Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "space-satellite"

1. October Sky (1999)

PG | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The true story of Homer Hickam, a coal miner's son who was inspired by the first Sputnik launch to take up rocketry against his father's wishes.

Director: Joe Johnston | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen

Votes: 98,085 | Gross: $32.48M

2. Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000 Video)

PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Action, Crime

The Joker is back with a vengeance, and Gotham's newest Dark Knight needs answers as he stands alone to face Gotham's most infamous Clown Prince of Crime.

Director: Curt Geda | Stars: Will Friedle, Mark Hamill, Kevin Conroy, Angie Harmon

Votes: 29,798

3. Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control (2008 Video)

PG-13 | 72 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A spin-off of the Get Smart movie, centered on Bruce, a techie at CONTROL, and his nerdy analyst cohort, Lloyd.

Director: Gil Junger | Stars: Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Jayma Mays, Marika Dominczyk

Votes: 4,962

4. Metal Tornado (2011 TV Movie)

PG | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

An American company inadvertently unleashes a magnetic vortex on an unprepared world.

Director: Gordon Yang | Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Nicole de Boer, Greg Evigan, Stephen MacDonald

Votes: 1,672

5. Paradox (2009–2010)

60 min | Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi

During a period of high activity on the sun a physicist receives images in his lab that show an event that has yet to happen.

Stars: Tamzin Outhwaite, Emun Elliott, Mark Bonnar, Chiké Okonkwo

Votes: 2,019

6. Solar Attack (2006 TV Movie)

PG | 91 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

When the sun's increasing expulsions of plasma threaten to ignite methane in our atmosphere, international tensions rise while scientists race for a solution to avoid natural disaster.

Director: Paul Ziller | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Joanne Kelly, Kevin Jubinville, Sugith Varughese

Votes: 1,159

7. Eyes in Outer Space (1959)

Approved | 25 min | Documentary, Animation, Short

Walt Disney, with the cooperation of the U.S. Department of Defense, uses music and animation to speculate on the use of space satellite technology (with a coordinated defense network) as a means to modify weather.

Director: Ward Kimball | Stars: Paul Frees, Jack Smith

Votes: 58

8. Black Knight Decoded (2015 Video)

10 min | Short, Adventure, Drama

After receiving a signal from a outer space, a father struggles to unite the world and make first contact.

Director: Jabbar Raisani | Stars: David Oyelowo, Freida Pinto, Layla Crawford, Sebastian Roché

Votes: 43

9. Cosmonauts: How Russia Won the Space Race (2014 TV Movie)

89 min | Documentary

A documentary which maintains that the real pioneers of space exploration were the Soviet cosmonauts, telling the story of how the Russians led us into the space age.

Director: Michael Lachmann | Stars: Paul McGann, Yuri Gagarin, Wernher von Braun, Gerard J. DeGroot

Votes: 171

10. Amasia (2014)

7 min | Short, Sci-Fi

A catastrophic solar flare causes a sudden hyper-global warming that changes the conditions of life on Earth.

Directors: Adrien Bisiou, Fabien Kretschmer, Guillaume Renier, Gaëlle Seguillon | Stars: Benjamin Barbelet, Remy Bay, Marie-Laure Bonnet, Adrien Cappai

11. Reverso (2012)

7 min | Animation, Short

A young guy living with his father tries to live a normal life even though his sense of gravity is inverted and he's always upside down.

Directors: Kimberly Honma, Clément Lauricella, Arthur Seguin

Votes: 35

12. The Lost World (1999–2002)
Episode: Tourist Season (2000)

TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Challenger has made a windmill to produce electricity, a storm brews and ball lightning creates a portal that allows a helicopter with engine trouble to come through from the year 2000. This brings up the question of time travel once more.

Directors: Richard Franklin, Darryl Sheen | Stars: Peter McCauley, Rachel Blakely, David Orth, Jennifer O'Dell

Votes: 74

13. The Net (1998–1999)
Episode: Bulls and Bears (1998)

TV-14 | Thriller

The Praetorians are looking to buy a russian satellite for their communications network, and they engage in stock market manipulation in order to raise the necessary funds. Angela goes ... See full summary »

Director: Helen Shaver | Stars: Brooke Langton, Joseph Bottoms, Tim Curry, Lee Garlington

Votes: 16

14. 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

15. 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

16. Defenders of the Earth (1986–1991)
Episode: The Men of Frost (1986)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ming launches a Frost Satellite with the power to blanket the earth with a veneer of frost and enslave all of humanity.

Directors: John Gibbs, Ray Lee | Stars: William Callaway, Adam Carl, Ron Feinberg, Buster Jones

Votes: 14

17. Defenders of the Earth (1986–1991)
Episode: Doorways Into Darkness (1986)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Ming captures a powerful source of anti-energy and unleashes an army of monsters from the Nightworld on the Earth.

Directors: John Gibbs, Ray Lee | Stars: William Callaway, Adam Carl, Ron Feinberg, Buster Jones

Votes: 16

18. Goku Midnight Eye (1989)
Episode: Goku: Midnight Eye (1989)

TV-MA | Animation, Action, Drama

Goku helps Yoko, his old policewoman friend, investigate a string of bizarre suicides, all of which were of cops investigating a mysterious crime boss.

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri | Stars: Juji Matsuda, Jeff Harding, Steve Blum, Helene Kvale

Votes: 108

19. Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020–2024)
Episode: I, Excretus (2021)

TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A consultant arrives on the U.S.S. Cerritos to run drills that require the lower deckers and bridge crew to swap duties.

Directors: Kim Arndt, Barry J. Kelly | Stars: Tawny Newsome, Jack Quaid, Noël Wells, Eugene Cordero

Votes: 1,213