Thriller movies about space

List of the best thriller movies about space and space travel, selected by our visitors: Captain Volkonogov Escaped, The Ides of March, The Raven, Split, The Devil All the Time, Dog Day Afternoon, Unstoppable, The Guest, The Book of Henry, The Skin I Live In.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genrethriller, drama
CountryRussia, Estonia, France

Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared a criminal. The Captain manages to run away before he is arrested. Suddenly he turns into an outcast, whom his former colleagues search across the whole city. At night Volkonogov is visited by a messenger from the other world, who warns him that after death he will go hell and be tormented forever. But he has an opportunity to change his fate and get to paradise if he repents, and at least one person forgives him. The Captain embarks on his way to find forgiveness. But he cannot even fathom what tests are awaiting him on this way.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

    Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Spain, Hungary, Serbia
    Duration01:50

    A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration02:27

    Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:10

    Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:35

      A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:35

      Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands in this imaginative and emotional drama.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountrySpain, USA
      Duration02:00

      A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India

      What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:20

        A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
        Duration02:18

        Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:04

        Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:59

        A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, drama, adventure, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
        Duration01:33

        The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:52

        A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA

        A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryCanada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:32

        Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA, Mexico
        Duration01:45

        A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:51

        Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:43

          The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrethriller, drama, biography
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:00

          As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrethriller, drama, history
          CountryUSA, Germany, India
          Duration02:39

            During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrehorror, thriller
            CountryUSA

            On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:48

              Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrethriller, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:35

              Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.

              Markimdb: 8
              Genrethriller, drama, detective
              CountryDenmark, Finland, USA, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway
              Duration02:58

              A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.

              Markimdb: 8.1
              Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:38

              Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

              Markimdb: 6.4
              Genrethriller, crime, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:58

              FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genrethriller, drama, detective
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:58

              Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
              CountryUSA, France
              Duration02:13

                A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genrethriller, drama, military
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, USA
                Duration02:08

                Part war movie, part courtroom thriller, this gripping drama finds a war hero put on trial for a rescue mission gone terribly wrong with only his doubtful friend and fellow marine to represent him.

                Markimdb: 7.3
                Genrethriller, comedy, crime, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:34

                Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

                Markimdb: 7.5
                Genrethriller, drama, detective
                CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                Duration01:52

                  After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

                  Markimdb: 6.9
                  Genrethriller, drama
                  CountryUSA

                  Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.

                  Markimdb: 6.8
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:47

                    Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

                    Markimdb: 7.4
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:44

                    A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

                    Markimdb: 7.7
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, biography, history
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:21

                    Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.

                    Markimdb: 7
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA, Canada
                    Duration01:56

                    Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military, history
                    CountryTaiwan, USA, Hong Kong, China
                    Duration02:37

                    During World War II a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.

                    Markimdb: 6.4
                    Genreaction, thriller, crime
                    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                    Duration01:42

                    Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

                    Markimdb: 6.6
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:47

                    Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial world, he considers her to be his most treasured acquisition. But she needs more than simply the role of dazzling accessory.

                    Markimdb: 6.4
                    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, biography
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:02

                    In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged world. One night, a new neighbor catches Diane's eye, and the enigmatic man inspires her to set forth on the path to discovering her own artistry.

                    Markimdb: 8.1
                    Genrehorror, thriller, adventure
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:04

                    An insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, The police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the bloodthirsty beast.

                    Markimdb: 7.1
                    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:10

                    Marnie is a beautiful kleptomaniac who is in love with businessman Mark Rutland. Marnie who is a compulsive thief is being watched by her new boss Mark who suspects her of stealing from him and thus decides to blackmail her in the most unusual way. A psychological thriller from Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel of the same name by Winston Graham.

                    Markimdb: 6.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:46

                    The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, France, USA, Japan
                    Duration02:01

                    Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences

                    Markimdb: 6.6
                    Genreaction, thriller, detective
                    CountryUSA, Italy, Malta, France, United Kingdom
                    Duration02:29

                    When the curator of the Louvre is found murdered in the famed museum's hallowed halls, Harvard professor, Robert Langdon and cryptographer, Sophie Neve must untangle a deadly web of deceit involving the works of Leonardo da Vinci.

                    Markimdb: 6.8
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:34

                    Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...




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