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?

2001: A Space Odyssey

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

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Interstellar

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

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Gravity

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

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The Martian

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

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Apollo 13

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

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Alien

Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror masterpiece where the crew of a space freighter encounters a terrifying extraterrestrial predator.

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Star Wars: A New Hope

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

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Contact

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

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Arrival

Denis Villeneuve's 2016 cerebral sci-fi drama about a linguist tasked with communicating with alien visitors.

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Moon

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

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Ad Astra

Brad Pitt's introspective 2019 space odyssey about an astronaut searching for his missing father near Neptune.

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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.

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