American space opera films

1977 film directed by George Lucas

2014 film directed by James Gunn

Dune is a 2021 American epic space opera film co-produced and directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts and Eric Roth. It is the first of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert and the first installment in Legendary Pictures' Dune film series. The cast includes Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem. Set in the distant future, the film follows Paul Atreides as his family, the noble House Atreides, is thrust into a war for the deadly and inhospitable desert planet Arrakis.

2017 film directed by James Gunn

Dune: Part Two is a 2024 American epic space opera film co-produced and directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts. The sequel to Dune (2021), it is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert and the second installment in Legendary Pictures' Dune film series. It follows Paul Atreides as he unites with the Fremen people of the desert planet Arrakis to wage war against House Harkonnen. Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem reprise their roles from the first film, with Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, and Léa Seydoux joining the cast.

2023 Marvel Studios film by James Gunn

2022 animated film by Angus MacLane

2015 film directed by Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski

2005 film directed by Joss Whedon

Dune: Part Three is an upcoming American epic space opera film co-produced and directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Brian K. Vaughan, based on the 1969 novel Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert. It is the sequel to Dune: Part Two (2024) and the third and final film in Legendary Pictures' Dune trilogy. The film stars Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Florence Pugh, Rebecca Ferguson, Isaach de Bankolé, Charlotte Rampling, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert Pattinson, and Javier Bardem.

1979 film directed by Gary Nelson

2023 film directed by Zack Snyder

1984 film by Nick Castle

1980 film directed by Jimmy Murakami

2024 film directed by Zack Snyder

Starcrash () is a 1978 space opera film directed and co-written by Luigi Cozzi, and starring Marjoe Gortner, Caroline Munro, David Hasselhoff, Joe Spinell and Christopher Plummer.

1988 film directed by David Winters and Neal Sundstrom

2002 television film directed by Mike Vejar

Upcoming live film

2017 film directed by Ian Truitner

1979 film by Daniel Haller