We’ve seen several space movies added to the index in 2017, from the great to the terrible ( and everything in between), and we still have the annual Star Wars installment (and, uh, Geostorm) to salivate over. (Brad Pitt, James Gray, and Insterstellar’s cinematographer are at work on another epic right now.) Our appetite for them is as vast as the vacuum. It’s no wonder that Hollywood never stops making space movies. And most importantly, the inhuman emptiness of space forces characters to confront their private fears and self-doubts even as it inspires existential and epistemological questions that fascinate us all. Its scale, and the speed required to traverse it, make space a natural special-effects showcase. For one thing, it’s always trying to kill characters, which raises the storytelling stakes. Whether a story unfolds in the past, the present, or the future - in our own galaxy or one far, far away - space makes a great setting for film. Or so we’ve been told by three of the best space movies ever, as determined by the semi-rigorous ranking process we’re presenting today. Space: It’s the final frontier, the place where no one can hear you scream, and a boundless backdrop that squashes any man’s ego.
Please join us at The Ringer as we celebrate and explore the cultural resonance and science of space all week long. Star Trek is returning to TV, The Martian author Andy Weir is returning to bookshelves, and Destiny 2 and a new Metroid release are bringing gamers back to the stars. SpaceX is about to launch the most powerful operational rocket in the world. NASA’s long-lived Cassini mission is ending this week, just after its even longer-lived Voyager mission marked its 40th anniversary. Outer space is everywhere: Not only are we physically surrounded by it, but we’re inundated with images of it, both real and fictional.
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