# List of films featuring space stations

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

| Film | Release year | Space station | Spacecraft transporting the crew | Spacecraft transporting the filming equipment | Cast aboard the space station during production | Time aboard on space station during production | Time shot on space station during production |
| Return from Orbit | 1984 | Salyut 7 | Soyuz T-9 | Soyuz T-9 | Vladimir Lyakhov (Astronaut)Aleksandr Aleksandrov (Astronaut) | 27 June - 23 November 1983 (149 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes) | Unknown |
| Apogee of Fear | 2012 | International Space Station | Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12/STS-124 | Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12 | Yuri Lonchakov (Astronaut)Michael Fincke (Astronaut)Greg Chamitoff (Astronaut)Richard Garriott (Director) | 14 - 24 October 2008 (11 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes) | 8 minutes |
| Yolki 5 | 2016 | International Space Station | Soyuz TMA-16M/TMA-18M | Soyuz TMA-16M/TMA-18M/Soyuz MS-02 | Mikhail Kornienko (Astronaut) | 27 June - 23 November 1983 (340 days, 10 hours, 45 minutes) | 3-4 minutes |
| Yolki 5 | 2016 | International Space Station | Soyuz MS-02 | Soyuz MS-02 | Andrey Borisenko (Astronaut) | 21 October 2016 - 10 April 2017 | 3-4 minutes |
| The Challenge (Vyzov) | 2023 | International Space Station | Soyuz MS-19/18 | Progress MS-17/Soyuz MS-18 | Anton Shkaplerov (Cosmonaut)Oleg Novitsky (Cosmonaut)Pyotr Dubrov (Cosmonaut)Klim Shipenko (Director)Yulia Peresild (Actress)Mark T. Vande Hei (Astronaut) | 5 - 17 October 2021 (11 days, 12 hours, 52 minutes) | 35-40 minutes |

### Films involving indirect use of a real space station or partially fictionalized space station as a plot

| Film | Year | Space station | Notes |
| Armageddon | 1998 | Mir | |
| A Beautiful Planet | 2016 | International Space Station | |
| Contact | 1997 | Mir | |
| The Day After Tomorrow | 2004 | International Space Station | |
| Gravity | 2013 | International Space Station and Tiangong-1 | |
| I.S.S. | 2024 | International Space Station | |
| Life | 2017 | International Space Station | Heavily modified to include additional pressurized modules |
| Love | 2011 | International Space Station | |
| Marooned | 1969 | S-IVB Orbital Workshop | Similar to wet workshop designs considered for Skylab. |
| Mission to Mars | 2000 | World Space Station | Appears to be the International Space Station modified to accommodate an Artificial gravity ring. |
| Mission to Mir | 1997 | Mir | |
| Out of the Present | 1995 | Mir | |
| Rampage | 2018 | | Appears to be the International Space Station with additional inflatable segments, akin to the B330 from Bigelow Aerospace, along with many cancelled ISS modules. However it remains unnamed in the movie. |
| Salyut-7 | 2017 | Salyut 7 | |
| Searching for Skylab | 2019 | Skylab | |
| Space Explorers: The ISS Experience | 2020 | International Space Station | |
| Space Station 3D | 2002 | International Space Station | |
| Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | 2017 | Alpha (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. |

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

| Film | Year | Space station |
| 51 Degrees North | 2015 | |
| 2001: A Space Odyssey | 1968 | Space Station V |
| 3022 | 2019 | |
| Ad Astra | 2019 | Norwegian biomedical research space station |
| Aliens | 1986 | Gateway Station |
| Alien: Romulus | 2024 | Renaissance |
| Android | 1982 | Terraport Station ULC-53 |
| Arena | 1989 | |
| Assignment: Outer Space | 1960 | Zulu Extra 34 |
| Cargo | 2009 | Station 42 |
| The Cloverfield Paradox | 2018 | Cloverfield Station |
| Conquest of Space | 1955 | The Wheel |
| The Creator | 2023 | U.S.S. NOMAD |
| Dante 01 | 2008 | Dante 01 |
| Dark City | 1998 | The City |
| Earth II | 1971 | Earth II |
| Elysium | 2013 | Elysium |
| Ender's Game | 2013 | Battle School |
| Enemy Mine | 1985 | |
| Event Horizon | 1997 | Daylight Space Station |
| Fortress 2: Re-Entry | 2000 | |
| Geostorm | 2017 | International Space Station IV |
| The Green Slime | 1968 | Gamma 3 |
| Hellraiser: Bloodline | 1996 | Minos |
| Interstellar | 2014 | Cooper Station |
| Io | 2019 | |
| Jason X | 2002 | Solaris research space station |
| Lockout | 2012 | MS One |
| Macross: Do You Remember Love? | 1984 | SDF-1 |
| Moonraker | 1979 | |
| Moonfall | 2022 | Unnamed SpaceX refueling station |
| Mutiny in Outer Space | 1965 | |
| Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie | 1996 | Satellite of Love |
| The Noah's Ark Principle | 1984 | Florida Arklab |
| Oblivion | 2013 | The Tet |
| Planet of the Apes | 2001 | Oberon |
| Project Moonbase | 1953 | |
| Queen of Outer Space | 1958 | |
| Red Planet | 2000 | High Orbit Space Station / Mars-1 |
| Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles | 2006 | Space Station Liberty |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | 2016 | Death Star |
| Solaris | 1972 | Solaris Station |
| Solaris | 2002 | Prometheus Station |
| Space Buddies | 2009 | Russian Research Space Station (R.R.S.S) |
| SpaceCamp | 1986 | Daedalus |
| Space Station 76 | 2014 | Omega 76 Space Station |
| Star Crystal | 1986 | |
| Star Trek Beyond | 2016 | Yorktown |
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture | 1979 | Orbital office complex |
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | 1982 | Regula I |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | 1984 | Earth Spacedock |
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | 1986 | Earth Spacedock |
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | 1989 | Earth Spacedock |
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | 1991 | Earth Spacedock |
| Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | 1999 | Droid Control Ship |
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | 2005 | Death Star |
| Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope | 1977 | Death Star |
| Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi | 1983 | Death Star II |
| Starship Troopers | 1997 | Ticonderoga |
| Starship Troopers: Invasion | 2012 | Fort Casey |
| Stowaway | 2021 | |
| Thunderbirds | 2004 | Thunderbird 5 |
| Thunderbird 6 | 1968 | Thunderbird 5 |
| Tik Tik Tik | 2018 | |
| Titan A.E. | 2000 | Salvage Station TAU 14 New Bangkok |
| The Wandering Earth | 2019 | International Space Station |
| War of the Planets | 1966 | |
| Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century | 1999 | |
| Zenon: The Zequel | 2001 | |
| Zenon: Z3 | 2004 | |