Astronomy Movies
- 2023
Asteroid City
Asteroid City6.52023HD
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.
- 1997
Contact
Contact7.41997HD
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and...
- 2019
Forbidden Dream
Forbidden Dream6.72019HD
A true historical drama about King Sejong, the greatest ruler in Joseon history who sought to enhance national prosperity and military power through a...
- 2010
Nostalgia for the Light
Nostalgia for the Light7.42010HD
In Chile's Atacama Desert, astronomers peer deep into the cosmos in search for answers concerning the origins of life. Nearby, a group of women sift t...
- 2012
TimeScapes
TimeScapes7.22012HD
Stunning slow-motion and timelapse cinematography of the landscapes, people and wildlife of the American South West.
- 1973
Copernicus
Copernicus5.51973HD
Poland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1973
- 2023
Tá Escrito
Tá Escrito6.52023HD
Alice is an insecure Leo girl who thinks the stars have made a mistake with her, until one day she receives a blank book with only instructions that p...
- 1874
Passage of Venus
Passage of Venus6.21874HD
Photo sequence of the rare transit of Venus over the face of the Sun, one of the first chronophotographic sequences. In 1873, P.J.C. Janssen, or Pier...
- 2000
Shadow Chasers
Shadow Chasers02000HD
This feature-length documentary is a portrait of eclipse chasers, people for whom solar eclipses - among nature's more spectacular phenomena – are a v...
- 2007
Max Minsky and Me
Max Minsky and Me5.82007HD
Nerdy Jewish Nelly Sue Edelmeister, daughter of a New York mother and Berlin musician in Berlin gets straight A's, except for gym. When she hears her...
- 2019
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time8.52019HD
How's it all gonna end? This experience takes us on a journey to the end of time, trillions of years into the future, to discover what the fate of our...
- 1991
Bury Me High
Bury Me High5.41991HD
In a mountainous region in an Asian backwater banana republic, it is said that the descendents of all those buried in its earth will be blessed with f...
- 2000
Nightfall
Nightfall3.82000HD
The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with six suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an ancient c...
- 2024
Oliver's Universe
Oliver's Universe02024HD
The year is 1985. Oliver, a boy with an overflowing imagination, moves with his family to the southernmost corner of Europe, just as Halley's Comet is...
- 2019
Black Hole Hunters
Black Hole Hunters8.52019HD
A team of international scientists attempt to document the first-ever image of a black hole.
- 2023
Insomniacs After School
Insomniacs After School62023HD
No one seems to understand Nakami. His nights are restless, his days sleepy, and his time at school is isolating. Yet all that seems to change when he...
- 2017
From the Atoms to the Stars
From the Atoms to the Stars82017HD
An incredible travel through space and time between the walls of the Paris Observatory, which is celebrating its 350th birthday. Place of discoveries...
- 2021
Living Worlds
Living Worlds02021HD
What forms might life take in the Solar System and beyond? In the Academy's newest original planetarium show, see how a deeper understanding of Earth...
- 1907
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon61907HD
In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstab...
- 2009
400 Years of the Telescope
400 Years of the Telescope52009HD
A documentary chronicling the history of the telescope from the time of Galileo. Featuring interviews with leading scientists discussing Galileo's fir...