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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020· 1h 23m· Documentary, Drama· en
8.4448
Best Space Documentary Movies
This collection ranks 445 space documentary movies. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top sits David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet.
445 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data
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EXO PLANET #2 The EXO'luxion in Japan
2016· 3h 17m· Music, Documentary· ja
9.186 - 3
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
2021· 1h 13m· Documentary· en
7.574 - 4
Revealed: How to Poison a Planet
2024· 1h 36m· Documentary· en
7.02 - 5
No Safe Spaces
2019· 1h 35m· Documentary· en
6.730 - 6
Return to Space
2022· 2h 8m· Documentary· en
6.5657 - 7
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
2019· 1h 3m· Documentary· en
7.650 - 8
Roving Mars
2006· 40m· Documentary· en
7.236 - 9
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity
2015· 1h 41m· Documentary· en
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What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
2018· 1h 56m· Documentary· en
7.053 - 11
Sacred Planet
2004· 48m· Documentary· fr
7.516 - 12
A Beautiful Planet
2016· 45m· Documentary· en
7.181 - 13
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
2017· 1h 45m· Documentary· en
7.1106 - 14
Planet Ocean
2012· 1h 34m· Documentary· fr
7.560 - 15
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
2020· 1h 24m· Documentary, TV Movie· en
7.77 - 16
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
1983· 29m· Documentary· en
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Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary
2019· 1h 27m· Documentary· en
7.439 - 18
Alien Planet
2005· 1h 34m· Documentary, Science Fiction, Animation· en
7.331 - 19
The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief
2006· 1h 18m· Documentary· en
7.123 - 20
MARS: Inside SpaceX
2018· 46m· History, TV Movie, Documentary· en
7.544 - 21
Planeta Petrila
2017· 1h 20m· Documentary· ro
7.76 - 22
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023· 58m· Documentary· en
6.417 - 23
The Space Race
2023· 1h 31m· Documentary· en
7.01 - 24
Space Station 3D
2002· 47m· Documentary· en
6.548 - 25
WWII From Space
2012· 1h 28m· Documentary, History, War· en
7.349 - 26
The Blue Planet
1982· 1h 23m· Documentary· it
7.726 - 27
Earth: Making of a Planet
2010· 1h 31m· Documentary· en
7.821 - 28
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
2019· 2h 9m· Documentary, History· en
6.847 - 29
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014· 59m· Music, Documentary· en
6.52 - 30
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998· 2h 7m· Documentary, Science Fiction, TV Movie· en
7.148 - 31
Oceans: Our Blue Planet
2018· 40m· Documentary· en
7.717 - 32
Space Race
2005· 4h 0m· Documentary· en
8.14 - 33
Planetario
2011· Documentary· es
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Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space
2009· 1h 25m· Documentary· en
—0 - 35
Disney's Animation Magic: Treasure Planet
2003· 14m· Documentary· en
10.03 - 36
Space Chase USA
2019· 57m· Documentary· en
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Greetings From Planet Smurf
2018· 53m· Documentary· fr
8.24 - 38
Planet of the Humans
2019· 1h 40m· Documentary· en
6.471 - 39
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026· 1h 29m· Documentary· en
7.03 - 40
Brian Cox: Space, Time & Videotape
2014· 1h 0m· Documentary· en
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Alien Planets Revealed
2014· 54m· Documentary· en
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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
1980· 58m· Documentary· en
10.03 - 43
James May at the Edge of Space
2009· 30m· Documentary, TV Movie· en
7.26 - 44
Moving to Mars
2009· 1h 30m· Documentary· en
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Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge - Adventure Awaits
2019· 1h 21m· Documentary· en
6.17 - 46
Planet B-Boy
2008· 1h 38m· Documentary· en
6.519 - 47
How to Grow a Planet
2012· 2h 57m· Documentary· en
8.811 - 48
Planet Dinosaur: Ultimate Killers
2012· 53m· Documentary· en
8.111 - 49
Space Dive
2012· 1h 30m· Documentary· en
5.817 - 50
Flight Above the Marshes
1956· 15m· Documentary· sh
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Frequently asked questions
How many space documentary movies are there?
445 space documentary movies carry real rating data.
How are these space documentary films ranked?
By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.
What is the best space documentary movie?
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet currently holds the #1 position.