Nasa movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant nasa movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, uplifting and inspirational films and TV shows about / with nasa, outer space, astronaut, space, space travel, space exploration, space and aliens, danger, heroes and space shuttle plots mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nasa: Interstellar (2014), First Man (2018), Hidden Figures (2016), The Martian (2015), For All Mankind (2019), From the Earth to the Moon (1998), Apollo 13 (1995), Contact (1997), The Right Stuff (1983), SpaceCamp (1986).

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 8.7
 2.1M
Interstellar (2014)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story: Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style: futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot: space travel, time travel, outer space, father daughter relationship, nasa, astronaut, space, survival, end of the world, distopia, natural disaster, apocalypse ...
Time: future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, colorado
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 7.3
 201K
First Man (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 141 min.
Story: A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Style: factual, inspirational, disturbing, exciting, historical drama ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot: astronaut, space travel, nasa, space exploration, moon, moon landing, loss of child, grief, outer space, apollo program, male camaraderie, rocket ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 1963, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place: usa, california, mojave desert, florida, houston texas
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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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 8.0
 916K
The Martian (2015)
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, realistic, serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: survival, mars, astronaut, space travel, stranded, nasa, isolation, outer space, science, scientist, space, loneliness ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, 2030s, near future ...
Place: china, london, houston texas, pasadena california, north america ...
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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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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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 7.5
 292K
Contact (1997)
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: cerebral, inspirational, philosophical, futuristic, emotional ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: science, space travel, scientist, nasa, alien encounter, outer space, alien, space and aliens, first contact, astronomy, religion, alien contact ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, distant future
Place: puerto rico, new mexico, washington d.c., usa, hokkaido ...
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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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 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 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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The Challenger Disaster (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: On the eve of the Challenger explosion in 1986 one engineer goes to the extreme to stop the launch. This hot-headed engineer makes a desperate race against the clock to call off the billion dollar multi-delayed Challenger launch, convinced the ...
Style: tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense, psychological
Plot: nasa, space shuttle, race against time, rocket launching, corporate greed, moral dilemma, engineer, risk, space exploration, real life, catastrophe, launch ...
Time: year 1986
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 6.8
 25K
Capricorn One (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: In order to protect the reputation of the American space program, a team of scientists stages a phony Mars landing. Willingly participating in the deception are a trio of well-meaning astronauts, who become liabilities when their space capsule is ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot: conspiracy, mars, astronaut, nasa, conspiracy theory, spacecraft, desert, whistleblower, paranoia, investigative reporter, investigation, space ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978
Place: texas, houston texas, usa, arizona
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 5.1
 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: disturbing, exciting, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: planet, alien planet, nasa, alien contact, space, mission, space travel, astronaut, suspended animation, artificial intelligence, outer space, distopia ...
Time: future
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 6.2
 189K
Deep Impact (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian ...
Style: suspense, touching, serious, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, catastrophe, apocalypse, nasa, president, tsunami, save the world, destruction, life & death, self sacrifice ...
Time: future, 90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place: new york, washington d.c., virginia, tucson arizona, philadelphia ...
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Flight of the Navigator (1986)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This 1986 Disney adventure tells the story of 12-year-old David who lives with his family in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. When he awakens from being accidentally knocked out in the forest near his home, he finds that eight years have passed. His family is ...
Style: feel good, futuristic, entertaining, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens, teen drama, preschool
Plot: time travel, ufo, nasa, benign alien, space and aliens, space travel, outer space, flying saucer, robot, alien, getting home, young heroes ...
Time: year 1978, year 1986, 80s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: florida, miami, miami beach, japan, texas ...
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The Astronaut's Wife (1999)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When astronaut Spencer Armacost returns to Earth after a mission that nearly cost him his life, he decides to take a desk job in order to see his beautiful wife, Jillian, more often. Gradually, Jillian notices that Spencer's personality seems ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, surprise ending, suspense, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman in danger, alien, outer space, space, astronaut, pregnancy, nasa, danger, space travel, alien invasion, space and aliens, suburbs ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, future
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 5.9
 10K
RocketMan (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come true and travel to Mars as a member of the first manned flight there.
Style: humorous, entertaining, inspirational, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing
Plot: mars, nasa, farce, space travel, space, adaptation, heroic mission, escapades, danger, comedy of errors, goofy hero, race against time ...
Time: 90s
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 7.2
 17K
The Dish (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The true story of how the Parkes Radio Telescope was used to relay the live television of man's first steps on the moon, during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.
Style: touching, humorous, feel good, suspense, factual ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: nasa, moon landing, moon, space travel, humanity, friendship, social relations, human spirit, ambition, hopes, underdog, space ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 2000, year 1969
Place: australia, new south wales
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 5.9
 3K
Countdown (1967)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A scientist (James Caan) replaces a military officer (Robert Duvall) as an astronaut on a space-race moonshot.
Style: suspenseful, serious, exciting, atmospheric, mysterious ...
Plot: nasa, moon, astronaut, outer space, race against time, spacewalk, against the odds, danger, government agency, moon landing, space exploration, space race ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: usa, texas, florida
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Operation Avalanche (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.
Style: suspense, mockumentary, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: found footage, nasa, conspiracy, stalking, mission, spy, moon landing, lie, danger, investigation, dangerous mission, cold war ...
Time: 60s, year 1967, year 1965, year 1968
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 5.3
 3K
Hangar 18 (1980)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: During a Space Shuttle mission a satellite rams a unidentified flying object. The UFO afterwards performs an emergency landing in the deserts of Arizona. However the White House denies it's existence because of the near presidential elections. ...
Style: independent film, disturbing, suspenseful, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot: ufo, alien, nasa, extraterrestrial, alien invasion, investigation, conspiracy, chase, astronaut, unusual phenomena, alien contact, dystopian future ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: arizona
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The Challenger (2013)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 explosion.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, intellectual ...
Plot: investigation, space shuttle, science, uncover truth, research, mission gone awry, scientist, satellite, space travel, professor, nasa, space exploration ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1986
Place: usa, florida
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 6.5
 86K
Space Cowboys (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Frank Corvin, ‘Hawk’ Hawkins, Jerry O'Neill and ‘Tank’ Sullivan were hotdog members of Project Daedalus, the Air Force's test program for space travel, but their hopes were dashed in 1958 with the formation of NASA and the use of ...
Style: exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: space travel, nasa, astronaut, outer space, old age, space shuttle, space opera, space exploration, space, self sacrifice, human in outer space, satellite ...
Time: 20th century, year 1958, year 2000, y2k, future ...
Place: space western, california
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 4.8
 4K
Moontrap (1988)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Space Shuttle returns to earth, but some of the equipment brought back on it begins to behave strangely. Scientists are unsure what is happening, and decide to take all necessary precautions.
Style: space horror, cult classic, apocalyptic, independent film, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: moon, nasa, astronaut, space, alien invasion, monster, spaceship, robot, alien, outer space, ufo, space exploration ...
Time: year 1989, 80s, 60s, year 1969
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 6.1
 10K
Moonwalkers (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 96 min.
Story: What if Apollo 11 never actually made it? What if, in reality, Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the US administration? This is the premise of a totally plausible conspiracy theory that ...
Style: humorous, stylized, light, feel good, art house ...
Plot: moon landing, nasa, mistaken identity, gunfight, justice, mentor, stereotypes, moon, spy, drug, stoner, space ...
Time: 60s, year 1969
Place: london, usa, europe
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 6.9
 100K
Another Earth (2011)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, 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: surreal, artsy, psychological, philosophical, independent film ...
Plot: parallel universe, parallel world, tragedy, guilt, grief, outer space, nasa, mysterious planet, space travel, solar system, cosmology, existentialism ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place: usa, mojave desert, boston, new haven connecticut, connecticut ...
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The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Texan Charles Farmer left the Air Force as a young man to save the family ranch when his dad died. Like most American ranchers, he owes his bank. Unlike most, he's an astrophysicist with a rocket in his barn - one he's built and wants to ...
Style: inspirational, uplifting, intense, emotional, suspense ...
Plot: astronaut, space travel, nasa, rocket, space, hopes, farm, follow your dream, obsessive quest, fbi, family relations, human spirit ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: texas, usa, austin texas
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 5.0
 8K
Meteor (1979)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use ...
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse, fast, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, cold war, nasa, apocalypse, 007, asteroid, space station, post apocalypse, space travel, avalanche, translator ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, russia, hong kong, washington d.c., france ...
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The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Don Knotts is Roy Fleming, a small town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is ...
Style: semi serious, sitcom, offbeat, humorous, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: nasa, space travel, astronaut, space exploration, space, underdog, spacesuit, spaceship, outer space, amusement park, world war one, space wars ...
Time: year 1967
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