Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "message-from-outer-space"

1. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.

Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge

Votes: 101,251

2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

G | 149 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

After uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter

Votes: 718,569 | Gross: $56.95M

3. 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)

PG | 116 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.

Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban

Votes: 57,093 | Gross: $40.20M

4. Stargate: Atlantis (2004–2009)

TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

An international team of scientists and military personnel discover a Stargate network in the Pegasus Galaxy and come face-to-face with a new, powerful enemy: The Wraith.

Stars: Joe Flanigan, Rachel Luttrell, David Hewlett, Jason Momoa

Votes: 71,626

5. Stargate (1994)

PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson, Viveca Lindfors

Votes: 204,846 | Gross: $71.57M

6. Contact (1997)

PG | 150 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt

Votes: 292,822 | Gross: $100.92M

7. Species (1995)

R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A group of scientists try to track down and trap a killer alien seductress before she successfully mates with a human.

Director: Roger Donaldson | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina

Votes: 85,175 | Gross: $60.07M

8. Stargate Universe (2009–2011)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Sci-Fi

Trapped on an Ancient spaceship billions of light-years from home, a group of soldiers and civilians struggle to survive and find their way back to Earth.

Stars: Robert Carlyle, Louis Ferreira, Brian J. Smith, Elyse Levesque

Votes: 53,231

9. Flash Gordon (2007–2008)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The famous Steven "Flash" Gordon discovers a secret his father tried desperately to hide. He embarks on a journey to another dimension in the hope of finding his father, who is believed to have been killed in a fire.

Stars: Eric Johnson, Gina Holden, Karen Cliche, Jody Racicot

Votes: 3,220

10. Artifact (2013)

Action, Adventure, Drama

Human's struggle to obtain ancient Artifacts that have been scattered throughout space.

Stars: Cesar D' La Torre, Rich Finley, Ksenia Valenti, Daniel Begus

Votes: 55

11. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Music of the Spheres (1997)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A college student records what he believes to be an intelligent transmission from outer space, but when younger people are drawn to listening to it, they begin to undergo a terrifying transformation.

Director: David Warry-Smith | Stars: Howard Hesseman, Joshua Jackson, Larry Musser, Anna Hagan

Votes: 371

12. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: The Message (1995)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Implants that should've allowed deaf Jennifer Winter to finally hear cause her to receive a binary message no one else can hear. Her husband thinks she's insane. Her friend on meds, Robert, thinks it's an alien distress signal.

Director: Joseph L. Scanlan | Stars: Marlee Matlin, Robert Wisden, Larry Drake, Ken Camroux-Taylor

Votes: 438

13. The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Episode: The Case of the Celestial Signal (1998)

Family, Mystery

When Shirley's television reception is disrupted during an interview with her father, she compares notes with Alicia and Bo and discovers both their households had similar interference. ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Meredith Henderson, John White, Blair Slater, Annick Obonsawin

Votes: 6

14. Artifact (2013)
Episode: CruxEnigma (2017)

Action, Adventure, Drama

In a Stroy by Allan Linder, a fallen Astronaut searches the unknown for a way home. What he finds will change the future of humanity forever.

Votes: 22

15. Artifact (2013)
Episode: First Contact (Pilot) (2013)

Action, Adventure, Drama

An excavation team's Captain must save his crew from being consumed and driven mad by a recovered artifact.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Daniel Begus, Cesar D' La Torre, David Fichtenmayer, Rich Finley

Votes: 28

16. Artifact (2013)
Episode: Dissimulation (2015)

Action, Adventure, Drama

A Captain searching for an Artifact on a desolate planet, exposes the truths of his mission.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel

Votes: 27