Movies about Mars

Movies about Mars
List of the best movies about the planet Mars, selected by visitors to our site: Red Planet, 2036 Origin Unknown, Stranded, Terra Formars, Mission to Mars, Doom, John Carter, Total Recall, Ghosts of Mars, The Martian.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantastic, action, thriller
CountryUSA, Australia
Duration01:47

Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrefantastic, action, thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:25

After the first manned mission to Mars ends in a deadly crash, mission controller Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson assists an artificial intelligence system, A.R.T.I. Their investigation uncovers a mysterious object under the surface of Mars that could change the future of our planet as we know it.

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrefantastic, drama
CountrySpain
Duration01:35

A team of astronauts on the first mission to Mars crashes onto the surface, losing contact with Earth. With no other recourse, and help millions of miles away, the crew is forced to make desperate choices in order to stay alive. Will they be able to survive as the minutes slip away?

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, action
CountryJapan
Duration00:32

With the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of sending cockroaches and mold to the surface so that the mold would absorb the sunlight and the insect corpses would serve as a food source for the mold. It is now the year 2577 and the first manned ship to Mars has landed on the planet and the six crew members are ready for their mission. But what they find are giant mutated humanoid cockroaches with incredible physical strength. The crew members are easily wiped out, but not before sending a transmission back to Earth. Now, humanity will send elite warriors to exterminate the mutated bugs and claim back Mars.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrefantastic, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada, France
Duration01:54

When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition, a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, action
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration01:53

A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:12

    John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict. It's a world on the brink of collapse, and Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryCanada, Germany, USA
    Duration01:53

    Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who planted the chip.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

      Melanie Ballard (Natasha Henstridge) is a hard nosed police chief in the year 2025. She and a police snatch squad are sent to Mars to apprehend a dangerous criminal James Williams (Ice Cube). Mars has been occupied by humans for some time and they have set up mining facilities. The mining activities on Mars have unleashed the spirits of alien beings who gradually possess the bodies of the workers. It soon turns out that catching the dangerous fugitive takes a back seat as the alien spirits begin to rid their planet of the 'invaders'.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrefantastic, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Hungary, Jordan
      Duration03:34

      During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, adventure
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
      Duration01:38

      On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claims all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses and he falls into a deep crevice and near certain death. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not without danger.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantastic, melodrama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:20

      Four astronauts returning from man's first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th Century Earth devastated by atomic war. At first unaware where they are, but finding the atmosphere safe to breathe, they start exploring and find themselves in a divided future where disfigured mutants living like cavemen inhabit the surface, while the normals live comfortably below the surface but are dying as a race from lack of natural water, air and sunlight.

      Markimdb: 3.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA

      In this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' classic sci-fi horror, civilization is laid to ruin when a super race of aliens invades Earth. In a blink of an eye, massive "walkers" cover the planet, annihilating all in their path. As cities crumble and human flesh is ripped from the bone, one man struggles to find the one weapon that will turn the tide for mankind.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

      Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama
      CountryCanada

      In the near future, as humanity prepares to set foot on Mars, Jacob Obus, an elderly musician, takes pride in slowing down time by playing instruments inspired by women's bodies, designed by his friend Arthur. A love triangle develops when Jacob and Arthur both fall in love with Avril, a young photographer. Enter Eugène Spaak, Arthur's father, an inventor and cosmologist who unveils a new theory about man's desire to reach Mars and helps Jacob find the true meaning of life and love.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, South Africa

      Remmy and her parents, refugees from Earth, have found peace on the Martian outskirts until strangers appear in the hills beyond their farm. Told as a triptych, the film follows Remmy as she struggles to survive in an uneasy landscape.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy homage to science fiction films of the '50s and '60s.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:47

      Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic
      CountryItaly, West Germany

      A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.

      Markimdb: 3.1
      Genrefantastic, thriller, military
      CountryUSA

      Based on the novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a US soldier finds himself inexplicably transported to Mars in the midst of a war between two alien races.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genremelodrama
      CountryJapan

      Based on the manga series "Mars" by Fuyumi Soryo (published from February, 1996 to December, 2000 in Japanese shojo manga magazine Bessatsu Friend).

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, drama, adventure, cartoon, crime, anime
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:55

      The year is 2071. Following a terrorist bombing, a deadly virus is released on the populace of Mars and the government has issued the largest bounty in history, for the capture of whoever is behind it. The bounty hunter crew of the spaceship Bebop; Spike, Faye, Jet and Ed, take the case with hopes of cashing in the bounty. However, the mystery surrounding the man responsible, Vincent, goes deeper than they ever imagined, and they aren't the only ones hunting him.

      Markimdb: 2.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryCanada

      A group of skiers are terrorized during spring break by some sharks that swim through the snow. Avalanche Sharks tells the story of a bikini contest that turns into a horrifying affair when it is hit by a shark avalanche.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, cartoon, anime
      CountryJapan

      Compilation of episodes 1-2 of the Space Battleship Yamato 2199 TV anime.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, adventure
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:21

      A nuclear explosion in the far north unleashes Gamera, the legendary flying turtle, from his sleep under the ice. In his search for energy, Gamera wreaks havoc over the entire world, and it's up to the scientists, assisted by a young boy with a strange sympathic link to the monster, to put a stop to Gamera's rampage.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrefantastic, melodrama
      CountryRussia

      Three astronauts (two Russians and American) find a very Soviet-alike small town on the fourth planet from Sun.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      Scientists and American Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while at a remote arctic outpost.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genredrama, adventure
      CountryUSA

      A retelling of the classic Swiss Family Robinson story.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Japan

      An ancient Martian spaceship is unearthed in London, and proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrefantastic, action, cartoon
      CountryUSA, Japan
      Duration01:30

      Federation trooper Johnny Rico is ordered to work with a group of new recruits on a satellite station on Mars, where giant bugs have decided to target their next attack.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:29

        The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, China
        Duration02:35

        In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.

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