Top Space Travel Movies With Links To STEM

The Martian (2015)

An astronaut is stranded on Mars because his team believes him to be dead. He is forced to rely on his creativity to tell Prithvi that he is alive and can be saved.

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Apollo 13 (1995)

Apollo 13 is a 1995 American space-drama film written and produced by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Ed Harris as well as Gary Sinise.

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Interstellar (2014)

A team of explorers travels across the universe via the newly discovered wormhole in order to determine if mankind is a viable option among the stars.

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Hidden Figures (2016)

The film tells the largely not-told tale of three brilliant African-American women working at NASA throughout the Space Race era who made important contributions to the achievement of the NASA program.

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Moon (2009)

The film tells the story of Sam Bell, a lonely astronaut nearing the contract of his three-year mission to the Moon.

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Gravity (2013)

The film demonstrates the role of physicengineering, and problem-solving during space missions. It also highlights the psychological impact of space travel on astronauts.

October Sky (1999)

October Sky is an biographical drama produced by Joe Johnston and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, and Laura Dern

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The Imitation Game (2014)

The film focuses on the importance of cryptography, mathematics, and computer science in wartime intelligence, as well as the terrible results of discrimination and prejudice.

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