| Contact (1997) | 7.5 | |
| Farscape (1999) | 8.3 | |
| Alien (1979) | 8.5 | |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) | 8.3 | |
| Interstellar (2014) | 8.7 |
Deep space movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant deep space movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, captivating, tense and cult classic films and TV shows about / with deep space, space, outer space, spacecraft, space travel, distopia, spaceship, trapped in space, survival and space and aliens plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Hungary and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as deep space: Paradox Alice (2012), Solitary (2020), The Black Hole (1979), The Martian (2015), Dark Star (1974), Dune Drifter (2020), Moonfall (2022), Contact (1997), High Life (2018), 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984).
Best films
New films
| High Life (2018) | 5.7 | |
| Constellation (2024) | 6.7 | |
| Beacon 23 (2023) | 5.6 | |
| Another Life (2019) | 5.3 | |
| Stowaway (2021) | 5.7 |
List of deep space movies
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In the near future, a team is sent on a dangerous mission to Europa to retrieve and bring water back to a dying Earth. Their operation unexpectedly goes awry, jeopardizing not only the lives of those on board but also on earth, resulting in the ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing
Plot:
outer space, space mission, space travel, space exploration, trapped in space, mission, space adventure, human in outer space, astronaut, cosmonaut, space program, fate of humanity ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man wakes up inside a room to discover he's a prisoner sent into space to form Earth's first colony, and worse - his cell mate Alana is hell bent on destroying everything.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
prisoner, survival, stranded, couples, escapades, male protagonist, struggle for survival, youth, near death experience, isolation, space station, danger ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The explorer craft U.S.S. Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the magnificent U.S.S. Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, outer space, mad scientist, robot, black hole, spacecraft, astronaut, space battle, artificial intelligence, heroic mission, danger, escapades ...
Time:
future, year 1979, 22nd century
Is relevant?
997K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Hungary, Jordan
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw ...
Style:
futuristic, biting, clever, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
survival, mars, astronaut, stranded, space travel, nasa, isolation, science, outer space, struggle for survival, space, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2030s, year 2016, near future, future ...
Place:
china, london, houston texas, pasadena california, beijing china ...
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A low-budget, sci-fi satire that focuses on a group of scientists whose mission is to destroy unstable planets. 20 years into their mission, they have battle their alien mascot, that resembles a beach ball, as well as a "sensitive" and ...
Style:
parody, spoof, futuristic, philosophical, surreal ...
Plot:
space travel, satire, deep space, artificial intelligence, space opera, alien, philosophy, space exploration, alien invasion, imagination, moon, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 22nd century
Place:
malibu california
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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:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
distant planet, spacecraft, chase, struggle for survival, rescue, danger, youth, human spirit, space and aliens, violence, heroes, left for dead ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
111K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China, UK, Canada, Hong Kong
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, suspense, cult classic, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, end of the world, moon, space exploration, outer space, space and aliens, catastrophe, youth, survival, mountain, space travel ...
Time:
2020s, year 2012, 2010s, year 1969, year 2011
Place:
usa, colorado, new york, houston texas, los angeles ...
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310K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and ...
Style:
inspirational, philosophical, cerebral, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
science, nasa, space travel, scientist, alien encounter, astronomy, first contact, religion, space and aliens, intelligence, alien contact, research ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, distant future
Place:
puerto rico, new mexico, florida, washington d.c., usa ...
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45K
Genre: Drama, 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, visually stunning, psychotronic, exciting ...
Audience:
toddlers, adult
Plot:
survival, astronaut, spaceship, space mission, galaxy, baby, trapped in space, outer space, deep space, experiment, father daughter relationship, taboo ...
Time:
2010s, future, year 2019
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Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
This is a sequel to 2001 A Space Odyssey. It is now 2010 and both the Americans and the Russians are racing to get to Jupiter to investigate the black monolith (similar to the one found in Lunar Crater Clavius) which was found by the U.S.S. ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, intellectual, stylized, spiritual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
astronaut, space travel, nasa, artificial intelligence, space exploration, paranoia, space opera, contact, space, deep space, spaceship, science ...
Time:
future, year 2010, distant future, year 1984, near future ...
Place:
tower bridge london, ussr, soviet union, paris france, london ...
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275K
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:
scary, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, tragic ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, mars, space, space station, space travel, space exploration, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, alien creature, first contact, death ...
Time:
2010s, near future, year 2017, future
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A deep space mining vessel has been adrift for two years. It is suspected the crew brutally killed each other, but the reason for the bloodbath is unknown. A rescue crew is sent to find if there are any survivors, what happened and why.
Style:
captivating, serious, tense, suspense
Plot:
artificial intelligence, isolation, space station, outer space, sole survivor, murder mystery, serial killer, suspended animation, future war, distopia, deep space, androids ...
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284K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, psychological, cerebral, tense ...
Plot:
space travel, outer space, sun, end of the world, isolation, spaceship, self sacrifice, earth, heroic mission, expedition, space, danger ...
Time:
future, year 2007, distant future, 2000s, 21st century
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167K
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
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, isolation, creature, outer space, danger, survival horror, deadly creature, spacecraft, post apocalypse, spaceship, monster ...
Time:
future, year 2009, year 1969
Is relevant?
21K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. What they find is a black hole--that threatens to destroy both ships--and a mysterious survivor whose ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, space horror, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, space, robot, rescue, survival, space and aliens, danger, natural disaster, chess, spaceship, mining ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, year 2000, y2k
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A deadly meteor storm has been labeled a one-time celestial occurrence, but astrophysicist Steve Thomas believes something worse is yet to come. After discovering his asteroid tracking satellite is secretly being used for military surveillance, ...
Style:
psychotronic, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
natural disaster, asteroid, deep space, disaster, save the world, patriot, astrophysicist, race against time, satellite, secret, meteor shower, crash ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
canada, rome italy, london, moscow russia, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Aster Calyx and Halan Kai Nelson are inextricably drawn to Beacon 23. Navigating one threat after another, they unravel the beacon’s mysteries, just in time to face their most powerful enemy.
Style:
futuristic, thrilling, captivating, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
space station, spacecraft, deep space, artificial intelligence, trapped in space, lighthouse, spacewalk, cosmos, space program, isolation, space travel, secrets ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, distant future
Is relevant?
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, mind bending, cerebral, psychedelic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, artificial intelligence, astronaut, outer space, space, moon, computer, scientist, human versus computer, extraterrestrial, deception, spacewalk ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 20th century, 2000s, stone age ...
Place:
persia
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, spaceship, cosmic horror, space station, trapped in space, insanity, space and aliens, violence, supernatural, hallucination, nightmare ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 90s, year 1997, 21st century
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Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
When a research crew in deep space discovers the desolate ship "Green Planet" that warps into their area, they encounter Buzz, the commander and sole surivor of the ship. Being too incapacitated to make them aware of the situation of his ...
Style:
anime, space horror, suspense, mecha, cult classic ...
Plot:
alien, deep space, survival horror, isolation, claustrophobia, alien creature, alien monster, body horror, biohazard, survivor, paranoia, exploration ...
Is relevant?
1.1M
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs ...
Style:
scary, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience:
kids, manly, adult
Plot:
monster, alien, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, heroine, survival horror, evil alien, spaceship, female protagonist, creature, alien monster ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 20th century, year 1979, distant future
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Hungary, Indonesia, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
An elite trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn's moon Titan, gears up for a highly dangerous slingshot manoeuvre that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, intense, dark ...
Plot:
astronaut, trapped in space, space, memory loss, deep space, titan, space mission, isolation, hallucination, survival, spacecraft, paranoia ...
Time:
near future
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun ...
Style:
epic, suspense, tense, educational
Plot:
outer space, space, deep space, space adventure, problem solving, save the planet, spacecraft, thoughtful, survival, isolation, amnesia, sacrifice ...
Time:
near future, future, 21st century
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Somewhere in deep space, Someone is playing a manipulative game of chess between The Doctors former companions and his enemies.
Style:
atmospheric, tension, suspense, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
time travel, space, deep space, manipulation, betrayal, space opera, travel, strategy, claustrophobia, moral dilemma, isolation, alien ...
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835K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style:
futuristic, scary, suspense, space horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, strong female character, space travel, creature, female warrior, survival, space and aliens, outer space, monster, space, creature feature, spaceship ...
Time:
22nd century, 20th century, year 1986, future
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
218K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Style:
futuristic, visually stunning, entertaining, exciting, visual ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, archaeology, space opera, alien, slavery, pyramid, creature, stargate, archaeologist, teleportation, alien planet, ancient egypt ...
Time:
future, 90s, near future, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
egypt, colorado, space western, middle east, africa ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises … as are the new aliens. Ripley must team with a band of smugglers to keep the creatures from ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, scary, saga, suspense ...
Plot:
alien, robot, space travel, dystopia, strong female lead, female android, evil alien, alien invasion, strong female character, space and aliens, androids, monster ...
Time:
future, 24th century, year 1997, 90s
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
Style:
satirical, philosophical, light, clever, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
space travel, outer space, alien, space and aliens, fantasy world, sarcasm, robot, benign alien, spacecraft, friends, buddies, space opera ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 2000s
Place:
himalaya, madagascar, england, london
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to ...
Style:
futuristic, semi serious, saga, epic, action adventure ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, outer space, spacecraft, space and aliens, space opera, space wars, star trek, heroic mission, self sacrifice, villain, mission, tough girl ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, 23rd century
Place:
san francisco, seattle, bay area, london, space western
Is relevant?
692K
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Style:
futuristic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, space horror ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, androids, survival, alien, outer space, space and aliens, distant planet, robot, alien encounter, expedition, creature, alien life-form ...
Time:
future, year 2000, year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, seattle
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