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About 2001: A Space Odyssey
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey stars Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester and Douglas Rain. It was released in the year 1968.
2001: A Space Odyssey follows a voyage by a group of astronauts and scientists plus a sentient supercomputer called HAL as they travel to Jupiter to investigate an alien monolith.
In this article we take you through the best space movies out there like 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Moonfall (2022)
Co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich, Moonfall stars Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson, John Bradley, Michael Peña, Charlie Plummer, Kelly Yu, Donald Sutherland, and Carolina Bartczak. It was released in the year 2022.
Moonfall follows two former astronauts alongside a conspiracy theorist who discover the hidden truth about Earth’s moon when it suddenly leaves its orbit. Despite the incredible cast and visual effects, Moonfall was an absolute flop but it’s certainly worth a watch if you’ve got a lazy afternoon planned.
Arrival (2016)
Directed by Denis Villeneuve, Arrival stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma. It was released in the year 2016.
Arrival follows Louise Banks, a linguist enlisted by the United States Army to discover how to communicate with extraterrestrials who have arrived on Earth.
Solaris (2002)
Written and Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Solaris stars George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis, and Ulrich Tukur. It was released in the year 2002.
Solaris is a science fiction drama movie where Dr Chris Kelvin, one of the scientists based on a space station orbiting the planet Solaris, struggles with the hallucinations he suffers of people who have coke and gone. Hallucinations that talk back to him and interact with him. This causes Dr Kelvin the very purpose of Solaris and what it’s intentions are towards the crew of the space station.
Apollo 13 (1995)
Directed by Ron Howard, Apollo 13Â stars Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan. It was released in the year 1995.
Apollo 13 is based on a true story in which the astronauts headed to space experience a technical fault on their NASA spacecraft which endangers their lives. This is a survival story in which the failing spacecraft is the antagonist.
Passengers (2016)
Directed by Morten Tyldum, Passengers stars Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne, and Andy GarcÃa. It was released in the year 2016.
Passengers is more of a romantic science fiction movie which borders on abuse when a lone survivor on a transport ship in the middle of a 100 year journey decides to wake up a fellow passenger out of suspended animation because he’s fallen in love with her. However, in doing so he dooms her to a meaningless death on this spaceship in the middle of its maiden voyage. When she finds out the truth she lashes out but not before the degradation of the ship itself forced them to work together to make repairs and save the other passengers still in suspended animation.
The Right Stuff (1983)
Written and directed by Philip Kaufman, The Right Stuff stars Charles Frank, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Lance Henriksen, Scott Paulin, Dennis Quaid, Sam Shepard, Fred Ward, Kim Stanley, Barbara Hershey, Veronica Cartwright, and Pamela Reed. It was released in the year 1983.
The Right Stuff follows the Navy, Marine, and Air Force test pilots who were involved in aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base, California, as well as the Mercury Seven, the seven military pilots who were selected to be the astronauts for Project Mercury, the first human spaceflight by the United States.
Life (2017)
Directed by Daniel Espinosa, Life is a sci-fi horror movie starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ariyon Bakare and Olga Dihovichnaya. It was released in the year 2017.
Life follows the six-member crew of the International Space Station, who discover evidence of a new life-form. However, the unknown lifeform appears to be far more intelligent and dangerous than they first suspected. Pretty soon, they end up in a fight for their lives!
Gravity (2013)
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. It was released in the year 2013.
One of the great science fiction movies like Interstellar, Gravity follows astronaut Dr Ryan Stone who is on her first mission and gets hit by the debris of a destroyed spy satellite which causes her craft to be destroyed and leaves her with the doomed task of trying to find a way back to earth.
Ad Astra (2019)
Written and directed by James Gray, Ad Astra stars Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler, and Donald Sutherland. It was released in the year 2019.
Ad Astra follows an astronaut who ventures into space in search of his lost father, whose obsessive quest to discover intelligent alien life at all costs threatens the Solar System and all life on Earth.
Interstellar (2014)
Co-written and directed by Christopher Nolan, Interstellar stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine. It was released in the year 2014.
Interstellar is set in a dystopian future where the human race is dying out. Promoting a group of astronauts to travel through a wormhole in hopes they’ll find an Earth-like planet. Interstellar is probably the closest to a real world Star Trek adventure based on our current level of science and exploration. It’s a wondrous spectacle.
Stowaway (2021)
Directed by Joe Penna, Stowaway is a science fiction thriller movie starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson and Toni Collette. It was released in the year 2021.
Stowaway follows the mission of the spacecraft MTS-42, a two year mission, bound for Mars. Unfortunately for the crew aboard, a stowaway is found shortly after take-off. This presents a moral conundrum when the systems aboard the craft begin to malfunction - creating a dire situation for everyone on board.
The Martian (2015)
Directed by Ridley Scott, The Martian stars Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Daniels, Michael Peña, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Sebastian Stan, Aksel Hennie, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. It was released in the year 2015.
The Martian is about an astronaut marooned on Mars and his desperate attempts to try and survive long enough for NASA to rescue him. It’s one of the all time greats of survival science fiction.
Slingshot (2024)
Directed by Mikael Håfström, Slingshot is a science fiction movie starring Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Kapon and David Morrissey. It was released in the year 2024.
Slingshot follows astronaut John on a dangerous mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan, alongside Captain Franks and engineer Zoe. As the crew debates executing a risky slingshot maneuver around Jupiter, John faces paranoia, memory lapses, and disturbing hallucinations. Which begins to take its toll as he starts to have a mental breakdown.
Spaceman (2024)
Directed by Johan Renck, Spaceman is sci-fi drama movie starring Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Kunal Nayyar, Lena Olin, Isabella Rossellini and Paul Dano. It was released in the year 2024.
Spaceman follows Jakub Procházka, a Czech astronaut on a solo mission to explore a mysterious interstellar cloud near Jupiter. Facing extreme isolation, his journey takes a strange turn when he encounters an alien entity named Hanuš, a giant spider-like being that engages him in philosophical discussions about life, guilt, and ambition.
The Midnight Sky (2020)
Directed by George Clooney, The Midnight Sky stars George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Demián Bichir, Kyle Chandler, and Caoilinn Springall. It was released in the year 2020.
The Midnight Sky is about an aging scientist (played by George Clooney) who must travel across the Arctic Circle to warn away a returning interplanetary spaceship following a global catastrophe on Earth.
First Man (2018)
Directed by Damien Chazelle, First Man is a biographical drama movie starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Christopher Abbott and Ciarán Hinds. It was released in the year 2018.
First Man follows Neil Armstrong and the people around him as he enters the NASA program. The movie follows the interpersonal drama leading to Armstrong eventually joining the Apollo 11 mission and being the first man to set foot on the moon.
High Life (2018)
Directed by Claire Denis, High Life is a science fiction horror movie starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth, Agata Buzek, Lars Eidinger, Claire Tran, Ewan Mitchell, Gloria Obianyo, Victor Banerjee, Scarlette Lindsey and Jessie Ross. It was released in the year 2018.
High Life is about a group of prisoners who are sent on a mission to space with the aim to harvest an alternative energy source from a black hole. On the way, Scientist Dibs experiments on the prisoners as she’s obsessed with delivering a child in space. An obsession which is exacerbated when sex between the prisoners is strictly prohibited.
Approaching the Unknown (2016)
Written and directed by Mark Elijah Rosenberg, Approaching the Unknown is a science fiction drama movie starring Mark Strong, Luke Wilson and Sanaa Lathan. It was released in the year 2016.
Approaching the Unknown follows Captain William Stanaforth, an astronaut who is on a one-way mission to Mars, in a solo spacecraft. Turns out he’s come up with a formula that could aid in bringing water back to Mars. Along the way, however, he encounters all sorts of equipment malfunctions. Making the journey to Mars seem absolutely perilous.
Oblivion (2013)
Directed by Joseph Kosinski, Oblivion is a post-apocalyptic science fiction film starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Melissa Leo. It was released in the year 2013.
Oblivion focuses on a lone maintenance technician who has almost completed his mission on an Earth completed decimated from an alien war. Completely alone, or so he thought, the maintenance tech discovers woman who survived when her space ship crashed into earth. Together, they do what they can to survive and along the way they discover the truth behind the war with the aliens.
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