Curated category
American space adventure films
- The Mandalorian and GroguThe Mandalorian and Grogu had its world premiere at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles on the 14th of May 2026. It was the first Star Wars film to open in…
- Avengers: Infinity WarAvengers: Infinity War ends with its villain sitting alone on a distant planet, watching a sunrise. He has just erased half of all life in the universe.
- First Man (film)First Man, the 2018 biographical drama directed by Damien Chazelle, opens not with the Moon but with a moment of quiet terror.
- Star Wars (film)Star Wars opened on the 25th of May 1977, in just 32 theaters across the United States. The cast and crew believed it would be a failure.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey2001: A Space Odyssey premiered on the 2nd of April 1968 at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C., before an audience that included critics who were, in…
- Apollo 11 (1996 film)Apollo 11, a 1996 American docudrama television film, brought the story of humanity's first Moon landing back to living rooms on the 17th of November, 1996.
- Star Wars: StarfighterShawn Levy flew to London in the mid-2010s specifically to meet with Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. He expressed his love for the Star Wars franchise…
- Rogue OneRogue One: A Star Wars Story ends with two lead characters trapped in a citadel on Scarif, unable to escape a demolition beam.
- Apollo 13 (film)Apollo 13, the 1995 film directed by Ron Howard, opens on the night of the 20th of July, 1969, with astronaut Jim Lovell watching Neil Armstrong take his…
- Flash Gordon (serial)Alex Raymond launched the Flash Gordon comic strip in 1934, introducing readers to a hero who would soon conquer cinema.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)Star Wars: The Clone Wars opened not in a galaxy far, far away, but in a boardroom decision that surprised nearly everyone involved.
- SpaceballsIn a galaxy very, very, very, very far away, the ruthless Spaceballs led by President Skroob squander their planet's atmosphere.