Best Space Movies
The best space movies ever made, ranked by audience score. Project Hail Mary takes it at 8.7, and the 20 films below prove how much range the premise has — Interstellar, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Avengers: Endgame pull it in completely different directions.
20 titles · average score 7.8 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
Project Hail Mary (2026)
★ 8.7 · 7,141 ratingsScience teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the…
- 2
Interstellar (2014)
★ 8.5 · 40,791 ratingsThe adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
- 3
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)
★ 8.2 · 3,478 ratingsHaving thwarted Bowser's previous plot to marry Princess Peach, Mario and Luigi now face a fresh threat in Bowser Jr., who is determined to liberate his father from captivity and restore the family legacy. Alongside…
- 4
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
★ 8.2 · 28,349 ratingsAfter the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo…
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Alien (1979)
★ 8.2 · 16,683 ratingsDuring its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a…
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How this list is ranked
Nothing on this page is hand-picked to hit a word count. We pull films matching this list's criteria from TMDB, require a real audience behind each score, and rank by that score — 20 titles averaging 7.8. The page rebuilds daily, so new releases appear here as soon as enough people have rated them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best space movie?
Project Hail Mary (2026) at 8.7, ahead of Interstellar and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. All 20 films on this page average 7.8.
How do you find space movies?
Through TMDB's keyword tagging, which is maintained by its community and goes far deeper than genre labels — it catches films that share a premise even when they belong to completely different genres.
Is this list updated?
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