Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "exploding-spaceship"

1. Dune (2021)

PG-13 | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac

Votes: 862,438 | Gross: $108.33M

2. Alien (1979)

R | 117 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 952,859 | Gross: $78.90M

3. Aliens (1986)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser

Votes: 764,312 | Gross: $85.16M

4. Prometheus (I) (2012)

R | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Following clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron

Votes: 644,993 | Gross: $126.48M

5. Alien: Covenant (2017)

R | 122 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride

Votes: 304,507 | Gross: $74.26M

6. Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)

PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again in the conclusion of the Skywalker saga.

Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver

Votes: 494,341 | Gross: $515.20M

7. Ender's Game (2013)

PG-13 | 114 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.

Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin

Votes: 254,492 | Gross: $61.74M

8. Cloud Atlas (2012)

R | 172 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.

Directors: Tom Tykwer, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 374,667 | Gross: $27.11M

9. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)

PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Rey develops her abilities with the help of Luke Skywalker, as the Resistance prepares for battle against the First Order.

Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher

Votes: 672,972 | Gross: $620.18M

10. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father, the ambitious celestial being Ego.

Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel

Votes: 760,741 | Gross: $389.81M

11. Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

A spaceship arrives in 1873 Arizona to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. All that stands in their way: a posse of cowboys and natives.

Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Abigail Spencer

Votes: 232,731 | Gross: $100.24M

12. Predators (2010)

R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A group of elite warriors parachute into an unfamiliar jungle and are hunted by members of a merciless alien race.

Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Adrien Brody, Laurence Fishburne, Topher Grace, Alice Braga

Votes: 244,197 | Gross: $52.00M

13. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957)

Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Evil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible "Plan 9" into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger.

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. | Stars: Gregory Walcott, Tom Keene, Mona McKinnon, Duke Moore

Votes: 40,495

14. Serenity (2005)

PG-13 | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.

Director: Joss Whedon | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alan Tudyk

Votes: 305,903 | Gross: $25.51M

15. Battlefield Earth (2000)

PG-13 | 117 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

It's the year 3000 A.D., and the Earth is lost to the alien race of Psychlos. Humanity is enslaved by these gold-thirsty tyrants, who are unaware that their 'man-animals' are about to ignite the rebellion of a lifetime.

Director: Roger Christian | Stars: John Travolta, Forest Whitaker, Barry Pepper, Kim Coates

Votes: 83,157 | Gross: $21.47M

16. Silent Running (1972)

G | 89 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's botany, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.

Director: Douglas Trumbull | Stars: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint

Votes: 31,504 | Gross: $0.69M

17. Dark Star (1974)

G | 83 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich, Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm

Votes: 27,304

18. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

PG | 103 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation conspiracy against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion.

Director: Jonathan Frakes | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton

Votes: 79,535 | Gross: $70.12M

19. Forbidden World (1982)

R | 77 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.

Director: Allan Holzman | Stars: Don Olivera, Jesse Vint, June Chadwick, Linden Chiles

Votes: 6,316

20. Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)

PG | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

On a distant planet inhabited by mutants, two bounty-hunters race to rescue three Earth female captives from the clutches of an evil mutant warlord.

Director: Lamont Johnson | Stars: Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Andrea Marcovicci

Votes: 6,636 | Gross: $16.48M

21. Space Truckers (1996)

PG-13 | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

A space trucker and his cute fiancee are on their way from a space station to Earth with an unknown cargo. When space pirates hijack them, 5000 disintegrator robots are found in the cargo.

Director: Stuart Gordon | Stars: Tim Loane, Ian Beattie, Olwen Fouéré, Shane Rimmer

Votes: 8,717

22. Robot Overlords (2014)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Earth has been conquered by robots from a distant galaxy. Survivors are confined to their houses and must wear electronic implants, risking incineration by robot sentries if they venture outside.

Director: Jon Wright | Stars: Ben Kingsley, Gillian Anderson, Callan McAuliffe, Ella Hunt

Votes: 7,685

23. Star Crystal (1986)

R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

Crew members aboard a space ship encounter an alien life form intent on killing them.

Director: Lance Lindsay | Stars: C. Juston Campbell, Faye Bolt, John W. Smith, Taylor Kingsley

Votes: 1,248

24. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.

Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West, The Woolly Monkey

Votes: 7,166

25. Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012–2013)

TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the year 2199, the space battleship Yamato embarks on a voyage to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a device that will rejuvenate a war-ravaged Earth.

Stars: Mallorie Rodak, Monica Rial, Jamie Marchi, Mike McFarland

Votes: 1,182

26. Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)

TV-14 | 91 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Humanity, their alien allies, and Godzilla all enter their endgame as the powerful destructive entity known as Ghidorah arrives on Earth.

Directors: Hiroyuki Seshita, Kôbun Shizuno | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Takahiro Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita

Votes: 4,921

27. Mutant Action (1993)

93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

In a future ruled by attractive people, mutant terrorists kidnap a rich man's daughter to claim rights for the ugly. Escaping police, the mutant leader crashes into a planet of crazy miners where no women live.

Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Frédérique Feder, Juan Viadas

Votes: 5,789

28. Android (1982)

PG | 80 min | Sci-Fi

A strange doctor secretly experiments with androids on his space station. His assistant is Max, a curious android who wants to see the world and meet a girl. Criminals hide on their station and soon violence erupts.

Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Don Keith Opper, Brie Howard, Norbert Weisser

Votes: 2,574

29. Lily C.A.T. (1987 Video)

TV-14 | 67 min | Animation, Action, Horror

The expendable crew of a corporate space vessel must stop a murderous shape-shifting alien organism that somehow got on board.

Director: Hisayuki Toriumi | Stars: Hiroyuki Okita, Masako Katsuki, Osamu Saka, Chikao Ôtsuka

Votes: 1,208

30. Droid Gunner (1995)

R | 90 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A futuristic bounty hunter is assigned to track down four female androids smuggled to Earth for illicit purposes.

Director: Fred Olen Ray | Stars: Marc Singer, Matthias Hues, Rochelle Swanson, Robin Clarke

Votes: 971

31. Star Blazers 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark (2014)

115 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi

2199 AD. Yamato tries to leave behind the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy after receiving a Cosmo Reverse System at its destination, Iscandar. However, suddenly it encounters a mysterious ... See full summary »

Directors: Katsuichi Nakayama, Makoto Bessho, Yutaka Izubuchi | Stars: Kenji Akabane, Kazusa Amagai, Shigeru Chiba, Yûki Chiba

Votes: 204

32. Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! (1991–1992)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Galactic hero Bucky O'Hare and his brave crew battle the evil toads bent on conquering the universe. A young boy genius from the human universe joins Bucky's crew.

Stars: Garry Chalk, Scott McNeil, Shane Meier, Sam Vincent

Votes: 896

33. Bulletstorm (2011 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Commando Grayson Hunt, his team, and their evil boss General Sarrano, whom they want dead, crash land on the planet Stygia, a former elite resort now overrun with killer plants, feral cannibal gangs and monsters with acid for blood.

Director: James D. Mortellaro | Stars: Steve Blum, Andrew Kishino, Jennifer Hale, Chris Cox

Votes: 2,228

34. Galaxy of Horrors (2017)

105 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

Trapped in a damaged cryogenic pod, a man is forced to watch a series of horrific science-fiction tales while his life support systems run out. Featuring eight intense stories of the ... See full summary »

Directors: Dennis Cabella, Javier Chillon, Todd Cobery, Andrew Desmond, Benni Diez, Marcello Ercole, Richard Karpala, Justin McConnell, Antonio Padovan, Fabio Prati, Ethan Shaftel, Marinko Spahic | Stars: Gabriele Angieri, Bela B., Olli Banjo, Adam Buller

Votes: 879

35. Welcome to Earth (2019)

18 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

It's 2618 and humans are extinct. Four aliens travel to Earth to visit the museum of humanity. There they find the story of the last heroes of humanity, setting out to find help. Welcome to... See full summary »

Director: Daan van 't Einde | Stars: Marloes Blokland, Floris Boone, Babette Engelgeer, George Hansel

Votes: 102

36. Lethal Target (1999)

Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A young female marshal goes undercover on a deathtrap starship to prevent a terrifying alien invasion.

Director: Lloyd A. Simandl | Stars: C.C. Costigan, Josh Barker, Kim Sill, David Fisher

Votes: 290

37. Alien: Resurrection (2000 Video Game)

M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Over the course of 10 solo FPS missions, help Ripley, Call, Distephano and Christie destroy all Ripley clones and stabilize the USM Auriga for long enough to escape to Betty in this loose video game adaptation of the eponymous movie.

Stars: Steven Gilborn, Lani Minella, Theresa Rizzo, Raymond Cruz

Votes: 231

38. Artifact (2013)

Action, Adventure, Drama

Human's struggle to obtain ancient Artifacts that have been scattered throughout space.

Stars: Cesar D' La Torre, Rich Finley, Ksenia Valenti, Daniel Begus

Votes: 56

39. Aliens Redemption (2019)

36 min | Short, Action, Horror

The Weyland Yutani company regains its power, and something happens on Planet Xenon, communications ceased 6 days ago, and Colonel Jacinto sends a team of commandos to check the situation.

Director: Rui Constantino | Stars: Caleb Angel, Nolan Chase, Robinson Cohen, Paulo Constantino

Votes: 272

40. Hellbender (1996 Video Game)

K-A | Action, Sci-Fi

In this sequel to space combat simulator Fury³, the genetically engineered Bions return for round two. The player must destroy them with the help of an experimental space fighter called Hellbender and its female A.I. navigator, E.V.E.

Stars: Teresa Castracane, Robert Zenk, Robert Nadir, Krisha Fairchild

Votes: 70

41. Alien Syndrome (1987 Video Game)

Action, Sci-Fi

Alien Syndrome is a 1987 arcade game released by Sega. It runs on Sega System 16 hardware. The user plays as either Ricky and Mary rescuing hostages within a set time limit while blasting ... See full summary »

Votes: 51

42. Scary and Deadly Incidents in Space (2002 Video)

Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary

In charting the mysterious expanse of space, both men and women pioneers risked their lives to further mankind's reach and influence. Some of these pioneer heroes never came back, while ... See full summary »

Director: Elliott Haimoff

Votes: 5

43. Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot (1994 Video Game)

Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi

Blasternaut and his robotic friend Spot are about to embark on a journey across space, but they find that their ship's engine isn't working. Blasternaut beams Spot out for repairs, while he... See full summary »

Stars: Mark Sawyer, Laura Boedeker

Votes: 18

44. Perversions of Science (1997)
Episode: Snap Ending (1997)

TV-MA | 24 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Captain of a small spaceship must try to keep her two increasingly paranoid and hostile crewmen calm, when the ship's computer registers an unknown viral infection, activates the ship's lockdown mode and starts a self destruct sequence.

Director: Sean Astin | Stars: Jennifer Hetrick, Kathleen Wilhoite, Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton

Votes: 61

45. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode: Blaze of Glory (1997)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Driven to desperation by the Dominion, the Maquis launch a massive bio-weapons strike towards Cardassia. Sisko must trust the traitor Eddington to try to stop them.

Director: Kim Friedman | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell

Votes: 1,903

46. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode: Empok Nor (1997)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

While salvaging components from DS9's sister station, the crew run afoul of a "surprise" left behind by the Cardassians.

Director: Michael Vejar | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell

Votes: 2,032

47. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: Symbiosis (1988)

TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Enterprise encounters two neighboring cultures, one suffering from a plague, the other marketing a cure, and learns that nothing is as simple as it seems.

Director: Win Phelps | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby

Votes: 3,653

48. Centurions (1986)
Episode: An Alien Affair (1986)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Family

The Centurions are send to investigate a passing comet. When they are beamed on the comet, they find a mysterious giant creature that feeds on energy. To escape from it, the Centurions are beamed home; unfortunately, so is the alien.

Stars: Pat Fraley, Neil Ross, Vince Edwards, Ron Feinberg

Votes: 24

49. The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode: Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3 (1986)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

After escaping Quintessa, the Autobots are stranded the interstellar garbage dump, Goo 8739B. As they attempt to find a way off world, the Quintessons forge an uneasy alliance with the Decepticons.

Directors: Andy Kim, Ray Lee | Stars: Charlie Adler, Jack Angel, Susan Blu, Corey Burton

Votes: 123

50. The Transformers (1984–1987)
Episode: Five Faces of Darkness: Part 4 (1986)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rodimus Prime goes on a "vision quest" inside the Matrix to learn the Quintessons' true role in the Transformers' origins. Meanwhile, Galvatron plans a two-pronged attack on Cybertron and Earth with his newest creation: Trypticon.

Directors: Andy Kim, Ray Lee | Stars: Charlie Adler, Jack Angel, Michael Bell, Gregg Berger

Votes: 127