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1. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel
Votes: 432,290 | Gross: $352.39M
2. Contact (1997)
PG | 150 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt
Votes: 293,303 | Gross: $100.92M
3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
PG | 138 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Roy Neary, an Indiana electric lineman, finds his quiet and ordinary daily life turned upside down after a close encounter with a UFO, spurring him to an obsessed cross-country quest for answers as a momentous event approaches.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon
Votes: 217,066 | Gross: $132.09M
4. Species (1995)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of scientists try to track down and trap a killer alien seductress before she successfully mates with a human.
Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina
Votes: 85,329 | Gross: $60.07M
5. 2010 (1984)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban
Votes: 57,319 | Gross: $40.20M
6. Gamer (2009)
R | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
In a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a 'Doom'-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive thirty sessions in order to be set free.
Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | Stars: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Ludacris, Amber Valletta
Votes: 139,637 | Gross: $20.49M
7. The Midnight Sky (2020)
PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine, a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe.
Director: George Clooney | Stars: George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Caoilinn Springall
Votes: 89,493
8. The Arrival (1996)
PG-13 | 115 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Zane, an astronomer, discovers intelligent alien life. But the aliens are keeping a deadly secret, and will do anything to stop Zane from learning it.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Shane
Votes: 38,206 | Gross: $14.05M
9. The Dish (2000)
PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, History
A remote Australian community, populated by quirky characters, plays a key role in the first Apollo moon landing.
Director: Rob Sitch | Stars: Sam Neill, Billy Mitchell, Roz Hammond, Christopher-Robin Street
Votes: 17,108 | Gross: $2.25M
10. Cosmos (I) (2019)
128 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Three amateur astronomers are perplexed when the newest member of their team intercepts radio signals of seemingly impossible origin.
Directors: Elliot Weaver, Zander Weaver | Stars: Tom England, Joshua Ford, Arjun Singh Panam, Ben Vardy
Votes: 6,735
11. Patema Inverted (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama
A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.
Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura | Stars: Yukiyo Fujii, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Shintarô Ôhata, Shin'ya Fukumatsu
Votes: 10,224
12. Hawking (2004 TV Movie)
TV-G | 90 min | Biography, Drama
Theoretical physicist/cosmologist Stephen Hawking's life and search for the beginning of time (1963-6).
Director: Philip Martin | Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Brandon, Tom Hodgkins, Christian Rubeck
Votes: 6,366
13. Wow Signal (2017)
88 min | Documentary
On a late summer evening in 1977, Ohio radio astronomers discovered a strong, interstellar signal that is believed by many to be the best evidence of communication from an extraterrestrial civilization.
Director: Bob Dawson | Stars: Jerry Ehman, Karen O'Neil, Seth Shostak, Michael Holstine
Votes: 79
14. Quatermass II (1955)
188 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Professor Quatermass is trying to perfect a dangerously unstable nuclear-powered rocket engine. After a disastrous test firing in Australia, his soon-to-be son-in-law, Captain John Dillon, ... See full summary »
Stars: John Robinson, Monica Grey, Hugh Griffith, John Stone
Votes: 483
15. Last Exit: Space (2022)
80 min | Documentary
Documentary about space colonization: a voyage across our planet, into the stars and beyond.
Director: Rudolph Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Simon Dubé
Votes: 210
16. Little Miracles (1997)
PG | 106 min | Drama
Rosalía is a cashier at a supermarket. She lives alone, loves reading fairy tales and hides in a magic fantasy world in order to survive living in the real one. She thinks she is a fairy ... See full summary »
Director: Eliseo Subiela | Stars: Héctor Alterio, Antonio Birabent, Mónica Galán, Julieta Ortega
Votes: 294
17. Nik Kershaw: Wouldn't It Be Good (1984 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Video clip for Nik Kershaw: Wouldn't It Be Good.
Director: Storm Thorgerson | Star: Nik Kershaw
Votes: 64
18. Messengers (2004)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The death of her estranged father forces a Manhattan doctor back to her small-town roots, where she uncovers a dark secret.
Director: Philip Farha | Stars: Michele Hicks, Erik Jensen, Frankie Faison, Amy Wright
Votes: 130
19. Biosphere Continuum (2015)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Biosphere Continuum continues on the success of the first Biosphere movie. Among many filming locations worldwide, the film crew went to Nepal to capture the aftermath of the devastate earthquake and how people are copping with the tragedy.
Directors: Jennifer Athena Galatis, Dominique Müller
Votes: 13
20. Reaching for the Stars (1958)
11 min | Documentary, Short
A theatrically-released short documentary about astronomy.
Director: Loch Townsend
21. Placebo: The Bitter End (2003 Music Video)
4 min | Music
A music video for Placebo's song 'The Bitter End'.
Director: Howard Greenhalgh | Stars: Steve Hewitt, Brian Molko, Stefan Olsdal, Placebo
Votes: 32
22.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Pyramids of Mars: Part One
(1975)
TV-Y | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor and Sarah are drawn off course and, instead of UNIT HQ, they arrive on the same site in 1911.
Director: Paddy Russell | Stars: Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Bernard Archard, Michael Sheard
Votes: 842
23.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Terror of the Autons: Episode One
(1971)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
When a Nestene Energy Unit is stolen and a radio telescope sabotaged, the Doctor is contacted by a Time Lord who tells him his old rival the Master is responsible.
Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning
Votes: 694
24.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Music of the Spheres
(1997)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A college student records what he believes to be an intelligent transmission from outer space, but when younger people are drawn to listening to it, they begin to undergo a terrifying transformation.
Director: David Warry-Smith | Stars: Howard Hesseman, Joshua Jackson, Larry Musser, Anna Hagan
Votes: 372
25.
Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957)
Episode:
Postcard from Barcelona
(1955)
30 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
After the death of Dr Keller, researchers going through his notes discover many of his greatest discoveries came from a third party. As they continue to investigate the truth becomes stranger and stranger.
Director: Alvin Ganzer | Stars: Truman Bradley, Keefe Brasselle, Walter Kingsford, Christine Larson
Votes: 27
26.
Centurions (1986)
Episode:
Man or Machine: Part 1
(1986)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Family
During a visit of the rebuild Sealab, the Centurions learn that their team will grow with new recruiters Rex Charger and John Thunder. Dr. Terror finds the star from which the alien computer virus came that destroyed Sealab.
Stars: Pat Fraley, Neil Ross, Vince Edwards, Ron Feinberg
Votes: 16
27.
Doctor Who (1963–1989)
Episode:
Terror of the Autons: Episode Four
(1971)
TV-PG | 22 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The Doctor discovers the plastic daffodils are designed to fire a spray that asphyxiates people, causing havoc prior to the Nestene's arrival, but before he can alert anyone he and Jo are captured by the Master.
Director: Barry Letts | Stars: Jon Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney, Roger Delgado, Katy Manning
Votes: 617
28.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Voyage to the Mystery Moon
(2006)
TV-PG | Documentary
Nova follows the Cassini probe on it's voyage to Saturn's moon Titan. Along the way it examines a variety of other wonders of the solar system before attempting to land and photograph the surface of Titan.
Director: Gary Glassman | Star: Neil Ross
Votes: 18
29.
Alien Worlds (2020)
Episode:
Terra
(2020)
TV-PG | 47 min | Documentary, Animation, Sci-Fi
A hyperadvanced species makes their home on doomed exoplanet Terra, which orbits an aging star. Now they must colonize another world, using robots.
Directors: Suzy Boyles, Tim Lambert | Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Stuart Armstrong, Anna Dornhaus, Michael Foale
Votes: 231
31.
Wonders of the Solar System (2010)
Episode:
Empire of the Sun
(2010)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Family
Professor Brian Cox explores the powerhouse of them all, the sun. In India he witnesses a total solar eclipse and in Norway, he watches the battle between the sun's wind and Earth, as the ... See full summary »
Directors: Paul Olding, Gideon Bradshaw | Stars: Brian Cox, Mike Lockwood
Votes: 197
32.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Hunting the Edge of Space: The Ever-Expanding Universe
(2010)
TV-G | 52 min | Documentary
This program describes the most remarkable, perspective changing discoveries in the field of cosmology in the last 100 years. Each discovery was made by scientists working with a radically new telescope.
Directors: Peter Jones, Oliver Twinch | Stars: Charles Bennett, Jim Bennett, Steven Deproost, Alex Filippenko
Votes: 57
33.
Anton Petrov (2012– )
Episode:
Huge Magnetic Tunnel Seems to Surround the Solar System
(2021)
11 min | Documentary, Animation, News
Star: Anton Petrov
34.
Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode:
What Happened Before the Beginning?
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
Following a review of the discovery and evidence for the Big Bang this program examines the progress of scientists trying to determine what went on before the Big Bang that could have caused it.
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Martin Bojowald, Alan Guth, Edwin Hubble
Votes: 253
35.
Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode:
Are We Alone?
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
This program considers the likelihood that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe and the prospects that it may inhabit a nearby planet. Then the various methods being used to look for alien intelligence are reviewed.
Stars: Morgan Freeman, William J. Borucki, Paul Davies, Geoff Marcy
Votes: 218
36.
Through the Wormhole (2010–2017)
Episode:
The Riddle of Black Holes
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary
After reviewing theories about how black holes form and how they were detected this program looks at their counterintuitive behavior that makes them seem so bizarre.
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Julie Comerford, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen
Votes: 287
37.
Launch Pad Astronomy (2011– )
Episode:
Rare Double Quasars Found in the Early Universe
(2021)
14 min | Documentary, News
A team of astronomers lead by Yue Shen have developed an arduous but successful method for locating extremely rare double quasars which are indicative of galaxy mergers in the early ... See full summary »
Star: Christian Ready
38.
How the Universe Works (2010– )
Episode:
Black Holes
(2010)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary
Black Holes,the most powerful destroyers in the Universe, the most mysterious phenomena in the heavens. For years they were only speculation, now modern astronomy is proving them ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Chinn | Stars: Richard Lintern, Mike Rowe, Michio Kaku, Lawrence Krauss
Votes: 226
39.
Tomorrow's Build (2021– )
Episode:
The World's Largest Telescope is Being Built on Two Continents
(2021)
9 min | Documentary
A consortium of nations is building a radio telescope that will have a collecting area of one square kilometer and a base line of nearly nine thousand kilometers. A collection of radio ... See full summary »
Stars: Joseph McMullin, Fred Mills
40.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Alien Sounds
(2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
The universe is as rich in diverse sounds as the Earth and the stories of how they are created provides some fascinating physics lessons.
Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Bruce Betts, Lucianne Walkowicz
Votes: 55
41.
DeepSkyVideos (2011– )
Episode:
M28 - Millisecond Pulsar - Deep Sky Videos
(2016)
5 min | Documentary
Messier 28 contains a dozen or so millisecond pulsars surprising astronomers because they should have spun down during the billions of years since this globular cluster formed. Current ... See full summary »
Stars: Paul Crowther, Brady Haran
42.
CrashCourse (2011– )
Episode:
Neutron Stars: Crash Course Astronomy #32
(2015)
13 min | Documentary
Neutron stars are incredibly dense collapsed stars. Described here are the different types of neutron stars, how they form and how they behave.
Star: Phil Plait
43.
Aliens: The Definitive Guide (2013– )
Episode:
What to Expect
(2013)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
Director: Michael Davis | Stars: Paul Essiembre, Michio Kaku, Chris McKay, Sara Seager
44.
TED-Ed (2012– )
Episode:
What happens if you don't put your phone in airplane mode? - Lindsay DeMarchi
(2023)
5 min | Documentary, Animation
Right now, invisible signals are flying through the air all around you. So, what exactly does airplane mode do? Lindsay DeMarchi explains the setting's importance.
Star: Addison Anderson
45.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday?
(2013)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary
The dichotomy that surrounds asteroids is examined. On the one hand, a large asteroid could end life on Earth. On the other hand, however, some asteroids could provide a massive payday for intrepid entrepreneurs.
Directors: Jonathan Challis, David Hutt, Brian Leckey | Stars: Craig Sechler, Ed Lu, Mark Boslough, Dan Durda
Votes: 66
46.
The Universe (2007–2015)
Episode:
Stonehenge
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History
Perhaps the most mysterious structure on Earth, Stonehenge has stood on a plain in Southern England for 5000 years. Why is it there? In this episode we explore the possibility that this was... See full summary »
Director: Darryl Rehr | Stars: Erik Thompson, Tania Burchell, Adam Frank, Bryan E. Penprase
Votes: 41
47.
The Messengers (2015)
Episode:
Awakening
(2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A mysterious object plummets to Earth, sending out a shock wave that causes five strangers to perish, only to miraculously come back to life moments later. The group includes Vera, a ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Williams | Stars: Shantel VanSanten, Diogo Morgado, JD Pardo, Joel Courtney
Votes: 502
48.
Timeshift (2002–2017)
Episode:
How Britain Won the Space Race: The Story of Bernard Lovell and Jodrell Bank
(2015)
59 min | Documentary
A look back at the history of Jodrell Bank, and how the telescope won its reputation in the Space Race.
Director: Chloe Penman | Stars: Maxine Peake, Bernard Lovell, Boris Chertok, Bryan Lovell
Votes: 11
49.
One Strange Rock (2018)
Episode:
Home
(2018)
TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary
Astronauts including the legendary Peggy Whitson, who spent 665 days in space, speak about how their concepts of home have changed.
Director: Alice Jones | Stars: Will Smith, Beth Whitson, Peggy Whitson, Keith Whitson
Votes: 263
50.
Monkman and Seagull's Genius Guide to Britain (2018–2020)
Episode:
England
(2018)
29 min | Comedy
The genius guide through Northern England showcases an assortment of remarkable inventions. It begins with a trip to Blackpool Pleasure Beach to experience Sir Hiram Maxim's 1904 Captive ... See full summary »
Director: Samuel Palmer | Stars: Eric Monkman, Bobby Seagull, Simon Callow
Votes: 9