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Plot Summary:
In the 22nd century, scientists from an energy-depleted Earth research new fuel sources in the far corners of the solar system, where they discover an ancient alien race from Jupiter as well as the emergence of an apocalyptically dangerous black hole. Koji Hashimoto's 1983 sci-fi adventure was conceived as a Japanese competitor to the upcoming sequel to Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001, titled 2010, and often mirrors the sequel's plot.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 272
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags:
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The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (1998)
Plot Summary:
The time is the 21st century, after the fall of the Galactic Republic. Technology is at a standstill, families have been dismantled, and those who have survived the destruction now live in a savage age ruled by evil warlords. When a young sister of an outlaw is kidnapped and held captive in another galaxy, an interplanetary scheme is hatched - one that threatens the future.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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The Bunglers in the Planet Wars (1978)
Plot Summary:
Coming from outer space, Prince Flick asks the Trapalhões to help him free his planet from the domain of evil Zuco and free Princess Myrna, who has been taken prisoner. He offers a reward, the four friends accept the mission and embark in a spaceship driven by a hairy monster called Bonzo. Once on the planet, they they defeat Zuco, but they fail to save Princess Myrna's life. Her place on the throne is then taken by Loya, the girlfriend Didi met on that planet. Back on Earth, os Trapalhões think their adventure was but a dream, but they are convinced otherwise when they find their reward.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 372
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Spacejacked (1997)
Plot Summary:
The luxury space cruiser Star Princess' maiden voyage is sabotaged when the treacherous second make, Alex Barnes (Corbin Bernsen), kills the captain and "spacejacks" the ship. Barnes then severs communications with Earth and activates a bomb which will blow up the liner unless he is given access to the wealthy passengers' bank accounts. But he mistakenly underestimates the courage of the first mate, Ryan Taylor (Steve Bonds) and an adventurous young passenger, Dawn Taggert (Amanda Pays), who together risk life and limb to try to save the Star Princess and her passengers from inevitable destruction.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Spaceflight IC-1 (1965)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2015, a spaceship, the IC-1, travels through outer space looking for a suitable planet to settle on. The commander, Captain Ralston, is stern and brutal in which one cadet, Steven, plots a revolt to turn the leadership of the command over to him.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags:
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War Between the Planets (1966)
Plot Summary:
Scientists try to prevent a collision between Earth and a planet that is heading for it.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 589
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, psychotronic
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The Big Everything (2015)
Plot Summary:
Niels is overjoyed when he hears about the black hole that will drastically reduce his prison sentence. He’s been chosen for his talents as a mechanic to take part in a special mission: escorting a band of eccentric scientists in a spaceship to a black hole that is fifty light years away from Earth. The deal seems more than correct to him as the mission will only take six weeks for them to see Earth again. There’s only one small annoying detail. Those six weeks in hyperspace represent some hundred years on Earth. And that is if everything will go as planned.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 46
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, thought provoking, captivating
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Cosmic Princess (1982)
Plot Summary:
An alien princess aids people (Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell) stranded on out-of-orbit Moonbase Alpha.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 367
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags:
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Oasis (2017)
Plot Summary:
A Scottish chaplain embarks on an epic journey through space. Based on Michel Faber's 'The Book Of Strange New Things'.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, apocalyptic
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Special Report: Journey to Mars (1996)
Plot Summary:
When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal (Mars), the TV-network GNN begins its live coverage of the last two hours of the mission and then the problems start. The landing-computer malfunctions, the captain Eugene Slader gets very sick and back on Earth it is discovered that big financial corporations have an interest in the failure of the mission - and we, the viewers, can see it all live on television.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags:
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Mission Mars (1968)
Plot Summary:
Three American astronauts who land on Mars discover the body of a frozen Russian cosmonaut and a mysterious talking orb.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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Able Edwards (2004)
Plot Summary:
The story of the clone of a famous entertainment mogul created to revive the glory days of his deceased predecessor's corporation. In the process of restoring reality entertainment to a synthetic, virtual world, the clone relizes he has yet to live as his own man.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 150
Genere: Sci-Fi, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, clever, bleak, serious, experimental, contemplative, stylized, retro, tech noir, black and white
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Star Quest: The Odyssey (2009)
Plot Summary:
At the end of mankind's greatest battle, empires will crumble, alliances will form, enemies will rise and heroes will fall. World's will end, and a new journey will begin.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 643
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, exciting, futuristic, humorous, suspenseful
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G-Loc (2020)
Plot Summary:
With Earth virtually destroyed, Bran Marshall flees to Rhea, a nearby planet now hostile towards "Earthers". Escaping onto a Rhean supply ship, he finds the crew slaughtered, with the only survivor a female warrior named Ohsha. As the two try to kill one another, the ship is damaged by meteorites. Bran and Ohsha must join forces to salvage the craft before it impacts the planet below — and the humans that live there.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: futuristic, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Missions (2017)
Plot Summary:
The first manned mission to Mars is now approaching the red planet. The crew includes top-flight scientists and a young female psychiatrist, responsible for their mental health. But just as they are about to land, something goes wrong.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Settlers (2021)
Plot Summary:
Remmy and her parents, refugees from Earth, have found peace on the Martian outskirts until strangers appear in the hills beyond their farm. Told as a triptych, the film follows Remmy as she struggles to survive in an uneasy landscape.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, minimal cast
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3022 (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space awakens to find earth has suffered an extinction-level event.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, visually appealing, apocalyptic, existential
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Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)
Plot Summary:
A space-ship gets lost and is forced to make an emergency landing on an unknown planet. The planet looks much like Earth, only with no trace of civilization. Soon the crew discovers that there are dinosaurs on the planet, and blood-thirsty buggers at that. The crew hopes to be found and rescued, but they have to struggle to survive until then.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, retro, cult classic, independent film, psychotronic, cult film
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Tidal Wave (1973)
Plot Summary:
Racked by earthquakes and volcanos, Japan is slowly sinking into the sea. A race against time and tide begins as Americans and Japanese work together to salvage some fraction of the disappearing Japan.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 143 min
Plot tags: action thriller, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, disaster movie
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After We Leave (2019)
Plot Summary:
A sci-fi drama about a man struggling to find his wife, who he abandoned six years ago, before their visa to emmigrate to an off-world colony expires.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, philosophical, serious, captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, intense, visually appealing
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Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969)
Plot Summary:
A planet is discovered in the same orbit as Earth's but is located on the exact opposite side of the sun, making it not visible from Earth. The European Space Exploration Council decide to send American astronaut Glenn Ross and British scientist John Kane via spaceship to explore the other planet. After a disastrous crash-landing Ross awakes to learn that Kane lies near death and that they apparently have returned to Earth, as evidenced by the presence of the Council director and his staff. Released to the custody of his wife, he soon learns things are not as they seem.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, offbeat, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, psychedelic, psychotronic, tragic ending, vintage, weird
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The Beyond (2017)
Plot Summary:
Set in 2019, The Beyond chronicles the groundbreaking mission which sent astronauts - modified with advanced robotics, through a newly discovered wormhole known as the Void. When the mission returns unexpectedly, the space agency races to discover what the astronauts encountered on their first of its kind interstellar space journey.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: futuristic, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing, cerebral, mockumentary, thought provoking
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Orbiter 9 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Helena, a young woman on a deep space mission, has been alone for 20 years. Her parents abandoned ship after a technical malfunction made it impossible for all three of them to reach their intended destination. Alex, an isolated engineer, is about to enter her life and turn her world upside down.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, Colombia
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: captivating, surprise ending, exciting, suspense, clever, twisted
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Stranded (2001)
Plot Summary:
A team of astronauts on the first mission to Mars crashes onto the surface, losing contact with Earth. With no other recourse, and help millions of miles away, the crew is forced to make desperate choices in order to stay alive. Will they be able to survive as the minutes slip away?.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, suspenseful, tense, surreal, hispanic, cyber, bleak
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The First (2018)
Plot Summary:
Follow the first human mission to Mars, exploring the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary colonization. The story focuses not only on the astronauts, but also on their families and loved ones, as well as the ground team on Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, serious, captivating, emotional, sentimental
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Defying Gravity (2009)
Plot Summary:
Defying Gravity is a multi-nationally produced space travel television science fiction drama series which first aired on August 2, 2009 on ABC and CTV and was canceled in the autumn of 2009. Set in the year 2052, the series follows eight astronauts from four countries on a six-year space mission through the Solar System, during which they are monitored from Earth via a real-time communication system. The series was pitched to networks as "Grey's Anatomy in space". Thirteen episodes of the series were produced before it was cancelled, only eight of which were shown on ABC, though the full run was shown in other countries or online.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, UK, Germany
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, stylized, philosophical, sentimental, mind bending, futuristic, multicultural
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Ascension (2014)
Plot Summary:
In this three-part miniseries, a young woman's murder causes the subjects of a century-long mission to populate a new world to question the true nature of the project as they approach the point of no return.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 231 min
Plot tags: captivating, talky, serious, sexy, mind bending, existential, intellectual, stylized, psychological, tense
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Astronaut: The Last Push (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a tragic accident cuts short the first manned mission to explore life on the moons of Jupiter, Michael Forrest must make the 3 year journey home to Earth in pure solitude.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, serious, philosophical, contemplative, independent film
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Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
Plot Summary:
In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, captivating, stylized, anime, mecha
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Virtuality (2009)
Plot Summary:
Twelve extremely talented men and women have been chosen to be part of the Phaeton mission, a 10-year trek to explore a distant planetary system. In order to endure the stress of being confined to their high-tech vessel, the crew passes the time using advanced virtual reality modules that allow them to take on various identities. But as the ship approaches a critical phase of their journey, a deadly flaw is discovered in the virtual system, forcing them to question if someone onboard might be a killer.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, futuristic, space horror, intellectual, cyber, serious, stylized
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Silent Running (1972)
Plot Summary:
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for commercial purposes, most of the crew of the Valley Forge rejoice at the prospect of going home. Not so for botanist Freeman Lowell who loves the forest and its creatures, so decides to take matters into his own hands to protect what he loves.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 31000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, philosophical, cult classic, visually stunning, minimal cast, thought provoking, light, psychotronic, psychological