10 BEST OUTER SPACE MOVIES

10 BEST OUTER SPACE MOVIES

All movies in a series are lumped into one entry . . .

1) Avatar (2009)

  8/10 

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. (162 mins.)

Director: James Cameron

Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez

2) Alien (1979)  3 movies

  8.5/10 

The crew of a commercial deep space mining ship, investigating a suspected S.O.S., lands on a distant planet and discovers a nest of strange eggs. (117 mins.)

Director: Ridley Scott

Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright

3)  Stargate (1994)

  6.9/10 

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra. (121 mins.)

Director: Roland Emmerich

Stars: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Alexis Cruz, Viveca Lindfors

4) Star Wars (1977)  6 movies

  8.8/10 

Luke Skywalker, a spirited farm boy, joins rebel forces to save Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader, and the galaxy from the Empire's planet-destroying Death Star. (121 mins.)

Director: George Lucas

Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness

5) Independence Day (1996)

  6.8/10 

The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy. Fighting superior technology, Man's best weapon is the will to survive. (145 mins.)

Director: Roland Emmerich

Stars: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell

6)  Star Trek (2009)   11 movies

  8/10 

The brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful, time-traveling Romulan creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time. (127 mins.)

Director: J.J. Abrams

Stars: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Simon Pegg, Leonard Nimoy

7)  Mission to Mars (2000)

  5.4/10 

When the first manned mission to Mars meets with a catastrophic and mysterious disaster, a rescue mission is launched to investigate the tragedy and bring back any survivors. (114 mins.)

Director: Brian De Palma

Stars: Tim Robbins, Gary Sinise, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen

8)  Saturn 3 (1980)

  4.7/10 

Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid fields of Saturn are intruded upon by a retentive... (88 mins.)

Director: Stanley Donen

Stars: Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel, Ed Bishop

9)  Pandorum (2009)

  6.8/10 

A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities. (108 mins.)

Director: Christian Alvart

Stars: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue

10)  Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

  7.8/10 

After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.

Director: Steven Spielberg

Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon