Films with theme "Space opera", sorted by production date

, 1h37
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Space opera

Footage on the news shows what seems like proof of a paranormal event. Twelve days earlier, on December 9, 2012, a conspiracy-themed radio show takes a call from a man who claims to work at Area 51. After the caller describes a secret civilization on the moon, he is cut off. George Larson, the host, dismisses it as a hoax until he receives a photo album that contains enough evidence that he hires a documentary crew headed by Matt and Sonny to investigate the claims. Matt and Sonny realize a decades-old Polaroid photograph depicts a man in modern clothing; on the back, it has a series of numbers written on it. They decode these as GPS coordinates that are less than an hour away from where they leave in Louisiana.

Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Comedy science fiction films, Comedy horror films, Space opera

A "long lost sci-fi film" from the 1950s, finally, has been recovered. Aliens from Mars come to Earth and force a mad scientist to create a "chick magnet" to lure women so they may take them to Mars.

, 1h48
Directed 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.

, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Animation, Comic science fiction
Themes Environmental films, Space adventure films, Mars in film, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Space opera, Robot films, Eco-terrorism in fiction
Actors Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Phil LaMarr

The Planet Express crew visits Amy's parents, Leo and Inez, who are destroying the "old" Mars Vegas and constructing a more extravagant one. A group of eco-feminists (calling themselves "eco-feministas") led by Frida Waterfall protest the destruction of the environment, leading to an accident wherein a piece of Frida's jewelry lodges inside Fry's brain. The destruction upsets Leela, but Leo has bribed Professor Farnsworth to rubber stamp the project as environmentally friendly. Leela saves a Martian muck leech, the last of its species, from the site.

, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, War, Fantasy, Action
Themes Space adventure films, Films about terrorism, Mars in film, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Traci Lords, Antonio Sabàto, Chacko Vadaketh, Jay Beyers

John Carter (Antonio Sabato, Jr.) is a modern-day U.S. Army sniper serving in Afghanistan, wounded in the line of duty and used in a teleportation experiment wherein he is transferred to Barsoom, here depicted outside our solar system. On this world, Carter exhibits the ability to leap amazing distances. Initially enslaved and held against his will on a chain and collar by the Tharks, he earns a rank among them and later saves a rival group's princess, the human-looking Dejah Thoris (Traci Lords), from death.

, 1h28
Directed by Matt King
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera
Actors Connor Trinneer, James Kyson, Toni Trucks, Michael Culkin

Tycho 'Ty' Johns (Connor Trinneer) and Lei Chen (James Kyson Lee) transport a crate for the government, under the orders of Colonel Bishop (Michael Culkin), which contains a mysterious girl (Toni Trucks) in cryogenic stasis. They wake her up and discover that she has no identifying chip in her arm, unlike the rest of society. She also does not speak. During the outer space flight, the ship is attacked by terrorists. After escaping, they crash land onto a planet in uncharted space. The survivors take shelter in an old military facility on the planet. Once inside the facility, the girl picks up a gun and has a psychic vision. In it she sees the death of the last person who held the gun, which causes her to start firing the gun in a wild manner. She comes out of the vision, as someone grabs hers. The group agrees that to cover more ground, they'll split up. While Ty and Lei find a control room, the other groups explore the base and find giant bug-like creatures.

, 1h28
Directed by Marc Caro
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Prison films, Dans l'espace, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Lambert Wilson, Dominique Pinon, Linh-Dan Pham, Bruno Lochet, François Levantal, Gérald Laroche

Deep in space, above a fiery prison planet named Dante, Dante 01, a scientific space station orbits the planet. Its inhabitants include two security guards, two scientists and six prisoners whose crimes were so severe that they volunteered to live under experimentation rather than face death penalties.

, 1h38
Directed by Dave Filoni
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Matt Lanter, James Arnold Taylor, Ashley Eckstein, Tom Kane, Dee Bradley Baker, Christopher Lee

During the Clone Wars, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi lead a small Republic clone army against the Separatist droid army on the planet Christophsis. Awaiting reinforcements, the two Jedi greet a shuttle carrying the young Jedi Ahsoka Tano, who insists that she has been assigned by Jedi Master Yoda to serve as Anakin's Padawan. Anakin begrudgingly accepts Ahsoka's apprenticeship, and the two succeed in deactivating the Separatists' energy field while Obi-Wan stalls the droid army commander, allowing a Republic victory.

, 1h41
Directed by Robert C. Cooper
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Ben Browder, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, Beau Bridges, Claudia Black

SG-1 discovers a box that they believe contains the Ark of Truth while digging on Dakara, but before they can open it, Ori soldiers arrive, led by Tomin. Daniel tricks them into opening the box, but it is revealed to be a fake. When Tomin is ordered by a Prior to kill them, he refuses, and Mitchell kills the Prior, whose powers were being blocked by the Anti-Prior device. Shocked at the death of their Prior, the Ori soldiers surrender with Tomin returning to Earth with SG-1 where he resides at the SGC for a time.

, 1h45
Directed by Edward Neumeier
Origin South africa
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Films about insects, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Casper Van Dien, Jolene Blalock, Amanda Donohoe, Marnette Patterson, Boris Kodjoe, Stelio Stavante

In the past eleven years of "The Second Bug War", the Mobile Infantry has improved their weapons and tactics. However, as they adapt, so do the Bugs, and many new Arachnid variants have developed. The United Citizen Federation now finds itself engaged in trench warfare on the frontier planets. The Federation puts a positive spin on this in the media while using its judicial and military authority to suppress peace protesters and religious fanatics as seditionists.

, 1h38
Directed by Andrew Stanton
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Social science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Animation, Romance, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Space adventure films, Medical-themed films, Obésité, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Dans l'espace, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Films about insects, Films about disabilities, Political films, Dystopian films, Space opera, Children's films, Robot films, Disaster films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, John Ratzenberger, Kathy Najimy

In 2805, Earth is long-abandoned and covered in heaps of garbage leftover from decades of mass consumerism, facilitated by the megacorporation Buy 'n' Large (BnL). Seven hundred years earlier, BnL evacuated Earth's population in fully automated starliners, leaving behind WALL-E trash compactor robots to clean the planet for humanity's eventual return, however the plan failed and all the bots were shut off. Only one WALL-E robot remains active, and has developed sentience after so many years of life-experience. He manages to remain active by repairing himself using parts from other inactive units.

, 13minutes
Themes Space adventure films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life

Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Musical
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Mars in film, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films, Space opera
Actors Steve Burns, Adam Goldberg, Fred Armisen

The film tells the story of the experiences of Major Syrtis during the first Christmas on a newly colonized Mars.

, 1h15
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure, Horror, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Films about computing, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about video games, Films about viral outbreaks, Space opera, Films based on video games, Disaster films
Actors Nika Futterman, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Bruce Boxleitner, Hal Sparks, Phil Morris

An alien artifact, identified as a possible "second Marker", is discovered on the planet Aegis VII. The Church of Unitology uses its influence to send the mining ship USG Ishimura to retrieve this holy relic.

, 4minutes
Themes Space adventure films, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life

The short is a virtual shot-for-shot remake of the teaser trailer for Juno, with the roles played by Star Wars characters. The film exploits the similarities between the characters of Padmé Amidala (from Star Wars) and Juno MacGuff (from Juno), two young women who find themselves unexpectedly pregnant. Both characters choose to give their children up for adoption and struggle with complex relationships with the children's fathers -- Anakin Skywalker filling the role of Paulie Bleeker.