Planet movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant planet movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out futuristic, weird, psychotronic, exciting, visually appealing and cult classic films and TV shows about / with planet, outer space, space, alien, space travel, spaceship, spacecraft, distopia, danger and technology plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Australia and other countries.
planet movies
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TOP 10 movies tagged as planet: Prometheus (2012), Magellan (2017), Another Earth (2011), Alien (1979), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), K-PAX (2001), Alien: Covenant (2017), Superman (1978), Serenity (2005).

List of planet movies

 7.0
 692K
Prometheus (2012)
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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 5.2
 2K
Magellan (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story: After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.
Style: unusual plot structure, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: alien planet, artificial intelligence, mission, planet, alien contact, suspended animation, nasa, space, astronaut, saturn the planet, chess, scientist ...
Time: future
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 6.9
 104K
Another Earth (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Style: clever, surreal, philosophical, independent film, touching ...
Plot: guilt, parallel universe, tragedy, parallel world, grief, redemption, venus the planet, destiny, loneliness, janitor, earth, solar system ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place: usa, boston, mojave desert, new haven connecticut, connecticut ...
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 8.5
 1.1M
Alien (1979)
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
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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre ...
Style: apocalyptic, road movie, perverse, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, date night
Plot: dystopia, post apocalypse, apocalypse, truck, desert, loner, car chase, planet, chase, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, oil ...
Time: future, 20th century, distant future, year 1982, near future ...
Place: australia, oceania, middle east
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Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story: Twelve years after exploring Pandora and joining the Na’vi, Jake Sully has since raised a family with Neytiri and established himself within the clans of the new world. Of course, peace can only last so long. Especially when the military ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, breathtaking, epic, saga ...
Audience: teens, family outing, date night, adult
Plot: fantasy world, fight, underwater, hopes, ocean, alien, mother son relationship, escapades, good versus evil, planet, alien civilization, native ...
Time: future, 20th century, 2020s, distant future, 22nd century
Place: space western
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 7.4
 202K
K-PAX (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away Planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
Style: psychological, touching, sentimental, cerebral, philosophical ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: patient, mental institution, extraterrestrial, alien, mysterious character, psychiatry, hypnosis, psychiatrist, planet, space and aliens, investigation, delusion ...
Time: future, year 2001, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place: usa, persia, new york, newfoundland, greenland ...
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 6.4
 342K
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the ...
Style: bad ending, futuristic, dark, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot: alien, creature, space travel, outer space, extraterrestrial, alien life-form, alien parasite, space exploration, alien creature, human versus alien, androids, robot ...
Time: future, near future, 22nd century, year 2017, 2010s
Place: space western
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 7.4
 206K
Superman (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Style: exciting, epic, sexy, saga, tense ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, time travel, megalomaniac, double life, space and aliens, father son relationship, cheerleader, save the world, heroes, alien, planet ...
Time: year 1978, year 1948, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: new york, kansas, california, san francisco, manhattan new york city ...
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 7.8
 314K
Serenity (2005)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girl ...
Style: futuristic, action packed, visually stunning, semi serious, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: space travel, dystopia, space opera, escapades, spaceship, space adventure, outer space, spacecraft, space and aliens, psychic, super soldier, distopia ...
Time: future, year 2005, 2000s, distant future
Place: space western
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 8.4
 835K
Aliens (1986)
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?
 6.4
 350K
Alien³ (1992)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The ...
Style: bleak, atmospheric, suspenseful, spooky, saga ...
Audience: kids
Plot: prison, alien, evil alien, deadly creature, outer space, space travel, monster, human versus alien, cryogenics, survival, self sacrifice, creature ...
Time: future, 22nd century, 90s
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his ...
Style: philosophical, visually stunning, twist ending, surprise ending, apocalyptic ...
Audience: kids, date night, adult
Plot: ape, astronaut, post apocalypse, planet of the apes, dystopia, gorilla, space and aliens, space exploration, trial, time travel, plot twist, desert ...
Time: future, distant future, year 1968, near future, 20th century ...
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
Style: exciting, apocalyptic, serious, semi serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: family friendly, boys' night, family outing, kids
Plot: mars, stranded, monkey, desert, survival, planet, human alien relationship, astronaut, alien, space, monster, distopia ...
Time: future, 80s
Is relevant?
 7.1
 663K
Don't Look Up (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Two low-level astronomers, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace.
Style: cerebral, apocalyptic, feel good, political, dark comedy ...
Audience: kids, date night, adult
Plot: disaster, asteroid, end of the world, social satire, danger, satire, politics, meteorite, chaos, comet, mass hysteria, social commentary ...
Time: future, 2020s, year 1994, distant future, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, london, illinois, north america ...
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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, visually stunning, saga, scenic, tense ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, adult
Plot: star wars, space opera, female protagonist, robot, strong female lead, rebel, space travel, tough girl, self sacrifice, redemption, jedi, rebellion ...
Time: future, year 2016, 2010s
Place: space western, london
Is relevant?
 7.0
 218K
Stargate (1994)
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 ...
Is relevant?
 5.7
 62K
Red Planet (2000)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
Style: futuristic, bleak, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: mars, space, spacecraft, space travel, robot, astronaut, survival, space opera, catastrophe, ecological disaster, space exploration, stranded ...
Time: future, year 2000, y2k, near future, 2020s ...
Place: antarctica
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 6.2
 89K
Solaris (2002)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Style: philosophical, futuristic, cerebral, confusing, thought provoking ...
Plot: space, space and aliens, space station, space travel, mysterious planet, planet, afterlife, trapped in space, outer space, existentialism, alien contact, space exploration ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, future
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, China, Belgium, Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA, Canada, Qatar, Monaco, South Korea, Bahrain, Albania, Japan, UK, India, Taiwan, Russia, Australia, Hong Kong, Poland, Singapore, Thailand, Greece, South Africa, Netherlands, Israel, Italy, Ukraine, Denmark, Indonesia, Sweden, Iceland, Malaysia, Finland, Norway, Vietnam, Czech Republic, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Austria, Malta, Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia, Hungary, Chile, Egypt, Bulgaria
Duration: 136 min.
Story: In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, exciting, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, teen fantasy
Plot: alien, space travel, alien planet, outer space, government agent, space station, space adventure, marriage proposal, creature, alien race, space pirate, spacecraft ...
Time: future, year 2017, 2010s, year 1975, 70s ...
Place: space western
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Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
Style: visually stunning, exciting, serious, suspenseful, fairy tale ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: space opera, life turned upside down, save the lady, genetics, good versus evil, outer space, space and aliens, destiny, imaginary, space wars, interspecies romance, space travel ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: chicago, st. petersburg russia
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Starship Troopers (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style: futuristic, stylized, sexy, exciting, action packed ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: alien invasion, military, space travel, monster, space and aliens, creature, soldier, space wars, alien, satire, fictional war, space battle ...
Time: future, 23rd century, year 1997, 90s, jurassic ...
Place: buenos aires argentina, space western, argentina
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 6.7
 39K
Elio (2025)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with eccentric alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
Style: 3d animation, computer animated, emotional, crying, animated comedy
Plot: child, planet, galaxy, child protagonist, children, space, alien, space adventure, interspecies friendship, astronaut, outer space, alien race ...
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Message from Space (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In this Star Wars take-off, the peaceful planet of Jillucia has been nearly wiped out by the Gavanas, whose leader takes orders from his mother (played a comic actor in drag) rather than the Emperor. King Kaiba sends out eight Liabe holy seeds, each ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, offbeat, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space battle, spaceship, shootout, pilot, warrior, tyrant, planet, invasion, chosen one, alien, ship, friendship ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
Place: east asia, space western
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Horror Planet (1981)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.
Style: erotic, grindhouse, scary, psychotronic, retro ...
Plot: pregnancy, impregnation, rape, alien, cave, murder, evil alien, woman in labor, characters killed one by one, space monster, pregnant from rape, trapped in space ...
Time: year 1981, 80s
Is relevant?
 5.9
 40K
Barbarella (1968)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
Style: futuristic, grindhouse, erotic, sexy, surreal ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: space opera, mad scientist, angel, alien planet, female nudity, space adventure, bird attack, spacesuit, evil queen, space travel, surrealism, heroine ...
Time: future, distant future, 1930s, 60s
Place: yukon
Is relevant?
 6.2
 192K
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, visually stunning, cerebral, dark ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: desert, space travel, prophecy, messiah, dystopia, space opera, outer space, future war, desert planet, dune, chosen one, nobility ...
Time: future, distant future, 20th century, year 1984
Place: south pole, space western
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LeapFrog: Math Adventure to the Moon (2010)
Genre: Animation, Short, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 34 min.
Story: Join Tad and Lily a they blast off on an exciting educational adventure! Tad and Lily need the perfect collection of things to take to school for their math assignment. When they finally decide on moon rocks, there's just one problem - how will ...
Style: educational, explanatory, semi serious, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: kids, toddlers, preschool
Plot: mathematics, planet, escapades, heroes, studying, children, space adventure, elementary school, curiosity, problem solving, kindergarten, friendship ...
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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (2018)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In this reboot of the '80s series, a magic sword transforms an orphan girl into warrior She-Ra, who unites a rebellion to fight against evil.
Style: tense, exciting, captivating, adult animation, anime ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot: betrayal, good versus evil, rebellion, planet, female warrior, heroic mission, save the world, magic, journey, danger, princess, best friend ...
Time: 2010s
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Hard to Be a God (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 177 min.
Story: A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case ...
Style: surreal, black and white, philosophical, serious, art house ...
Plot: distant planet, renaissance, medieval, murder, human nature, horse, moral dilemma, society, planet, mental disorder, execution, humanity ...
Time: medieval times, middle ages, 2010s, year 2013
Place: soviet union
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