What is your favorite space film?

From cerebral slow-burn odysseys to adrenaline-fueled blockbusters, space cinema covers the full spectrum of human imagination. Hard sci-fi fans and casual viewers all have a pick — what's yours?

1. 1
   Apollo 13

   Ron Howard's 1995 docudrama about the real-life NASA mission that turned a catastrophic failure into a survival triumph.
   1000pts

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2. 2
   Arrival

   Denis Villeneuve's 2016 cerebral sci-fi drama about a linguist tasked with communicating with alien visitors.
   839pts
3. 3
   2001: A Space Odyssey

   Stanley Kubrick's visionary 1968 epic following mankind's journey from the dawn of civilization to deep space.
   732pts
4. 4
   Interstellar

   Christopher Nolan's 2014 epic about a crew that travels through a wormhole near Saturn in search of humanity's new home.
   599pts
5. 5
   The Martian

   Ridley Scott's 2015 survival film about an astronaut stranded alone on Mars who must grow food to stay alive.
   599pts
6. 6
   Contact

   Robert Zemeckis' 1997 film starring Jodie Foster as an astronomer who makes first contact with an alien civilization.
   599pts
7. 7
   Alien

   Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror masterpiece where the crew of a space freighter encounters a terrifying extraterrestrial predator.
   428pts
8. 8
   Star Wars: A New Hope

   George Lucas' 1977 space opera that launched one of the most beloved franchises in film history.
   428pts
9. 9
   Gravity

   Alfonso Cuarón's breathtaking 2013 thriller about an astronaut adrift in orbit after a catastrophic accident.
   428pts
10. 10
    Moon

    Duncan Jones' 2009 intimate sci-fi gem starring Sam Rockwell as a lunar miner nearing the end of a three-year solo stint.
    428pts
11. 11
    Ad Astra

    Brad Pitt's introspective 2019 space odyssey about an astronaut searching for his missing father near Neptune.
    428pts
12. 12
    Event Horizon

    Paul W.S. Anderson's 1997 cult horror-sci-fi film about a crew investigating a ship that has returned from a dark dimension.
    428pts