ALL THE FILMS

ABOUT TIME AND

SPACE TRAVEL

 

WHERE ARE SCI &

SCIFI FILMS SET?

 

General: 10

Sun: 1

Venus: 1

Earth Orbit: 13

Moon: 15

Mars: 10

Jupiter: 2

Saturn: 1

Neptune: 1

Interstellar: 26

Extragalactic: 2

Extinction Events: 10

Alien Visits: 31

Monster / Dinosaur: 12

Future / Time: 36

 

 

Where does the main action take place?

 

 

General

 

1980

COSMOS

US-General-780, Carl Sagan         

13 episodes of the story of the universe and our place within it

1986

VOYAGE TO THE PLANETS

BR-General- David Schuet  

What we know about the possibility to colonize the solar system

1987

VOYAGE TO THE OUTER PLANETS

US-General-53, Isaac Asimov

What we know about the solar system and potential colonization

1991

THE ASTRONOMERS

US-General-343, Richard Chamberlain

6 episodes of the men who shaped how we look at the cosmos today

1996

UNDERSTANDING THE UNIVERSE

US-General-53, Candice Bergen

Explors current information about the nature of the universe

1997

UNIVERSE

US-General-360, Stephen Hawking

6 episodes of the nature of the universe as revealed by Hawking

1999

THE PLANETS

BR-General-390, Karen Stone

8 episodes of amazing stories of our solar system and its exploration

2000

STARGAZE

US-General-120, Ralph LaBarge

2 episodes of Hubble Space Telescope's finest imagery

2003

NOVA: ELEGANT UNIVERSE

US-General-180, Michael Duff

3 episodes of discovery of the interesting facts of the universe

2004

NOVA: ORIGINS

US-General-240, Neil Degrasse Tyson

4 episodes of discovery of the interesting facts of our origins

 

The Sun

 

1904

THE IMPOSSIBLE VOYAGE

FR-Sun-24, Georges Melies

Crazy array of vehicles used to go around the world and to the sun

 

Venus

 

1959

FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS

PL-Venus-101, Stanislaw Lem, mst3k

Earthlings try to go to Venus after Tunguska Event is found to be ship

 

Earth Orbital Space

 

1958

ROAD TO THE STARS

RU-Orbit-52, Pavel Kluschantev

Early days of the Russian and Soviet space program chronicled

1967

THE RELUCTANT ASTRONAUT

US-Orbit-101, Don Knotts

A regular guy, a bungler, is sent up by accident in a spaceship

1969

MAROONED

US-Orbit-134, Gregory Peck      

A spaceship's engines fail in space, will they be rescued in time?

1969

DOPPELGANGER

BR-Orbit-Robert Parrish                        

A crew discover a planet on the far side of the sun and investigate

1979

MOONRAKER

UK-Orbit-126, James Bond

Bond discovers a plot of global genocide using a space shuttle

1983

THE RIGHT STUFF

US-Orbit-193, Ed Harris

The epic of America's early space program: the Mercury Boys

1988

MYSTRY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000

US-Orbit-19,109, Joel Hodgson

197 episodes aboard a satellite in Earth orbit, where bad movies play

1995

OUT OF THE PRESENT

RU-Orbit-96, Sergei Krikalevi

Chronicle of everyday life aboard the Russian space station Mir

1999

OCTOBER SKY

US-Orbit-108, Joe Johnston

A coal miner's son goes on a mission to build a rocket

1999

THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE

US-Orbit-110, Johnny Depp

An astronaut in a perfect marriage comes from a mission feeling weird

1999

NUKES IN SPACE

US-Orbit-53, William Shatner

The US Government testing of atomic weapons in space!

1999

THE RED STUFF

RU-Orbit-78, Leo de Boer

Chronicles the achievments of the Soviet space program

2000

SPACE COWBOYS

US-Orbit-130, Clint Eastwood

A retired engineer goes on a one last mission- to retrieve a satellite

 

The Moon

 

1902

A TRIP TO THE MOON

FR-Moon-14, George Melies

First scifi film ever, astronomers go to the moon and find moonmen

1929

THE WOMAN IN THE MOON

GER-Moon-95, Fritz Lang      

A spaceship goes to the moon to get gold, unexpected problems occur

1936

THINGS TO COME

BR-Moon-100, HG Wells

Future wars turn humanity towards primitivism- a moonshot, maybe?

1950

DESTINATION MOON

US-Moon-92, Robert Heinlein

US builds a moonship to beat the Russians, but can they get back?

1953

PROJECT MOONBASE

US-Moon-63, Robert Heinlein, mst3k

US sends three people to start a moonbase but one has other plans

1958

FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON

US-Moon-101, Jules Verne

After inventing Power-X, a scientist takes the first trip to the moon

1964

FIRST MEN IN THE MOON

BR-Moon-103, HG Wells

World's people witness the first human moon landing, one for all

1967

COUNTDOWN

US-Moon-101, Robert DuVall

Wanting to beat USSR to the moon, NASA sends a guy prematurely

1968

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

US-Moon-156, Stanley Kubrick                   

After finding something artificial on the moon, a quest begins anew

1976

RETURN TO EARTH

US-Moon-95, Buzz Aldrin

The story of how Buzz Aldrin's emotions were affected after 1969

1979

THINGS TO COME (2nd Prod)

BR-Moon-100, Jack Palance

Future war turns humanity to primitivism, maybe a moonshot?

1989

FOR ALL MANKIND

US-Moon-93, Pete Conrad       

30th Anniversary story of the moon landings of 1969-1972

1994

MOONSHOT

US-Moon-188, Alan Shepard

35th Anniversary showing the inside story of the Apollo program

1995

APOLLO 13

US-Moon-140, Tom Hanks

True to life epic of the great self rescue of the Apollo XIII mission

1999

FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON

US-Moon-540, Tom Hanks

12 episodes outlining the Apollo manned moon missions, 40th Ann.

2001

THE DISH

AUS-Moon-101, Bob Sitch         

An Australian radiotelescope is the key to communicating with Apollo

 

Mars

 

1924

AELITA, QUEEN OF MARS

RUS-Mars-111, Yuliya Solntseva

Russian scientists show Martians what revolutionary communism is

1950

ROCKETSHIP XM

US-Mars-101, Lloyd Bridges

A trip to the Moon head off-course, & the Martians have gone atomic

1951

FLIGHT TO MARS

US-Mars-72, Cameron Mitchell

Earthlings head to Mars to pay a visit, and find a civilization there

1955

CONQUEST OF SPACE

US-Mars-81, George Pal

First human mission sent from orbiting station to planet Mars

1964

ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS

US-Mars-110, Byron Haskin

A lone astronaut is stranded for a time on Mars and must survive

1978

CAPRICORN ONE

US-Mars-123, James Brolin

NASA plans a Mars mission but funding is gone, a scam, anyone?

1980

THE MARTAIN CHRONICLES

US-Mars-360, Ray Bradury

The first manned Mars mission seems to be ok, then bloodlust...

1990

TOTAL RECALL

US-Mars-113, Arnold Schwarzenegger

A guy on a virtual Mars vacation goes there for real on a whim

2000

MISSION TO MARS

US-Mars-114, Gary Sinise

Man's 1st mission to Mars turns out much different than planned

2000

RED PLANET

US-Mars-106, Val Kilmer

Mars can save a dying Earth, but the trip there goes haywire

 

Jupiter

 

1981

OUTLAND

US-Jupiter-109, Sean Connery

A marshall goes to investigate a murder on a Jovian mining colony

1984

2010: THE YEAR WE MAKE CONTACT

US-Jupiter-116, Roy Schneider

US / Soviet joint mission to find out the fate of a ship called 'Discovery'

 

Saturn

 

1971

SILENT RUNNING

US-Saturn-89, Bruce Dern                         

A scientist on an orbiting space colony disobeys a direct order

 

Neptune

 

1997

EVENT HORIZON

US-Neptune-96, Sam Neill

A crew arrives at Neptune to investigate a ship thought lost

 

Interstellar

 

1938

FLASH GORDON

US-Interstellar- Buster Crabbe

3 Episodes of heroes protecting Earth from an alien dictator

1956

FORBIDDEN PLANET

US-Interstellar-98, Walter Pigeon

A starship from Earth investigates a problem on the Altair IV colony

1966

STAR TREK

US-Interstellar-3,686, William Shatner

79 Episodes of the missions of the first crew to explore deep space

1972

SOLARIS

RUS-Interstellar-165, Stanislaw Lem       

Cosmonauts go to planet Solaris, and strange, strange things happen

1974

DARK STAR

US-Interstellar-83, John Carpenter

Astronauts' mission is to destroy planets endangering future colonies

1978

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

US-Interstellar-148, Richard Hatch

The desperate struggle of a colony ship to find the legendary Earth

1979

ALIEN

US-Interstellar-532, Sigorney Weaver

4 episodes of a woman's struggle against horrible, horrible aliens

1979

STAR TREK: THE MOVIES

US-Interstellar-700, William Shatner

6 episodes of the epic series of Earth's future in the Federation

1980

FLASH GORDON

US-Interstellar-110, Max Von Sydow

A skyjacked hero finds again a dictator messing with Earth

1982

HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

US-Interstellar-175, Douglas Adams

Human and alien escape Earth destruction and travel the galaxy

1984

THE TRANSFORMERS

US-Interstellar-2,254, Optimus Prime

98 episodes of the autobots and decepticons battling for Earth

1984

DUNE

US-Interstellar-190, Frank Herbert

Galactic colonization is complete, but war erupts over one planet

1985

ENEMY MINE

US-Interstellar-110, Dennis Quaid

An Earth soldier and an alien enemy become trapped together

1987

TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE

US-Interstellar-84, Optimus Prime

The autobots face their darkest hour against the decepticons

1987

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION

US-Interstellar-8,010, Patrick Stewart

178 episodes of the epic voyages of a Federation Starship, Enterprise

1993

BABYLON 5

US-Interstellar-4,950, Michael O'Hare

110 episodes of adventures on a space station in neutral territory

1993

STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE 9

US-Interstellar-7,920, Avery Brooks

176 episodes of a Federation space station guarding a strategic locale

1994

STAR TREK TNG: THE MOVIES

US-Interstellar-443, Patrick Stewart

4 episodes of the adventures of the great crew of the Enterprise-D

1994

STARGATE

US-Interstellar-130, Kurt Russell

An stargate beams humans to a planet like Ancient Egypt

1995

STAR TREK: VOYAGER

US-Interstellar-7,740, Kate Mulgrew

172 episodes of the Voyager, a ship lost 75 light-years from Earth

1997

THE FIFTH ELEMENT

US-Interstellar-126, Bruce Willis

Epic of a regular guy who helps find the secret to saving Earth

1998

LOST IN SPACE

US-Interstellar-110, William Hurt

Earth's only hope lies in a family's ability to get to a far planet by ship

1999

GALAXYQUEST

US-Interstellar-102, Tim Allen

The crew of a TV show about space get caught in a real-life situation

2001

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE

US-Interstellar-4,116, Scott Bakula

98 Episodes of the first time that humans can travel faster than light

2002

SOLARIS

US-Interstellar-99, George Clooney

Astronauts go to planet Solaris, and something strange happens

2005

HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

US-Interstellar-109, Douglas Adams

Human and alien escape Earth destruction and travel the galaxy

 

Extragalactic

 

1977

STAR WARS

US-Extragalactic-803, George Lucas 

6 episodes of an epic story from a long time ago, a galaxy far away

1987

SPACEBALLS

US-Extragalactic-96, John Candy

Adventure about the fate of a world long ago and far, far, far away

 

Extinction Level Event

 

1951

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

US-ELE-83, George Pal                            

An planetoid enters the solar system and heads towards Earth

1961

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

1971

THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN

US-ELE-131, Michael Crichton                

An orbiting satellite falls to Earth infected with captured space cargo

1979

METEOR

US-ELE-110, Sean Connery

US and Soviet scientists have to join forces to stop an impact event!

1983

THE DAY AFTER

US-ELE-100, John Lithgow

What happens to middle America when they unleash the A-Bomb?

1984

THE NEVERENDING STORY

US-ELE-102, Wolfgang Peterson

Die Unendliche Geschicht, Story of the end of civilization and its hope

1997

ASTEROID

US-ELE-90, Bradford May

A doomsday asteroid is coming to impact Earth, will we survive?

1997

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: ASTEROID

US-ELE-90, Michael Biehn

Wait, asteroids actually can hit Earth? How likely is it?!? Aaaah!

1998

DEEP IMPACT

US-ELE-120, Tea Leoni                

A large cometary impact is coming and humanity reacts and decides

1998

ARMAGEDDON

US-ELE-153, Bruce Willis

A team of selected crew try to save Earth from a cometary impact

 

Alien Visitation

 

1951

THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD

US-Alien Visit-87, Margaret Sheridan             

First movie to examine possibility of aliens coming to Earth, uh oh!

1951

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

US-Alien Visit-92, Robert Wise             

A visiting flying saucer wants to meet with humanity's leaders

1953

IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE

US-Alien Visit-99, Rob Carlson

A 'meteor' falls to the ground and bizarre mutations form on people

1953

WAR OF THE WORLDS

US-Alien Visit-85, HG Wells

Aliens from Mars arrive to Earth and begin an attempt at conquest

1955

THIS ISLAND EARTH

US-Alien Visit-91, Jeff Morrow

An American scientist is kidnapped by aliens to save their race

1956

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

1956

EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS

US-Alien Visit-89, Hugh Marlowe

After some mysterious events, a Martian saucer enters Earth orbit

1962

DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS

US-Alien Visit, Howard Keel

A 'meteor shower' blinds people, and some friends come out to play

1976

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH

US-Alien Visit-103, David Bowie

Aliens come to scam us out of water using cool business acumen

1977

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

1978

SUPERMAN

US-Alien Visit-527, Christopher Reeves

5 episodes of a baby from Krypton sent to Earth with special powers

1982

E.T.

US-Alien Visit-117, Stephen Spielberg

A creature 3 million light years from home gets lost on Earth

1983

V

US-Alien Visit-110, Marc Singerr

An invasion force arrives to Earth from deep space, oh, joy

1984

STARMAN

US-Alien Visit-120, Jeff Bridges

In 1977 Voyager II invited all forms of life to Earth- uh oh, they did!

1984

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

1985

COCOON

US-Alien Visit-117, Wilford Brimley

aliens lay eggs in a swimming pool and humans go swimming...

1985

EXPLORERS

US-Alien Visit-109, Ethan Hawke

A kid dreams about a circuit and when his friends make it, it works

1986

HIGHLANDER

US-Alien Visit-225, Christopher Lambert

2 episodes of a group of immortals who must battle to the last

1987

PREDATOR

US-Alien Visit-107, Arnold Schwarzenegger

An extraterrestrial warrior battles top US warriors in the jungle

1988

THEY LIVE

US-Alien Visit-93, Rowdy Roddy Piper

One man discovers that aliens have subjugated humanity in stealth

1989

THE ABYSS

US-Alien Visit-171, Ed Harris

At the very bottom of the ocean lies a great secret from the stars

1993

THE X FILES

US-Alien Visit-9,090, David Duchovny

202 episodes of the exploits of FBI agents solving the toughest cases

1996

INDEPENDENCE DAY

US-Alien Visit-153, Bill Pullman

Aliens come to Earth in giant ships in order to plunder its resources

1996

MARS ATTACKS

US-Alien Visit-106, Jack Nicholson

The Martians arrive to Earth with conquest on their minds

1997

CONTACT

US-Alien Visit-153, Jodie Foster

Finally after all these years, there is a real message from the stars

1997

MEN IN BLACK

US-Alien Visit-186, Will Smith

2 episodes of the secret men-in- black, whose job is handling aliens

1997

STARSHIP TROOPERS

US-Alien Visit-129, Paul Verhoeven

Humans fight aliens in an ultra- militaristic future of conflict

1998

SPHERE

US-Alien Visit-110, Dustin Hoffman

An old alien ship is discovered 300 feet under algae in the ocean...

1998

THE X FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE

US-Alien Visit-110, David Duchovny

The FBI agents from X files make one more incredible discovery!

2002

SIGNS

US-Alien Visit-106, Mel Gibson

A farm family's crop circles tell them aliens are on their way

2005

WAR OF THE WORLDS

US-Alien Visit-116, Tom Cruise

Aliens from Mars arrive to Earth and begin an attempt at conquest

 

Monster Event

 

1925

THE LOST WORLD

US-Monster Event-90, Bessie Love

A diary leads the Amazon, where they find an incredible truth

1954

GODZILLA

JAP-Monster Event-1,245, Raymond Burr

14 episodes of the effects on Japan of a mutated Tyrannosaurus Rex

1954

THEM

US-Monster Event-James Whitmore

Some ants exposed to radiation think humans are pellets of food

1954

20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

US-Monster Event-127, Kirk Douglas

Jules Verne's novel is brought to life, the Nautilus goes undersea

1958

THE FLY

US-Monster Event-101,

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1960

THE LOST WORLD

US-Monster Event-90, Claude Rains

Stranded in an Amazon rain forest, a team finds an incredible truth

1961

MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

US-Monster Event-90, Jules Verne

Confederates from the Civil War escape to an island, find creatures

1970

COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT

US-Monster Event-89, Joseph Sargent    

Supercomputers in the USA and Russia unite to bring the pain

1975

THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT

US-Monster Event-110, Kevin Conner

A team is lost on on island, and come upon something incredible

1984

GHOSTBUSTERS

US-Monster Event- Bill Murray

Episodes of a series of ghosts that haunt New York City, who you...