Satellite movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant satellite movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, captivating and realistic films and TV shows about / with satellite, danger, heroes, escapades, catastrophe, chases and races, space, space and aliens, race against time and outer space plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as satellite: Enemy of the State (1998), Space Cowboys (2000), Ice Station Zebra (1968), October Sky (1999), Post Impact (2004), Radio Free Albemuth (2010), Aloha (2015), Earth's Final Hours (2011), Reptile 2001 (1999), Deep Space (1988).
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List of satellite movies
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Hotshot Washington lawyer, Robert Dean becomes a victim of high-tech identity theft when a hacker slips an incriminating video into his pocket. Soon, a rogue National Security agent sets out to recover the tape – and destroy Dean.
Style:
suspense, clever, tense, political thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, manly, kids
Plot:
surveillance, conspiracy, cia, on the run, espionage, political conspiracy, intelligence, violence, murder, manhunt, fighting the system, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place:
washington d.c., baltimore, iraq, maryland, afghanistan ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of ...
Style:
tense, clever, suspense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
nasa, astronaut, space travel, old age, space shuttle, space opera, satellite, space exploration, outer space, self sacrifice, human in outer space, one last job ...
Time:
20th century, year 1958, year 2000, 1950s, future ...
Place:
space western, california
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Genre: Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A top-secret Soviet spy satellite -- using stolen Western technology -- malfunctions and then goes into a descent that lands it near an isolated Arctic research encampment called Ice Station Zebra, belonging to the British, which starts sending out ...
Style:
exciting, retro, suspenseful, suspense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, spy, cold war, satellite, espionage, military, underwater, torpedo, winter, snow, double agent, political intrigue ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
scotland
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111K
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, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, small town, teacher, follow your dream, teenage life, against the odds, competition, mathematics, generation gap, scientist, biopic, nerd ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1957, year 1999, 90s ...
Place:
west virginia, virginia, usa, indianapolis indiana, appalachia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Meteor Bay-Leder 7 struck earth on October 18th, 2012. Causing earthquakes, tidal waves, and a dust cloud that soon covered most of the Northern hemisphere, it changed the face of our planet forever.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ice age, disaster, evacuation, satellite, insubordination, rescue, heroic mission, chaos, danger, save the day, forces of nature, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
europe, germany, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Record store clerk Nick Brady begins to experience strange visions from an entity he calls VALIS that cause him to uproot his family and move to Los Angeles where he becomes a successful music company executive. Nick finds himself drawn into a ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, surreal, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
satellite, alternate reality, blackmail, buddies, dishonesty, visual hallucination, rapid healing, car crash, apparition, listening device, summary execution, big brother ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 1985
Place:
california, los angeles, new york, usa
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77K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and re-connects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.
Style:
feel good, rom com, romantic, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
love interest, love, happy ending, life philosophy, satellite, communication, love affair, air force, soldier, summer vacation, female soldier, small town ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After dense matter from an imploded white hole hits Earth, the planet's rotation is devastated. A group of government agents must locate a lost satellite network that is the world's only hope for survival.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, save the world, satellite, forces of nature, special agent, heroes, danger, government agency, escapades, dishonesty, government agent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A team of scientists working on a remote dig site find the buried body of an enormous monster, perfectly preserved even after 200 million years. As soon as the beast is uncovered, however, an alien spacecraft suddenly appears above them and brings ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, natural horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
giant monster, dinosaur, alien invasion, ancient mystery, evil alien, kaiju, satellite, reincarnation, chaos, escapades, deadly creature, space and aliens ...
Time:
prehistory
Place:
asia
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Secretly engineered and blasted into space by government scientists, a vile monster crash-lands back on Earth and begins killing everyone it encounters. As the death toll rises, veteran cop McLemore (Charles Napier) bravely steps forward to crush ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, rough, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, technology gone awry, bio weapon, creature feature, outer space, satellite, rescue, evil alien, alien encounter, deadly creature, danger, supernatural ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to quarantine the area, a team of ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, stylized, harsh, melancholic ...
Plot:
laboratory, virus, pandemic, biohazard, bacteria, infection, disaster, danger, time travel, cure, catastrophe, deadly virus ...
Time:
future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa, utah, shanghai, los angeles
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He’s good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of his time out hanging out in the all-powerful online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has – until the girl of his dreams, ...
Style:
anime, humorous, stylized, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
artificial intelligence, virtual reality, code breaking, chaos, satellite, relationships, technology gone awry, teenage life, high school student, virtual world, save the world, family relations ...
Time:
year 2009, future, 21st century
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, california, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, futuristic, saga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
robot, alien invasion, car, teenager, robot vs. robot, chase, military, transforming robot, teenage girl, interspecies friendship, showdown, alien ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
texas, california, san francisco, north america
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for Nuclear War.
Style:
parody, humorous, spoof, funny, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids
Plot:
cold war, espionage, kgb, spy, secret agent, cia agent, chase, farce, race against time, mistaken identity, buddy, satire ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
afghanistan, asia, soviet union, middle east, pakistan ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three fairy tale princesses find themselves engaged to the same guy, Prince Charming.
Style:
fairy tale, romantic, light, entertaining, psychotronic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
princess, choice, prince, satellite, curse, magical, snow white, engagement, teenager, happy ending, love, kingdom ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Imagine asteroids so large that they can wipe out all life on the planet constantly bombarding the Earth. The only things standing in the way are the Rock Jocks, a top-secret band of government employees, who pilot asteroid-killing satellites. The ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, semi serious, feel good, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
save the world, silly humor, danger, government agency, satellite, government facility, heroic mission, weapon system, collision, benign alien, father son relationship, punched in the face ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
987
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Set against the gorgeous landscape of Armenia, Here chronicles a brief but intense relationship between an American satellite-mapping engineer (Foster) and an expatriate photographer (Azabal) who impulsively decide to travel across the remote ...
Style:
surreal, captivating, realistic, sincere, tense ...
Plot:
sex scene, male female relationship, journey, self discovery, satellite, on the road, love affair, society, culture clash, wilderness, road trip, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
armenia, caucasus
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Bristling with equipment, two enthusiastic local access cable TV producers recruit an assistant and venture into a forest in search of the mythical and horrifying Jersey Devil. Days later, only one of the trio emerges. He becomes the prime suspect ...
Style:
mockumentary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
found footage, amateur detective, lost in the woods, psycho, forest, danger, murder, uncover truth, supernatural, urban legend, ghost, obsessive quest ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, usa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 explosion.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, intellectual ...
Plot:
investigation, space shuttle, science, research, scientist, uncover truth, mission gone awry, satellite, space travel, professor, space exploration, nasa ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Calvin and Iris's dream vacation turns into a nightmare when a satellite the government claimed to have destroyed crashes near their campsite and releases a deadly toxic cloud.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, offbeat, bleak ...
Plot:
survival, toxin, chases and races, danger, satellite, vacation gone wrong, catastrophe, camping, nightmare, couples, biohazard, disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Many years in the future after the exploits of Yugi Mutou, Domino City has become a shadow of its former self: Neo Domino City. There lies a strong divide between the rich and the poor, and bridging that gap proves to be difficult. Neo Domino seems ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
rivalry, heroes, survival, escapades, danger, satellite, dystopia, creature, friendship, power, card playing, duel ...
Time:
future
Is relevant?
903
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, heroic mission, gang, heroes, rivalry, race against time, daring rescue, escapades, save the day, danger, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A fully automated commercial jetliner is prepared to make its maiden voyage. Without an on-flight pilot, the craft relies on satellite linking for its course. But when the plane suddenly deviates from its determined route and establishes a circular ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, co pilot, hijacking, one man army, save the day, escapades, race against time, rescue, danger, satellite, aviation ...
Place:
usa, seattle
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in San Diego, the movie follows the desperate acts of Bill Templer head of a covert defense agency perpetrating a terrifying fraud on the American public - involving the imminent invasion of aliens - by leaking to the press a satellite image of ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, fast
Plot:
police detective, save the world, undercover, special agent, danger, evil alien, escapades, government agency, alien encounter, satellite, dishonesty, alien ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
switzerland
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After a Soviet space station crashes into a New York City subway tunnel, a species of venomous spiders is discovered, and soon they mutate to gigantic proportions and wreak havoc on the city. Starring Patrick Muldoon, Christa Campbell, directed by ...
Style:
scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, natural horror ...
Plot:
giant spider, spider, deadly creature, dangerous animal, creature feature, killer animal, creature, mutant animal, danger, animal attack, arachnophobia, giant monster ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the 1960s a young woman works at NASA as an animal trainer responsible for the chimpanzee who will go into space.
Style:
serious, touching, captivating, independent film
Plot:
nasa, chimpanzee, space travel, heroic mission, follow your dream, heroes, family relations, family life, race against time, satellite, animal life, space ...
Time:
60s
Place:
usa, florida
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Government agents find evidence of extraterrestrial life at the South Pole.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, save the world, alien invasion, heroic mission, danger, rivalry, government agency, satellite, alien, winter, agriculture, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
future
Place:
antarctica
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Mohammad is sent to an apartment situated in uptown Tehran to install their satellite dishes, while having satellite TV is illegal in Iran. He arrives there with a girl named Shirin who seems to be his girlfriend and is in need of some money to ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, islamic ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, rich and poor, friendship, culture clash, couples, disorder, family relations, society, parents and children, farce, satellite, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
The mad and evil scientist, Dr. Clayton Forrester, has created an evil little scheme that is bound to give him world global domination but first things first. He plans to torment Mike Nelson and the robots by sending them a real stinker of a film to ...
Style:
funny, humorous, talky, absurd, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
mad scientist, robot, space and aliens, space travel, satire, stupidity, teleportation, irreverent, scientist, time, imaginary, satellite ...
Time:
future
Place:
minnesota
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Pioneer One is a 2010 American web series produced by Josh Bernhard and Bracey Smith. It has been funded purely through donations, and is the first series created for and released on BitTorrent networks.
Style:
serious, tense, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
agent, terrorism, uncover truth, investigation, politics, danger, satellite, space mission, conspiracy, mars, state affairs, government agency ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, montana, canada, soviet union, ussr
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