Observatory Movies

  • 1996
    The Arrival

    The Arrival

    The Arrival

    61996HD

    Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is...

    The Arrival
  • 1997
    Contact

    Contact

    Contact

    7.41997HD

    A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and...

    Contact
  • 1958
    The Trollenberg Terror

    The Trollenberg Terror

    The Trollenberg Terror

    4.7171958HD

    An American investigator for the U.N., a German scientist and a British reporter join forces to investigate a series of disappearances and...

    The Trollenberg Terror
  • 2021
    Bliss

    Bliss

    Bliss

    5.52021HD

    A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the...

    Bliss
  • 1956
    Menace from Outer Space

    Menace from Outer Space

    Menace from Outer Space

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    A nontheatrical (16mm) film comprise of three contiguous episodes of the TV series "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger".

    Menace from Outer Space
  • 1958
    War of the Colossal Beast

    War of the Colossal Beast

    War of the Colossal Beast

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    Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colossal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and...

    War of the Colossal Beast
  • 1907
    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon

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    In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the...

    The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
  • 2019
    Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe

    Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe

    Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe

    82019HD

    Man has always sought to seek further afield. After the seafaring explorers of the 16th century, 21st century cosmologists today navigate more...

    Cosmis Flows: The Cartographers of the Universe
  • 2012
    Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory

    Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory

    Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory

    02012HD

    This film tells the surprising story of how the Allegheny Observatory has been a world leader in the study of the stars since the 1860s....

    Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory
  • 2023
    Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020

    Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020

    Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020

    82023HD

    As coronavirus begins to sweep the globe, Zhang returns to her father’s village with her camera, seeking to understand where the extraordinary...

    Self-Portrait: 47 KM 2020
  • 2006
    The Once and Future Griffith Observatory

    The Once and Future Griffith Observatory

    The Once and Future Griffith Observatory

    02006HD

    Documentary about the Griffith Observatory, shown at their Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater

    The Once and Future Griffith Observatory
  • 2005
    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege

    02005HD

    Although the mountain volcano Mauna Kea last erupted around 4,000 years ago, it is still hot today, the center of a burning controversy over whether...

    Mauna Kea: Temple Under Siege
  • 2019
    Chasing Spaceships

    Chasing Spaceships

    Chasing Spaceships

    02019HD

    When George's suspicions get him fired from the observatory, there is only one path he can seek to fulfil his retribution. The new order is upon us!

    Chasing Spaceships
  • 1970
    There's No Place Like Home

    There's No Place Like Home

    There's No Place Like Home

    01970HD

    For all important things in our lives, there is a collection of things that come together that give them significance. For our favourite meals, it is...

    There's No Place Like Home
  • 2011
    The Space Between

    The Space Between

    The Space Between

    02011HD

    A couple recovering from break ups meet

    The Space Between
  • 1962
    Splendour of the Heavens

    Splendour of the Heavens

    Splendour of the Heavens

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    A film about astronomy which also happens to show views of the ancient city of Winchester, before focussing on a particular house in the suburbs with...

    Splendour of the Heavens
  • 2017
    From the Atoms to the Stars

    From the Atoms to the Stars

    From the Atoms to the Stars

    82017HD

    An incredible travel through space and time between the walls of the Paris Observatory, which is celebrating its 350th birthday. Place of discoveries...

    From the Atoms to the Stars
  • 1897
    Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.

    Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.

    Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.

    2.81897HD

    From F.Z. Maguire catalogue: The background of this picture is the Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, Cal. This observatory, the gift of James Lick,...

    Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, Cal.