Subgenre Sampler
Outer Space: 167 Films to Buy & Rent
- Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
- Dir. Patricio Guzmán
- Famed documentarian Patricio Guzmán directs this mesmerizing journey into Chile’s recent and faraway past through the annals of astronomy,…
- Wonders of the Solar System (TV Series) (2010)
- Feat. Professor Brian Cox
- Extraordinary 5–part BBC series that takes the latest images beamed back from the fleet of probes, rovers and telescopes currently circulating…
- Alien Trespass (2009)
- Dir. R.W. Goodwin
Feat. Eric McCormack, Robert Patrick, Dan Lauria
- Old school invaders–from–space movie has prissy scientist McCormack 'inhabited' by friendly alien Urp and used to track down…
- Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2009)
- Fascinating look at the wonders of space with one of the sharpest minds on the planet. Definitive, provocative and exquisitely beautiful.
- James May on the Moon (2009)
- Feat. James May
- Presenter James May commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Apollo moon landings by meeting three of the men who walked on the moon, and flying to…
- Knowing (2009)
- Dir. Alex Proyas
Feat. Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson…
- Sci–fi thriller focused around a teacher (Cage) who opens up a time capsule from 50 years ago which unnervingly predicts accurate dates of past…
- Moon (2009)
- Dir. Duncan Jones
Feat. Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott…
- Smartly handled science fiction from the offspring of David Bowie (aka Zowie Bowie), with Sam Rockwell playing the lone occupant of an energy…
- Planet 51 (2009)
- Dir. Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad
- Cosmic comedy sees a less–than–stellar astronaut land on supposedly uninhabited Planet 51 only to find little green people living in what…
- Space Buddies (2009)
- Dir. Robert Vince
- Disney's latest entry in their talking dog series sees a pack of golden retrievers shoot for the moon. Inoffensive and cutesy kids flick should go…
- To (2001 Nights) (2009)
- Two standalone stories from Yukinobu Hoshino’s manga "2001 Nights" are vividly rendered in this 3D–animation concerning fantastical but…