The Best
MOVIES ABOUT SPACE AND TIME TRAVEL
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1900-1950
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A TRIP TO THE MOON FR-Moon-14, George Melies Tsiolkovsky |
First scifi film ever, astronomers go to the moon and find moonmen |
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THE IMPOSSIBLE VOYAGE FR-Sun-24, Georges Melies |
Crazy array of vehicles used to go around the world and to the sun |
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AELITA, QUEEN OF MARS RUS-Mars-111, Yuliya Solntseva |
Russian scientists show Martians what revolutionary communism is |
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THE LOST WORLD US-Monster Event-90, Bessie Love |
A diary leads a team to the Amazon where find an incredible truth |
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METROPOLIS GER-Future-100, Fritz Lang |
The future of the west from the sight of the Weimar Republic |
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THE WOMAN IN THE MOON GER-Moon-95, Fritz Lang Goddard |
A spaceship goes to the moon to get gold, problems happen |
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JUST IMAGINE US-Future-109, El Brendel |
A man put in suspended animation awakens to face the future! |
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THINGS TO COME BR-Moon-100, HG Wells |
Future war turns humanity to primitivism, maybe a moonshot? |
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FLASH GORDON US-Interstellar- Buster Crabbe |
3 Serials with heroes who escape a disaster on Earth, & find bad aliens |
The 1950s
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DESTINATION MOON US-Moon-92, Robert Heinlein Rockets |
US builds a moonship to beat the Russians, but can they get back? |
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ROCKETSHIP XM US-Mars-101, Lloyd Bridges |
A trip to the Moon head off-course, & the Martians have gone atomic |
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WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE US-ELE-83, George Pal |
An planetoid enters the solar system and heads towards Earth |
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THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD US-Alien Visit-87, Margaret Sheridan |
First movie to examine possibility of aliens coming to Earth, uh oh |
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THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL US-Alien Visit-92, Robert Wise |
A visiting flying saucer wants to meet with human leaders |
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FLIGHT TO MARS US-Mars-72, Cameron Mitchell |
Earthlings head to Mars to pay a visit, and find a civilization there |
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IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE US-Alien Visit-99, Rob Carlson |
A 'meteor' falls to the ground and bizarre mutations form on people |
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PROJECT MOONBASE US-Moon-63, Robert Heinlein, mst3k |
US sends three people to start a moonbase but one has other plans |
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WAR OF THE WORLDS US-Alien Visit-85, HG Wells |
Aliens from Mars arrive to Earth and begin an attempt at conquest |
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GODZILLA JAP-Monster Visit-1,245, Raymond Burr |
14 episodes of the effects on Japan of a mutated Tyrannosaurus Rex |
The 1950s, Part II
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20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA US-Monster Event-127, Kirk Douglas |
Jules Verne's novel is brought to life, the Nautilus goes undersea |
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THIS ISLAND EARTH US-Alien Visit-91, Jeff Morrow |
An American scientist is kidnapped by aliens to save their race |
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CONQUEST OF SPACE US-Mars-81, George Pal |
First human mission sent from orbiting station to planet Mars |
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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS US-Alien Visit-103, Kevin McCarthy |
People in a small 1950s California town find not all of them are real |
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WORLD WITHOUT END US-Future-100, Rod Taylor |
An accident in space hurtles astronauts into the far future |
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EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS US-Alien Visit-89, Hugh Marlowe |
After some mysterious events, a Martian saucer enters Earth orbit |
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FORBIDDEN PLANET US-Interstellar-98, Walter Pigeon Sputnik |
A starship from Earth investigates a problem on the Altair IV colony |
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ROAD TO THE STARS RU-Documentary-52, Pavel Kluschantev |
Early days of the Russian and Soviet space program chronicled |
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FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON US-Moon-101, Jules Verne |
After inventing Power-X, a scientist takes the first trip to the moon |
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FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS PL-Venus-101, Stanislaw Lem, mst3k |
Earthlings try to go to Venus after Tunguska Event found to be ship |
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THE TWILIGHT ZONE US-Future-1,056, Rod Serling |
156 Episodes of the bizarre things that happen on this old Earth |
The 1960s
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THE TIME MACHINE US-Future-103, HG Wells Gagarin |
A Victorian inventor creates a time machine and goes into the future |
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THE LOST WORLD US-Monster Event-90, Claude Rains |
Stranded in an Amazon rain forest, a team finds an incredible truth |
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MYSTERIOUS ISLAND US-Monster Event-90, Jules Verne |
Confederates from the Civil War escape to an island, find creatures |
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VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA US-ELE-90, Walter Pidgeon |
The Van Allen Belt is on fire, UN is powerless, a sub has one last shot |
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DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS US-Alien Visit, Howard Keel |
A 'meteor shower' blinds people, and some friends come out to play |
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THE JETSONS US-Future, Hanna Barbara, Mel Blanc |
24 Episodes of George Jetson and the family of the future |
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FIRST MEN IN THE MOON BR-Moon-103, HG Wells |
World's people witness the first human moon landing, one for all |
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ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS US-Mars-110, Byron Haskin |
A lone astronaut is stranded for a time on Mars and must survive |
The 1960s, Part II
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FAHRENHEIT 451 BR-Future-111, Ray Bradbury |
The future has come, and firemen burn book instead of fight fires |
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STAR TREK US-Interstellar-3,686, William Shatner |
79 Episodes of the missions of the first crew to explore deep space |
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COUNTDOWN US-Moon-101, Robert DuVall |
Wanting to beat USSR to the moon, NASA sends a guy prematurely |
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THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT US-Orbit-101, Don Knotts |
A regular guy, a bungler, is sent up by accident in a spaceship |
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2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY US-Moon-156, Stanley Kubrick |
After finding something artificial on the moon, a quest begins anew |
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PLANET OF THE APES US-Future-112, Charlton Heston |
Astronauts crashland on a planet where humans are slaves to apes |
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MAROONED US-Orbit-134, Gregory Peck Moon |
A spaceship's engines fail, will they be rescued in time? |
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DOPPELGANGER BR-Orbit-Robert Parrish |
A crew discover a planet on the far side of the sun, and investigate |
The 1970s
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COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT US-Monster Visit-89, Joseph Sargent |
Supercomputers in the USA and USSR unite to bring the pain |
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SILENT RUNNING US-Orbit-89, Bruce Dern |
A scientist on an orbiting space colony disobeys a direct order |
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THX 1138 US-Future-88, Robert Duvall |
The future sees people living underground, where love is banned |
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THE OMEGA MAN US-Future-97, Charlton Heston |
The future is not bright as bioterrorism is unleased on us |
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THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN US-ELE-131, Michael Crichton |
An orbiting satellite falls to Earth with captured space cargo |
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SOLARIS RUS-Interstellar-165, Stanislaw Lem |
Cosmonauts go to planet Solaris, and strange, strange things happen |
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WESTWORLD US-Future-100, Yul Brenner |
Michael Crichton's vision of the future's supercool amusement park |
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A CLOCKWORK ORANGE US-Future-140, Malcolm McDowell |
Stanley Kubrick's sick vision of a future in which ultraviolence is fun |
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SOYLENT GREEN US-Future-110, Charlton Heston |
In overpopulated future NYC, one man discovers a shocking secret |
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DARK STAR US-Interstellar-83, John Carpenter |
Astronauts' mission is to destroy unstable planets in future colonys |
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ZARDOZ US-Future-83, Sean Connery |
A outlander figures out that his life is not exactly what it seems to be |
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THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT US-Monster Event-110, Kevin Conner |
A team is lost on on island, and come upon something incredible |
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A BOY AND HIS DOG US-Future-92, Don Johnson |
After the nukes, its survival of the fittest, and boy and dog are a team |
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ROLLERBALL US-Future-99, James Caan |
In the ultimate sport of the future, one player defies the corporations |
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RETURN TO EARTH US-Moon-95, Buzz Aldrin |
The story of how Buzz Aldrin's emotions were affected after 1969 |
The 1970s, Part II
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LOGAN'S RUN US-Future-125, Michael York |
The world of the future is well-neigh great, except for one thing... |
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THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH US-Alien Visit-103, David Bowie |
An alien comes to Earth to scam us out of water with business acumen |
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STAR WARS US-Extragalactic-803, George Lucas Voyager |
6 episodes of an epic story from a long time ago, a galaxy far away |
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3RD KIND US-Alien Visit-132, Richard Dreyfuss |
A line worker has a vision and goes to a place... to see the incredible |
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CAPRICORN ONE US-Mars-123, James Brolin |
NASA plans a Mars mission but funding is gone, a scam, anyone? |
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SUPERMAN US-Alien Visit-527, Christopher Reeves Me |
5 episodes of a baby from Krypton sent to Earth with special powers |
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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA US-Interstellar-148, Richard Hatch |
The desperate struggle of a colony ship to find the legendary Earth |
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MAD MAX AU-Future-108, Mel Gibson |
3 Episodes of a Post-apocolpyse Australia where one guy gets mad! |
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METEOR US-ELE-110, Sean Connery |
US and Soviet scientists have to join forces to stop an impact event! |
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THINGS TO COME BR-Moon-100, Jack Palance, II |
Future war turns humanity to primitivism, maybe a moonshot? |
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MOONRAKER UK-Orbit-126, James Bond |
Bond discovers a plot of global genocide using a space shuttle |
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ALIEN US-Interstellar-532, Sigorney Weaver |
4 episodes of a woman's struggle against terrible, horrible aliens |
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STAR TREK: THE MOVIES US-Interstellar-700, William Shatner |
6 episodes of the epic series of Earth's future in the Federation |
The 1980s
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COSMOS US-Documentary-780, Carl Sagan Shuttle |
13 episodes of the story of the universe and our place within it |
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FLASH GORDON US-Interstellar-110, Max Von Sydow |
A skyjacked hero finds that an alien dictator is experimenting with Earth |
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THE MARTAIN CHRONICLES US-Mars-360, Ray Bradury |
The first manned Mars mission seems to be ok, then bloodlust... |
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ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK US-Future-116, Kurt Russell |
New York is a supermax prison, 'Snake' has to break the heck out! |
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OUTLAND US-Jupiter-109, Sean Connery |
A marshall goes to investigate a murder on a Jovian mining colony |
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BLADE RUNNER US-Future-117, Harrison Ford |
Man-made androids from a colony come back home to Earth |
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HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY US-Interstellar-175, Douglas Adams |
A human and friend escape Earth destruction and travel the galaxy |
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E.T. US-Alien Visit-117, Stephen Spielberg |
A creature that is 3 million light years from home is lost on Earth |
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V US-Alien Visit-110, Marc Singerr |
An invasion force arrives to Earth from deep space |
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THE DAY AFTER US-ELE-100, John Lithgow |
What happens to middle America when they unleash the A-Bomb? |
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THE RIGHT STUFF US-Orbit-193, Ed Harris |
The epic of America's early space program: the Mercury boys |
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1984 BR-Future-110, George Orwell |
The classic of dystopian future where misbehavior is verboten |
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2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT US-Jupiter-116, Roy Schneider |
US / Soviet mission to find out the fate of another ship, 'Discovery' |
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THE TRANSFORMERS US-Interstellar-2,254, Optimus Prime |
98 episodes of the autobots and decepticons battling for Earth |
The 1980's II
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STARMAN US-Alien Visit-120, Jeff Bridges |
In 1977 Voyager II invited all forms of life to Earth- so, they listen! |
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THE TERMINATOR US-Future-373, Arnold Schwarzenegger |
3 episodes of a shape shifting cyborg destroying and saving Earth |
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THE LAST STARFIGHTER US-Alien Visit-110, Kay Kuter |
The best player at a video game is wisked to do the same in real life |
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DUNE US-Interstellar-190, Frank Herbert |
Galactic colonization complete, now war over a single special planet |
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THE NEVERENDING STORY US-Fantasy-102, Wolfgang Peterson |
Die Unendliche Geschicht, Story of the end of civilization and its hope |
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GODZILLA 1985 JP-Monster Event-840, Tokyo Ichiban |
8 episodes of a new wave of incidents involving Godzilla & Co. |
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ENEMY MINE US-Interstellar-110, Dennis Quaid |
An Earth soldier and an alien enemy become trapped together |
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BABY: SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND US-Monster Event-100, Sean Young |
In a tropical jungle, a find occurs that shocks a team of scientists |
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COCOON US-Alien Visit-117, Wilford Brimley |
aliens lay eggs in a swimming pool and humans go swimming... |
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EXPLORERS US-Alien Visit-109, Ethan Hawke |
A kid dreams about a circuit and when his friends make it, it works |
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BACK TO THE FUTURE US-Future-337, Michael J. Fox |
3 episodes of what happens when a scientist invents a time machine |
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VOYAGE TO THE PLANETS BR-Documentary- David Schuet Mir |
What we know about potential colonization of the solar system |
The 1980's III
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HIGHLANDER US-Alien Visit-225, Christopher Lambert |
2 episodes of a group of immortals who must battle to the last |
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ROBOCOP US-Future-325, Paul Verhoeven |
3 episodes about a robotic cop in Detroit, a city that is out of control |
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PREDATOR US-Alien Visit-107, Arnold Schwarzenegger |
An extraterrestrial warrior battles top US warriors in the jungle |
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VOYAGE TO THE OUTER PLANETS US-Documentary-53, Isaac Asimov |
What we know about the solar system and potential colonization |
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SPACEBALLS US-Extragalactic-96, John Candy |
Adventure about the fate of a world long ago and far, far, far away |
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TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE US-Interstellar-84, Optimus Prime |
The autobots face their darkest hour against the decepticons |
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THE FLINTSTONES MEET THE JETSONS US-Future-94, George Jetson |
A Stone Age family is transported into the future, and meet another |
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STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION US-Interstellar-8,010, Patrick Stewart |
178 episodes of the epic voyages of a Federation Starship, Enterprise |
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THEY LIVE US-Alien Visit-93, Rowdy Roddy Piper |
One man discovers that aliens have subjugated humanity in stealth |
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MYSTRY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000 US-Orbit-19,109, Joel Hodgson |
197 episodes aboard a satellite in Earth orbit, where bad movies play |
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THE ABYSS US-Alien Visit-171, Ed Harris |
At the very bottom of the ocean lies a great secret from the stars |
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QUANTUM LEAP US-Future-Series, Scott Bakula |
97 episodes where a scientist from the future helps people in the past |
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FOR ALL MANKIND US-Moon-93, Pete Conrad Berlin Wall |
The 30 year anniversary story of the moon landings of 1969-1972 |
The 1990s
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TOTAL RECALL US-Mars-113, Arnold Schwarzenegger |
A guy on a virtual Mars vacation goes there for real on a whim |
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THE ASTRONOMERS US-Documentary-343, Richard Chamberlain |
6 episodes of the men who shaped how we look at the cosmos today |
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DEMOLITION MAN US-Future-115, Sylvester Stallone |
LA 2032: the world's worst criminal and best cop collide, at Taco Bell |
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JURASSIC PARK US-Monster Event-349, Sam Neill |
3 episodes of an island off of Costa Rica where dinosaurs are reborn |
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THE X FILES US-Alien Visit-9,090, David Duchovny |
202 episodes of the exploits of FBI agents solving the toughest cases |
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BABYLON 5 US-Interstellar-4,950, Michael O'Hare |
110 episodes of adventures on a space station in neutral territory |
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STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE 9 US-Interstellar-7,920, Avery Brooks |
176 episodes of a Federation space station guarding a strategic locale |
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MOONSHOT US-Moon-188, Alan Shepard |
25th Anniversary showing the inside story of the Apollo program |
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STAR TREK TNG: THE MOVIES US-Interstellar-443, Patrick Stewart |
4 episodes of the adventures of the great crew of the Enterprise-D |
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STARGATE US-Interstellar-130, Kurt Russell |
An stargate beams humans to a planet like Ancient Egypt |
The 1990's II
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APOLLO 13 US-Moon-140, Tom Hanks |
True to life epic of the great self rescue of the Apollo XIII mission |
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STAR TREK: VOYAGER US-Interstellar-7,740, Kate Mulgrew |
172 episodes of the Voyager, a ship lost 75 light-years from Earth |
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OUT OF THE PRESENT RU-Orbit-96, Sergei Krikalevi |
Chronicle of everyday life aboard the Russian space station Mir |
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INDEPENDENCE DAY US-Alien Visit-153, Bill Pullman |
Aliens come to Earth in giant ships in order to plunder its resources |
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MARS ATTACKS US-Alien Visit-106, Jack Nicholson |
The Martians arrive to Earth with conquest on their minds |
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TWELVE MONKEYS US-Future-129, Bruce Willis |
A guy in stasis is sent back in time to save civilization |
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UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE US-Documentary-53, Candice Bergen |
Explors current information about the nature of the universe |
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ASTEROID US-ELE-90, Bradford May |
A doomsday asteroid is coming to impact Earth, will humans survive? |
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: ASTEROID US-Documentary-90, Michael Biehn |
Wait, asteroid actually can still hit Earth? How likely is it?!? Aaaah! |
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EVENT HORIZON US-Neptune-96, Sam Neill |
A crew arrives at Neptune to investigate a ship thought lost |
The 1990's III
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STARSHIP TROOPERS US-Solar-129, Paul Verhoeven |
Humans fight aliens in an ultra militaristic future of conflict |
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CONTACT US-Alien Visit-153, Jodie Foster |
Finally after all these years, there is a message from the stars |
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GATTACA US-Future-101, Uma Thurman |
A guy with bad genes tricks his way into being an astronaut |
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MEN IN BLACK US-Alien Visit-186, Will Smith |
2 episodes of the secret men-in- black, whose job is handling aliens |
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THE FIFTH ELEMENT US-Interstellar-126, Bruce Willis |
Epic of a regular guy who helps find the secret to saving Earth |
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UNIVERSE US-Documentary-360, Stephen Hawking |
6 episodes of the nature of the universe revealed by Hawking |
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SPHERE US-Alien Visit-110, Dustin Hoffman |
An old alien ship is discovered 300 feet under algae in the ocean... |