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51. About Us (2017)
Not Rated | 70 min | Drama, Romance
Two young students experience their first love.
Directors: Mauro Carvalho, Thiago Cazado | Stars: Thiago Cazado, Rodrigo Bittes, Carmem Moretzsohn, Rodrigo Bezerra
Votes: 448
52. Wonders of the Universe (I) (2011)
TV-G | 59 min | Documentary, Family
Professor Brian Cox visits some of the most dramatic parts of the globe to explain the fundamental principles that govern the laws of nature - light, gravity, energy, matter and time. With ... See full summary »
Stars: Brian Cox, Steven Mackintosh
Votes: 4,342
53. Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A documentary about two different searches conducted in the Chilean Atacama Desert: one by astronomers looking for answers about the history of the cosmos, and one by women looking for the remains of loved ones killed by Pinochet's regime.
Director: Patricio Guzmán | Stars: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez, Luís Henríquez, Miguel Lawner
Votes: 6,140
54. Genesis: Paradise Lost (2017)
PG | 130 min | Documentary, Animation
If there is one part of the Bible that has undergone more scrutiny and abuse than any other, it is the very beginning-GENESIS. Both from within and without the church, assaults on GENESIS ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph Strean | Stars: Voddie Baucham Jr., Andrew J. Fabich, Georgia Purdom, Charles Jackson
Votes: 806 | Gross: $1.44M
55. A Brief History of Time (1991)
G | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
A film about the life and work of the cosmologist, Stephen Hawking, who despite his near total paralysis, was one of the great minds of all time.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Stephen Hawking, Isobel Hawking, Janet Humphrey, Mary Hawking
Votes: 5,920 | Gross: $2.28M
56. Nightfall (1988)
PG-13 | 83 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi
On a planet with perpetual daylight, nightfall's arrival brings destruction. A dramatic depiction of Asimov's award-winning story, exploring the clash between science and superstition as darkness looms.
Director: Paul Mayersberg | Stars: David Birney, Sarah Douglas, Alexis Kanner, Andra Millian
Votes: 777
57. Alien Worlds (2020)
TV-PG | 174 min | Documentary, Animation, Sci-Fi
Applying the laws of life on Earth to rest of the galaxy, this series blends science facts and fiction to imagine alien life on other planets.
Stars: Sophie Okonedo, Leigh Joel Scott, Douglas Vakoch, Natalie Batalha
Votes: 4,208
58. A Woman of Distinction (1950)
85 min | Comedy
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a... See full summary »
Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter
Votes: 549
59. A Tight Spot (1982)
92 min | Comedy
In this light, fluffy comedy, a low-level clerk cannot make ends meet because his brood is in no way economically cooperative: his daughter is a lawyer looking for work, unsuccessfully; his... See full summary »
Director: Milivoje 'Mica' Milosevic | Stars: Nikola Simic, Milan 'Lane' Gutovic, Rahela Ferari, Ruzica Sokic
Votes: 3,728
60. No Doubt in Us (2021– )
TV-14 | 14 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
When an emperor accidentally switches bodies with his empress, the two must deal with the awkward fallouts as they learn to accept each other.
Stars: Jiaqi Xu, Ketsu, Shangqing Su, Tianxiang Yang
Votes: 190
61. Gorath (1962)
Not Rated | 83 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A Tokyo scientist and his colleagues shift Earth to avoid a red-hot planet on a collision course.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Ryô Ikebe, Yumi Shirakawa, Akira Kubo, Kumi Mizuno
Votes: 903
62. Asteroid (1997 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 122 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to ... See full summary »
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Michael Biehn, Annabella Sciorra, Zach Charles, Don Franklin
Votes: 2,129
63. Post Impact (2004)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
After a meteor strike starts a new ice age, a group of survivors tries to find a device that could give mankind new hope
Director: Christoph Schrewe | Stars: Dean Cain, Bettina Zimmermann, Joanna Taylor, Nigel Bennett
Votes: 2,461
64. Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010)
88 min | Documentary
In this comprehensive cosmology series Stephen Hawking looks at the entire universe, from the Big Bang to the end of time.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Hawking, Melissa Ricci, Christopher Goh
Votes: 5,554
65. The Universe (2007–2015)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History
This educational show explores many scientific questions and topics about the universe (Big Bang, the Sun, the planets, black holes, other galaxies, astrobiology etc.) through latest CGI, data and interviews with scientists.
Stars: Erik Thompson, Alex Filippenko, Laura Danly, Clifford V. Johnson
Votes: 5,935
66. Frankie Starlight (1995)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance, War
A writer with dwarfism shares the story of his unconventional, though not altogether bad, upbringing as his mother struggled to raise him in the mid-20th century with help from a surrogate father.
Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Stars: Matt Dillon, Anne Parillaud, Gabriel Byrne, Corban Walker
Votes: 930 | Gross: $0.08M
67. Insomniacs After School (2023)
113 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two insomniac students meet and start to spend their nights in an observatory together.
Director: Chihiro Ikeda | Stars: Nana Mori, Yuki Sakurai, Megumi, Masato Hagiwara
Votes: 67
68. Oi apenanti (1981)
121 min | Drama, Romance
On a hot Athenian July, a reclusive Astronomy student spots a disillusioned woman with his telescope, and his dull existence takes on a new meaning. They coexist in time and space; but, they are so far apart. Will they ever become one?
Directors: Giorgos Panousopoulos, Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, Giorgos Tsemperopoulos | Stars: Betty Livanou, Aris Retsos, Giorgos Siskos, Dora Volanaki
Votes: 458
69. Passage de Venus (1874)
1 min | Documentary, Short
Series of photographs of the transit of the planet Venus across the Sun in 1874.
Director: P.J.C. Janssen
Votes: 2,095
70. New Year's Day (1989)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama
A man returns to his sublet apartment to find the previous tenants, three offbeat young women, still in residence, under the mistaken belief that they have the apartment until the end of New Year's Day.
Director: Henry Jaglom | Stars: Maggie Wheeler, Gwen Welles, Melanie Winter, Henry Jaglom
Votes: 344
71. Tada Never Falls in Love (2018)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance
Mitsuyoshi Tada is a quiet but friendly soul, but he has never known love. Then one day, he meets transfer student Teresa Wagner and his life changes forever.
Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Manaka Iwami, Mamoru Miyano, Jessie James Grelle
Votes: 1,100
72. One Starry Christmas (2014 TV Movie)
TV-G | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When journeying by bus to surprise her boyfriend for Christmas, Holly meets a charming cowboy who accompanies her.
Director: John Bradshaw | Stars: Sarah Carter, Damon Runyan, Paul Popowich, Kathleen Laskey
Votes: 2,338
73. Journey to the Edge of the Universe (2008 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary, Family
A journey through space and time.
Director: Yavar Abbas | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Sean Pertwee, Paul Essiembre
Votes: 4,429
74. The Heavenly Body (1944)
Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
The neglected wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.
Directors: Alexander Hall, Vincente Minnelli | Stars: William Powell, Hedy Lamarr, James Craig, Fay Bainter
Votes: 1,039
75. A Christmas Star (2021 TV Movie)
84 min | Romance
An astronomer predicts that a new meteor shower will appear over a tiny town. Can she convince the locals to help with her discovery at the expense of a Christmas tradition?
Director: Jessica Harmon | Stars: Sara Canning, Daniel Lissing, Joanne Wilson, Juliette Hawk
Votes: 991
76. Nightfall (2000 Video)
R | 82 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When a distant planet's six suns slowly disappear, the population is overwhelmed with fear and superstition.
Director: Gwyneth Gibby | Stars: Jennifer Burns, Winsome Brown, Joseph Hodge, David Carradine
Votes: 488
77. The Zula Patrol (2005–2012)
TV-Y7 | 28 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A wacky fun-filled show about a group of aliens who travel the galaxies exploring and getting in and out of danger, all the while teaching young kids ages pre-school through second grade ... See full summary »
Stars: Karen Strassman, Frank Welker, Tress MacNeille, Nancy Cartwright
Votes: 148
78. 200 Proofs Earth Is Not a Spinning Ball (2015 Video)
119 min | Documentary, Comedy, Fantasy
Stars: Cabbage, Eric Dubay
Votes: 169
79. Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (2012)
Not Rated | 143 min | Crime, Drama
Set in the 1950s, a group of young girls in upstate New York form their own gang.
Director: Laurent Cantet | Stars: Raven Adamson, Katie Coseni, Madeleine Bisson, Claire Mazerolle
Votes: 2,383
80. The Lady in Question (1940)
Approved | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery
A juror in a murder trial takes pity on the recently acquitted defendant and invites her to move into his family's home and his son soon falls in love with her.
Director: Charles Vidor | Stars: Brian Aherne, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Irene Rich
Votes: 936
81. The Laws of Thermodynamics (2018)
TV-MA | 100 min | Comedy
A neurotic scientist tries to balance his love story with a famous top model with his obsession about the Laws of the Thermodynamics governing their relationship.
Director: Mateo Gil | Stars: Vito Sanz, Berta Vázquez, Chino Darín, Vicky Luengo
Votes: 2,934
82. Donovan's Echo (2011)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A series of uncanny déjà vu events force a man to re-examine his tragic past, memory, instinct, and future.
Director: Jim Cliffe | Stars: Danny Glover, Kyarra Willis, Karen Holness, Bruce Greenwood
Votes: 1,957
83. Luminous (2022)
95 min | Documentary
LUMINOUS tells the story of the first astronomer in history to publicly predict the near-future explosion of a star--will he be right? Others in the astronomical community are skeptical, ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Smartt | Stars: Larry Molnar, Owen Gingerich, Elise Crull, Matthew Stanley
Votes: 21
84. Xploration Outer Space (2014– )
30 min | Documentary, Family
Host Emily Calandrelli, Harvard scholar and former Nasa employee, takes viewers on incredible journeys through space. She visits various NASA facilities as we search for answers about our universe.
Stars: Emily Calandrelli, Robert Zubrin, Marc D. Rayman, Story Musgrave
Votes: 64
85. Pavilion of Women (2001)
R | 116 min | Drama, Romance, War
With World War 2 looming, a prominent family in China must confront the contrasting ideas of traditionalism, communism and Western thinking, while dealing with the most important ideal of all: love and its meaning in society.
Director: Ho Yim | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Luo Yan, Sau Sek, John Cho
Votes: 1,078 | Gross: $0.04M
86. Quatermass II (1955)
188 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Horror
Professor Quatermass is trying to perfect a dangerously unstable nuclear-powered rocket engine. After a disastrous test firing in Australia, his soon-to-be son-in-law, Captain John Dillon, ... See full summary »
Stars: John Robinson, Monica Grey, Hugh Griffith, John Stone
Votes: 486
87. An Innocent Love (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Romance
A gifted 14-year-old junior at the University of Washington replies to an ad of a 19-year-old freshman to be her maths tutor, paving the way for a friendship and a silent first crush. Will the kind genius master the lessons of the heart?
Director: Roger Young | Stars: Melissa Sue Anderson, Doug McKeon, Steven Bauer, Kristoff St. John
Votes: 120
88. The History of Flat Earth (2017 Video)
97 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, Mike Collins, Betty Grissom
Votes: 39
89. Wonders of the Solar System (2010)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Family
In this spellbinding series Professor Brian Cox visits the most extreme locations on Earth to explain how the laws of physics carved natural wonders across the solar system.
Stars: Brian Cox, Carolyn Porco, Richard Hoover, Ralph Lorenz
Votes: 4,718
90. The Flat Earth Conspiracy (2014 Video)
89 min | Documentary, History
This movie attempts to prove that the earth is flat. Arguments used are not scientifically proven unfortunately.
Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Bill Anders, Neil Armstrong, Alan Bean
Votes: 29
91. Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa (2018)
85 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
A young Leonardo Da Vinci helps his friend Lisa recover her father's farm after his barn and crops are destroyed by a fire, and they set off in search of a fabulous treasure.
Director: Sergio Manfio | Stars: Johnny Yong Bosch, Cherami Leigh, Bryce Papenbrook, Faith Graham
Votes: 618
92. Supernova (2005–2006)
29 min | Comedy
British astronomer Paul Hamilton leaves London for a new life in a remote Australian settlement.
Stars: Rob Brydon, Hollie Andrew, Tim Draxl, Damion Hunter
Votes: 245
93. Asteroid in Love (2020– )
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When she was little, Mira Kinohata met a boy named Ao at a campsite in town. While gazing at the starry sky together, Mira learns that there's a star with the same name as herself, but no ... See full summary »
Stars: Tomoyo Takayanagi, Megumi Yamaguchi, Lindsay Seidel, Reina Ueda
Votes: 253
94. Space's Deepest Secrets (2016– )
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
The stories of the men and women who pushed their ingenuity and curiosity beyond the limits to uncover some of the most groundbreaking findings in the history of space exploration.
Stars: David O'Brien, Michelle Thaller, Hakeem Oluseyi, Phil Plait
Votes: 290
95. Brightest Star (2013)
TV-14 | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After the heartbreaking end of his first love, a recent college graduate sets out to win back the girl of his dreams only to discover a greater journey awaits him.
Director: Maggie Kiley | Stars: Christopher Lowell, Rose McIver, Jessica Szohr, Alex Kaluzhsky
Votes: 1,165
96. The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005)
PG | 95 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
Kamran is a 12-year-old boy in the present day who discovers that his ancestor is 11th-century mathematician, astronomer, and poet of Persia Omar Khayyam. The story has been passed down in ... See full summary »
Director: Kayvan Mashayekh | Stars: Adam Echahly, Bruno Lastra, Moritz Bleibtreu, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 808 | Gross: $0.22M
97. Torzók (2001)
100 min | Drama
Áron is a happy child in his family. But at some point things take a different turn, and his mother starts to lose her health rapidly. As this happens, the man in charge decides what's best... See full summary »
Director: Árpád Sopsits | Stars: Tamás Mészáros, Szabolcs Csizmadia, Attila Zsilák, Péter Müller
Votes: 616
98. The Milky Way (1940)
Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
The Three Little Kittens tie helium balloons to a basket and travel up to the Milky Way, which is filled with all the milk they can drink.
Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Geneva Hall, Jeanne Dunne, Bernice Hansen, The Rhythmettes
Votes: 862
99. Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time (2019)
TV-PG | 29 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
View what the modern science points to what the future looks like from the present year all the way to trillions upon trillions of years into the future.
Director: John D. Boswell | Stars: David Attenborough, Sean Carroll, Craig Childs, Brian Cox
Votes: 457
100. In Search of the Lost Future (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
An astronomy club gets caught up in a bizarre series of events at an old school building while trying to unravel the circumstances revolving around the sudden appearance of a mysterious transfer student named Yui.
Stars: Kappei Yamaguchi, Takuma Terashima, Kei Mizusawa, Tomoe Tamiyasu
Votes: 94