mdb-astronomy&space, a list by Riz

8.7

/370104/

84

/12286/

82

/3364/

4.5

/1356183/

93

/412/

Audience

95

/6264/

79

/62/

3.5

age 13+

Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

81

8.0

/853833/

79

/34291/

77

/11310/

3.9

/2102561/

83

/514/

Audience

90

/7039/

74

/68/

3.5

age 13+

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

10

82

8.7

/2098909/

85

/70800/

84

/34060/

4.3

/2333714/

73

/378/

Audience

86

/182726/

74

/46/

3.5

age 12+

The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

53

6.3

/179326/

68

/5886/

62

/2680/

2.8

/140293/

44

/77/

Audience

65

/71418/

41

/20/

1.0

age 13+

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.

67

7.3

/321049/

75

/9567/

70

/4604/

3.8

/187941/

72

/81/

Audience

70

/224884/

52

/20/

2.0

age 17+

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".

73

7.6

/506039/

81

/23205/

75

/10315/

3.7

/284873/

71

/69/

Audience

86

/587984/

52

/22/

3.0

age 14+

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

77

7.6

/494057/

75

/18254/

76

/11210/

3.6

/1227247/

76

/450/

Audience

92

/10791/

67

/68/

3.5

age 13+

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, learn the story of the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri, and their kids), the trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they endure.

89

8.5

/950255/

84

/26376/

81

/13744/

4.3

/863922/

93

/196/

Audience

94

/461994/

89

/34/

4.0

age 15+

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

86

8.4

/762843/

83

/19322/

79

/9046/

4.2

/420833/

98

/86/

Audience

94

/431177/

84

/22/

3.5

age 15+

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story—all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.

71

7.0

/644060/

70

/23997/

65

/11660/

3.2

/351067/

73

/315/

Audience

68

/264244/

64

/43/

4.0

age 17+

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

89

8.6

/1449290/

85

/40743/

82

/19721/

4.2

/1253902/

93

/140/

Audience

96

/865491/

90

/24/

4.0

age 7+

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

10

81

7.9

/1386177/

78

/59031/

75

/30664/

3.6

/1323437/

82

/337/

Audience

82

/1387588/

83

/38/

4.0

age 13+

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization.

63

6.5

/856266/

69

/30987/

65

/13960/

2.9

/848501/

52

/237/

Audience

59

/1212599/

51

/36/

3.5

age 8+

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.

67

6.4

/303868/

67

/24377/

61

/8129/

3.0

/248657/

65

/408/

Audience

55

/64814/

65

/52/

4.0

age 16+

The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

7

71

7.2

/267370/

72

/7123/

69

/3556/

3.7

/138154/

76

/169/

Audience

73

/168726/

64

/34/

3.0

age 17+

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

61

6.4

/493194/

66

/22822/

63

/9474/

2.4

/860263/

51

/523/

Audience

86

/34981/

53

/61/

2.5

age 11+

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

64

6.7

/57224/

70

/1929/

66

/878/

3.2

/21904/

67

/36/

Audience

61

/25671/

53

/15/

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

76

7.5

/354467/

77

/11453/

72

/5451/

3.8

/200529/

82

/76/

Audience

79

/245226/

60

/17/

3.5

age 17+

Construction worker Douglas Quaid's obsession with the planet Mars leads him to visit Recall, a company who manufacture memories. Something goes wrong during his memory implant turning Doug's life upside down and even to question what is reality and what isn't.

79

7.9

/620194/

80

/22871/

74

/9565/

3.6

/241417/

94

/356/

Audience

91

/748755/

82

/46/

2.5

age 12+

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.

89

8.7

/1379413/

86

/36076/

83

/16256/

4.4

/1112707/

95

/111/

Audience

97

/1060755/

82

/25/

4.0

age 8+

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

83

7.7

/315492/

79

/9615/

74

/5167/

3.8

/156926/

96

/97/

Audience

87

/433334/

78

/22/

4.0

age 12+

The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.

79

7.8

/973568/

78

/50321/

72

/18849/

3.3

/1140902/

93

/453/

Audience

85

/239094/

80

/55/

3.5

age 10+

Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

55

6.6

/197114/

69

/7056/

65

/2644/

3.3

/129559/

34

/91/

Audience

61

/68346/

35

/20/

2.0

age 17+

In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.

78

7.8

/686291/

79

/45763/

74

/14795/

3.7

/934625/

84

/462/

Audience

87

/9505/

65

/51/

3.5

age 11+

A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

68

6.5

/61512/

69

/1915/

61

/898/

3.2

/35692/

83

/53/

Audience

69

/46838/

58

/13/

3.0

age 12+

A football player and his mates travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

8

87

8.4

/1200143/

84

/39864/

81

/18079/

4.2

/1325398/

95

/262/

Audience

90

/599721/

95

/39/

3.5

age 5+

What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report to the humans. Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most imaginative adventures ever brought to the big screen.

82

8.3

/1121193/

84

/32411/

79

/14993/

4.0

/913555/

83

/103/

Audience

94

/1016008/

58

/24/

4.0

age 8+

Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.

59

7.0

/205023/

76

/7973/

69

/3239/

3.2

/55327/

54

/50/

Audience

73

/192806/

42

/17/

1.0

age 13+

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

73

6.9

/671825/

72

/33720/

68

/14775/

3.0

/998486/

91

/485/

Audience

42

/224249/

84

/56/

4.0

age 10+

Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.

60

6.6

/758754/

70

/28011/

65

/12689/

2.8

/794649/

65

/257/

Audience

56

/857077/

54

/39/

2.0

age 9+

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.

66

6.8

/386933/

70

/16707/

65

/9982/

3.1

/247669/

67

/252/

Audience

70

/758128/

58

/38/

3.0

age 12+

Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

58

6.4

/319335/

67

/9720/

63

/5256/

2.9

/186949/

48

/65/

Audience

47

/339628/

59

/20/

age 16+

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.

64

6.9

/379072/

70

/21921/

65

/8192/

2.9

/539858/

69

/486/

Audience

63

/46276/

62

/54/

2.5

age 10+

Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian.

76

7.5

/293045/

77

/8570/

74

/4263/

3.8

/127619/

68

/68/

Audience

78

/204174/

62

/23/

4.0

age 10+

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.

66

7.1

/206497/

75

/7136/

68

/2781/

3.4

/142905/

57

/47/

Audience

83

/435505/

46

/14/

2.5

age 12+

When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?

78

7.7

/323143/

79

/10534/

76

/5996/

3.8

/181250/

82

/67/

Audience

87

/209196/

64

/20/

3.5

age 14+

In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.

83

7.7

/863095/

75

/29452/

71

/14867/

3.5

/602768/

96

/362/

Audience

79

/304096/

96

/49/

4.0

age 14+

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. 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. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

78

7.8

/305636/

81

/11393/

73

/3323/

3.7

/62759/

82

/189/

Audience

91

/313467/

74

/34/

3.0

age 13+

When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything – or anyone – to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space. But... the greatest danger of all may be on their ship.

54

6.2

/190335/

66

/5366/

62

/2836/

2.9

/60890/

45

/97/

Audience

43

/341004/

40

/20/

2.5

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.

62

6.4

/196845/

69

/19491/

66

/7252/

2.6

/148747/

48

/301/

Audience

53

/28364/

51

/45/

4.0

age 11+

In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.

71

7.0

/258459/

75

/26363/

67

/6427/

3.3

/167762/

86

/318/

Audience

80

/75428/

68

/50/

2.5

age 12+

The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.

70

6.5

/260421/

63

/15429/

61

/6359/

3.4

/324041/

83

/397/

Audience

40

/10277/

80

/56/

4.0

age 13+

The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.

59

6.6

/286188/

68

/10619/

63

/5407/

2.7

/94446/

52

/239/

Audience

60

/8596/

51

/43/

2.5

age 12+

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

70

7.2

/132988/

76

/6342/

75

/3963/

3.8

/199630/

69

/150/

Audience

72

/68741/

60

/30/

2.5

age 9+

When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

75

7.7

/497044/

78

/23158/

73

/8849/

3.3

/215211/

84

/297/

Audience

89

/14822/

72

/43/

2.5

age 12+

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

63

6.7

/208358/

73

/9635/

66

/3696/

3.3

/111867/

60

/199/

Audience

65

/233890/

63

/37/

2.0

age 10+

Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

62

58

6.3

/8373/

66

/270/

61

/163/

2.9

/10988/

Audience

62

/7290/

age 6+

Zenon Kar, a 13-year-old girl who lives on a space station in the year 2049, gets into some trouble and is banished to Earth. With help from some Earth friends she must find her way back.

75

7.3

/202201/

73

/10438/

70

/5070/

3.7

/233312/

87

/465/

Audience

68

/9182/

84

/56/