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, psychotronic, futuristic, cult classic, suspenseful and action adventure films and TV shows about / with exploding planet, alien, outer space, danger, space, heroes, space travel, spacecraft, explosion and extraterrestrial plots mostly in Sci-Fi, Adventure and Action genres shot in USA, UK, Canada 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), Battlefield Earth (2000), Star Trek: Generations (1994), Kaboom (2010), Skylines (2020), Dark Phoenix (2019), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Star Trek (2009).

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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: saga, futuristic, scenic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, adult
Plot: star wars, alien, space opera, space travel, obesity, resistance fighter, fantasy world, space, space and aliens, female protagonist, super weapon, good versus evil ...
Time: future, year 2015, 2010s
Place: space western
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 4.0
 8K
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, psychotronic, grindhouse, funny, retro ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: space opera, robot, space, space travel, female warrior, lightsaber, spacecraft, space battle, emperor, exploitation, father son reunion, supernatural power ...
Time: year 1978
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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, independent film, stylized, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: good versus evil, space opera, space travel, spaceship, alien, space battle, female warrior, vengeance, cowboy, planet, robot, space ...
Time: 80s, year 1980
Place: space western
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Battlefield Earth (2000)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 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, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, evil alien, heroic mission, danger, slavery, rescue, brutality, stupidity, survival, planet ...
Time: future, year 2000, y2k
Place: denver colorado, washington d.c.
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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, cult classic, funny, philosophical, stylized ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: space travel, alien, outer space, space and aliens, robot, fantasy world, end of the world, benign alien, sarcasm, space, spacecraft, buddies ...
Time: future, year 2005, 2000s
Place: madagascar, himalaya
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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, offbeat, light, talky, futuristic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: benign alien, space travel, ufo, imaginary, mysterious planet, alien, space, satire, time travel, fantasy world, spacecraft, outer space ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
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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, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, chick flick, kids
Plot: alien, space travel, outer space, alien planet, space station, government agent, creature, mission, alien race, marriage proposal, space adventure, space pirate ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2017, year 1975, 70s ...
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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, saga, exciting, anamorphic, epic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: star trek, space opera, space, androids, teleportation, space and aliens, crossover, space travel, robot, death, time, sacrifice ...
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: saga, cerebral, epic, entertaining, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing, date night, girls' night ...
Plot: space opera, star wars, outer space, rebellion, robot, spaceship, intergalactic, space wars, rebel, wilhelm scream, sword fight, space ...
Time: future, 20th century, year 1977, 90s, year 2016 ...
Place: space western
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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, saga, action adventure, tense, suspense ...
Audience: kids, family outing, adult
Plot: space opera, star wars, spacecraft, evil, space battle, robot, space travel, hand to hand combat, shame, super weapon, space, person thought dead is alive ...
Time: 2010s, future, year 2019
Place: space western
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 5.7
 14K
Kaboom (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
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, clever, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, bisexuality, sexual perversion, lesbian, fantasy becomes reality, dream, guru, conspiracy, gay, lgbt, homosexual, college life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, southern california
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 4.8
 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, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic, apocalyptic ...
Plot: evil alien, alien invasion, alien, alien encounter, space battle, alien planet, space travel, creature, apocalypse, female warrior, martial arts, survival ...
Time: future, 2020s
Place: london
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 5.7
 203K
Dark Phoenix (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Gathered together by Professor Charles Xavier to protect a world that fears and hates them, the X-Men had fought many battles, been on adventures that spanned galaxies, grappled enemies of limitless might, but none of this could prepare them for the ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, action adventure, suspense, saga ...
Audience: adult
Plot: superhero, telekinesis, supernatural ability, mutant, heroic mission, near death experience, good versus evil, superhero team, supernatural power, school, teleportation, mind control ...
Time: 90s, year 2019, year 1975, 70s, year 1992
Place: paris france, new york
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 7.9
 810K
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Thor is on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the prophecy of destruction to his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new ...
Style: entertaining, action comedy, funny, action adventure, saga ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, family friendly
Plot: superhero, female villain, monster, alien planet, supernatural power, deity, rebellion, goddess, warrior, norse mythology, superpower, norse god ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york
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 7.9
 619K
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, family friendly, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: space travel, star trek, space opera, outer space, alien, spacecraft, time travel, heroic mission, teamwork, space and aliens, alternate universe, space wars ...
Time: future, year 2009, 24th century, 23rd century, 2000s
Place: san francisco, iowa, bay area, space western
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The High Crusade (1994)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Medieval crusaders from the 13th century are captured by aliens. However, this can not stop them to conquer the Holy Land.
Style: semi serious, offbeat, humorous, independent film, psychotronic
Plot: space and aliens, medieval, crusade, alien, astronaut, adventurer, ancient, space travel, evil alien, space marine, changing the past or future, nothing goes right ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 14th century
Place: jerusalem, holy land
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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, futuristic, funny ...
Audience: kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: superhero, alien, outer space, space, space travel, superpower, chase, space battle, good versus evil, megalomaniac, patricide, father son relationship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, future, year 1980, year 2014 ...
Place: space western, 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, shounen
Plot: dragon ball, genocide, tragedy, violence, action violence, fight, blood, father, son, mass murder, exploding planet, flying ...
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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: pirate, space opera, world war two, space and aliens, alien invasion, space, space adventure, spacecraft, heroes, space pirate, master warrior, imaginary ...
Time: future
Place: japan
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 154 min.
Story: Sam Witwicky takes his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Autobot-leader Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the USSR and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in ...
Style: exciting, action packed, saga, action adventure, psychotronic ...
Audience: teens, kids, manly, boys' night
Plot: robot, androids and robots, alien invasion, giant robot, transforming robot, alien, benign alien, good versus evil, heroes, destruction, battles, astronaut ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, year 1969, near future, year 1961 ...
Place: chicago, washington d.c., wisconsin, cambodia, pentagon ...
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 6.6
 64K
Titan A.E. (2000)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
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, anime, computer animated, apocalyptic ...
Audience: family friendly, kids, preschool, adult
Plot: alien, heroic mission, space travel, spacecraft, space battle, galaxy, young heroes, save the world, life risking, space station, space, space opera ...
Time: future, year 2000, 20th century, y2k
Place: colorado
Is relevant ?
 7.4
 187K
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: teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, double life, space and aliens, comic book, save the world, time travel, heroes, alien, megalomaniac, superman, super powers ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century, year 1948, 60s ...
Place: new york, san francisco, kansas, california, midwest ...
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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, intense, serious, saga, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot: superhero, superhuman powers, double life, secret identity, transformation, save the world, superman, super powers, vigilante, adaptation, superpower, self sacrifice ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, future, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 5.2
 75K
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: surreal, exciting, stylized, entertaining, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: time travel, space travel, robot, alien, space and aliens, outer space, space exploration, spaceship, save the world, space, deep space, spacecraft ...
Time: future, year 1998
Place: space western
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 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, slapstick, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: space travel, space and aliens, imaginary, outer space, spacecraft, evil alien, anti hero, space wars, inadvertently, silly humor, security guard, sexual content ...
Time: future, distant future
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Led by a strange dream, scientist Aki Ross struggles to collect the eight spirits in the hope of creating a force powerful enough to protect the planet. With the aid of the Deep Eyes Squadron and her mentor, Dr. Sid, Aki must save the Earth from its ...
Style: computer animated, anime, adult animation, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, space station, post apocalypse, alien invasion, dystopia, space, battles, cyberpunk, scientist, military, space travel, save the world ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, arizona, tucson arizona
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The Fifth Element (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Style: futuristic, breathtaking, exciting, colorful, visually stunning ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, boys' night, teens
Plot: alien, space opera, cyberpunk, dystopian future, space and aliens, good versus evil, space travel, end of the world, save the world, dystopia, life philosophy, love ...
Time: future, year 1997, 90s, 23rd century, 1910s
Place: egypt, usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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 6.2
 27K
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: parody, futuristic, grindhouse, philosophical, surreal ...
Plot: space travel, alien, deep space, space, space opera, artificial intelligence, satire, philosophy, space exploration, alien invasion, imagination, moon ...
Time: future, 22nd century
Place: malibu california
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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, action packed, exciting, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, kids, boys' night, family outing ...
Plot: superhero, alien invasion, heroic mission, save the world, superhuman powers, heroes, superheroine, apocalypse, alien, scientist, wedding, humanity in peril ...
Time: 20th century, future, 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa, shanghai, greenland, london, los angeles ...
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 6.6
 253K
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, serious, exciting, entertaining, intense ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: alien, chosen one, invasion, space wars, training, battles, space travel, young heroes, space and aliens, genius, prodigy, child prodigy ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2013, near future
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