Films set on spacecraft

Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Jonathan Nolan. It features an ensemble cast led by Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, and Michael Caine. Set in a dystopian future where Earth is suffering from catastrophic blight and famine, the film follows a group of astronauts who travel through space in search of a new home for humanity.

1968 film by Stanley Kubrick

1979 film by Ridley Scott

2012 film directed by Ridley Scott

2002 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements

2016 film by Morten Tyldum

2022 animated film by Angus MacLane

1997 film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet

2017 film by Ridley Scott

Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks. It primarily parodies the original Star Wars trilogy, but also other popular franchises such as Star Trek, Alien, The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, and Transformers. The film stars Bill Pullman, John Candy, Rick Moranis and Daphne Zuniga, with the supporting cast including Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Lorene Yarnell, and the voice of Joan Rivers. In addition to Brooks playing a dual role, the film features Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise and Rudy De Luca in cameo appe

2007 film directed by Danny Boyle

2017 film directed by Luc Besson

2005 film directed by Joss Whedon

1997 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

2025 film directed by Bong Joon-ho

Project Hail Mary is a 2026 American science fiction film produced and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and written by Drew Goddard, based on the 2021 novel by Andy Weir. It stars Ryan Gosling, who also produced the film; Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, and Lionel Boyce appear in supporting roles. The film follows Ryland Grace, a school teacher who awakens aboard an interstellar spacecraft with no memory of how he got there.

1999 science-fiction comedy film directed by Dean Parisot

2005 film directed by Garth Jennings

2022 film directed by Roland Emmerich

2000 US science fiction film

2008 film by Brian Robbins

1986 film directed by Randal Kleiser

Pandorum is a 2009 science fiction horror film directed by Christian Alvart, produced by Robert Kulzer, Jeremy Bolt and Paul W. S. Anderson (the latter two through their Impact Pictures banner), and starring Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster. Travis Milloy wrote the screenplay from a story by Milloy and Alvart. The film's title is a fictional slang term for a form of psychosis caused by deep space and triggered by emotional stress, leading to severe paranoia, delirium, and nosebleeds. Pandorum was released on 25 September 2009 in the United States, and on 2 October 2009 in the UK. The film was poorl

2020 film directed by George Clooney

1972 film directed by Douglas Trumbull

2001 film directed by James Isaac

1998 film by Stephen Hopkins

1974 film by John Carpenter

2023 film directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods

2013 film by Shinji Aramaki

2001 anime film directed by Shin'ichirō Watanabe

2023 film directed by Klim Shipenko

1979 film directed by Gary Nelson

1987 film by Peter Jackson

2021 film directed by Jo Sung-hee

2021 film directed by Alexandre Aja

2018 film by Claire Denis

2021 film directed by Neil Burger

1985 film by Joe Dante

1992 film directed by Rupert Harvey

1978 film by Marek Piestrak

1985 film by Tobe Hooper

1984 film by Nick Castle

2010 film by Takashi Yamazaki

1997 film by Brian Trenchard-Smith

2021 film directed by Joe Penna

1980 film directed by Jimmy Murakami

2000 science fiction horror film

SpaceCamp is a 1986 American science fiction adventure film inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Directed by Harry Winer, story by Patrick Bailey and Larry B. Williams, screenplay by Clifford Green (as W. W. Wicket) and Casey T. Mitchell, the film stars Kate Capshaw, Kelly Preston, Larry B. Scott, Lea Thompson, Tate Donovan, and Joaquin Phoenix (credited as "Leaf Phoenix") in his feature film debut.

2008 film directed by Chuck Patton

1963 film by Jindřich Polák

2016 film

2009 Swiss science fiction film directed by Ivan Engler

1996 film directed by Stuart Gordon

1958 film by Edward L. Cahn

2011 film directed by Mike Disa

2020 film directed by John Suits

1984 film by Alexander Surin

2017 film directed by Kōbun Shizuno and Hiroyuki Seshita