Movies Set in Space

Kinora's catalogue lists 39 films set in space, spanning 1968–2024. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1968

  2001: A Space Odyssey

  Space · Africa — Ancient · Near Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. Stanley Kubrick
• 2019

  Ad Astra

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. James Gray
• 1979

  Alien

  Space — Far Future
  Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott
• 1986

  Aliens

  Space — Far Future
  Off Worlddir. James Cameron
• 1995

  Apollo 13

  Houston · Space — 1970s
  Off Worlddir. Ron Howard
• 2009

  Avatar

  Far Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. James Cameron
• 2012

  Cloud Atlas

  San Francisco · London · Hawaii · Chatham Islands — 1800s · 1930s · 1970s · 2010s · Far Future
  Urban · Island · Coastal Sea · Off Worlddir. Lilly Wachowski
• 1997

  Contact

  New Mexico · Puerto Rico · Hokkaido · Florida — 1990s
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Robert Zemeckis
• 1981

  Das Boot

  La Rochelle · Gibraltar — 1940s
  Off Worlddir. Wolfgang Petersen
• 1998

  Deep Impact

  Virginia · Washington, D.C. · Space — 1990s
  Urban · Off Worlddir. Mimi Leder
• 2021

  Dune

  Space — Far Future
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Denis Villeneuve
• 2024

  Dune: Part Two

  Far Future
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Denis Villeneuve
• 2013

  Elysium

  Los Angeles · Space — Far Future
  Urban · Off Worlddir. Neill Blomkamp
• 1997

  Event Horizon

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Paul W. S. Anderson
• 1973

  Fantastic Planet

  Far Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. René Laloux
• 2018

  First Man

  Houston · Space — 1960s
  Suburban · Off Worlddir. Damien Chazelle
• 2013

  Gravity

  Space — 2010s
  Off Worlddir. Alfonso Cuarón
• 2014

  Guardians of the Galaxy

  Space — 2010s
  Off Worlddir. James Gunn
• 2014

  Interstellar

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Christopher Nolan
• 2009

  Moon

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Duncan Jones
• 1972

  Silent Running

  Space — Far Future
  Off Worlddir. Douglas Trumbull
• 1972

  Solaris

  Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Andrei Tarkovsky
• 1982

  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

  Space — Far Future
  Off Worlddir. Nicholas Meyer
• 1977

  Star Wars

  Space — Far Future
  Off World · Desertdir. George Lucas
• 1997

  Starship Troopers

  Buenos Aires · Space — Far Future
  Off Worlddir. Paul Verhoeven
• 2007

  Sunshine

  Sydney — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Danny Boyle
• 1978

  Superman

  Kansas · California — 1970s
  Urban · Rural · Off Worlddir. Richard Donner
• 2023

  The Creator

  Los Angeles · Space — Near Future
  Urban · Rural · Off Worlddir. Gareth Edwards
• 1980

  The Empire Strikes Back

  Space — Timeless
  Off World · Wildernessdir. Irvin Kershner
• 1997

  The Fifth Element

  New York City · Egypt — Far Future
  Urban · Off Worlddir. Luc Besson
• 2006

  The Fountain

  Space · Central America — Early Modern · 2000s · Far Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. Darren Aronofsky
• 2015

  The Martian

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott
• 1999

  The Matrix

  Far Future
  Urban · Off Worlddir. Lana Wachowski
• 1983

  The Right Stuff

  California · Space — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Philip Kaufman
• 2011

  The Tree of Life

  Texas — 1950s · 2010s · Timeless
  Suburban · Off Worlddir. Terrence Malick
• 2019

  The Wandering Earth

  Shanghai · Sulawesi · Space — Near Future
  Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Frant Gwo
• 1990

  Total Recall

  Near Future
  Off World · Underground · Urbandir. Paul Verhoeven
• 2008

  WALL·E

  Far Future
  Off World · Wildernessdir. Andrew Stanton
• 2009

  Watchmen

  New York City · Antarctica — 1980s
  Urban · Off Worlddir. Zack Snyder