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The International Space Station has been featured in several films, including Challenge, Yolki 5, Gravity, The Day After Tomorrow, Love, A Beautiful Planet and Space Station 3D.

There is a body of films that feature space stations. Science fiction films are the most popular genre to have featured both real-life space stations such as the International Space Station and Mir as well as fictional ones such as the Death Star and the Satellite of Love.

List of films

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Non-documentary films involving direct use of a real space station as a plot

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Film Release year Space station Spacecraft transporting the crew Spacecraft transporting the filming equipment Cast aboard the space station during productionTime aboard on space station during productionTime shot on space station during productionReference
Return from Orbit1984Salyut 7Soyuz T-9Soyuz T-9
27 June - 23 November 1983 (149 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes)Unknown[1]
Apogee of Fear
2012International Space StationSoyuz TMA-13/TMA-12/STS-124Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12
14 - 24 October 2008
(11 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes)		8 minutes[2]
Yolki 52016International Space StationSoyuz TMA-16M/TMA-18MSoyuz TMA-16M/TMA-18M/Soyuz MS-02Mikhail Kornienko (Astronaut)27 June - 23 November 1983 (340 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes)3-4 minutes[3][4]
Soyuz MS-02Soyuz MS-02Andrey Borisenko (Astronaut)21 October 2016 - 10 April 2017
The Challenge (Vyzov)
2023International Space StationSoyuz MS-19/18Progress MS-17/Soyuz MS-18
5 - 17 October 2021
(11 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes)		35-40 minutes[5]

Films involving indirect use of a real space station or partially fictionalized[A] space station as a plot

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Film Year Space station Notes Ref.
Armageddon1998Mir[6]
A Beautiful Planet2016International Space Station[7]
Contact1997Mir[6]
The Day After Tomorrow2004International Space Station[8]
Gravity2013International Space Station and Tiangong-1[9]
I.S.S.2024 International Space Station[10]
Life2017International Space StationHeavily modified to include additional pressurized modules[11]
Love2011International Space Station[12]
Marooned1969S-IVB Orbital Workshop Similar to wet workshop designs considered for Skylab.[13]
Mission to Mars2000World Space Station Appears to be the International Space Station modified to accommodate an Artificial gravity ring.[14]
Mission to Mir1997Mir[15]
Out of the Present1995Mir[16]
Salyut-72017Salyut 7[17]
Searching for Skylab2019Skylab[18]
Space Explorers: The ISS Experience2020International Space Station[19]
Space Station 3D2002International Space Station[20]
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets2017Alpha (former International Space Station) Incredibly modified, to the point of near nonrecognition. The structure of the modern ISS is only briefly seen in the opening montage.[21]

Films involving use of a fully fictionalized space station as a plot

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Film Year Space station Ref.
51 Degrees North2015[22]
2001: A Space Odyssey1968Space Station V[6]
30222019[23]
Ad Astra2019Norwegian biomedical research space station[24]
Aliens1986Gateway Station[25]
Alien: Romulus2024 Renaissance [26]
Android1982Terraport Station ULC-53[27]
Arena1989[28]
Assignment: Outer Space1960Zulu Extra 34[29][30]
Cargo2009Station 42[31]
The Cloverfield Paradox2018Cloverfield Station[32]
Conquest of Space1955The Wheel[25]
The Creator2023 U.S.S. NOMAD [33]
Dante 012008Dante 01[34]
Dark City1998The City[35]
Earth II1971Earth II[36]
Elysium2013Elysium[37]
Ender's Game2013Battle School[38]
Enemy Mine1985[39]
Event Horizon1997Daylight Space Station[40]
Fortress 2: Re-Entry2000[41]
Geostorm2017International Space Station IV[42]
The Green Slime1968Gamma 3[36]
Hellraiser: Bloodline1996Minos[43]
Interstellar2014Cooper Station[44]
Io2019[45]
Jason X2002Solaris research space station[46]
Lockout2012MS One[47]
Macross: Do You Remember Love?1984SDF-1[48]
Moonraker1979[6]
Moonfall2022 Unnamed SpaceX refueling station [49]
The Marvels2023 S.A.B.R.E Space Station [50]
Mutiny in Outer Space1965[36]
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie1996Satellite of Love[38]
The Noah's Ark Principle1984Florida Arklab[51]
Oblivion2013The Tet[52]
Planet of the Apes2001Oberon[53]
Project Moonbase1953[54]
Queen of Outer Space1958[55]
Rampage2018 [56]
Red Planet2000High Orbit Space Station / Mars-1[35][57]
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles2006Space Station Liberty[58]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story2016Death Star[59]
Solaris1972Solaris Station[60]
Solaris2002Prometheus Station[60]
Space Buddies2009Russian Research Space Station (R.R.S.S)[61]
SpaceCamp1986Daedalus[38]
Space Station 762014Omega 76 Space Station[62]
Star Crystal1986[63]
Star Trek Beyond2016Yorktown[64]
Star Trek: The Motion Picture1979Orbital office complex[65]
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan1982Regula I[65]
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock1984Earth Spacedock[65]
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home1986Earth Spacedock[65]
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier1989Earth Spacedock[65]
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country1991Earth Spacedock[65]
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace1999Droid Control Ship[66]
Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith2005Death Star[6]
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope1977Death Star[6]
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi1983Death Star II[6]
Starship Troopers1997Ticonderoga[67]
Starship Troopers: Invasion2012Fort Casey[68]
Stowaway2021 [69]
Thunderbirds2004Thunderbird 5[70]
Thunderbird 61968Thunderbird 5[70]
Tik Tik Tik2018[71]
Titan A.E.2000Salvage Station TAU 14
New Bangkok		[72]
The Wandering Earth2019International Space Station[73]
War of the Planets1966[55]
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century1999[74]
Zenon: The Zequel2001[74]
Zenon: Z32004[75]

Notes

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A.^ Partially fictionalized meaning either directly based on a heavily studied real concept/station (e.g. the S-IVB Orbital Workshop in Marooned), or an extension of an existing modern station (e.g. the World Space Station in Mission to Mars being an extension of the International Space Station.) Some stations share the name of real space stations (e.g. the International Space Station in The Wandering Earth) but are otherwise unrelated, these are in the "fully fictionalized" category.

See also

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The following films also include spacecraft that have also been called space stations by outside sources:

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