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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Deutsch
Description
The first science-fiction film brought out in East Germany, The silent star is based on Stanislaw Lem's mysterious novel, The astronauts (1951). In it, an international expedition is sent to Venus to decipher a message found in the Gobi desert, and discovers it is a declaration of war on Earth. This original and unedited version of the film is here available for the first time with English subtitles. The silent star has its own unique Cold War history....
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Admired astronaut Scorch Supernova is a national hero to the blue alien population of planet Baab. A master of daring rescues, Scorch pulls off astonishing feats with the quiet aid of his nerdy brother, Gary, head of mission control at BASA.
3) Planet 51
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
American astronaut Captain Charles T. Baker thinks he is the first person to set foot on Planet 51. Little does he know the planet is inhabited by little green people who live in a cheerful innocent world. The only fear they have is that their planet will be overtaken by alien invaders from planet Earth. Now, before he becomes part of the Planet 51 Alien Invaders Space Museum, Captain Baker, with the help of his new friend, Lem, must figure out a...
4) Gravity
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A brilliant engineer is on her first shuttle mission, with a veteran astronaut and acting space commander. Then disaster strikes the shuttle, leaving the two completely out of touch with Earth. With little oxygen and energy left, how will they survive?
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
At the Dawn of Man, a group of hominids encounters a mysterious black monolith that is alien to their surroundings. A hominid discovers the first weapon, using a bone to kill prey. The bone is tossed in the air and it's a 21st century spacecraft hovering over the Earth, skipping ahead millions of years in technological development only to imply that man hasn't advanced very far at all psychologically. U.S. scientist Dr. Heywood Floyd travels to the...
6) The Martian
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2015
Language
English
Description
After a bad storm blows across Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet, he must find a way to signal Earth and in the meantime survive on limited supplies.
7) Passengers
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two passengers board a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet. The trip takes a deadly turn when their hibernation pods mysteriously wake them 90 years before they reach their destination. As Jim and Aurora try to unravel the mystery behind the malfunction, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction, only to be threatened by the imminent collapse of the ship and the discovery of the truth behind...
8) Gravity
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further...
9) Moonfall
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurdling on a collision course with life, as we know it. With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and former astronaut Jo Fowler is convinced she has the key to saving us all, but only one astronaut from her past, Brian Harper and a conspiracy theorist K.C. Houseman believe her. These unlikely heroes will mount an impossible...
10) Lightyear
Publisher
Disney/Pixar
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Discover the story of the man behind the toy as the legendary Space Ranger goes on an intergalactic adventure and gets stranded with only ambitious -- but untrained -- recruits and his robot companion cat.
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