Rocket launching movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant rocket launching movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic, exciting and cult classic films and TV shows about / with rocket launching, outer space, danger, space, space travel, explosion, astronaut, spaceship, heroes and scientist plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Japan and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as rocket launching: First Man (2018), October Sky (1999), Hidden Figures (2016), Space Force (2020), The Challenger Disaster (2019), The Big Step (2019), Ad Astra (2019), Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009), DC League of Super-Pets (2022), Lightyear (2022).

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 7.3
 201K
First Man (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Style: factual, inspirational, disturbing, exciting, historical drama ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot: astronaut, space travel, nasa, space exploration, moon, moon landing, loss of child, grief, outer space, apollo program, male camaraderie, rocket ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place: usa, california, mojave desert, florida, houston texas
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 7.8
 97K
October Sky (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on 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, and eventually became a NASA scientist.
Style: inspirational, touching, realistic, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot: small town, teacher, follow your dream, teenage life, against the odds, friendship, biopic, generation gap, mathematics, mining, space program, scientist ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: west virginia, virginia, usa, appalachia, indianapolis indiana
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 7.8
 253K
Hidden Figures (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into ...
Style: inspirational, sincere, motivational, touching, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night, teens ...
Plot: racism, mathematics, nasa, space program, african american, stereotypes, prejudice, sexism, strong female character, scientist, genius, racial segregation ...
Time: 60s, year 1961, year 2016, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place: persia, indiana, virginia, usa, langley virginia
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 6.7
 70K
Space Force (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: On June 18, 2018 the federal government announced the creation of a 6th major division of the United States Armed Forces. The Goal of the new branch is "to defend satellites from attack" and "perform other space-related tasks." ...
Style: funny, humorous, sitcom, satirical, light ...
Plot: scientist, military, space race, space, rocket launching, satire, father daughter relationship, space mission, warlord, space marine, humour, space station ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa, america, colorado, china
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The Challenger Disaster (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: On the eve of the Challenger explosion in 1986 one engineer goes to the extreme to stop the launch. This hot-headed engineer makes a desperate race against the clock to call off the billion dollar multi-delayed Challenger launch, convinced the ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological
Plot: nasa, space shuttle, race against time, rocket launching, corporate greed, moral dilemma, engineer, risk, space exploration, real life, catastrophe, launch ...
Time: year 1986
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 6.4
 466
The Big Step (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Ever since, at the age of six, Dario Cavalieri saw live images of the first moon landing, he has never stopped wanting to go there. Mario Cavalieri runs a neighborhood hardware store in Rome, until the day his existence is upset by the phone ring. ...
Style: captivating, humorous, satirical, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot: rocket, two brothers, brother brother relationship, rocket launching, ambition, dream, satire, daydreamer, moon, cosmology, brothers, dreaming ...
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 6.5
 259K
Ad Astra (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Brazil
Duration: 123 min.
Story: An astronaut travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. He uncovers secrets which challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.
Style: exciting, suspense, futuristic, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: space exploration, outer space, astronaut, moon, solar system, obsession, father son relationship, space pirate, space travel, spacecraft, trapped in space, space station ...
Time: 2010s, future, year 2019, near future
Place: space western
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Dead Like Me: Life After Death (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their desires for money, success, and ...
Style: stylized, humorous, semi serious, black comedy, captivating ...
Plot: afterlife, life & death, death, grim reaper, suicide, angel of death, dark humor, supernatural, coma, workplace situations, family life, workplace ...
Place: seattle
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DC League of Super-Pets (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When Superman and the rest of the Justice League are kidnapped, Krypto the Super-Dog must convince a rag-tag shelter pack—Ace the hound, PB the potbellied pig, Merton the turtle and Chip the squirrel—to master their own newfound powers and help ...
Style: 3d animation, feel good, captivating, entertaining, anime ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: dog, superhero, superpower, pets, cat, justice league, batman, good versus evil, superman, villain, team, animal that acts human ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new york
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 6.1
 123K
Lightyear (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.
Style: 3d animation, futuristic, mecha, semi serious, disturbing ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: space travel, toy story, spacecraft, galaxy, adventurer, astronaut, spaceship, robot, cat, space adventure, rocket, time dilation ...
Time: 2020s, future
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Space Truckers (1996)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked. During the flight the cargo turns out to be multitude of unstoppable and deadly killer ...
Style: humorous, futuristic, captivating, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, androids and robots, space and aliens, killer robot, space, rescue, space pirate, stranded, outer space, danger, rebellion, nothing goes right ...
Time: future, 90s
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Sergeant Dead Head (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An astronaut goes into space with a chimpanzee. When they return to Earth after their orbit, it is discovered that the chimp has the brains of the astronaut, and the astronaut has the brains of the chimp. Complications ensue.
Style: independent film, exciting, semi serious, offbeat, humorous ...
Plot: space, spacesuit, chimpanzee, astronaut, wedding, escape, danger, space and aliens, disorder, wedding ring, female singer, electric shock ...
Time: 60s
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Thunderbird 6 (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The International Rescue team is faced with one of its toughest challenges yet, as the revolutionary lighter-than-air craft Skyship One is hijacked while on her maiden voyage around the world. Against backdrops including the Statue of Liberty and ...
Style: semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, psychotronic
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: supermarionation, puppet, hippie, aviation, rescue, puppetry, secret agent, disaster, one man army, good versus evil, rivalry, save the day ...
Place: fictional island, dover england, arizona, switzerland, rio de janeiro ...
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Battle Queen 2020 (2001)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the frozen eternal winter of a post-asteroid impact, mankind's last remnants cling to a fragile existence. One woman must rise to the challenge, to free her people from the ever widening chasm separating the Haves from the Have-nots. She ...
Style: apocalyptic, cult classic, independent film
Audience: adult
Plot: female warrior, post apocalypse, dominatrix, lesbian sex, erotica, female martial artist, epidemic, dystopia, woman with a gun, women, female fight, apocalypse ...
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 7.2
 12K
Salyut-7 (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Salyut 7, the Soviet space station, was orbiting Earth in unmanned regime. Suddenly it stops responding to signals from the Ground Control. Fall of this station, the pride of soviet science and space industry, would not only damage the image of the ...
Style: exciting, captivating, touching, suspenseful, mind blowing
Plot: space station, cosmonaut, space exploration, space, outer space, exploration, human in outer space, danger, friendship, hopes, space mission, space adventure ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: ussr, soviet union, russia
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 7.7
 321K
Gattaca (1997)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is ...
Style: futuristic, thought provoking, intellectual, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: distopia, genetics, fighting the system, discrimination, philosophy, society, eugenics, paraplegic, twists and turns, science, utopia, dystopia ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1997, 1900s, distant future ...
Place: riviera, detroit, french riviera
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 5.1
 2K
Magellan (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.
Style: disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: planet, alien planet, nasa, alien contact, space, mission, space travel, astronaut, suspended animation, artificial intelligence, outer space, distopia ...
Time: future
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Approaching the Unknown (2016)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Captain William Stanaforth is on a one-way solo mission to take the first steps in colonising Mars. Like all pioneers throughout history, Stanaforth will face insurmountable odds and life and death decisions as he rockets bravely through space.
Style: psychological, captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot: trapped in space, mars, astronaut, space, survival, space travel, hopes, distant planet, isolation, nasa, trapped, escapades ...
Time: future
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Crack in the World (1965)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Dr. Steven Sorenson plans to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior by means of a thermonuclear device detonated deep within the Earth.This experiment causes a crack to form and grow within the earth's crust, which threatens to ...
Style: apocalyptic, retro, serious, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, apocalypse, love triangle, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, doomsday, nuclear explosion, peril, environmental, explosions ...
Time: 60s
Place: africa, london, big ben london
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 5.3
 40K
Spy Hard (1996)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to obtain a computer circuit for the missile that he is planning to fire, so Steele teams up with ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, humorous ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: farce, spy, james bond spoof, spy spoof, kgb, spying, heroic mission, goofy hero, save the world, disorder, danger, race against time ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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Inspector Gadget 2 (2003)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After capturing Claw, all the criminals have gone into hiding until, Claw escapes! Gadget thinks he will get the case, but everyone else has other planes. A new version of the Gadget project is unveiled in the form of G2. Strict orders are given for ...
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, psychotronic, slapstick ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, pre-teens, teens, kids
Plot: androids and robots, cyborgs, fighting crime, investigation, rivalry, good versus evil, danger, disorder, race against time, escapades, goofy hero, heroic mission ...
Time: 2000s
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 5.1
 714
Terror House (1972)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: College student Regina comes back to her room from class one day to discover she's won a getaway vacation at the quiet Red Wolf Inn. Before she can even call her parents to let them know where she'll be, the lodge owners arrange her ...
Style: slasher, independent film, semi serious, realistic, scary ...
Plot: shark, macabre, hotel, beach resort, exploitation, 666, doom, occult, cannibal, mentally challenged, beach, resort ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
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Age of Tomorrow (2014)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet. As the epic battle wages on, astronauts sneak aboard the mothership where they discover a portal to the aliens' home world. They manage to alert ...
Style: serious, bleak, suspenseful, mockbuster, tense ...
Plot: alien invasion, space and aliens, save the world, evil alien, chaos, race against time, escapades, battles, danger, heroes, rescue, teleportation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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 8.0
 916K
The Martian (2015)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Hungary, Jordan
Duration: 144 min.
Story: During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw ...
Style: futuristic, biting, clever, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: survival, mars, astronaut, space travel, stranded, nasa, isolation, outer space, science, scientist, space, loneliness ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 2030s, near future ...
Place: china, london, houston texas, pasadena california, north america ...
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 7.4
 187K
Superman (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Style: epic, exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, double life, space and aliens, comic book, save the world, time travel, heroes, alien, megalomaniac, superman, super powers ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century, year 1948, 60s ...
Place: new york, san francisco, kansas, california, midwest ...
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 8.0
 98K
Solaris (1972)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 167 min.
Story: A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out ...
Style: art house, atmospheric, cerebral, enigmatic, psychedelic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: outer space, scientist, space travel, space and aliens, dream, metaphysics, space station, space, astronaut, loneliness, insanity, science ...
Time: year 1972, 70s, future, distant future
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia
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 7.4
 356K
The Rock (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: FBI chemical warfare expert Stanley Goodspeed is sent on an urgent mission with a former British spy, John Patrick Mason, to stop Gen. Francis X. Hummel from launching chemical weapons on Alcatraz Island into San Francisco. Gen. Hummel demands $100 ...
Style: suspense, tense, exciting, action packed, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: terrorism, hostage, prison, alcatraz, twists and turns, military, mercenary, car chase, prison escape, gunfight, chemical weapon, swat team ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa, california, bay area
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 5.2
 58K
Apollo 18 (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Officially, Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973, three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage ...
Style: suspense, mockumentary, scary, serious, tense ...
Plot: astronaut, outer space, found footage, space travel, alien encounter, nasa, infection, moon landing, alien, stranded, heroic mission, danger ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 2011, future, 2010s ...
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 5.8
 709
Agent Aika (1997)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 210 min.
TV show
Story: From the creator of Project A-Ko! She's sexy, suave and sophisticated, but she's no bimbo. She's a martial arts expert and a jet fighter pilot with the body of a supermodel. Agent Aika, known in Japan as simply AIKa, is an adventure ...
Style: anime, ecchi, dark comedy, black comedy
Plot: erotica, female protagonist, misogynist, white supremacy, female martial artist, post-apocalyptic future, treasure hunt, secret agent, small business, super villain, drunkenness, violence ...
Time: future
Place: tokyo
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 6.4
 75K
Europa Report (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A crew of international astronauts are sent on a private mission to Jupiter's fourth moon.
Style: cerebral, suspense, suspenseful, lovecraft, space horror ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: space travel, found footage, outer space, space exploration, spacecraft, astronaut, space, distant planet, alien, moon, spacewalk, survival ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 1972, 21st century
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