Exploding planet movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant exploding planet movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out exciting, futuristic, cult film, visually appealing, psychotronic and weird films and TV shows about / with exploding planet, alien, space, spacecraft, space travel, planet, danger, heroes, chase and explosion plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as exploding planet: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Starcrash (1978), Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), Star Trek: Generations (1994), Kaboom (2010), Treasure Planet (2002), Skylines (2020), Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories (1996), Star Trek (2009), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017).

List of exploding planet movies

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, China, Belgium, Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA, Canada
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, colourful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids
Plot: alien, alien planet, space travel, government agent, space station, mission, alien race, creature, space, spacecraft, marriage proposal, human alien ...
Time: future, 70s, year 1975, 2020s
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
Style: futuristic, scenic, exciting, saga, stylized ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, adult
Plot: star wars, fantasy world, space, alien, telepathy, obesity, space opera, betrayal, fictional war, space and aliens, female protagonist, super weapon ...
Time: future, 2010s
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 4.0
 7K
Starcrash (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartharn. The smugglers are soon ...
Style: futuristic, campy, psychotronic, funny, exciting ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space opera, robot, space, space travel, lightsaber, spacecraft, female warrior, space battle, emperor, exploitation, mission, supernatural power ...
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Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young farmer assembles a band of diverse mercenaries to defend his peaceful planet from an evil tyrant.
Style: futuristic, humorous, stylized, exciting, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: space opera, good versus evil, space travel, alien, space adventure, space, death, vengeance, robot, mercenary, spacecraft, space battle ...
Time: 80s, future
Place: california
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
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: light, parody, funny, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: alien, space travel, space, space and aliens, fantasy world, benign alien, robot, sarcasm, buddies, spacecraft, end of the world, friends ...
Time: future
Place: england, himalaya, madagascar, london, norway
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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 152 min.
TV show
Story: An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure across the universe with a known fugitive. Based on the book by Douglas Adams, the dialog follows the book closely. This was originally a 6-part series ...
Style: humorous, light, futuristic, talky, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: alien, benign alien, time travel, ufo, space, space travel, mysterious planet, satire, spacecraft, fantasy world, fish out of water, alien encounter ...
Time: 80s
Place: london, england
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Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, epic, saga, dramatic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: star trek, time travel, space, alien, teleportation, space and aliens, androids, time, death, space opera, sacrifice, space adventure ...
Time: future, 23rd century, 24th century
Place: idaho
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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the ...
Style: exciting, saga, futuristic, entertaining, epic ...
Audience: kids, date night, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: star wars, space, space opera, robot, rebellion, space wars, princess, space travel, alien, sword fight, space and aliens, good versus evil ...
Time: future, 70s
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story: The next installment in the franchise and the conclusion of the “Star Wars“ sequel trilogy as well as the “Skywalker Saga“.
Style: entertaining, surprise ending, tense, enigmatic, exciting ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: star wars, space opera, space battle, space, evil, disney, robot, space travel, female protagonist, villain turns good, spacecraft, epic battle ...
Time: 2010s, future
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 5.7
 13K
Kaboom (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Smith, a typical young college student who likes partying and engaging in acts of random sex and debauchery, has been having some interesting dreams revolving around two gorgeous women -- and is shocked when he meets the dream girls in real life. ...
Style: sexy, stylized, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, sexual perversion, lesbian, bisexuality, dream, guru, conspiracy, fantasy becomes reality, gay, lgbt, homosexual, college life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, southern california
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 7.2
 123K
Treasure Planet (2002)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms. But, soon, Jim realizes Silver is a pirate intent ...
Style: fairy tale, exciting, entertaining, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids, preschoolers, teens, pre-teens
Plot: pirate, steampunk, treasure hunt, alien, treasure, disney, space, space travel, fictional planet, androids and robots, adventurer, betrayal ...
Time: future, distant future, 18th century
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 4.7
 9K
Skylines (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
Style: psychotronic, futuristic, suspenseful, surprise ending
Plot: evil alien, alien invasion, alien, alien encounter, monster, space battle, alien planet, space travel, apocalypse, creature, alien monster, martial arts ...
Time: future
Place: london
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Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: The tyrants who rule the Light Universe pass their essence onto their successor upon their demise, while their still-conscious brains are kept in a vault; their chief resource is Lexx, the most-powerful mobile weapon in the universe, which can only ...
Style: futuristic, absurd, gothic, dark, parody ...
Plot: alien, space, evil alien, space opera, parallel universe, apocalypse, spacecraft, androids, alien invasion, robot, satire, canadian ...
Time: future, distant future
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 7.9
 608K
Star Trek (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm ...
Style: futuristic, epic, stylized, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: star trek, alien, time travel, space travel, spacecraft, space, space opera, heroic mission, space and aliens, space wars, teamwork, heroes ...
Time: future, 23rd century, 24th century
Place: san francisco, iowa
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.
Style: entertaining, exciting, humorous, funny, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: superhero, alien, space travel, space, chase, good versus evil, father son relationship, patricide, megalomaniac, space pirate, space battle, female humanoid alien ...
Time: future, 80s, year 2017, year 2014, year 1980 ...
Place: missouri
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Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku (1990)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 48 min.
Story: Bardock, Son Goku's father, is a low-ranking Saiyan soldier who was given the power to see into the future by the last remaining alien on a planet he just destroyed. He witnesses the destruction of his race and must now do his best to stop ...
Style: anime, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, dark, melancholic ...
Plot: genocide, sexualized violence, violence, tragedy, fight, brutality, mentor, torture, murder, gunfight, childhood, suspense ...
Time: future
Place: japan
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 126K
Supergirl (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until ...
Style: exciting, suspenseful, humorous, sad, emotional ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, heroes, female protagonist, super powers, journalist, superheroine, supernatural power, strong female character, secret identity, superhuman powers, alien race, save the day ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Arcadia of My Youth (1982)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: After a drawn-out, viciously-fought war, the earth has been conquered by the alien Illumidus Empire. Harlock, a captain in earth's fleet, crashes his ship to prevent the Illumidus from using it, and flat-out refuses to join them. With the help ...
Style: anime, exciting, semi serious, stylized, futuristic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: world war two, pirate, space and aliens, space opera, space, space adventure, spacecraft, heroes, rivalry, master warrior, escapades, battle zone ...
Time: future
Place: japan
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 6.6
 62K
Titan A.E. (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Dredge are bent on mankind's destruction.
Style: exciting, serious, stylized, anime, futuristic ...
Audience: preschoolers, kids
Plot: alien, scientist, heroic mission, mission, spacecraft, galaxy, space travel, save the world, young heroes, space battle, space, life risking ...
Time: future
Place: colorado
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 178K
Superman (1978)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
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: epic, exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, alien, double life, space and aliens, save the world, heroes, superman character, megalomaniac, alien superhero, time travel, journalist ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 80s, year 1948, 60s ...
Place: new york, kansas, california, midwest, usa ...
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Superman Returns (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the ...
Style: exciting, melancholic, intense, serious, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot: superhero, double life, superhuman powers, secret identity, transformation, superman character, save the world, adaptation, reporter, self sacrifice, good versus evil, heroes ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis planet to recover Spock's body.
Style: saga, futuristic, epic, psychotronic, intense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space, star trek, space travel, space and aliens, alien, planet, murder, sacrifice, warp speed, teleportation, prisoner, fire ...
Time: future, year 1984, 23rd century
Place: san francisco
Is relevant ?
 6.0
 58K
Soldier (1998)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sergeant Todd is a veteran soldier for an elite group of the armed forces. After being defeated by a new breed of genetically engineered soldiers, he is dumped on a waste planet and left for dead. He soon interacts with a group of crash survivors ...
Style: futuristic, entertaining, apocalyptic, perverse, emotional ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: military, genetic engineering, space travel, space, future war, distopia, alien planet, soldier, alien, apocalypse, survival, snake ...
Time: future, near future, year 1996
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 5.2
 73K
Lost in Space (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: The prospects for continuing life on Earth in the year 2058 are grim. So the Robinsons are launched into space to colonize Alpha Prime, the only other inhabitable planet in the galaxy. But when a stowaway sabotages the mission, the Robinsons find ...
Style: exciting, surreal, stylized, surprise ending, entertaining ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: time travel, alien, space travel, space and aliens, robot, space, save the world, space exploration, spacecraft, heroes, escapades, terrorism ...
Time: future
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 6K
Lexx (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Comedy
Country: Canada, Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
TV show
Story: Lexx is a science fantasy television series that follows the adventures of a group of mismatched individuals aboard the organic space craft Lexx. They travel through two universes and encounter planets including a parody of the Earth. The series is ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, campy, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space travel, space and aliens, spacecraft, evil alien, space wars, space, farce, inadvertently, sexual content, security guard, silly humor, hot and sexy ...
Time: future, distant future
Is relevant ?
 6.2
 26K
Dark Star (1974)
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: futuristic, parody, thought provoking, surreal, philosophical ...
Plot: alien, space travel, space, satire, cult, deep space, space opera, alien invasion, bomb, distopia, space exploration, astronaut ...
Time: future, 22nd century
Place: malibu california
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Battlefield Earth (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of ...
Style: futuristic, campy, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, evil alien, heroic mission, stupidity, save the world, survival, planet, rivalry, heroes, miner ...
Time: future
Place: denver colorado, washington d.c.
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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the ...
Style: serious, humorous, suspenseful, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, boys' night ...
Plot: superhero, heroic mission, save the world, alien invasion, superhuman powers, heroes, alien, apocalypse, scientist, wedding, humanity in peril, supernatural ability ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: egypt, usa, los angeles, london, shanghai ...
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 6.6
 245K
Ender's Game (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
Style: futuristic, exciting, serious, entertaining, intense ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: alien, chosen one, space wars, distopia, space, battles, training, young heroes, prodigy, space and aliens, child prodigy, space battle ...
Time: future
Is relevant ?
 7.1
 780K
Man of Steel (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 143 min.
Story: A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation ...
Style: exciting, serious, epic, stylized, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot: superhero, superman character, good versus evil, superhuman powers, alien, alien invasion, double life, secret identity, heroes, villain, space travel, space and aliens ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, kansas, canada
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