Space battle movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant space battle movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating and independent film films and TV shows about / with space battle, outer space, space travel, space, spacecraft, battles, space wars, space opera, distopia and alien plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres shot in USA, Japan, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as space battle: AE: Apocalypse Earth (2013), Battlespace (2006), The Orville (2017), Cosmic Sin (2021), Battle for Terra (2007), Harlock: Space Pirate (2013), Battlestar Galactica (2004), Knights of Sidonia (2014), Battle Planet (2008), Battlestar Galactica (2003).

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AE: Apocalypse Earth (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A group of refugees from Earth land on an exotic planet, where they must fight ruthless aliens to survive.
Style: serious, exciting, rough, suspenseful, mockbuster ...
Plot: apocalypse, space battle, alien encounter, mysterious planet, chaos, survival, danger, deadly creature, imaginary, escapades, planet, evil alien ...
Time: future
Is relevant ?
 2.7
 529
Battlespace (2006)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A futuristic sci-fi adventure begins after the destruction of their Universe. With a militaristic race of modified humans in hot pursuit Colonel Mara Shryyke finds herself stranded on an inhospitable planet and discovers a weapon of mass destruction ...
Style: independent film
Plot: space battle, alien planet, space travel, battles, planet, military, dystopia, distopia, memory loss, earth, space wars, time traveler ...
Time: distant future
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, China, Belgium, Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA, Canada
Duration: 136 min.
Story: In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, exciting, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, chick flick, kids
Plot: alien, space travel, outer space, alien planet, space station, government agent, creature, mission, alien race, marriage proposal, space adventure, space pirate ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2017, year 1975, 70s ...
Is relevant ?
 8.0
 99K
The Orville (2017)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 300 years in the future.
Style: futuristic, feel good, exciting, humorous, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: outer space, space travel, alien, space battle, space exploration, human in outer space, space adventure, robot, spaceship, danger, friendship, spacecraft ...
Time: future, distant future
Place: space western
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 2.5
 15K
Cosmic Sin (2021)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo star in the new epic sci-fi adventure set in the year 2524, four hundred years after humans started colonizing the outer planets. Retired Military General James Ford (Willis) is called back into service after soldiers ...
Style: captivating, tense, futuristic, disgusting, anamorphic
Plot: future war, space battle, space wars, alien, space and aliens, alien contact, evil alien, alien encounter, portal, alien space craft, battles, alien creature ...
Time: future
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Battle for Terra (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Poland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A peaceful alien planet faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on Terra. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
Style: atmospheric, exciting, captivating, futuristic, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: benign alien, idealism, air battle, mysterious planet, invasion, save the planet, space travel, survival, alien, culture clash, space and aliens, space battle ...
Time: future, year 2007
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Harlock: Space Pirate (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Space Pirate Captain Harlock and his fearless crew face off against the space invaders who seek to conquer the planet Earth.
Style: anime, computer animated, futuristic, exciting, epic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, pirate, space opera, society, outer space, rebelliousness, spacecraft, space battle, rebellion, space wars, battles, idealism ...
Time: future
Place: japan
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Battlestar Galactica (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Style: futuristic, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, outer space, space opera, space and aliens, space wars, cyborgs, space battle, androids and robots, artificial intelligence, extinction, human in outer space, military ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: space western
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Knights of Sidonia (2014)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: An alien race called Gauna has destroyed Earth. leaving humanity struggling to survive aboard the spaceship Sidonia. Even though it’s been a century since the last encounter with the Gauna, military service is mandatory. For Nagate Tanikaze, whose ...
Style: anime, mecha, exciting, serious, manga ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: space battle, androids and robots, spacecraft, space travel, space and aliens, danger, escapades, heroes, military, rivalry, distopia, mature ...
Time: future, 2010s
Is relevant ?
 3.8
 954
Battle Planet (2008)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the not-so-distant future, Captain Jordan Strider, a Special Forces Officer in the New World Alliance, is chosen for a top-secret mission. Sent to a desolate planet, Terra 219, to arrest possible traitors to the Alliance, Strider must survive ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, touching ...
Plot: space wars, space battle, military, artificial intelligence, spacesuit, evil alien, alien, betrayal, alien encounter, space travel, space and aliens, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
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Battlestar Galactica (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 183 min.
TV show
Story: After a 40-year armistice in a war between the Twelve Colonies and the Cylons, the Cylons launch a surprise nuclear attack intended to exterminate the human race. Virtually all of the population of the Twelve Colonies are wiped out.
Style: futuristic, cerebral, bleak, tense, intense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, space wars, outer space, imaginary, space battle, cyborgs, space and aliens, androids and robots, space, space opera, good versus evil, obsessive quest ...
Time: future
Place: space western
Is relevant ?
 8.5
 170K
The Expanse (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Style: futuristic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: outer space, space travel, space opera, human in outer space, spacecraft, spaceship, space station, investigation, space colony, alien life-form, space wars, conspiracy ...
Time: future, near future, 24th century, 23rd century
Place: space western, hawaii
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.
Style: futuristic, exciting, scenic, tense, suspense ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, family outing, adult
Plot: star wars, space opera, female protagonist, rebellion, robot, space travel, rebel, tough girl, jedi, self sacrifice, spacecraft, strong female lead ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: space western, london
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 6.6
 64K
Titan A.E. (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Dredge are bent on mankind's destruction.
Style: exciting, serious, anime, computer animated, apocalyptic ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, preschool, adult
Plot: alien, heroic mission, space travel, spacecraft, space battle, galaxy, young heroes, save the world, life risking, space station, space, space opera ...
Time: future, year 2000, 20th century, y2k
Place: colorado
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 6.5
 28K
Space Sweepers (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 136 min.
Story: When the crew of a space junk collector ship called The Victory discovers a humanoid robot named Dorothy that's known to be a weapon of mass destruction, they get involved in a risky business deal which puts their lives at stake.
Style: futuristic, captivating, smart, action adventure, black comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, family friendly
Plot: space opera, space travel, spacecraft, space battle, space colony, space pirate, homeless, space, garbage collector, mars, outer space, missing child ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: space western
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Battlestar Galactica: The Plan (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.
Style: exciting, atmospheric, stylized, intense, talky ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: androids and robots, space travel, space, space battle, escapades, space opera, battlestar galactica, battles, man versus machine, space and aliens, good versus evil, human existence ...
Time: future
Is relevant ?
 5.2
 547
In the Fold (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A bunch of young and impulsive space cadets make their first real flight in space and realize that the attack they suffered wasn't a training mission. They face the Enemy alone and have the chance to save the world, and maybe to prevent the ...
Style: independent film, surprise ending, futuristic
Audience: teens
Plot: space battle, star wars, future war, post apocalyptic, space opera, cadet, virtual reality, space mission, military, attempted murder, robot, space station ...
Place: space western
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 894
Starhunter (2000)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Starhunter is a Canadian science fiction television series that aired for two seasons. The series was produced in Canada by The Danforth Studios Ltd. in association with Alliance Atlantis with some photography in the United Kingdom. Grosvenor Park ...
Style: saga, epic, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: space travel, spacecraft, space, danger, spaceship, mission, space battle, space mission, space and aliens, time dilation, intergalactic, star wars ...
Time: future, distant future, 23rd century
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 4.5
 2K
G-Loc (2020)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: futuristic, tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: distant planet, space wars, space battle, spacecraft, refugee, dystopian future, space mission, struggle for survival, humanity, space adventure, space travel, teamwork ...
Time: future
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Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest city on record and a clue to ...
Style: stylized, futuristic, light, bleak, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space travel, space opera, space battle, save the world, parallel universe, alien, space wars, space, chaos, battles, imaginary, society ...
Time: future, 23rd century
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Space Battleship Yamato (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, spacecraft, outer space, space battle, self sacrifice, escapades, heroic mission, space and aliens, danger, save the world, heroes, siege ...
Time: future, 2010s, 22nd century
Is relevant ?
 4.8
 9K
Skylines (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
Style: psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic, apocalyptic ...
Plot: evil alien, alien invasion, alien, alien encounter, space battle, alien planet, space travel, creature, apocalypse, female warrior, martial arts, survival ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: london
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Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Federation trooper Johnny Rico is ordered to work with a group of new recruits on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their next attack.
Style: adult animation, anime, suspense, captivating, 3d animation ...
Plot: military, alien, mars, space marine, space battle, soldier, daring rescue, humanity, heroes, political intrigue, fight scenes, beetle ...
Time: future
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, futuristic, funny ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: superhero, alien, outer space, space, space travel, superpower, chase, space battle, good versus evil, megalomaniac, patricide, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, future, year 1980, year 2014 ...
Place: space western, missouri
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Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Style: futuristic, humorous, independent film, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: good versus evil, space opera, space travel, spaceship, alien, space battle, female warrior, vengeance, cowboy, planet, robot, space ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: space western
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Rogue Warrior: Robot Fighter (2016)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A few decades from now - Sienna, a rebellious robot-fighting arms dealer, lives on a post-apocalyptic Earth. When the cities start to fall under the control of the A.I. Scourge, a hyper-weaponized robot army, Sienna decides to leave the Earth and ...
Style: futuristic, rough, bleak, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot: future war, cyborgs, distopia, robot, artificial intelligence, space battle, dystopia, post apocalypse, robot as menace, weapons, manhunt, killer robot ...
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 15K
Andromeda (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Andromeda is a Canadian/American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett. It starred Kevin ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: space travel, alien, outer space, spacecraft, space battle, artificial intelligence, space wars, intergalactic, space, spaceship, androids and robots, military ...
Time: future
Is relevant ?
 6.6
 253K
Ender's Game (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
Style: futuristic, serious, exciting, entertaining, intense ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: alien, chosen one, invasion, space wars, training, battles, space travel, young heroes, space and aliens, genius, prodigy, child prodigy ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2013, near future
Is relevant ?
 4.0
 8K
Starcrash (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartharn. The smugglers are soon ...
Style: futuristic, psychotronic, grindhouse, funny, retro ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space opera, robot, space, space travel, female warrior, lightsaber, spacecraft, space battle, emperor, exploitation, father son reunion, supernatural power ...
Time: year 1978
Is relevant ?
 5.9
 96K
Iron Sky (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Finland, Germany, Australia, France, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.
Style: humorous, parody, satirical, clever, light ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, nazi, steampunk, invasion, ufo, swastika, nazism, alternate reality, moon, space, flying saucer, space battle ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, 21st century
Place: germany, new york, washington d.c., usa
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