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Explore the Cosmos: Top Space Opera Movies and TV Shows

Get ready to blast off into the unknown and discover the most epic space opera movies and TV shows that will leave you starstruck. From classic sci-fi tales to modern blockbusters, we've curated a list of the best space opera films and series that will transport you to a galaxy far, far away.

Cast

Kei Tomiyama

Ryo Horikawa

Kazuhiko Inoue

Yoshiko Sakakibara

Legend of the Galactic Heroes (1988) TV Show

8.7 89 votes

Genre: Animation, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 110

Story: War rages between the Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance. With two new brilliant young leaders at the helm, anything can happen in this military space opera.

Style: philosophical

Plot: based on novel or book, political intrigue , space opera, military, anime, reluctant hero, original video animation (ova)

Cast

Ashley Eckstein

Matt Lanter

James Arnold Taylor

Dee Bradley Baker

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) TV Show

8.5 2.4K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 133

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu and other Jedi Knights lead the Grand Army of the Republic against the droid army of the Separatists.

Plot: space opera, 3d animation, excited

Cast

Pedro Pascal

Katee Sackhoff

The Mandalorian (2019) TV Show

8.4 11.1K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-14

Story: After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter.

Plot: bounty hunter, affectation, space western, space opera, space exploration, quest

Cast

Mark Hamill

Harrison Ford

Carrie Fisher

Billy Dee Williams

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

8.4 18.6K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: PG

Story: The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.

Plot: rebellion, android, spacecraft, asteroid, rebel, space battle, snowstorm, space colony, ...

Cast

Nathan Fillion

Gina Torres

Alan Tudyk

Morena Baccarin

Firefly (2002) TV Show

8.3 2.4K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 11

Audience: TV-14

Story: In the year 2517, the universe is a vast frontier where lawlessness reigns and adventure awaits! Join Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his ragtag crew aboard the spaceship Serenity as they navigate the fringes of society, battling the oppressive Alliance and facing off against ruthless bounty hunters.

Plot: spacecraft, outlaw, space, heist, space western, space opera

Time: future

Space Cobra (1982) TV Show

8.2 225 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: Japan

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 31

Story: Cobra lived an adventurous life until his enemies began to hunt him down. He surgically altered his face and erased his own memory in order to hide from his foes and lead a normal life. Eventually, he regains his memories and re-unites with his old partner Lady Armaroid and his ship Tortuga. Cobra travels the galaxy, fighting the outlaw Pirate Guild, but also fleeing the law-enforcing Milky Way Patrol.

Plot: based on manga, space opera, space adventure, space pirate, anime

Cast

Edward James Olmos

Mary McDonnell

Jamie Bamber

Katee Sackhoff

Battlestar Galactica (2004) TV Show

8.2 1.8K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 73

Audience: TV-14

Story: When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.

Plot: artificial intelligence (a.i.), cyborg, spacecraft, space travel, invasion, space, alien planet, space opera, ...

Star Wars (1977)

8.2 22.5K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 121 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

Plot: empire, galaxy, rebellion, android, hermit, smuggling (contraband), freedom, rebel, ...

Cast

Tom Skerritt

Sigourney Weaver

Veronica Cartwright

Harry Dean Stanton

Alien (1979)

8.2 16.5K votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 117 min.

Audience: R

Story: During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Plot: android, spacecraft, space marine, biology, dystopia, countdown, space suit, beheading, ...

Cast

Timothu00e9e Chalamet

Zendaya

Rebecca Ferguson

Javier Bardem

Dune: Part Two (2024)

8.1 8.2K votes

Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 167 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, Paul endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

Plot: sandstorm, chosen one, distant future, creature, planet, desert, destiny, giant worm, ...

Cast

Steven Strait

Dominique Tipper

Wes Chatham

Shohreh Aghdashloo

The Expanse (2015) TV Show

8.1 2.9K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: Canada, United States of America

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 62

Audience: TV-14

Story: A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.

Plot: based on novel or book, planet mars, spacecraft, space battle, space colony, space travel, space, conspiracy, ...

Time: future

Babylon 5 (1994) TV Show

8.0 604 votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 110

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.

Plot: prophecy, space colony, transformation, time travel, space station, space opera, future war, alien civilization, ...

Cast

William Shatner

Leonard Nimoy

DeForest Kelley

James Doohan

Star Trek (1966) TV Show

8.0 1.5K votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 79

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: space travel, exploration, friendship, space, alien, romulans, trek, space opera, ...

Time: 23rd century

Cast

Chris Pratt

Zoe Saldau00f1a

Dave Bautista

Karen Gillan

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

7.9 8.5K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 150 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

Plot: hero, superhero, mad scientist, based on comic, sequel, superhero team, space opera, raccoon, ...

Cast

Timothu00e9e Chalamet

7.8 15.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Science Fiction, War

Country: United States of America

Duration: 155 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence - a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential - only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Plot: empire, army, prophecy, dystopia, emperor, sand, spice, chosen one, ...

Time: future

Star Trek: Voyager (1995) TV Show

7.8 1.1K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 169

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.

Style: philosophical

Plot: time warp, spacecraft, hologram, space travel, galaxy, space, alien, alien planet, ...

Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003) TV Show

7.8 500 votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 25

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: During the Clone Wars, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi leads an assault on the planet Muunilinst, home of the Intergalactic Banking Clan; and his Padawan, Anakin Skywalker, is appointed by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine to lead the Republic’s space forces. Meanwhile, Separatist leader and Sith Lord Count Dooku takes in Force-sensitive gladiator Asajj Ventress as his Sith apprentice, and tasks her with eliminating Skywalker.

Plot: space opera

Cast

Jared Harris

Lee Pace

Lou Llobell

Laura Birn

Foundation (2021) TV Show

7.7 1.7K votes

Genre: Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 30

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.

Style: tense

Plot: prophecy, based on novel or book, empire, distant future, space opera, aggressive, domineering, human clone, ...

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr.

Taylor Gray

Vanessa Marshall

Tiya Sircar

Star Wars Rebels (2014) TV Show

7.7 1.0K votes

Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America, Malaysia

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 69

Audience: TV-Y7

Story: Set between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time when the evil Galactic Empire is tightening its grip of power on the galaxy. Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet and are ruining the lives of its people. The motley but clever crew of the starship Ghost — cowboy Jedi Kanan, ace pilot Hera, street-smart teenager Ezra, the “muscle” Zeb, warrior firebrand Sabine, and cantankerous old astromech droid Chopper — is among a select few who are brave enough to stand against the Empire. Together, they will face threatening new villains, encounter colorful adversaries, embark on thrilling adventures, and become heroes with the power to ignite a rebellion.

Plot: space opera, 3d animation, excited