I have come to the conclusion that not nearly enough films are set in space, I also have a feeling I have seen most of the films that are. To prove myself wrong I have compiled a list of every film that is mostly set in space or another planet.

For a film to be valid it a significant part of the film (20 minutes+) has set in space or another planet e.g. Gattaca doesn’t count as only the last few seconds were in space neither does Independence Day. The films are mainly science fiction, fantasy films which are not explicitly set on another planet but is obviously not Earth don’t count e.g. Lord of the Rings. I’m not sure about comic books comic book films but they have been included for now. Dramatisations are also good but documentaries are not being counted right now.

The list is getting pretty extensive so I’ve put a smiley face next to a few of my personal recommendations.

General Sci-Fi

2001: A Space Odyssey

2010: The Year We Make Contact

The American Astronaut

Android

Babylon 5 Films

Barbarella

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

The Black Hole

Captive

Cosmic Princess

Enemy Mine

Galaxina

Forbidden Planet

Ice Pirates

Ikarie XB-1

The Last Starfighter

Lost in Space

Moon 44

Mysterious Planet

Planet of the Apes (2001)

Serenity

Silent Running

Solaris (1972)

Solaris (2002)

Space Hunter: Adventures from the Forbidden Zone

Space Battleship Yamato

Stargate

Star Trek Original Films

Star Trek Next Generation Films

Stingray Sam

Stranded

This Island Earth

Time Warp / Warp Speed

Action

The Fifth Element 🙂

Jupiter Rising

Predators

Riddick

Starship Troopers 🙂

Soldier

Star Trek (2009)

Star Trek: Into Darkness

Wing Commander

Comedy

Airplane II: The Sequel

Dark Star

Galaxy Quest 🙂

The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy

Iron Sky

Space Balls

Space Truckers

Non-Fiction

Apollo 13 🙂

Horror

Alien Films 🙂

Apollo 18

Creature

Critters 4

Escape from Galaxy 3

Event Horizon

Forbidden World

Galaxy of Terror

Hellraiser: Bloodline

Insemenoid (Horror Planet)

Jason X

Leprechaun 4: In Space

Lifeforce

Pandorum

Pitch Black 🙂

Planet of the Vampires

Prometheus

Screamers

Sunshine 🙂

Supernova

Set on Mars (this category is clearly needed)

Doom

Ghosts of Mars

Mission to Mars

John Carter

Total Recall 🙂

The Martian

The Red Planet

Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Science Fantasy

Avatar

Chronicles of Riddick

Dune 🙂

Star Wars

Thriller

Armageddon

Cargo

Dark City 🙂

Deep Impact

Europa Report

Fortress 2

Gravity

Moon 🙂

Outland 🙂

Lifepod

Saturn 3

The Killings at Outpost Zeta

Trapped in Space

Animated

Be Forever Yamato

The Black Planet

Cyborg 009: Legend of the Super Galaxy

Heavy Metal

Heavy Metal 2000

Planet 51

Mobile Suit Gundam III

Space Adventure Cobra

Space Chimps

Space Runaway Ideon: Be Invoked

Tayna tretey planet

Terra e…

Time Masters

Titan AE

Treasure Planet

Wall-E

Comic Book

Flash Gordon 🙂

Green Lantern

Man of Steel

Thor

Feature Length TV Specials

Doctor Who (1965 + 66)

Farscape: Peacekeeper Wars

From the Earth to the Moon

LEXX

Riverworld

Stargate SG1 Films

Let me know what I’m missing and I’ll continue to add to it over time until it is the greatest list ever (or not)! The categories are pretty arbitrary so if you think something is in the wrong category (quite likely as it’s been a while since I saw some of these) or there should be another category let me know and I’ll sort it out.

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