bruce Dern
I could never understand the reasoning behind that one. Totally illogical. But poker-playing robots ... that was cool.

I can never make it through Silent Running, the Joan Baez soundtrack just kills it for me.

[Edited on 2-7-2013 by Cargo]

zex · Post by **zex** » Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:39 pm

From post: 158194, Topic: tid=10566, author=Cargo wrote:
From post: 158192, Topic: tid=10566, author=zex wrote:Please add the Fifth Element
Please forgive the initial omission of The First Element, those responsible have been sacked.

Forgiven

It's often overlooked but one of my favorites

Letoras · Post by **Letoras** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:59 am

Blade runner......

Cargo · Post by **Cargo** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 8:47 pm

From post: 158352, Topic: tid=10566, author=Letoras wrote:Blade runner......

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate...
One of my favorite movies but it doesn't have any spaceships or even scenes in space, so I can't add it to the list.

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:01 pm

Cargo · Post by **Cargo** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:03 pm

From post: 158417, Topic: tid=10566, author=Marvin wrote:Destination Moon.jpg

"One of the first science fiction films to attempt a high level of accurate technical detail tells the story of the first trip to the moon."

Awesome Marvin, never even heard of it before but I'm definitely going to check it out.

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:27 pm

The best part is comparing it to what was actually done at NASA ... seeing how much of it George Pal got wrong.

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:34 pm

The second one introduced Cavorite (well, actually, the book did) ... but the term has been used elsewhere.

Post by **Marvin** » Fri Feb 08, 2013 10:53 pm

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MiaZ · Post by **MiaZ** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 4:54 am

I thought Pandorum was an ok movie.

Cargo · Post by **Cargo** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:59 pm

First Men in the Moon, From the Earth to the Moon and Pandorum added, time traveling police box not.

Post by **Marvin** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 7:08 pm

From post: 158449, Topic: tid=10566, author=Cargo wrote:First Men in the Moon, From the Earth to the Moon and Pandorum added, time traveling police box not.

I figured as much. But it was worth a try ... I owe The Doctor at least that much.