Best Space Opera Movies from VHS Era
A hand-picked selection of the greatest space opera films of the VHS era — chosen for standout pacing, personality, and pure rewatch value.
The Empire Strikes Back
1980
Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?
1984
Return of the Jedi
1983
Superman
1978
Memories
1995
Mobile Suit Gundam III: Encounters in Space
1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
The Secret of the Third Planet
1981
Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow
1981
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
1998
The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy
1981
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
1988
Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth
1982
Galaxy Express 999: The Movie
1979
Time Masters
1982
The Transformers: The Movie
1986
Mobile Suit Gundam I
1981
Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie
1982
The Last Starfighter
1984
The Man Who Saved the World
1982
Flash Gordon
1980
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack
1979
Babylon 5: A Call to Arms
1999
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Captain EO
1986
Titan A.E.
2000
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000
Babylon 5: The Gathering
1993
Moonraker
1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
Message from Space
1978
Battle Beyond the Stars
1980
Arena
1989
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Star Trek: Generations
1994
Star Trek: Insurrection
1998
Stellar
1993
Dune
1984
Mission to Mars
2000
The Ice Pirates
1984
Space Truckers
1996
The Adventures of Hercules
1985
Space Mutiny
1988
Starcrash
1978
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
Wing Commander
1999
Galaxina
1980
The Star Wars Holiday Special
1978