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To keep some measure of sanity, the astronauts living aboard the International Space Station (ISS), some 220 miles above our planet Earth, make a point of unwinding. According to NASA, the astronauts get weekends off. And, “on any given day, crew members can watch movies, play music, read books, play cards and talk to their families.” Earlier this year, PaleoFuture gave us a further glimpse into what astronaut downtime looks like, when its editor, Matt Novak, printed a Complete List of Movies and TV Shows On Board the International Space Station. Acquired through a Freedom of Information request, the list is a catalogue of every film and TV show in the ISS media library. As Matt notes, there are many classics (e.g. Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest), “plenty of space-themed and dystopian sci-fi movies” (2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien and Blade Runner), and a helpful serving of comedy (Airplane). Below, you can find the first 100 items on the list. Get the complete list–all 533 movies and TV shows–at Paleofuture.
- 1941
- 12 Monkeys
- 12 Years a Slave
- 2 Fast 2 Furious
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- 21 Jump Street
- 24 (Seasons 1-8)
- 48 Hours
- 8 Mile
- A Christmas Carol
- A Christmas Story
- A Knights Tale
- A Man and a Woman
- A Night at the Opera
- A Night at the Roxbury
- A Perfect Murder
- A Prairie Home Companion
- A Room with a View
- Absolutely Fabulous (Series 1-3)
- Air Force One
- Airplane
- Alias Season 1
- Alien
- Alien 3
- Alien Resurrection
- Aliens
- All Good Things
- Along Came Polly
- Always
- American Gangster
- American Sniper
- American Wedding
- An American in Paris
- An Article of Hope
- Analyze This
- Anchorman
- Anchorman 2
- Animal House (1978)
- Argo
- Armageddon
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
- Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
- Arrow Season 1
- Arsenic and Old Lace
- As Good as it Gets
- Austin Powers International Man of Mystery
- Austin Powers The Spy Who Shagged Me
- Australia
- Avatar
- Baby Mama
- Back to Bataan
- Back to the Future
- Back to the Future Part II
- Back to the Future Part III
- Backdraft
- Band of Brothers Season 1
- Bataan
- Batman Forever
- Batman Returns
- Battle for the Planet of the Apes
- Battle of Britain
- Battleship
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes
- Ben-Hur
- Better Call Saul Season 1
- Beverly Hills Cop II
- Beverly Hills Cop III
- Big Bang Theory (Seasons 1-8)
- Big Eyes
- Big Jake
- Billy Jack
- Birdman, or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance
- Black Hawk Down
- Black Mask
- Black Swan
- Blade Runner
- Blazing Saddles Blended
- Blue Planet Frozen Seas
- Blue Planet Ocean World
- Blues Brothers
- Bob Newhart Button-Down Concert
- Body of Lies
- Braveheart
- Breaking Bad Seasons 1-6
- Bridesmaids
- Bull Durham
- Caddyshack
- Cahill United States Marshal
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier Captain Phillips
- Casablanca
- Cast Away
- Catch-22
- Celtic Woman Songs from the Heart
- Chance Are
- Chariots of Fire
- Charlie St Cloud
- Children of Men
- Chisum
Find the complete list of 533 films and TV shows here.
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