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Plot Summary:
Science fiction/documentary film about man's voyages to the moon.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags:
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Clonehunter (2012)
Plot Summary:
2525 A.D. Man has colonized the stars. The wealthy and powerful implant their brains in cloned versions of themselves to gain immortality. As a side-effect, occasionally a clone develops mutant abilities. A clonehunter and his new partner have to track down a clone who threatens to destroy the planet unless the rich man he was cloned for gives him all his wealth.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 240
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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To the Stars by Hard Ways (1981)
Plot Summary:
A Star-ship discovers a dead alien space craft. All the humanoid crew are dead except for one woman. When revived she remembers nothing of the accident which crippled the space craft, and is brought back to earth to be studied.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: psychedelic
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The Big Space Travel (1975)
Plot Summary:
From the same studio that produced Richard Viktorov's diptych Moscow-Cassiopeia / Adolescents in the Universe comes this second teen-themed sci-fi adventure, in which three youngsters (one of them played by Mila Berlinskaya, who sings the film's theme song and went on to become a world-famous classical pianist) have to take command of a space flight when their adult captain comes down sick and is forced to quarantine himself. What sets The Great Space Voyage apart, however, is its explicit propaganda content: if you set your mind to something and persist at it, the film solemnly and sincerely reminds us, you can succeed no matter what the difficulty. (Not too dissimilar from North American-style self-empowerment!) Make sure to stick around for the end, where an actual Russian cosmonaut is on hand to deliver an inspirational message of encouragement.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 328
Genere: Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 66 min
Plot tags: surreal
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Sleeping Dogs (1997)
Plot Summary:
A master jewel thief in 21st century Los Angeles targets the illegal emerald smuggling operations of a highly-connected crime syndicate. During what he believes to be a routine heist, cat burglar Harry Maxwell discovers that his target, notorious criminal Sanchez Boon is also the target of a police raid. In attempting to evade both the law and Boon's well-armed men, Harry meets Pandora Grimes, one of dozens of young women Boon kidnapped to work in his factory. When Boon sets a group of social deviants free and hijacks a space transport ship and its crew, only Harry and Pandora's cunning can save the hundreds of innocent people aboard.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Nude on the Moon (1961)
Plot Summary:
A rich rocket scientist organizes an expedition to the moon, which they discover is inhabited by nude women.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, grindhouse, cult classic, psychotronic, cult film
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Shakedown - Return Of The Sontarans (1994)
Plot Summary:
The space solar yacht Tiger Moth under the command of no-nonsense Captain Lisa Deranne is on a cruise taking some rich misfits on a voyage through space. Unfortunately on their travels they have picked a stowaway, a shape-changing Rutan, a race that has been at war with another race, the Sontarans, since the dawn of time. The Rutan has important news regarding the war and the Sontarans, and upon hearing the news, attack the Tiger Moth and take it over. The Rutan hides itself among the crew and one by one the Sontarans and the human crew are murdered by the Rutan. The Sontarans plan to destroy all life on the Tiger Moth. Can Lisa find out who the Rutan is before the Sontarans destroy her ship and her life?.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: futuristic, 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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Paradox Alice (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, a team is sent on a dangerous mission to Europa to retrieve and bring water back to a dying Earth. Their operation unexpectedly goes awry, jeopardizing not only the lives of those on board but also on earth, resulting in the possible extinction of the human race.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 410
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing
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Andromeda Nebula (1967)
Plot Summary:
Humans on spaceship named "Tantra" are exploring the unknown part of the Universe. The spaceship gets trapped by the mysterious Iron Star. The Iron Star's powerful force of gravity is to hold the spaceship for 20 years. The humans are facing a very tough survival challenge... Based on famous novel by Ivan Efremov.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 332
Genere: Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags:
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Moon Zero Two (1969)
Plot Summary:
The colonisation of space began in 1986 and now, fifty years on, the moon is frontier territory. The prospectors, the drillers, the exploiters and the exploited all surviving in this alien environment. The prospects for lucrative rewards exist but the premium paid for potential gain is often the ultimate sacrifice- life.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, exciting, tense, serious, futuristic, psychotronic
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Space Probe Taurus (1965)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2000 the spaceship Hope One sets off to find new galaxies for colonization. However, an encounter with an alien being and a swarm of meteorites sends the ship streaking off course into a sea of monsters on an uncharted world. Written by Jeremy Lunt.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 530
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic
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Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2163 the starship Ikarie XB-1 (Ikarus XB-1) is sent to the mysterious "White Planet" orbiting the star Alpha Centauri. Travelling at near-light speed, the journey takes around 28 months for the astronauts, although the effects of relativity mean that 15 years will have elapsed on Earth by the time they reach their destination. During the flight the 40-strong multinational crew must adjust to life in space, as well as dealing with various hazards they encounter, including a derelict 20th century spaceship armed with nuclear weapons, a deadly radioactive "dark star" and the mental breakdown of one of the crew, who threatens to destroy the spacecraft.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: futuristic, neo noir, mysterious, cult classic, black and white, psychotronic, tension, suspense, weird, bizarre
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Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979)
Plot Summary:
This movie is about a rocket pilot named Pirx who is hired to go on a mission to evaluate some nonlinears (robots) for use as crewmembers on future space flights. Pirx and his crew, made up of nonlinears and humans, are sent out to launch two satellites into the rings of Saturn. Upon returning to Earth there is an inquest to determine if Pirx was responsible for the "accident." In the end, it is found that one of the robots caused the malfunction in an attempt to kill the human crewmembers and Pirx is cleared of all charges. In this tale Lem puts forth the idea that what is perceived a human weakness is in fact an advantage over a perfect machine. Pirx defeats the robot, because a human can hesitate, make wrong decisions, have doubts, but a robot cannot. A similar idea is present in Isaac Asimov's Robot Series, where putting a robot in a position where it cannot chose between the Three laws of robotics fries its positronic brain.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 990
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland, Soviet Union
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: bizarre
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The Terrornauts (1967)
Plot Summary:
A group of scientists are kidnapped and taken to an outer space outpost in order to save Earth from destruction.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film
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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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Mindgame Trilogy (1999)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to "Mindgame" (1998) which follows the fate of the three prisoners after their escape from their asteroid prison cell. Sontaran Sarg faces death against overwhelming odds on a desolate battleground, Draconian Merq faces trial after receiving an unusual "gift" and the human pilot finds herself stranded in space in a crippled fighter and a rapidly depleting oxygen supply.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: anthology, independent film, low-budget
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Continuum (2012)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful young woman awakens aboard an adrift space ship with no memory of who she is or how she got there and at the mercy of the ship's mysterious computer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 548
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, futuristic, disturbing
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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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Empire of Danger (2004)
Plot Summary:
A newly designed spacecraft capable of going through time is sent to Mars to rescue a crew previously lost on Mars. The ship is sent through the past but to the wrong time, years later than the first crew. Once they land on Mars, the crew finds that it is a place where Bararians rule. The leader of the Barbarians is a female battle warrior named Giza that wants their ship to use as her own chariot through time where she hopes to steal the ancient power of the Masha. With that power, she will gain complete control of the Siperion Empire. - Empire of Danger is the sequel to the movie "Lost on Mars".
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, thought provoking, captivating
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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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Storm Planet (1962)
Plot Summary:
Four Soviet cosmonauts land on the planet Venus and find it teeming with life, some of it dangerous.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, vintage, cult film
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The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
Plot Summary:
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, France, Austria, UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, stylized, atmospheric, mind bending, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, offbeat, experimental
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Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978)
Plot Summary:
After an atomic explosion blasts the Moon out of Earth orbit, Moonbase Alpha drifts in space, with 300 people on board. When a rescue team from Earth arrives in a faster-than-light space ship, everyone is overjoyed that they can now return to Earth. But Moonbase Commander John Koenig, having undergone an experimental brain soothing process after receiving a concussion in a crash on the Lunar surface, sees not friends from Earth but gruesome monsters which have telepathically caused all others on Alpha to see an illusion of an Earth party. The aliens are desperate for radiation and plan to manipulate the Alphans into detonating nuclear waste on the Lunar surface, reducing the Moon and everyone on it to dust. Koenig must expose this conspiracy to save his people. Compiled from the two part episode The Bringers Of Wonder from the TV series Space: 1999's second series.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: futuristic, psychotronic
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First Men in the Moon (1964)
Plot Summary:
Based on the HG Wells story. The world is delighted when a space craft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, they think for the first time. But the delight turns to shock when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: stylized, uplifting, gothic horror, classic horror, serious, psychotronic, independent film, fairy tale, exciting, light
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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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Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
Plot Summary:
In 2020, after the colonization of the moon, the spaceships Vega, Sirius and Capella are launched from Lunar Station 7. They are to explore Venus under the command of Professor Hartman, but an asteroid collides and explodes Capella. The leader ship Vega stays orbiting and sends the astronauts Kern and Sherman with the robot John to the surface of Venus, but they have problems with communication with Dr. Marsha Evans in Vega. The Sirius lands in Venus and Commander Brendan Lockhart, Andre Ferneau and Hans Walter explore the planet and are attacked by prehistoric animals. They use a vehicle to seek Kern and Sherman while collecting samples from the planet. Meanwhile John helps the two cosmonauts to survive in the hostile land.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, retro, suspense, independent film, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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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