Want to know the best NASA Movies? How about the worst NASA Movies? Curious about the NASA Movies box office grosses or which NASA Movies picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which NASA Movies got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well, you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information.
FYI – Why a NASA movie page you wonder? This summer, I was selected to participate in a two-week NASA program called Bringing Space to CTE Middle School Classrooms. On the drive home from Day 2, my mind drifted to NASA-themed movies—and that’s when it hit me: this would make a great addition to Ultimate Movie Rankings. So here it is… our NASA Movies page.
NASA Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 2013 | Gravity (2013) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1995 | Apollo 13 (1995) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2015 | The Martian (2015) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2016 | Hidden Figures (2016) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2014 | Interstellar (2014) | |
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| 1997 | Contact (1997) |  |
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| 2000 | Space Cowboys (2000) | |
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| 1983 | The Right Stuff (1983) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1977 | Capricorn One (1977) |  |
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| 1998 | Armageddon (1998) | |
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| 1998 | Deep Impact (1998) | |
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| 1962 | Moon Pilot (1962) | |
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| 2018 | First Man (2018) | |
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| 1969 | Marooned (1969) |  |
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| 2000 | The Dish (2000) |  |
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| 1967 | The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) | |
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| 2007 | Sunshine (2007) | |
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| 2022 | Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) Netflix |
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| 1997 | RocketMan (1997) | |
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| 2024 | Fly Me To The Moon (2024) |  |
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| 1986 | SpaceCamp (1986) |  |
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| 1967 | Countdown (1967) | |
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| 2001 | Race To Space (2001) |  |
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| 2024 | I.S.S. (2024) | |
NASA Movies Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort NASA Movies by movie titles and trailers for those movies
- Sort NASA Movies by the stars of the movie
- Sort NASA Movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- Sort NASA Movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort NASA Movies how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each NASA Movies received.
- Sort NASA Movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Gravity (2013) AA Best Picture Nom |
Sandra Bullock & George Clooney |
274.10 | 396.1 | 1,045.20 | 6 | 87 | 10 / 07 | 99.7 | |
| 2 | Apollo 13 (1995) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tom Hanks & Directed by Ron Howard |
173.10 | 467.5 | 957.50 | 3 | 86 | 09 / 02 | 99.5 | |
| 3 | The Martian (2015) AA Best Picture Nom |
Matt Damon & Jessica Chastain |
228.40 | 318.4 | 878.30 | 8 | 88 | 07 / 00 | 99.5 | |
| 4 | Hidden Figures (2016) AA Best Picture Nom |
Taraji P. Henson & Kevin Costner |
169.40 | 230.1 | 315.50 | 14 | 83 | 03 / 00 | 98.9 | |
| 5 | Interstellar (2014) | Matthew McConaughey & Michael Caine |
188.00 | 270.4 | 970.90 | 16 | 81 | 05 / 01 | 98.2 | |
| 6 | Contact (1997) | Jodie Foster & Matthew McConaughey |
100.90 | 258.3 | 438.10 | 15 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 7 | Space Cowboys (2000) | Clint Eastwood & Tommy Lee Jones |
90.50 | 197.2 | 281.00 | 25 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 8 | The Right Stuff (1983) AA Best Picture Nom |
Ed Harris & Dennis Quaid |
21.20 | 79.0 | 79.00 | 33 | 88 | 08 / 04 | 93.8 | |
| 9 | Capricorn One (1977) | Elliott Gould & James Brolin |
32.40 | 170.9 | 170.90 | 27 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 10 | Armageddon (1998) | Bruce Willis & Ben Affleck |
201.60 | 505.0 | 1,387.20 | 2 | 48 | 04 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 11 | Deep Impact (1998) | Robert Duvall & Morgan Freeman |
140.50 | 351.9 | 875.50 | 7 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 88.4 | |
| 12 | Moon Pilot (1962) | Tom Tryon & Brian Keith |
10.10 | 158.9 | 158.90 | 21 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 13 | First Man (2018) | Ryan Gosling | 44.90 | 57.6 | 128.90 | 66 | 74 | 04 / 01 | 81.3 | |
| 14 | Marooned (1969) | Gregory Peck & Gene Hackman |
12.40 | 102.8 | 102.80 | 25 | 54 | 03 / 01 | 77.3 | |
| 15 | The Dish (2000) | Sam Neill & Billy Mitchell |
2.60 | 5.6 | 36.10 | 163 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 65.9 | |
| 16 | The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) | Don Knotts & Leslie Nielsen |
3.80 | 36.4 | 36.40 | 64 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 61.3 | |
| 17 | Sunshine (2007) | Chris Evans & Mark Strong |
3.70 | 6.3 | 54.70 | 184 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 60.4 | |
| 18 | Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) Netflix |
Glen Powell | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 262 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 55.8 | |
| 19 | RocketMan (1997) | Harland Williams & Jessica Lundy |
15.40 | 39.5 | 39.50 | 95 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 53.2 | |
| 20 | Fly Me To The Moon (2024) | Scarlett Johansson & Channing Tatum |
20.50 | 20.5 | 38.30 | 61 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 49.8 | |
| 21 | SpaceCamp (1986) | Kate Capshaw & Lea Thompson |
9.70 | 30.7 | 30.70 | 69 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 32.5 | |
| 22 | Countdown (1967) | James Caan & Robert Duvall |
1.90 | 18.1 | 18.10 | 104 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 31.9 | |
| 23 | Race To Space (2001) | James Woods | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 301 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 23.3 | |
| 24 | I.S.S. (2024) | Ariana DeBose | 6.30 | 6.3 | 6.30 | 100 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 22.3 |
NASA Movies Adjusted World Wide Box Office Grosses
Movie (Year)
UMR Co-Star Links
World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil)
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Movie (Year) UMR Co-Star Links World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) S
Armageddon (1998)
Bruce Willis &
Ben Affleck
1,387.20
Gravity (2013)
AA Best Picture Nom
Sandra Bullock &
George Clooney
1,045.20
Interstellar (2014)
Matthew McConaughey &
Michael Caine
970.90
Apollo 13 (1995)
AA Best Picture Nom
Tom Hanks &
Directed by Ron Howard
957.50
The Martian (2015)
AA Best Picture Nom
Matt Damon &
Jessica Chastain
878.30
Deep Impact (1998)
Robert Duvall &
Morgan Freeman
875.50
Contact (1997)
Jodie Foster &
Matthew McConaughey
438.10
Hidden Figures (2016)
AA Best Picture Nom
Taraji P. Henson &
Kevin Costner
315.50
Space Cowboys (2000)
Clint Eastwood &
Tommy Lee Jones
281.00
First Man (2018)
Ryan Gosling
128.90
Sunshine (2007)
Chris Evans &
Mark Strong
54.70
Fly Me To The Moon (2024)
Scarlett Johansson &
Channing Tatum
38.30
The Dish (2000)
Sam Neill &
Billy Mitchell
36.10
| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
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| Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | World-Wide Box Office Adjusted (mil) | S |
| Armageddon (1998) | Bruce Willis & Ben Affleck |
1,387.20 | |
| Gravity (2013) AA Best Picture Nom |
Sandra Bullock & George Clooney |
1,045.20 | |
| Interstellar (2014) | Matthew McConaughey & Michael Caine |
970.90 | |
| Apollo 13 (1995) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tom Hanks & Directed by Ron Howard |
957.50 | |
| The Martian (2015) AA Best Picture Nom |
Matt Damon & Jessica Chastain |
878.30 | |
| Deep Impact (1998) | Robert Duvall & Morgan Freeman |
875.50 | |
| Contact (1997) | Jodie Foster & Matthew McConaughey |
438.10 | |
| Hidden Figures (2016) AA Best Picture Nom |
Taraji P. Henson & Kevin Costner |
315.50 | |
| Space Cowboys (2000) | Clint Eastwood & Tommy Lee Jones |
281.00 | |
| First Man (2018) | Ryan Gosling | 128.90 | |
| Sunshine (2007) | Chris Evans & Mark Strong |
54.70 | |
| Fly Me To The Moon (2024) | Scarlett Johansson & Channing Tatum |
38.30 | |
| The Dish (2000) | Sam Neill & Billy Mitchell |
36.10 |
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Photos From Space Camp In Huntsville, Alabama – July 2025
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Nice new page. Thanks for photos is Space Camp. That is a place I always wanted to go as a kid.
No Reluctant Astronaut with Don Knotts or Moon Pilot with Tom Tryan
Hey Dan. Just added The Reluctant Astronaut (16th) and Moon Pilot (12th). The research on this page was less than normal…..as it was my son-in-law’s birthday last night…..and we got home late. About to do Day 3 of my NASA training. On Friday, my class is headed to Wallops Island…which is where they launch rockets that re-supply the I.S.S. Thanks for the suggestions. Hope all is going well this summer.
NASA training?
Are you doing this for fun or are you becoming a future Astronaut?
Wow, simply amazing.
just for fun
Hey Cogerson. I understand. Glad to see the movies listed. I am a support contractor at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. I see my favorites are near the top of your rankings. My Top 3 NASA movies are: Apollo 13, The Martian and The Right Stuff. Two are of course based on true stories. Hidden Figures and the criminally neglected First Man round out my Top 5. Capricorn One and Rocketman are at the bottom of my list. Nice photos from Space Camp.
Hey Trent….glad you came back after the update. I like your Top 3 movies as well. They would probably be in my Top 3 as well….though Hidden Figures would be a strong candidate to reach the medal stand. That story took place in my backyard…added bonus….I am touring the very location of the movie’s story next week. As for First Man, I like so many others thought it was ok, but not as good as I was hoping. That is cool about working at Glenn Research Center. On Monday, we were talking about all the NASA facilities spread out throughout the country. Thanks for checking out our website.
Hey Cogerson, you have Mission Impossible movies in the tables versus NASA movies.
Hey Trent. Wow….you caught me….I am in the process of uploading my database to the internet…..so…as soon as that update is done the Mission Impossible movies will disappear and the NASA movies will appear. Thanks for the headsup.