Desert planet movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant desert planet movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, psychotronic, futuristic, cult classic, epic and action adventure films and TV shows about / with desert planet, outer space, desert, planet, space opera, good versus evil, spaceship, space travel, heroes and alien plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, Canada, Czech Republic and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as desert planet: Dune (2000), Dune (1984), Dune: Part Two (2024), Dune (2021), Pitch Black (2000), Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013), Planet Dune (2021), Night Sky (2022), LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020), The Dark Tower (2017).

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 6.9
 24K
Dune (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Germany, Czech Republic
Duration: 265 min.
TV show
Story: A three part mini-series based on Frank Herbert's classic Science Fiction novel entailing politics, betrayal, lust, greed and the coming of a Messiah.
Style: epic, futuristic, stylized, atmospheric, light ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space opera, rebel, outer space, prophecy, dune, desert planet, distopia, space travel, chosen one, alien planet, space wars, religion ...
Time: future, year 2000
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 6.3
 172K
Dune (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 137 min.
Story: In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Dune – the only place where the time-travel substance 'Spice' can be found. But when one leader gives up control, it's only so he can stage a coup with some ...
Style: atmospheric, futuristic, epic, visual, psychedelic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: desert, space travel, messiah, prophecy, space opera, space, dystopia, chosen one, future war, desert planet, dune, space wars ...
Time: future, distant future, 20th century, year 1984
Place: south pole, space western
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 9.0
 110K
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 166 min.
Story: Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul ...
Style: epic, action adventure, dramatic, psychotronic, interesting ...
Audience: adult
Plot: space opera, fight, desert, creature, desert planet, fictional war, dune, exploration, alien, monster, good versus evil, power ...
Time: distant future
Place: space western
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 8.0
 785K
Dune (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure ...
Style: epic, suspense, captivating, tense, action adventure ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: desert, space opera, alien planet, messiah, prophecy, destiny, outer space, premonition, water shortage, politics, adaptation, survival ...
Time: future, distant future, 2020s
Place: space western
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the ...
Style: saga, cerebral, epic, entertaining, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, date night, girls' night ...
Plot: space opera, star wars, outer space, rebellion, robot, spaceship, intergalactic, space wars, rebel, wilhelm scream, sword fight, space ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1977, 90s, year 2016 ...
Place: space western
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The next installment in the franchise and the conclusion of the “Star Wars“ sequel trilogy as well as the “Skywalker Saga“.
Style: entertaining, saga, action adventure, tense, suspense ...
Audience: kids, family outing, adult
Plot: space opera, star wars, spacecraft, evil, space battle, robot, space travel, hand to hand combat, shame, super weapon, space, person thought dead is alive ...
Time: 2010s, future, year 2019
Place: space western
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 7.0
 252K
Pitch Black (2000)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is ...
Style: suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, harsh, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, creature, survival, alien, space travel, alien life-form, one man army, outer space, dark hero, tough guy, anti hero, deadly creature ...
Time: future, year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Place: oceania, space western
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Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Beginner DJ Shreds and world-renowned cellist Vladimir Chizhov meet on a noisy street in Moscow barefoot man. Clicking on the strange machine, the characters are moved to the desert planet Plyuk. A remake of the beloved animated film ...
Style: funny, entertaining, futuristic, light, feel good ...
Plot: desert planet, distant planet, society, desert, planet, humour, dystopia, stranded in the desert, soviet
Place: soviet union
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Trigun #1: The $$60,000,000,000 Man (1998)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, Canada
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Trigun takes place in the distant future on a deserted planet. Vash the Stampede is a gunfighter with a legend so ruthless he has a $60,000,000,000 bounty on his head. Entire towns evacuate at the rumor of his arrival. But the real Vash the ...
Style: anime, exciting, stylized, humorous, manga ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: ethics, rescue, good versus evil, heroes, desert planet, insurance, save the day, lone wolves, unrequited love, spirit, cyberpunk, escapades ...
Time: future
Place: space western
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 2.4
 984
Planet Dune (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A crew on a mission to rescue a marooned base on a desert planet turns deadly when the crew finds themselves hunted and attacked by the planet’s apex predators: giant sand worms.
Style: tense, scary, disturbing, harsh, suspenseful ...
Plot: desert, rescue mission, monster, alien planet, desert planet, good versus evil, distant planet, survival, rescue, planet, mission, outer space
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 7.3
 23K
Night Sky (2022)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Irene and Franklin York, a retired couple, have a secret: a Chamber buried in their backyard that miraculously leads to a strange, deserted planet. When an enigmatic young man arrives, the Yorks quiet existence is upended and the mysterious Chamber ...
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, epic fantasy
Plot: stranger, husband wife relationship, planet, portal, couples, alien contact, alien, distant planet, desert planet, secret, alien encounter, found footage ...
Time: future
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LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
Story: Rey leaves her friends to prepare for Life Day as she sets off on an adventure to gain a deeper knowledge of the Force. At a mysterious temple, she is hurled into a cross-timeline adventure. Will she make it back in time for Life Day?
Style: christmas special, parody, visually appealing, not serious, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: lego, christmas, star wars, female warrior, holiday, new year, space opera, jedi, time travel, female protagonist, supernatural power, outer space ...
Time: future
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 5.6
 145K
The Dark Tower (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain, has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim, also known as the Man in Black, determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at ...
Style: suspense, exciting, disturbing, action adventure, horrifying ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: stephen king, gunslinger, humanity in peril, alternate dimension, one against many, mission, revenge, murder, loner, gun fu, boy, psychic ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, future
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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 4.4
 2K
Vicious Lips (1986)
Genre: Horror, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A band finally gets the opportunity for that breakthrough gig if they can make it to an "in" club on another planet in time...
Style: independent film, space horror, psychotronic, cult classic, futuristic ...
Plot: punk, alien, rock, nightclub, outer space, evil alien, rock and roll, erotica, woman with a gun, space, exploitation, fantasy world ...
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John Norman's Gor (1987)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his barbarian henchmen.
Style: fantasy adventure, action adventure, grindhouse, psychotronic, touching ...
Plot: sword and sorcery, barbarian, sorcery, sword, cave, wizard, erotica, ancient, medieval, wizards and magicians, dystopia, planet ...
Time: year 1987
Place: space western
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadership of a renegade Jedi named Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to break away from the Galactic Republic. When an assassination attempt is ...
Style: saga, futuristic, epic, exciting, light ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: star wars, space opera, intergalactic, robot, alien, fantasy world, space travel, sword fight, jedi, space wars, clone, space ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, future, year 2016, year 2002
Place: space western
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
Style: futuristic, saga, intense, serious, stylized ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teens, adult, preschool
Plot: alien, star wars, sword fight, jedi, space wars, good versus evil, space, apprentice, space travel, creature, outer space, master apprentice relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2016, future
Place: space western
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The Man Who Saves the World (1982)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Turkey
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The film follows the adventures of Murat (Arkın) and Ali (Akkaya), whose spaceships crash on a desert planet following a battle, shown by using footage from Star Wars as well as Soviet and American space program newsreel clips. While hiking across ...
Style: retro, surreal, grindhouse, cult classic, mockbuster ...
Plot: space opera, dead children, desert, star wars, evil alien, dystopia, exploitation, zombie child, mass child killing, brain, blood, strangulation ...
Time: future
Place: turkey
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The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 330 min.
TV show
Story: Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, saga, anime ...
Audience: kids
Plot: star wars, bounty hunter, assassin, space, female warrior, female mercenary, galaxy, power struggle, warrior, clone, star trek, tough guy ...
Time: future
Place: space western
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 7.9
 14K
Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The story takes place on the desert planet "Pluke" in the "Kin-dza-dza" galaxy, where two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other ("Uncle Vova", a gruff construction foreman from Moscow, and "The ...
Style: surreal, philosophical, offbeat, humorous, enigmatic ...
Plot: desert, surrealism, alien, totalitarianism, satire, distopia, absurdism, time travel, society, post apocalyptic, racism, capitalism ...
Time: future
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia
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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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Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Thor goes on a journey unlike anything he’s ever faced — a quest for inner peace. But his retirement is interrupted by a galactic killer known as Gorr the God Butcher, who seeks the extinction of the gods. To combat the threat, Thor enlists the ...
Style: saga, entertaining, disturbing, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: superhero, space travel, norse god, costumed hero, warrior, superheroine, heroine, female warrior, alien, heroes, battles, mythology ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: ancient greece
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 3.6
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Fatal Conflict (2000)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In a lawless futuristic society, a rebel must prevent a tandem of renegades from destroying Los Angeles. An ex-star pilot is forced to stop a mad criminal and his gang after they've hi-jacked a huge space freighter with the intent of crashing ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heroic mission, psychopath, survival, heroes, danger, vengeance, escapades, confined, murder, fight, spacecraft, female fighter ...
Time: future, 90s, 2020s
Place: los angeles
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Fugitives of the Federation for their daring rescue of Spock from the doomed Genesis Planet, Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew begin their journey home to face justice for their actions. But as they near Earth, they find it at the mercy of ...
Style: saga, futuristic, action adventure, humorous, clever ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: time travel, space travel, star trek, space opera, spacecraft, environmental, space, marine biologist, falling from height, planet earth, bus, punk music ...
Time: future, year 1986, 80s, 23rd century
Place: san francisco, bay area, usa, california
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Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (1987)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs is an animated television space western, similar to the series The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and BraveStarr. The series premiered in the United States in 1987 and had a run of 52 episodes. The show was based ...
Style: anime, retro, detective, mecha, vintage
Audience: kids
Plot: superhero, space, outer space, blaster, adaptation, spaceship, cyborgs, interdimensional travel, desert planet, van, sniper, racecar driver ...
Time: distant future
Place: space western
Is relevant ?
 2.4
 2K
Gor II (1988)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: An Earthman returns to the planet Gor, and fights against tyranny.
Style: exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, captivating ...
Plot: sword and sorcery, wizard, space wars, vegetarian, time travel, thinness, sorcery, heroic mission, rivalry, adventurer, escapades, danger ...
Time: middle ages
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 3.5
 220
Aurora (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In the 22nd century, seven explorers set out on a mission to earth's nearest sister planet, AURORA. Their mission - to survey and explore for future colonization. When their ship suddenly malfunctions, the crew is forced to crash land on the ...
Style: futuristic, independent film
Plot: space opera, heat wave, rescue, alien planet, water shortage, desert planet, stranded in the desert, death, spacecraft, accident, broken leg, outer space ...
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The Trouble with Dick (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Dick Kendred (Tom Villard) is a frustrated writer whose latest book has been turned down by every publisher around. His work seems to be missing one key ingredient: half-nude chicks. In an effort to cure his writer's block (and get some much ...
Style: psychotronic, sex comedy, independent film
Plot: alien parasite, desert planet, unfaithful, vixen, hallucination, publisher, writer's block, cheating girlfriend, daughter, lingerie, writing
Time: year 1986
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Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: UK
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A squad of Ultramarines answer a distress call from an Imperial Shrine World. A full Company of Imperial Fists was stationed there, but there is no answer from them. The squad investigates to find out what has happened there.
Style: computer animated, anime, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: androids and robots, space marine, military, space wars, soldier, battles, space and aliens, imaginary, dystopian future, master warrior, battle zone, robotics ...
Time: future, distant future
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Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia, Denmark
Duration: 22 min.
Story: A routine Jedi Academy field trip is turned into a rip-roaring comic adventure in LEGO Star Wars: The Padawan Menace. Tour guide Master Yoda leads a group of rambunctious Jedi Younglings through Senate chambers when he senses a disturbance in the ...
Style: parody, not serious, humorous, computer animated, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: lego, star wars, space travel, space and aliens, good versus evil, battles, jedi, young heroes, superhero, outer space, androids and robots, space battle ...
Time: future
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