Best Astronomy Movies & TV Series

Looking for the best astronomy movies and TV series? These 20 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage 1980 ★ 8.7

Cosmos 2014 ★ 8.5

How the Universe Works 2010 ★ 8.3

The Universe 2007 ★ 8.0

The Planets 2019 ★ 8.3

Contact 1997 ★ 7.4

Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking 2010 ★ 7.8

Insomniacs After School 2023 ★ 7.7

Melancholia 2011 ★ 7.2

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time 2019 ★ 8.5

Stephen Hawking's Grand Design 2012 ★ 7.5

TimeScapes 2012 ★ 7.2

Alien Worlds 2020 ★ 6.8

Forbidden Dream 2019 ★ 7.1

Passage of Venus 1874 ★ 6.5

Asteroid in Love 2020 ★ 6.4

Asteroid City 2023 ★ 6.5

Mystic Pizza 1988 ★ 6.3

The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon 1907 ★ 6.0

The First 2018 ★ 5.9