Movies Set in space

Kinora's catalogue lists 30 films set in space, spanning 1956–2023. 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
• 1998

  Deep Impact

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

  Dune

  Space — Far Future
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Denis Villeneuve
• 1984

  Dune

  Space — Far Future
  Desert · Off Worlddir. David Lynch
• 2013

  Elysium

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

  Event Horizon

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Paul W. S. Anderson
• 2018

  First Man

  Houston · Space — 1960s
  Suburban · Off Worlddir. Damien Chazelle
• 1956

  Forbidden Planet

  Space — Far Future
  Off Worlddir. Fred M. Wilcox
• 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
• 1986

  Kin-dza-dza!

  Moscow · Space — 1980s
  Off Worlddir. Georgiy Daneliya
• 2009

  Moon

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Duncan Jones
• 1983

  Return of the Jedi

  Space — Timeless
  Off World · Desert · Wildernessdir. Richard Marquand
• 1972

  Silent Running

  Space — Far Future
  Off Worlddir. Douglas Trumbull
• 1987

  Spaceballs

  Space — Timeless
  Off World · Desertdir. Mel Brooks
• 1982

  Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

  Space — Far Future
  Off Worlddir. Nicholas Meyer
• 1979

  Star Trek: The Motion Picture

  Space — Far Future
  Off Worlddir. Robert Wise
• 1977

  Star Wars

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

  Starship Troopers

  Buenos Aires · Space — Far Future
  Off Worlddir. Paul Verhoeven
• 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
• 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
• 1983

  The Right Stuff

  California · Space — 1940s · 1950s · 1960s
  Desert · Off Worlddir. Philip Kaufman
• 2019

  The Wandering Earth

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