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Top 10 Greatest Movies about Mars


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Terry come back don’t ever make it these
movies are out of this world welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top ten
Mars movies for this list we’re
considering movies that either take
place on Mars or where Mars or Martians
are important to the plot yours needs
Botox and we’re looking at how they use
the planet in their stories rather than
how critically or commercially
successful the film might be as a whole
so grab your space suits and let’s take
off does this light up only when radar
waves are bouncing off our ship then we
put up this radar screen then nobody can
find us in space number 10
Mars Needs Moms fact is Mars Needs Moms
in this kid-friendly flick nine-year-old
milo wishes that he never had a mother
my life would be so much better if I
didn’t have a mom at all his wish comes
true when Martians coincidentally
capture her so Milo travels to Mars with
a few quirky sidekicks to save her we’ve
got a savior well that’s possible so
like get over and like move on we’ve
gotta try although the film drew some
criticism for its lack of originality
it’s realistic 3d motion capture and
acting performances have been
well-received
interestingly Mars Needs Moms has more
Martian heritage than meets the eye the
film’s director Simon Wells is actually
the great-grandson of HG Wells author of
the Martian invasion novel the War of
the Worlds your hippy alien life story
is totally interesting but I’m kind of
busy saving my mom number 9
ghosts of Mars let’s just kick some ass
what we do best release during a Mars
related film Renaissance at the turn of
the millennium john carpenter’s ghosts
of mars manages to combine the directors
signature horror style with science
fiction filled with great action and
fighting scenes the film follows a
police officer who arrives in a small
mining town on mars for a routine
prisoner transport but upon arrival she
discovers the miners have unleashed an
ancient evil look even if we get back to
crisi
those things will just keep coming as
the name suggests spirits from long dead
Martians return to possess and kill
humans whom they believed to be evil
invaders as far as they’re concerned we
are the invaders despite its lack of
critical and commercial success the
flick still has that John Carpenter
appeal which is what lands it here
number eight doom we finally done here
because I’ve got a job to do
doom which features action stars Dwayne
the rock Johnson and Karl Urban is an
adaptation of the video game series that
helped establish the first-person
shooter genre
part of the action sci-fi movie success
can be attributed to the fact that it’s
been able to recreate the feelings of
horror and violence that make the games
so popular even having a sequence that
replicates the first person shooter
perspective it also has many of the
staples often found in other Mars
related movies such as Space Marines
malfunction facilities and of course
lots of Secrets don’t shoot me
yeah I was thinking about it number
seven Watchmen TV said you were on Mars
I am more Mars although Mars does not
appear until late into the film it
becomes one of this superhero movies
most significant locations Mars when dr.
Manhattan tires of life on Earth he
travels to the barren planet to be alone
once there he builds an impressive glass
clock like structure out of the Martian
rock as seen in one of watchman’s
coolest sequences
eventually Manhattan brings the only
person he still feels a connection with
to his place of Solitude their
discussions directly influence the
conclusion of the crime action drama
while also summarizing its themes and
overall message on Mars
you taught me value of life if we hope
to preserve it here we must remain
silent number six the War of the Worlds
Mars is more than 140 million miles from
the Sun and for centuries it has been in
the last stages of exhaustion one of the
most iconic films from the alien
invasion craze of the 50s the War of the
Worlds chronicles invaders from Mars
crash landing and terrorizing Southern
California if it’s men from Mars we
oughta let him know we’re friendly don’t
fool around with something when you
don’t know what it is the film stands
out because of its compelling story
based on HG Wells novel along with its
unique and impressive sound and visuals
the science fiction flick avoided using
typical flying saucers of the time and
instead portrayed the alien vehicles as
invulnerable tripods that’s some kind of
a flying machine better supported from
the ground by rays probably some form of
magnetic flux like invisible legs thanks
to its creative and compelling story it
also became a financial and critical
success and earned an Oscar for special
effects number 5 Red Planet it’s weird
there’s nothing here
it’s Mars this sci-fi thriller takes
place in the not-too-distant future and
follows a crew of scientists as they
investigate problems plaguing a Martian
terraforming project terraforming didn’t
even come close to creating breathable
air up here right once on Mars the teen
is faced with strange circumstances and
life-threatening situations I’m gonna
die on this planet reminiscent of many
of the Mars films of the past Red Planet
is filled with things like pseudoscience
an outerspace storm and a robotic
sidekick Amy I thought you were dead
hey sweetie good to see you like those
films the plot revolves around the
scientists piecing together the clues to
solve a bizarre mystery but as a larger
hole the movie demonstrates how scary
science can be this planet
number four John Carter John Carter of
Mars
send us much better fix our director
Andrew Stanton makes his live-action
debut with this underrated sci-fi epic
unlike many of the other films on this
list john carter forgoes any notions of
scientific accuracy and instead stays
true to its century-old pulp fiction
source material Princess of Mars how
about that the adventure movie gives
audiences amazing special effects
impressive action sequences and a
complex storyline involving warring
Martians and all-powerful manipulators
in addition to its stunning visuals the
film successfully manages to blend a
number of genres including science
fiction action-adventure Western and
fantasy and found particular success in
Europe and Asia number 3 mission to Mars
that’s whatever it was this this force
you said it came directly out of the top
of the mountain despite sharing its
title with a Disneyland ride mission to
Mars is less about action and thrills
than it is about exploration mystery and
the universe I’ll see you when I get to
March listen don’t solve all the
mysteries of the universe alright leave
a little something for the next guy I’m
not
just bring some expensive beer all right
the film touches on many common science
fiction themes including isolation and
our search for where we came from
is anyone there over director Brian De
Palma populates the movie with a
memorable cast of characters played by
the likes of Gary Sinise and Don Cheadle
while providing hauntingly beautiful
visuals of space travel and the Martian
landscape what I think it is its Mars
number two Mars Attacks
this Tim Burton directed flick brings
together an impressive cast including
Jack Nicholson Natalie Portman and
Pierce Brosnan to name only a few in a
mid-90s movie that parodies the campy
alien invasion films from the 50s
full-scale invasion mr. president we’re
going to need to get you to safety
filled with over-the-top violence and
classic Burton shtick Earth and Mars
Mars Attacks has both poignant political
commentary and cheesy looking aliens it
was also nominated for several Saturn
Awards and features a climactic battle
between humans and Martians there is no
way that we can lose
Oh before we unveil our top pick here
are some honorable mentions you’ve got
to face the reality of being alone
forever
Santa Claus you will never return to a3
now you belong to Mars Oh No casa silva
Kohanga Nissan Murano tsukioka Kato
happy awesomest ah
yeah number one
Total Recall without a doubt this is the
definitive Mars movie you’re dreaming is
it about yours like many of Paul
Verhoeven’s films on the surface Total
Recall seems to be just another sci-fi
flick filled with violence and nudity
but underneath the movie has a number of
underlying philosophical themes okay
then if I’m with me who the hell am i
it’s me
it follows a man who’s disturbing dreams
about Mars compel him to undergo a
memory implant procedure and eventually
he lands on the Red Planet but what
makes the action movie so great is how
it gives us multiple hints throughout
that what is taking place may not be
real swallow this what is it it’s a
symbol of your desire to return to
reality the course of events
consistently causes the lead character
as well as the audience to question if
anything that has happened is true or
merely a delusion oh I get it I’m
dreaming and all this is part of the
delightful vacation your companyís old
me
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