# I need good movies about space and space travel.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-good-movies-about-space-and-space-travel/589331>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 17, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-good-movies-about-space-and-space-travel/589331 "2011-07-17T07:13:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5f8ce5/32.png) [@The\_Peyote\_Coyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Peyote_Coyote)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-good-movies-about-space-and-space-travel/589331/21 "2011-07-18T17:08:06Z")

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I second _Dark Star_. It’s an hilarious movie.  
I’m surprised no one mentioned _Aliens_.

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**Author:** ![Enilno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58f4c7/32.png) [@Enilno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enilno)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-good-movies-about-space-and-space-travel/589331/22 "2011-07-18T17:14:44Z")

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The anime series [Planetes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes) focuses on a group of orbital debris collector based off a space station set in the near future. The technical aspect of space travel is done with a lot of realism.

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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-good-movies-about-space-and-space-travel/589331/23 "2011-07-18T17:18:38Z")

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Joe Dante’s [Explorers](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089114/) should fit the bill.

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