Space program movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant space program movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, exciting and inspirational films and TV shows about / with space program, outer space, space, astronaut, space travel, spacecraft, space and aliens, space exploration, space station and nasa plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as space program: For All Mankind (2019), Passengers (2016), From the Earth to the Moon (1998), Apollo 13 (1995), The Space Between Us (2017), SpaceCamp (1986), The Right Stuff (1983), Hidden Figures (2016), Gravity (2013), Armageddon (1998).

List of space program movies

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For All Mankind (2019)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families.
Style: realistic, exciting, disturbing, suspense, stylized ...
Plot: space program, astronaut, space race, nasa, space travel, lesbian, mining, moon, u.s. president, moon landing, space, lgbt ...
Time: year 1969, future, 70s, 60s, 80s ...
Place: usa
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 7.0
 443K
Passengers (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
Style: futuristic, romantic, scenic, dramatic, exciting ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, family friendly
Plot: space travel, outer space, isolation, survival, love story, space program, loneliness, trapped in space, love, space station, malfunction, space ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: space western, los angeles, america
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From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Tom Hanks, Imagine Entertainment and HBO present From the Earth to the Moon, the dramatic story of the unforgettable Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts, from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech, through the first manned ...
Style: tense, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful, educational ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: nasa, space travel, against the odds, space program, space, moon landing, moon, science, space exploration, storytelling, exploration, american history ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 1950s, year 1961
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 7.7
 314K
Apollo 13 (1995)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Japan
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1971, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from ...
Style: factual, realistic, inspirational, suspense, epic ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot: astronaut, survival, nasa, space travel, moon, disaster, rescue, space program, outer space, race against time, space, space exploration ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s, year 1970, year 1969 ...
Place: houston texas, usa, pacific ocean, texas, florida ...
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The Space Between Us (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father.
Style: romantic, futuristic, light, sweet, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot: mars, love story, teenage love, teenager, nasa, astronaut, travel, road trip, life & death, beautiful scenery, outer space, space mission ...
Time: future, near future, year 2017
Place: usa, california, las vegas
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 5.7
 16K
SpaceCamp (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. ...
Style: intense, melancholic, entertaining, semi serious, inspirational ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, boys' night, pre-teens
Plot: space shuttle, space travel, nasa, astronaut, space, space program, survival, trapped in space, childhood, space opera, coming of age, life philosophy ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 60s
Place: alabama
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The Right Stuff (1983)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 193 min.
Story: A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow ...
Style: inspirational, exciting, epic, factual, sincere ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: cold war, astronaut, space travel, nasa, test pilot, aviation, u.s. air force, space exploration, politics, space program, space race, outer space ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 1983 ...
Place: florida, washington d.c., houston texas, usa, australia ...
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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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 7.7
 860K
Gravity (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, scenic, suspense, minimal cast ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot: isolation, survival, space travel, space, astronaut, outer space, space station, loneliness, disaster, sole survivor, catastrophe, survivor ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, persia, seattle, houston texas
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 6.7
 449K
Armageddon (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous ...
Style: suspense, apocalyptic, sentimental, entertaining, tear jerker ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, family outing
Plot: disaster, end of the world, natural disaster, apocalypse, space travel, catastrophe, astronaut, outer space, asteroid, race against time, self sacrifice, nasa ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, future, 20th century
Place: new york, paris france, washington d.c., usa, istanbul turkey ...
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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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 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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The Spacewalker (2017)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Russia
Duration: 137 min.
Story: March 1965. In the heat of the Cold War, the USA and the USSR are competing for supremacy in space. What both superpowers aim for in this race, is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space. To accomplish that, no price is too high and no ...
Style: breathtaking, factual, inspirational, suspense, period piece ...
Plot: spacewalk, test pilot, space race, outer space, space exploration, space program, cosmonaut, cold war, russian history, space, exploration, astronaut ...
Time: 60s
Place: soviet union, russia
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 4.8
 6K
Settlers (2021)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Remmy and her parents, refugees from Earth, have found peace on the Martian outskirts until strangers appear in the hills beyond their farm. Told as a triptych, the film follows Remmy as she struggles to survive in an uneasy landscape.
Style: suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, minimal cast
Plot: mars, alien attack, space station, space program, life, age difference, secret, space mission, humanity, battles, cosmonaut, life is a bitch ...
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Escape from Planet Earth (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Netherlands, Japan, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Astronaut Scorch Supernova finds himself caught in a trap when he responds to an SOS from a notoriously dangerous alien planet.
Style: computer animated, entertaining, colorful, light, not serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
Plot: alien, alien invasion, mad scientist, planet, mysterious planet, rescue, space program, monster, good versus evil, silly humor, family relations, trap ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
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 6.0
 58K
Planet 51 (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recover his spaceship and make it home safely, all with the help of an empathetic little green being.
Style: computer animated, humorous, entertaining, funny, feel good ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, pre-teens
Plot: alien, benign alien, space and aliens, alien planet, fish out of water, small town, mysterious planet, space travel, imaginary, astronaut, alien invasion, mad scientist ...
Time: year 2009, 1950s, 2000s
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 5.5
 26K
Voyagers (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Romania, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: With the human race's future at stake, a group of young men and women embark on an expedition to colonize a distant planet. But when they uncover disturbing secrets about the mission, they become helpless for pleasure, hunger, and power once ...
Style: suspense, tense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: space travel, spacecraft, alien planet, space exploration, sexual behavior, space program, social commentary, trapped in space, escapades, distant planet, space, space and aliens ...
Time: future, 2020s, near future
Place: europe
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 4.4
 11K
400 Days (2015)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: 4 would be astronauts spend 400 days in a land locked space simulator to test the psychological effects of deep space travel but, when something goes terribly wrong and they are forced to leave the simulation, they discover that everything on earth ...
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, harsh, smart ...
Plot: parallel universe, space, trapped in space, experiment, space travel, astronaut, end of the world, insanity, isolation, catastrophe, paranoia, destiny ...
Time: future
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Rocca Changes the World (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Germany
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 11-year-old Rocca, a clever, creative and brave girl who lives all by herself in defiance of her teachers and the authorities has to fight to keep her independence and prove to everyone that a child also has the power to change the world.
Style: captivating, entertaining, psychological
Audience: family outing
Plot: bullying, homeless, teacher student relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, space program, teenager, children, home alone, father daughter relationship, female bully, social change ...
Place: germany, hamburg germany, northern germany
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 6.6
 251K
Life (2017)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
Style: suspense, scary, apocalyptic, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: space travel, space, mars, outer space, monster, alien, space station, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, extraterrestrial life, first contact ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, near future
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 7.4
 303K
Predestination (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has ...
Style: surprise ending, clever, confusing, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick, family friendly, adult
Plot: time travel, time loop, plot twist, time machine, twists and turns, time paradox, parallel universe, changing the past or future, existentialism, transgender, intersex, mission ...
Time: year 1975, future, 2010s, 1940s, year 2014 ...
Place: usa, new york, peru, cleveland ohio
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Babylon 5: The Lost Tales (2007)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story: This latest installment of Babylon 5 is in two parts: the first, is about an entity that has possessed a worker. It wants to be exorcised but Col. Lochley prevents the priest & sends it & the host both back to Earth. The second is ...
Style: unusual plot structure, stylized, semi serious, breathtaking, saga ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: fantasy world, space opera, good versus evil, benign alien, parallel universe, giant robot, life philosophy, life & death, fight scenes, chase, rivalry, imaginary ...
Time: future, 23rd century
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Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Susan Ivanova discovers a derelict spaceship in hyperspace. They tow it back to Babylon 5, then strange things start happening. People are being telepathically taken over by aliens from another (third)space.
Style: exciting, futuristic, christian film, intellectual, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space and aliens, space opera, space, space travel, space program, parallel universe, military, alien, intergalactic, dystopia, star wars, future war ...
Time: future, 23rd century
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Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.
Style: futuristic, stylized, intellectual, serious, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space opera, space travel, space, space program, supernatural, military, benign alien, star wars, intergalactic, dystopia, outer space, space station ...
Time: future, 23rd century
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Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Londo Mollari, the Centauri Emperor, recounts the initial contact between the Humans and Minbari, which resulted in a major incident and subsequent war, for an eager pair of youngsters wanting a story about love and conflict.
Style: christian film, intellectual, serious, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space opera, benign alien, space wars, space travel, space, space program, military, alien, genocide, star wars, future war, dystopia ...
Time: future, 23rd century
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story: Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Style: futuristic, philosophical, psychedelic, mind bending, cerebral ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot: space travel, astronaut, outer space, space, artificial intelligence, moon, scientist, computer, trippy, space opera, human versus computer, space station ...
Time: future, year 2001, 20th century, stone age, year 1968 ...
Place: persia
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The Astronaut Wives Club (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the book by Lily Koppel, this 10 episode limited series tells the story of the women who were key players behind some of the biggest events in American history. As America’s astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, Life ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, psychological, period drama
Plot: astronaut, relationship vs career, family relations, nasa, best friend, ambition, couples, parents and children, strong female presence, space program, women, post war ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1950s
Place: usa
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A Million Miles Away (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, inspirational
Plot: migrant worker, astronaut, space program, human in outer space, cosmonaut, space travel, cosmos, space, spacecraft, space adventure, underdog, nasa ...
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 6.7
 801
Infiniti (2022)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 312 min.
TV show
Story: The ISS, the International Space Station has gone silent. The crew is in distress. Simultaneously, a decapitated and waxed body is found on a roof in Kazakhstan. Positive identification leaves no room for doubt: the body belongs to an American ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense
Plot: space exploration, paranormal investigation, astronaut, investigation, paradox, space program, cosmonaut, murder, police investigation, space mission, space station, sleuth ...
Place: kazakhstan
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 3.4
 12K
First Signal (2021)
Genre: Drama, History, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When Air Force Space Command receives a signal from an alien satellite in Earth orbit an emergency meeting with the President reveals a government conspiracy.
Style: suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, futuristic
Plot: space and aliens, nasa, space station, air force, space program, conspiracy, space exploration, political intrigue, government conspiracy, space adventure, portal, moon ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa
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