The original 1950's version of "The Day The Earth Stood Still"

 Bill

My as well put in my 2cents. You guys have already named my favorites.

October Sky, Apollo 13, The Right Stuff, Star Wars, and Spaceballs LOL

 The Right Stuff

 In the Shadow of the Moon and From the Earth to the Moon while it is not a movie it is an incredible and fascinating piece of our history

LOL....

Very Cool topic !!

Ok here's my list in this order, which is pretty much the same as yours:

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)
Forbidden Planet (1956)
Red Planet(2000)
Dune(1984)
The First Men in the Moon(1964)
The War of the Worlds(1953)
Aliens
Alien
Contact (1997) with Jodi Foster.
Star Wars, all movies, but especially episodes IV, V and VI.
Star Trek, all movies
Apollo 13(1995)
October Sky
Mission to Mars
Starship Troopers
Pitch Black
Chronicles of Riddick
Galaxy Quest
The Fifth Element
Sunshine

This is the order I like them and not necessarily the order they came out in relation to each other.

Clear Skies   --- Silveradogold

Some people didn't like it, but I thought Sunshine was awesome.

Huge oxygen gardens, massive "sun shield", not to mention the scene where the 3 guys launch out of the dead ship back into theirs with the sun looming in the background, very cool for me.

Callistonian:

Some people didn't like it, but I thought Sunshine was awesome.

Huge oxygen gardens, massive "sun shield", not to mention the scene where the 3 guys launch out of the dead ship back into theirs with the sun looming in the background, very cool for me.

 LOL same for me I enjoyed it

Well the question was "Astronomy Movie" and most posts seem to be sci-fi with astronomy not really being in the storyline.  My favorite "Astronomy Movie" is Contact with Jodie Foster.  It is not my favorite "Space" movie, however.  That would be Armageddon with Bruce Willis.

Joe

Too many of them. I cannot make a choice.

Maybe Star Trek movie. I am a fans.

I'm the ultimate Sci-Fi/Sci-Fi-Horror/Astronomy/Fan lol!

Here's my list:

My All-Time Favorite Movies, In Order: BOLD ONES ARE ASTRONOMY/SPACE movies :)

1. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
2. Alien (1979)
3. Aliens (1986)
4. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
5. Lord Of The Rings - The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001)
6. The Terminator (1984)
7. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones (2002)
8. Alexander (2004)
9. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return Of The Jedi (1983)
10. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith (2005)
11. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
12. Lord Of The Rings - The Twin Towers (2002)
13. Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King (2003)
14. The Thing (1982)
15. Pitch Black (2000)
16. Doom (2005)
17. Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
18. Sunshine (2007)
19. Terminator 3: The Rise Of The Machines (2003)
20. The Matrix (1999)
21. War Of The Worlds (2005)
22. Terminator 2: Judjement Day (1991)
23. Blade Runner (1982)
24. The Chronicles Of Riddick (2004)
25. Event Horizon (1997)
26. Jurassic Park III (2001)
27. Jurassic Park (1993)
28. Rogue Trader (1999)
29. Jaws (1975)
30. Red Planet (2000)
31. The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
32. The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
33. 300 (2007)
34. Gladiator (2000)
35. H.G. Wells War Of The Worlds (2005)
36. Terminator: Salvation (2009)
37. The Classic War of the Worlds (2005)
38. Mission To Mars (2000)
39. Wall Street (1987)
40. The Ring (2002)
41. Alien 3 (1992)
42. Alien: Resurrection (1997)
43. Troy (2004)
44. Kingdom Of Heaven (2005)
45. 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
46. Dark Fury: The Chornicles Of Riddick (2002)
47. The Animatrix (2003)
48. Jaws 2 (1978)
49. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
50. {[TIE]} Born On The Fourth Of July (1989) / Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas (1998)

 Here's 2 lists I've made also: One is for sci-fi movies, mostly space ones and the other is only on astronomy documentaries.

http://www.amazon.com/My-Top-40-Sci-Fi-Sci-Fi-Horror-Fantasy-Movies/lm/R281XPQNDHFXNX/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full

 http://www.amazon.com/Space-amp-Astronomy-Blu-Ray-amp-DVD-Documentaries/lm/R22RGXZA5JR4RL/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full

No doubt it is The Dish for me.

Any Star Wars movie, Apollo 13, or Space Cowboys.  All great movies!

OK, so I've been reading this for a while, and I'm gonna go ahead and add "WALL-E"... b/c the creator(s) included some nice, rather realistic looking shots of constellations, a galaxy or two, some activity on the sun, and a view of earth from space.  My 3-yr old grandson named some of these objects the other day when I was showing him pictures in my Astronomy mags, and when I asked him how he knew what they were, he said "WALL-E".  So, I think that rates putting that movie on the fav astronomy (even-remotely-related) movie" the list.

2001 A Space Odyssey

Contact

silent running...was a good one...to many favorite's to name

 Close Encounters

Space Balls

 Star Wars (Empire Strikes Back, by far the best)

Galaxy Quest

Space Camp

The Last Starfighter

The Black Hole

Apollo 13

The Right Stuff

Space Cowboys

Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy

I'm sure there are others...

The "ultimate sci-fi fan" would appreciate Star Trek also.

It depends how one defines "astronomy movie" - it can be a narrow or broad definition.

My "non-fiction" choices are Contact, Apollo 13, Deep Impact.

My "sci-fi fantasy" choices include Star Trek, Star Wars, The Last Starfighter, Battle Beyond The Stars, etc., etc.

 i like them all but i'll pick contact as my favorite