General / Off-Topic Favourite space-themed films

[White Shark]

Self explanatory!

Apart from the obvious such as Star Trek and Star Wars (love Star Wars), what other films do you like? The more obscure the better!

Not so obscure, but I love Event Horizon! Such a great space horror. And I love Fifth Element. So weird yet wonderful.

Also love Alien and Aliens. Jupiter Ascending was also pretty cool. Let's try and put a full list together! I'll start it. And I know it's far from comprehensive at the moment! I added Alien 3 and Alien R for those who wanted it, even though I feel dirty now lol. PLEASE when submitting your suggestions, make sure it's not already on the list and that you INCLUDE the year! Takes me a while to look each one up otherwise. Thank you!

2001 A Space Odyssey (1968)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Alien 3 (1992)
Alien Resurrection (1997)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Armageddon (1998)
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Cargo (2009)
Contact (1997)
Dark Star (1974)
Dune (1984)
Elysium (2013)
Ender's Game (2013)
Europa report (2013)
Event Horizon (1997)
Flash Gordon (1980)
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Gravity (2013)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Hunter Prey (2010)
Interstellar (2014)
ISRA 88 (2016)
Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Moon (2009)
Oblivion (2013)
Outland (1981)
Pandorum (2009)
Pitch Black (2000)
Prometheus (2012)
Riddick (2013)
Serenity (2005)
Silent Running (1972)
Solaris (1972)
Spaceballs (1987)
Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek Beyond (2016)
Star Trek Generations (1994)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Wars Episodes 1-6 (1977 – 2005)
Star Wars The Force Awakens (2015)
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Sunshine (2007)
The American Astronaut (2001)
The Black Hole (1979)
The Fifth Element (1997)
The Last Starfighter (1984)
The Martian (2015)
The Martian (2015)
Titan AE (2000)
Total Recall (1990)

 

[m0rl0ck]

Galaxy Quest
and Paul if that counts as a space movie.

Oh and Mars Attacks if that counts as a space movie.

 

[White Shark]

Lol added Galaxy Quest and Dark Star.

Paul and Mars Attacks, good films, but not so space themed in my opinion, as in no sustained space / planetary scenes.

 

[Andurol]

One I loved since I was a kid, The Last Starfighter (1984)

 

[JacoTheBad]

One I loved since I was a kid, The Last Starfighter

Been a long time since I ever thought about this one, but it was one of my favorites as well... +1 for the jog down memory lane

 

[Cosmo Bozo]

Silent running
Dune
Spaceballs

 

[White Shark]

Updated. When putting your choice forward, please note the year it was made. Makes it easier for me

 

[Andurol]

Silent running
Dune
Spaceballs

Top space movie for me (You could tell, couldn't you? ). Have to watch it again every few months, or whenever I see it flipping through channels.

Apollo 13 (1995)
Armageddon (1998)

Also like the movie Sunshine (2007)
Had to go back and watch this one again when I first started playing E: D .After that very first jump with the star right in front of you reminded me of this movie.

[video=youtube;r8BSlqHAhuY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8BSlqHAhuY[/video]

 

[metatheurgist]

Also love Alien and Aliens. Jupiter Ascending was also pretty cool. Let's try and put a full list together! I'll start it. And I know it's far from comprehensive at the moment! Plus I missed off Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection as they were just... no...

C'mon! Mila "I'm Queen of the Galaxy" Kunis + Eddy Redmayne chewing scenery is acceptable but Alien 3 and Resurrection aren't? Resurrection is basically Firefly 1.0.

Gravity
Guardians of the Galaxy
Hunter Prey
Outlander
Pandorum
Pitch Black
Riddick
The Martian

Some Cheesey delights:
Battle Beyond the Stars
Flash Gordon
Starship Troopers

Animation:
Titan AI

 

[Andurol]

Ender's Game (2013)

Yeah, the books were much better, but they did okay with the movie. And another book that was WAAAAAAAAY! better, but decent for a movie. Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. (Personally, I like the old BBC radio version over the newest movie.)

 

[Patrick_68000]

It's old but I liked the series "V" when I was a teenager

 

[Andurol]

It's old but I liked the series "V" when I was a teenager

While it was good, he was asking for movies, not TV series.

 

[Winterwalker]

MANY of the above !!! +1

(searching for long range comms) .. adds ;

Moon

Spoiler

[video=youtube;_lAfMT5FIZE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lAfMT5FIZE[/video]

 

[Dad Rock]

C'mon! Mila "I'm Queen of the Galaxy" Kunis + Eddy Redmayne chewing scenery is acceptable but Alien 3 and Resurrection aren't? Resurrection is basically Firefly 1.0.

Gravity
Guardians of the Galaxy
Hunter Prey
Outlander
Pandorum
Pitch Black
Riddick
The Martian

Some Cheesey delights:
Battle Beyond the Stars
Flash Gordon
Starship Troopers

Animation:
Titan AI

Was just going to put down Outlander and Titan AE. Both very good. Here's my suggestion:

1. Starchaser: The Legend of Orin. Underrated Star Wars rip-off and a mostly forgotten classic.

[video=youtube;sI--wexYerI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI--wexYerI[/video]

 

[Jaiotu]

Lots of good movies already listed!

I'm going to dig up a very obscure one: The American Astronaut. Samuel Curtis could be easily cut and pasted into Elite: Dangerous.

"Space Travel has become a dirty way of life dominated by derelicts, grease monkeys, and hard-boiled interplanetary traders such as Samuel Curtis."

[video=youtube_share;uujG1ADn2zk]https://youtu.be/XfHfTt2-3pI[/video]

 

[Andurol]

Contact (1997)

I like the movie, plus the fact that Kip Thorne contributed to Carl Sagan's novel.

 

[Jaiotu]

Contact (1997)

I like the movie, plus the fact that Kip Thorne contributed to Carl Sagan's novel.

Nice one! We need Dr. Arroway to join The Cannon and figure out what these Probes and Artifacts are trying to say. I watch Contact at least once a year while crossing my fingers that SETI finally gets a confirmed signal.

 

[Andurol]

Nice one! We need Dr. Arroway to join The Cannon and figure out what these Probes and Artifacts are trying to say. I watch Contact at least once a year while crossing my fingers that SETI finally gets a confirmed signal.

Hope you're like me and are in SETI@Home.

Just watched a new space movie. I'm still debating whether its boring or genius. ISRA 88 (2016)

 

[Andurol]

Space themed films. I think there should be some sort of traveling in there, as apposed to the invasion.

Total recall was put in from the start. And I agree with that.

But before there were flights to mars, there were first flights to the moon.

Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

And you thought landing in E : D was hard...

Spoiler

[video=youtube;6epe9cFQ_9c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6epe9cFQ_9c[/video]

 

[CMDR MAIN SEQUENCE]

Always enjoy watching Outland (1981).

Oblivion (2013).

Others have already mentioned Moon (2009), better than most in that list IMO, and The Martian (2015).

Didn't think Alien 3 was too bad (Resurrection though was simply awful).

How about Alien vs Predator (2004) does that count as a space film? Elysium (2013)?