Trapped in space movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant trapped in space movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, captivating, suspenseful, futuristic, tense and psychological films and TV shows about / with trapped in space, outer space, space, space travel, spacecraft, astronaut, survival, space exploration, danger and distopia plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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trapped in space movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as trapped in space: Aniara (2018), The Beyond (2017), Event Horizon (1997), 2036 Origin Unknown (2018), Oxygen (2021), High Life (2018), Solis (2018), The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Lifepod (1993), Stranded (2013).

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 6.3
 12K
Aniara (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden, Denmark, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A ship carrying settlers to a new home in Mars after Earth is rendered uninhabitable is knocked off-course, causing the passengers to consider their place in the universe.
Style: tragic ending, philosophical, psychological, tense, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: trapped in space, tragedy, orgy, space, depression, existentialism, female protagonist, distopia, society, introspection, life philosophy, european ...
Time: future
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 4.9
 7K
The Beyond (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Set in 2019, The Beyond chronicles the groundbreaking mission which sent astronauts - modified with advanced robotics, through a newly discovered wormhole known as the Void. When the mission returns unexpectedly, the space agency races to discover ...
Style: futuristic, enigmatic, suspense, captivating, tense ...
Plot: space exploration, found footage, trapped in space, space travel, alien invasion, robot, space mission, human in outer space, hi-tech, space program, discovery, advanced technology ...
Time: future, near future
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 6.6
 196K
Event Horizon (1997)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship "Event Horizon". The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the ...
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, scary, lovecraft, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, outer space, supernatural, space station, spaceship, trapped in space, insanity, space and aliens, cosmic horror, hallucination, nightmare, rescue team ...
Time: future, 90s, year 1997, 2040s, 21st century
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2036 Origin Unknown (2018)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After the first manned mission to Mars ends in a deadly crash, mission controller Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson assists an artificial intelligence system, A.R.T.I. Their investigation uncovers a mysterious object under the surface of Mars that ...
Style: enigmatic, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, mars, expedition, trapped in space, investigation, space, hi-tech, space station, space exploration, time travel, astronaut, distopia ...
Time: future, 2030s, near future
Place: antarctica
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 6.5
 44K
Oxygen (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way out before running out of air.
Style: suspense, apocalyptic, suspenseful, minimal cast, psychological ...
Plot: oxygen, isolation, trapped in space, memory loss, cryogenics, virus, outer space, space travel, panic, survival, clone, female protagonist ...
Time: 2020s
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 5.8
 41K
High Life (2018)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, UK, Germany, Poland, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
Style: suspense, psychological, psychotronic, art house, visually stunning ...
Audience: toddlers, adult
Plot: astronaut, spaceship, outer space, space mission, survival, galaxy, trapped in space, baby, deep space, father daughter relationship, taboo, gardening ...
Time: 2010s, future, year 2019
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 4.4
 4K
Solis (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Following an accident, an Engineer of an asteroid mining company endures the extreme limits – both physical and psychological – of human survival, trapped inside an escape pod as he helplessly idles towards the Sun.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, neurotic, suspense, minimal cast
Plot: trapped in space, rescue, space, space travel, astronaut, spacecraft, struggle for survival, death threat, race against time, life risking, cosmonaut, space station ...
Time: future
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The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Style: suspense, lovecraft, apocalyptic, space horror, rough ...
Audience: adult
Plot: trapped in space, space station, alternate dimension, alien, space, alternate reality, scientist, parallel universe, giant monster, monster, multiverse, alternate world ...
Time: 2010s, future, 2000s, near future, 2020s
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 5.5
 1K
Lifepod (1993)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Lifepod cronicles the trip of eight passengers after the ship they were traveling on blew up on Christmas Eve. Immediately people start dying. The passengers begin to investigate why the ship blew up and how it relates to them
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, exciting, serious
Plot: trapped in space, terrorism, spacecraft, survival, rescue, escapades, space and aliens, danger, disaster, outer space, murder, evil corporation ...
Time: future
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 3.5
 4K
Stranded (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: The Lunar Base Ark explores ore and unexpectedly is hit by a meteor shower and has severe damages. Colonel Gerard Brauchman sends the crewwoman Ava Cameron to repair a wing that is full of CO2. Dr. Lance Krauss warns that the gas may cause paranoia ...
Style: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, space horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: survival, trapped in space, space, supernatural, isolation, danger, alien encounter, space exploration, trapped, alien, fear, paranoia ...
Time: future, 2010s
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 5.7
 4K
Virtuality (2009)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Twelve extremely talented men and women have been chosen to be part of the Phaeton mission, a 10-year trek to explore a distant planetary system. In order to endure the stress of being confined to their high-tech vessel, the crew passes the time ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, futuristic, space horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: virtual reality, spacecraft, outer space, space, survival, save the world, danger, escape from reality, imaginary, trapped in space, murder, crew ...
Time: future
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 4.8
 6K
Dante 01 (2008)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Deep space, at the edge of the galaxy. The future. A new prisoner arrives on top security prison ship and psychiatric research unit Dante 01. Sole survivor of an encounter with an alien force beyond imagining, Saint Georges is a man possessed by ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: prison, trapped in space, space station, space, spacecraft, space travel, survival, prison life, danger, supernatural ability, mental illness, female psychiatrist ...
Time: future
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Dead Space: Aftermath (2011)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: The End was only the Beginning.The year is 2509 and not only has Earth lost contact with the Ishimura and Isaac Clarke, but now also the USG O'Bannon, the first responder ship sent to rescue them. Four crew members of the O'Bannon have ...
Style: anime, serious, suspenseful, space horror, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: outer space, space, trapped in space, mission gone awry, survival, deadly creature, supernatural, space travel, space and aliens, danger, survival horror, imaginary ...
Time: future, 2010s
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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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 1.9
 398
Space (2020)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the year 2050, Dr. Ada Gray and her fellow astronauts aboard The Udo fight for survival after an accident leaves them stranded in deep space.
Style: captivating, scary, suspenseful, bleak, exciting ...
Plot: space travel, trapped in space, survival, survival horror, spacecraft, outer space, human in outer space, sole survivor, danger, fear, space, astronaut ...
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 6.7
 159K
Pandorum (2009)
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more ...
Style: futuristic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, survival, outer space, isolation, monster, post apocalypse, space, survival horror, spacecraft, memory loss, danger, end of the world ...
Time: future, year 2009
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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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Project Ithaca (2019)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Five strangers awaken to find themselves trapped aboard an alien spaceship that seems to be harnessing their terror to power the ship. They begin to understand that these species have been abducting humans for decades and possibly centuries.
Style: dark, twist ending, suspense, talky, non-linear ...
Plot: trapped in space, amnesia, alien, torture, science, getting home, supernatural, past, spacecraft, survival, survival horror, struggle for survival ...
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 5.7
 52K
Stowaway (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.
Style: futuristic, suspense, minimal cast, tense, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: space travel, outer space, space, trapped in space, spacecraft, mars, space exploration, space adventure, teamwork, struggle for survival, survival, astronaut ...
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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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 5.9
 8K
Orbiter 9 (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, Colombia
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Helena, a young woman on a deep space mission, has been alone for 20 years. Her parents abandoned ship after a technical malfunction made it impossible for all three of them to reach their intended destination. Alex, an isolated engineer, is about ...
Style: captivating, surprise ending, exciting, suspense, twisted ...
Audience: teens
Plot: female astronaut, love story, space travel, secret laboratory, space station, trapped in space, scientist, rescue, love affair, space opera, space, distopia ...
Time: future
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 4.5
 6K
3022 (2019)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space awakens to find earth has suffered an extinction-level event.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, futuristic, visually appealing ...
Plot: spacecraft, asteroids and comets, outer space, trapped in space, space, astronaut, survival, space shuttle, space station, space travel, space program, disaster ...
Time: future, 22nd century
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 5.9
 14K
Nightflyers (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: A crew of space explorers embark on an mission to find a mysterious alien ship.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, psychological, scary, space horror ...
Audience: adult
Plot: trapped in space, outer space, space travel, space, space opera, scientist, survival, deadly creature, monster, danger, research, supernatural ...
Time: future
Place: ireland
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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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 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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 4.9
 11K
A.I. Rising (2018)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Serbia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: On a lonely mission to Alpha Centauri, Milutin is teamed up with Nimani 1345, a female cyborg designed to fulfill his every need. At first thrilled to be able to control her, Sebastian grows tired of having his desires fulfilled so easily. Longing ...
Style: atmospheric, thought provoking, sentimental, intellectual, cyber ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, female robot, trapped in space, space, male female relationship, space mission, corporation, robot human relationship, androids, outer space, dystopia, love ...
Time: future, near future, 2010s
Place: soviet union
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Mission to Mars (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.
Style: futuristic, serious, suspense, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot: mars, space travel, astronaut, space station, alien, alien encounter, spacecraft, mysterious planet, trapped in space, space, space and aliens, nasa ...
Time: future, year 2000, y2k, 21st century
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 6.1
 20K
Cargo (2009)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 112 min.
Story: The story of CARGO takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic LAURA is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months will Laura's shift be over.
Style: futuristic, suspenseful, suspense, philosophical, tense ...
Plot: space travel, outer space, spacecraft, isolation, space and aliens, dystopia, post apocalypse, distopia, uncover truth, danger, teleportation, alien ...
Time: future, 23rd century, near future
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 3.6
 2K
Dune Drifter (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When the trainee pilot and her mortally wounded gunner are shot down, they crash land on a nearby planet. An enemy craft offers the chance of spare parts to fix her ship, but then she spots another survivor - an enemy alien soldier with no intention ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot: distant planet, rescue, struggle for survival, danger, chase, survival, escapades, peril, youth, astronaut, chases and races, left for dead ...
Time: future
Place: europe
Is relevant ?
 5.4
 9K
Love (2011)
Genre: Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After losing contact with Earth, Astronaut Lee Miller becomes stranded in orbit alone aboard the International Space Station. As time passes and life support systems dwindle, Lee battles to maintain his sanity - and simply stay alive. His world is a ...
Style: futuristic, psychological, thought provoking, mind bending, surreal ...
Plot: isolation, space travel, trapped in space, space, astronaut, space and aliens, loneliness, survival, human nature, stranded, solitude, losing-it hero ...
Time: future, 2010s, 2030s, 2040s, 1860s
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