{"id":32575,"date":"2022-05-25T12:22:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T12:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=48497"},"modified":"2022-05-25T12:34:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T12:34:12","slug":"23-of-the-best-space-and-sci-fi-movies-new-and-old-favourites","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/23-of-the-best-space-and-sci-fi-movies-new-and-old-favourites\/","title":{"rendered":"23 of the best space and sci-fi movies: new and old favourites"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 25 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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There\u2019s nothing like a good space or sci-fi movie to take you away from earthly troubles. Science fiction cinema has the benefit of allowing the human imagination to run away with itself, imagining distant galaxies of the past or future, or alternate realities of the present.<\/p>\n

Perhaps that\u2019s why it has attracted some of the biggest names in filmmaking over past decades: directors like Ridley Scott, Paul Verhoeven, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick and Ron Howard.<\/p>\n

Arguably, sci-fi is also one of the most accessible film genres, with a back catalogue to suit most cinematic tastes.<\/p>\n

Here, in no particular order, is our pick of some of our favourite space-based sci-fi movies, young and old.<\/p>\n

Best recent space movies<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Martian<\/h3>\n

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