Space is a popular circumstance for scientific discipline fiction film because of how petty we know about it , which leaves plenty of room for hypothesis . film about blank became specially popular after the distance race of the 1960s and the subsequent moon landing in 1969 .

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Even though space films became more popular after the moon landing , they have always been a part of film , starting withA Trip to the Moon(1902 ) . Over one hundred years of infinite films have supply the opportunity for some great , and some not - so - great , films to be produced . Here are the picture show that IMDb has find are the good , and the bad .

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Worst: Fire Maidens Of Outer Space (1956) - 2.3/10

This space pic follows astronauts from Earth as they land on the 9th moon of Jupiter , where they fit an elderly man nominate Prasus , a large population of char looking for match , and a mystic , grotesque being get it on only as The tool . Most of the women on the planet , except Hestia , are not even identified with names .

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One of the taglines list on IMDb is " Maidens Without Men on Mystery Planet ! " Based on that tagline and premiss , the film sound like an hour and a half of a hundred-percenter ’s   fantasy and a women’s rightist ’s nightmare … which it is .

In a dusty landscape Finn stares out into the distance in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Best: WALL-E (2008) - 8.4/10

WhileWALL - Estarts out on Earth , the film mostly take topographic point in space . It follows WALL - E , the last operate golem in charge of trumpery cleanup on Earth . He meets EVE , who came to the satellite in search of plant life . She is call back to her ship after finding a seedling and unwittingly takes WALL - E with her , catalyzing an dangerous undertaking through space for the both of them , and ending in successfully land man back to Earth .

Like most Disney andPixar films , it generally appealed to mass of all geezerhood and gross over $ 500 million worldwide .

Worst: Space Mutiny (1988) - 2.1/10

This photographic film takes topographic point on a ship , call The Southern Sun , carry people whose delegation is to colonise infinite . The ship has been traveling for several generation and some of its resident grow impatient and start a mutiny with the aid of some pirates who infiltrate a nearby ship . The film follow a pilot and a professor as they attempt to   escape from the mutinous ship .

The motion-picture show ( and its iconic bumper car chase ) was so unfit that it was boast and roasted onMystery Science Theater 3000during   the show ’s original running . It is now consider one of themost popular instalment ofMST3K.

Best: Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - 8.5/10

This massive crossover picture was extremely forestall , as theMarvel Cinematic Universewas building up to the event ofInfinity Warfor a decade .   These events were eventually resolve in its straightaway sequelAvengers : Endgame , which was even more highly anticipated . Of the two , Avengers : Infinity Warspent more meter in blank space , where it keep an eye on the Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy as they tried to block up Thanos from wipe out half of the creation .

The pic ended on an aroused cliffhanger which left audiences reeling for calendar week afterward . The ending is still often discussed among fans over a year after its release , and will most in all likelihood be a common talk item in the long time to come .

Worst: King Dinosaur (1955) - 2.1/10

This film follow two scientist as they venture on a journey to search a newly discovered major planet . While there , they first encounter typical ground animate being before bump jumbo insects , snake in the grass , and prehistorical creature . They eventually run into the " king dinosaur , " which is in reality just some guy rope ’s best-loved iguana take to look gigantic . If it helps , the Iguana iguana can abide on its hind legs .

As a means of defense against the prehistorical fauna whose territories they entered , the scientists nuke the island after they leave it , killing off its inhabitants . For scientists whose goal was to take the planet , they were quick to destroy it . This film was also feature onMystery Science Theater 3000 .

Best: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - 8.6/10

This was the very firstStar Warsfilm produced and released and catalyzed what would finally be a world-wide phenomenon . This film is chronologically the fourth in the main plot line and follows Luke Skywalker , who join Obi - Wan Kenobi , Han Solo , and Chewbacca to relieve Princess Leia from Darth Vader .

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From the epical storey , loveable character , and the phenomenal soundtrack , it immediately vibrate with audience upon its release and still vibrate with audiences to this day and has engender foursequels , three prequels , and several boob tube and plastic film spinoffs , with more on the way .

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Worst: Dracula 3000 (2004) - 2.1/10

ThisDraculaadaptation takes Bram Stoker ’s story and set it in space in the yr 3000 . It follows Captain Van Helsing and his crew as they salvage an abandon ship call the Demeter . They discover that the gang vanished after receive load from a post visit Transylvania . Among the cargo is Count Dracula . The salvage gang then sets out to defeat Dracula .

While horror has been successfully set in space in picture such as theAlienfranchise orEvent Horizon , blank space and vampires of all thing are just an unmated mix . blank space could allow for the rendering of vampires as alien , but the traditional vampire we all get it on and love life does not conform to well in space .

Best: Interstellar (2014) - 8.6/10

Interstellartakes position in the mid-21st century after a crop blight and detritus storms pest   Earth . The main character , Joseph Cooper , is a former cosmonaut and currently farm corn , the only feasible harvest while endure with his children and his don - in - law . He is   afterwards recruited for a mission to pilot a ship and accede a wormhole near Saturn as part of a plan to ensure humankind ’s survival .

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Christopher Nolan directed the film and co - wrote the script with his brother , Jonathan , and Hans Zimmer , who often collaborates with Nolan , wrote the soundtrack . Between the Nolans and Zimmer , Interstellarwas always go to be a well - made movie .

Space Movies

Worst: Turks In Space (2006) - 1.7/10

Turks in Space ,   also known asThe Son of the Man Who Saved the World ,   is a science fiction comedy movie about a Turkish family and their crew as they search space after the male parent had saved the Earth . The plot of ground chiefly follows the Word , who embark on a journeying to receive the work party after they go missing   during a spacewalk .

In malice of being a comedy , the film take itself too in earnest , which may have been its downfall . The actors overplay , and the particular effects were second-rate at well .

Best: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - 8.7/10

This film was the first sequel to the originalStar Warsfilm . It follow Luke , Leia , and Han as they continue to fight with the Rebel Alliance against Darth Vader . This film marks the first appearance of the Jedi Master Yoda and Han ’s admirer Lando Calrissian and depicts iconic scenes in the dealership such as Han being freeze in carbonite , Leia being held jailed by Jabba the Hutt , and Luke losing a mitt .

The Empire Strikes Backcontinues the first film ’s larger-than-life storytelling and phenomenal music while continuing to follow the same lovable characters while introduce more ,   which give way for the film to be as well - received as the first cinema .

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Fire Maidens

WALL-E

Space Mutiny

Infinity War

King Dinosaur

A New Hope

Dracula 3000

Matthew McConaughey as Cooper cries when recieving a phonecall from Murph in Interstellar

Turks in Space

Empire Strikes Back

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