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, 30minutesDirected by Richard Hatch
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space opera
Actors Richard Hatch, John Colicos, Terry Carter, George Murdock, Richard Lynch, Phil Brown
The Inhabited Island (2008)
, 1h55Directed by Fiodor Bondartchouk
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Vasiliy Stepanov, Ioulia Sniguir, Pyotr Fyodorov, Alekseï Serebryakov, Fiodor Bondartchouk, Sergueï Garmach
Year 2157. Maxim Kammerer (Stepanov), a space explorer from Earth, crash lands on an unknown planet. His ship is destroyed, and now he's stuck there "like Robinson on an uninhabited island" (hence the title). Maxim encounters local military police, who don't believe Maxim is alien and send him to mental hospital in the capital. Guy Gaal (Fyodorov), a corporal of the Guards, is assigned to escort Maxim.
Be Forever Yamato (1980)
, 2h25Directed by Toshio Masuda
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Kei Tomiyama, Yōko Asagami, Shūsei Nakamura, Akira Kamiya, Banjō Ginga, Ichirō Nagai
The Black Nebula Empire, last seen in Yamato: The New Voyage, lands a huge fortress on Earth and sends out an invasion force, with the Black Nebulan fleet wipes out Earth's space fleets. The fortress contains a bomb capable of destroying half the planet. The Nebulans threaten to use it if they are attacked.
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Superhero films, Political films, Dystopian films, Space opera, Children's films, Disaster films
Actors Tara Strong, Meagan Smith, Dave Wittenberg, Paul Eiding, Steven Blum, Jim Ward
During a battle with Dr. Animo, Ben Kirby Tennyson's destruction of the scientist's "DNA bomb" accidentally sets off a self-destruct protocol in the Omnitrix. Its activation alerts Tetrax (known as Hoverboard in "Hunted"), who travels with his alien blob-like pilot Gluto to Earth in order to retrieve Ben. He explains the situation to Ben, who hasn't figured out the meaning of the countdown. He leaves Gwen and Grandpa Max behind, not wanting the latter to be recognized during their trip. Gwen sneaks on board anyway. Using the advanced medical equipment on board his ship, Tetrax finds the DNA signature of the Omnitrix's creator, Azmuth, and tracks him to a prison facility called Incarcecon. During the journey, Tetrax hopes Ben would stop being a hero when the Omnitrix stop the countdown and Azmuth would shut it up for good. Ben is upset that he'll never be a hero again. After staging a breakout, they free a female Chimera Sui Generis (Vilgax's species) named Myaxx, who is Azmuth's assistant; she had switched her DNA signature for Azmuth's when he refused to give her credit for helping to create the Omnitrix. Myaxx is also unable to disarm the self-destruct, which will not only kill Ben, but most of the universe's inhabitants, including Earth itself, but Myaxx knows how to find Azmuth, and leads them to the planet he's hiding out on: Xenon.
Bikini Planet (2002)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Comedy science fiction films, Space opera
Actors Jacklyn Lick
Bloodsuckers (2005)
, 1h39Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film, Space opera
Actors Joe Lando, Dominic Zamprogna, Natassia Malthe, Aaron Pearl, A.J. Cook, Michael DeLuise
Une espèce de vampires extraterrestre vise à conquérir l'Univers. Un vaisseau terrien transporte une équipe spécialisée pour les combattre, composée d'Humains et d'un demi-vampire/demi-humain.
BraveStarr: The Legend (1988)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Animation, Western
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Space opera
Actors Charles Adler, Ken Berry, Susan Blu, Pat Fraley, Ed Gilbert, Alan Oppenheimer
The film tells the story of the original discovery of Kerium (a fictional ore that serves as the main plot element of the TV series), and of how protagonist Bravestarr first opposed Tex Hex (an outlaw) and his master Stampede (an evil spirit) on the planet of New Texas. It also introduces his allies: J.B. McBride (a female judge), Thirty/Thirty (a belligerent cyborg stallion capable of assuming a bipedal stance), Deputy Fuzz (one of the indigenous people of New Texas), and the Shaman (Bravestarr's mentor). At the beginning of the story, the Shaman establishes himself on New Texas, to challenge Stampede, who earlier destroyed the shaman's nation in the attempt to absorb a metaphysical power owned by them: vaguely described, but identified as the source of the shaman's magic, and exploited by his people as a fuel-source. Soon afterward, Stampede acquires Tex-Hex and his sidekick Skuzz as assistants; and these, in turn, assemble a gang of robbers. Distraught by their depredations, the colonists of New Texas demand the installation of a 'Planetary Marshal' to police their colony; and protagonist 'Bravestarr' (the shaman's protege) is appointed, alongside Judge J.B. McBride. At their first encounter, Bravestarr humiliates Tex-Hex, who in turn separates him from the colony. In search of him, J.B. is attacked by highwaymen, but rescued by the 'Prairie People': a species of anthropoid marmot, native to New Texas, but hitherto ignored by the colonists. Soon, she befriends the Prairie People, and they accept her authority. Meanwhile, Bravestarr reconnects with the Shaman, and acquires a new partner in Thirty/Thirty. Ultimately, Stampede sends an army of undead monsters against the colony; but these are repelled by the joint efforts of Bravestarr, Thirty/Thirty, J.B., and the Prairie People, whereas Stampede and Tex-Hex are banished by the Shaman's energized staff. In conclusion, Bravestarr, Thirty/Thirty, J.B., and Bravestarr's deputy 'Fuzz' ride to Starr Peak (the Shaman's sanctuary) to converse with him in safety.
, 1h38Origin Bresil
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Space opera
Actors Dedé Santana, Renato Aragão, Antônio Carlos Bernardes Gomes (Mussum), Mauro Faccio Gonçalves (Zacarias), Carlos Kurt
Brick Bradford (1947)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Space opera
Actors Kane Richmond, Rick Vallin, Pierre Watkin, Jack Ingram, Charles Quigley, Helene Stanley
Brick Bradford is assigned by the government to aid Doctor Gregor Tymak, scientist and inventor who is working on an "Interceptor Ray" that can destroy incoming rockets. Unfortunately, it can also be used as a death ray, bringing it to the attention of foreign spy agent Laydron. Tymak uses his door into the fifth dimension to escape criminals and it takes him to the far side of the Moon (which luckily has air and is a rocky terrain without craters). There he is captured and sentenced to die by freezing to absolute zero by the Queen Khana, despot of the Moon, because they do not believe he has come from the Earth.
Buck Rogers (1939)
Directed by Ford Beebe
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran, Anthony Warde, Charles Montague Shaw, Jack Mulhall
The story begins with Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe) and Buddy Wade (Jackie Moran) in the midst of a dirigible flight over the North Pole. They are caught in a savage storm and crash - but not before they release an experimental substance called Nirvano Gas that they hope will preserve them until rescue can arrive. The Nirvano Gas works, but the dirigible is buried in an avalanche and is not found until 500 years have passed. When Buck and Buddy are found, they awaken to a world ruled by the ruthless dictator, Killer Kane (Anthony Warde), and his army of "super-racketeers". Only those who live in the "Hidden City", run by the benevolent scientist Dr. Huer (C. Montague Shaw) and his military counterpart, Air Marshal Kragg (William Gould), resist the criminal rulers of Earth.
, 1h29Directed by Daniel Haller
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Pamela Hensley, Tim O'Connor, Felix Silla, Mel Blanc
In 1987, NASA astronaut Captain William "Buck" Rogers is piloting the space shuttle Ranger 3 when he flies into an unexpected space phenomenon and is frozen for 504 years. In the year 2491, his shuttle is found drifting in space by the alien ship Draconia, which is headed to Earth for a trade conference, under the command of Princess Ardala and her aide de camp, Kane, a former native of Earth. Rogers is revived from his cryogenic sleep. Princess Ardala is visibly attracted to Buck, but Buck rebuffs the Princess and is put back on his shuttle and sent towards earth.
SpaceCamp (1986)
, 1h44Directed by Harry Winer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera, Robot films
Actors Kate Capshaw, Lea Thompson, Kelly Preston, Mitchell Anderson, Larry B. Scott, Kevin Gage
Four teenagers, Kathryn, Kevin, Rudy, and Tish, and a 12-year-old boy, Max, go to space camp at Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, Florida for three weeks during the summer to learn about the NASA space program and mimic astronaut training. They meet their instructor, Andie Bergstrom, a NASA-trained astronaut who is frustrated that she has not yet been assigned to a shuttle mission. Her bitterness is compounded by the fact that her husband, camp director Zach Bergstrom, is an astronaut who has walked on the moon.
Capricorn One (1977)
, 1h58Directed by Peter Hyams
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about writers, Space adventure films, Films about journalists, Films about television, Mars in film, Dystopian films, Space opera
Actors Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro, Sam Waterston, Hal Holbrook, Karen Black
At an unspecified time, Capricorn One—the first manned mission to Mars—is on the launch pad. NASA authorities such as Dr. James Kelloway (Hal Holbrook) realize, too late, that a faulty life-support system supplied by a lowest-bid NASA contractor will kill the astronauts during the flight. As the manned space program needs a success to continue, they find themselves forced to falsify the landing rather than cancel the mission.
, 1h30Directed by David Lane
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Francis Matthews, Ed Bishop, Donald Gray
War erupts between Earth and Mars after a manned mission to the Red Planet results in an attack on the city of the Mysterons. The World President is threatened with assassination but ultimately saved from a Mysteron reconstruction of Spectrum's top agent, Captain Scarlet, which is released from Mysteron control and re-enters Earth's service ("The Mysterons"). However, the Mysterons successfully assassinate the Director General of the United Asian Republic ("Winged Assassin").
Cargo (2009)
, 1h48Directed by Ivan Engler
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Post-apocalyptic films, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Space opera
Actors Yangzom Brauen, Gilles Tschudi, Claude-Oliver Rudolph, Pierre Semmler
It is the year 2267. After the earth has become uninhabitable due to an ecological collapse, the remaining people live on overcrowded space stations in Earth's orbit. The young doctor Laura Portmann (Anna-Katharina Schwabroh) is one of them. She hopes for a better future alongside her sister on the distant planet Rhea, but to get there, she needs money. She signs up with Kuiper Enterprises for a job on the decrepit cargo ship Kassandra, heading for an eight-year flight to unmanned Station #42 and back.