A guide to films that express social realism or escapism; and a guide to culturally important films that may reveal a character's thoughts, dreams, or motivations.
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Outer Space Films
2001: A Space OdysseyMankind finds a mysterious artifact buried on the moon and with the intelligent computer HAL 9000, sets off on a quest to Jupiter.
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE 2001
ISBN: B00005ASUM
Publication Date: 1968
Ad AstraAstronaut Roy McBride travels to the edges of the solar system in search of his father and in effort to unravel a mystery which threatens the survival of Earth.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE AD
ISBN: 0024543521334
Publication Date: 2019
AlienTerror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discover a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE ALIEN
ISBN: 0024543982517
Publication Date: 1979
BarbarellaThe setting is the planet Lythion in the year 40,000, when Barbarella makes a forced landing while traveling through space. She acts like a female James Bond, vanquishing evil in the forms of robots and monsters. She also rewards, in an uninhibited manner, the handsome men who assist her in the adventure.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE BARBARELLA
ISBN: 0097361466446
Publication Date: 1968
Fantastic PlanetThis futuristic story takes place on Ygam, a faraway planet where blue giants rule, and oppressed humanoids rebel against their oppressors.
Call Number: BLU-RAY ANIMATED FANTASTIC
ISBN: 9781681431666
Publication Date: 1973
The MartianAfter a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE MARTIAN
ISBN: B017S3OP7A
Publication Date: 2015
MoonAstronaut Sam Bell is completing a three-year contract with Lunar Industries to mine Earth's primary source of energy, Helium-3. His declining health is causing headaches and hallucinations that lead to a near-fatal accident, rendering him unconscious. After recuperating, an unexpected discovery leads him to doubt his sanity, his identity, and the integrity of the company. Believing he is alone on his mission, his sole purpose is getting back home on his own.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE MOON
ISBN: 9781435974746
Publication Date: 2009
Robinson Crusoe on MarsWhen his spaceship crash-lands on the barren wastelands of Mars, U.S. astronaut Commander "Kit" Draper must fight for survival, with a pet monkey his only companion until he meets "Friday," an alien.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE ROBINSON
ISBN: 9781934121825
Publication Date: 1964
Star Wars Episode IV, A New HopeRelive the exhilarating action, spectacular battles and ultimate triumph of good over evil that makes Star Wars the greatest space fantasy adventure of all time-and the ultimate entertainment experience for every family. Continue the saga with Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo leading the rebel alliance to claim victory over the empire win freedom for the galaxy in Star Wars IV, A New Hope.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE STAR
ISBN: B000FQJAIW
Publication Date: 1977
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Outer Space Films
Europa ReportAn international crew of six astronauts, undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon, Europa. As the journey proceeds, unexpected catastrophic developments test the crew far beyond anything they expected.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE EUROPA
ISBN: B00E0KWBAI
Publication Date: 2013
First Man Into SpaceIn this interstellar cautionary tale, brash U.S. Navy test pilot Dan Prescott, hungry for fame, rockets himself beyond Earth's atmosphere, only to become encrusted with cosmic dust and return a blood-drinking monster.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE FIRST
ISBN: B00W3OGKTQ
Publication Date: 1959
GravityDr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE GRAVITY
ISBN: B00H83EUQW
Publication Date: 2013
High LifeMonte and his baby daughter are the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to deep space. The crew, death row inmates led by a doctor with sinister motives, has vanished. As the mystery of what happened onboard the ship is unraveled, father and daughter must rely on each other to survive as they hurtle toward the oblivion of a black hole.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE HIGH
ISBN: 0031398305378
Publication Date: 2018
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyArthur Dent and Ford Prefect escape from the Earth moments before its destruction, join forces with Zaphod Beeblebrox on board the Heart of Gold and search for the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE HITCHHIKER'S
ISBN: 0786936258462
Publication Date: 2005
InterstellarWith our time on Earth coming to an end, a team of explorers undertakes the most important mission in human history: traveling beyond this galaxy to discover whether mankind has a future among the stars.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE INTERSTELLAR
ISBN: B01MF78RLG
Publication Date: 2014
Planet of the VampiresA band of space travelers has just intercepted a distress call from a distant world. Is it a desperate cry for help or something far more sinister? After landing on the shadowy planet, the crew begins to turn on each other, influenced by a horde of disembodied aliens.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE PLANET
ISBN: 0738329144722
Publication Date: 1965
SolarisAdapted from a Stanislaw Lem novel. Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of theSolaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness.
Call Number: BLU-RAY MOVIE SOLARIS
ISBN: B004NWPY20
Publication Date: 1971
Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsIn the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are a team of special operatives charged with maintaining order throughout the human territories. Under assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two embark on a mission to the astonishing city of Alpha. A mystery is at the center of Alpha, a dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the city.
Call Number: DVD MOVIE VALERIAN
ISBN: 0031398274094
Publication Date: 2017
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