Celebrate the Apollo50th MoonLanding with 11 memorable movies about space exploration
Celebrate Apollo 11's 50th anniversary with some of Hollywood's feature-length forays into the final frontier.Since Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong’s historic moon landing on their Apollo 11 mission 50 years ago on July 20, 1969, countless movies set in space have been made in attempts to recreate the same groundbreaking spirit.
Some movies that take to space have even become household names—earning praise for their depictions of adventurous expeditions and explorations into new frontiers. Movies likehighlight everything from the adrenaline of rocket launches to the risks of space travel while classics likemanage to visually capture the excitement of journeys into the final frontier, a trailblazing triumph for the sci-fi genre.
In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing this Saturday, take a look back at some of the most memorable space exploration movies. Films that popularized all the elements of sci-fi that audiences now love, including nail-biting space missions, extraterrestrial phenomena and astronaut feats.
Check out 11 of Hollywood's fictional forays into the solar system, presented in alphabetical order, below.This Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton starrer tells the true story of the ill-fated Apollo 13 moon mission. The movie screens like a documentary retelling of the unfortunate events that forced the crew to forgo their original plan of landing on the moon in order to return home safely.
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