2010 (1984)

While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.

Genres: Thriller, Science Fiction

What to watch after 2010

• Capricorn One (1978) — Same subject: astronaut
• When Worlds Collide (1951) — Same subject: space travel
• Star Trek: Generations (1994) — Same subject: space opera
• Terminator Salvation (2009) — Two steps away in the credits
• The Final Countdown (1980) — Same feel: tense, suspenseful
• Stargate (1994)