Top 10 Space Films

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2021 Episode 20: Top 10 Space Films

For as long as there have been humans, we’ve looked up at the night sky and wondered what lies beyond. The following is our list of the ten best space movies. For this video, we’re looking at any films that have some form of setting in space and are including both sci-fis and historical dramas. Also, we’re only including one film per franchise.

Have your own opinions? Post them in the comments below!

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[smashingukproductions]

Please note that we’re only including films that have some form of setting in space or on an extraterrestrial planet or moon, so movies such as ‘ET’ and ‘Close Encounters’ don’t count.

[JDBoyJD]

0:25 Gravity
1:06 Moon
1:49 The Right Stuff
2:42 Wall-E
3:21 Apollo 13
4:15 Interstellar
4:59 Solaris
5:49 Alien
6:43 Star Wars

7:46 SOME EXTRA MOVIES

8:27 2001: A Space Odyssey

[Creativesmilestudio]

Interstellar was a great movie I watched it like 5 times.

Interstellar what a brilliant movie... it shows gravity, space time, time dilation with ease.masterpiece

[BeckDawg]

Interstellar is my favorite movie of all time by far. Love it

[rautakallio]

This is a good list and I can't really argue with any of them.

The best part about these type of videos is reading the comments to find other films. Here are some more Space-based movies that I enjoyed but I did not see mentioned in the comments. (no these are not in my top 10, just other space movies that I would consider worth watching)


Enemy Mine - 1985
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone - 1983
Stargate - 1994
Total Recall - 1990
Lost in Space - 1998
Pitch Black - 2000
Serenity - 2005
The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - 2005
Zathura: A Space Adventure - 2005
Cargo - 2012
Enders Game - 2013
Elysium - 2013
Europa Report - 2013
Jupiter Ascending - 2015
Starship Troopers - 1997
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - 2017
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun - 1969
After Earth - 2013
The Black Hole - 1979
Planeta bur (Planet of Storms) - 1962
Ikarie XB 1 (Voyage to the End of the Universe) - 1963
Der schweigende Stern (The Silent Star) - 1960
Robinson Crusoe on Mars - 1964
Fantastic Planet (animated) - 1973
Treasure Planet (animated) - 2002
2010: The Year We Make Contact - 1984

[АнтониоМарлевски]

This list is perfectly wide, including so many good films, no matter how famous are or how old are they. You are one movie expert!

[justinratcliffe]

My favorite space and alien movies
1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. 2010
3. Gravity
4. Solaris (2002)
5. Ad Astra
6. Contact
7. Apollo 13
8. Hidden Figures
9. I.S.S
10. Passengers
11. The Space Between Us
12. The Martian
13. Titan AE
14. Independence Day 1&2
15. The Arrival (1996)
16. Arrival (2016)
17. Space Cowboys
18. Moon
19. Moonfall
20. Deep Impact
21. Armageddon
22. Interstellar
23. Wall E
25. Lightyear
26. The First Man
27. Europa Report
28. Cloverfield Paradox
29. Rocketman (1997)
30. My Favorite Martian (1999)
31. Galaxy Quest
32. Evolution (2001)
33. Muppets From Space
34. all Alien & Predator movies
35. all MIB movies
36. all Species movies
37. all Starship Troopers movies
38. Event Horizon
39. Pandorum
40. Heavy Metal (1981) & Heavy Metal 2000
41. The Astronauts Wife
42. The Astronaut Farmer
43. The Creator
44. Suburban Commando
45. The Fifth Element
46. Total Recall (1990)
47. Red Planet
48. Mission to Mars
49. Ghosts of Mars
50. Mars Attacks
51. Starman
52. ET
53. Space Camp
54. Flight of the Navigator
55. Life (2017)
56. Signs
57. The Faculty
58. They Live
59. Apollo 18
60. Austin Powers 2
61. Moonraker
62. Goldeneye
63. Star Kid
64. Planet 51
65. Escape From Planet Earth
66. Serenity
67. Zathura
68. Meteor (1979)
69. The Thing (both 1982 & 2011 films)
70. Buckaroo Banzai
71. Cowboys & Aliens
72. Paul
73. Treasure Planet
74. all Lilo & Stitch films
75. Last Days on Mars
76. Space Warriors
77. Enders Game
78. Creature (1985)
79. Explorers (1985)
80. Cocoon 1&2
81. Beyond the Stars (1989)
82. Fire in the Sky
83. Enemy Mine
84. Forbidden World (1982)
85. Impostor (2001)
86. Coneheads
87. Pixels
88. Aliens in the Attic
89. Galaxina
90. Saturn 3
91. Nope
92. Marooned
93. Lucy in the Sky
94. Dark City
95. Capture the Flag
96. both Dead Space anime films
97. Earth to Echo
98. all 3 Dirty Pair anime films
99. Megazone 23 (all 3 parts)
100. Night on the Galactic Railroad
101. Dreamcatcher
102. The X-Files Movie
103. Judgement Day (1998)
104. all Transformers movies
105. CJ7
106. Battle For Terra
107. Sky Crawlers
108. Space (1985 miniseries)
So there you have it. I know half these are not well liked or loved but they're all my guilty pleasures and that's how hardcore a fan I am of space and alien stuff

[andrewdunphy]

It always saddens me how overlooked Sunshine is. I think it’s up there with the great 21st century space movies

[jclar]

I love "mission to mars" and "event horizon" too

[peterbrown]

Another honourable mention should be Silent Running, Earth's ecology has collapsed and the last remaining plant life is kept in giant geodesic dome's aboard the USS Valley Forge (incidentally that was the name of the aircraft carrier they used as a location) and a number of other giant ships like it.

[lutonian]

How is sunshine not at least a honourable mention. Shocking

[fbnaccsequence]

I would suggest that there are three films you missed.

1) Marooned
2) Moon Zero Two
3) Countdown

None of these were particularly splashy, none big budget, but all were exceptionally good and (most important) were about space, not simply set in space....

[johnmalin]

I think you had a fantastic choice there. I am a star wars fanatic, but i have to agree, when you consider 2001 was filmed in the 60's, the effects were way ahead of there time.

[jeanpaulmurcia]

Great video, I have watched some of the famous, but I have no idea about the others. Will watch them. Thank you!

[CineGoldPresents]

Seems obvious. The greatest movie of all time would also be the greatest sci-fi movie of all time. 2001: A Space Odyssey

[ImagineBaggins]

Came to the comments expecting Interstellar and they delivered. I typically don't watch many movies bc I just don't have the attention span but holy god that movie just blows me away. My favorite movie of all time and I don't expect anything to come close any time soon.

[laxmikanth]

My Favourite
Interstellar
Gravity
The Martin
Appollo 13
Passenger
Frist Man
Moon

[rishiktiwari]

You missed Armageddon, its a complete thrill.

[DriesVersch]

Nice top, mine would be a bit different:
1. Apollo 13 (its so accurate)
2. 2001 A Space Oddysey
3. Interstellar
4. Sunshine
5. Star Wars