THEME EXPLORATION

space colonies

20 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS

Road to the Stars

Road to the Stars
1957 · Pavel Klushantsev

Alien
1979 · Ridley Scott

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas

A Trip to the Moon

A Trip to the Moon
1902 · Georges Méliès

Your Name.
2016 · Makoto Shinkai

Ikarie XB-1
1963 · Jindřích Polák

Empire
2010 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Valérian and Laureline

Valérian and Laureline
2017 · —

Woman in the Moon

Woman in the Moon
1929 · Fritz Lang

I Aim at the Stars

I Aim at the Stars
1960 · J. Lee Thompson

Spaceways
1953 · Terence Fisher

Gravity
2013 · Alfonso Cuarón

002 operazione Luna

002 operazione Luna
1965 · Lucio Fulci

Battle of the Worlds

Battle of the Worlds
1963 · Antonio Margheriti

Dallos
1983 · Mamoru Oshii

José Maza, Sky Traveller

José Maza, Sky Traveller
2010 · Patricio Guzmán

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019 · Mike Mitchell

The Wandering Earth

The Wandering Earth
2019 · Frant Gwo

All We Imagine as Light

All We Imagine as Light
2024 · Payal Kapadia

Voyagers
2021 · Neil Burger

DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS

Scott Waugh United Kingdom

His films like Prometheus and The Martian deeply explore human colonization, survival, and the challenges of establishing settlements beyond Earth.

Christopher Nolan United Kingdom

Interstellar examines humanity's need to find and colonize new worlds as Earth faces existential threats, with profound philosophical depth.

Denis Villeneuve Canada

Blade Runner 2049 and his broader sci-fi work explore colonized worlds and humanity's expansion into hostile environments with stunning visual storytelling.