Best Space Movies and Space Exploration Films
The greatest films set in space — from hard sci-fi to awe-inspiring epics. Track every space movie on Matinee.
Movies
Interstellar
2014
Project Hail Mary
2026
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
2018
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Inception
2010
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Back to the Future
1985
The Wild Robot
2024
Avengers: Endgame
2019
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
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Star Wars
1977
Dune: Part Two
2024
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
The Avengers
2012
Jurassic Park
1993
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
Return of the Jedi
1983
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
Finch
2021
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Frequently Asked Questions
Top space movies include 2001: A Space Odyssey, Interstellar, The Martian, Gravity, Contact, Ad Astra, Apollo 13, and Alien. They range from hard sci-fi to survival drama to cosmic horror.
The Martian is praised for scientific accuracy. Gravity captures the terrifying physics of space. Interstellar consulted physicist Kip Thorne for its black hole sequences.
Not at all. Space films span genres — from horror (Alien), to quiet drama (First Man), to philosophical sci-fi (2001), to survival thriller (The Martian). The setting is the thread.
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