Live Poll: Favorite Film About NASA

  • 2
  • Praise
  • Updated 2 months ago
  • (Edited)
  • 2
Which of these films about NASA is your favorite?

List: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls040301198/
Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/sUKQd5ol1Dg/
Photo of Dibyayan Chakravorty

Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion

  • 4372 Posts
  • 2254 Reply Likes

Posted 11 months ago

  • 2
11 months ago
Photo of urbanemovies

urbanemovies

  • 4639 Posts
  • 2769 Reply Likes
Lots of films that I rate highly on this list, but hands down The Right Stuff (1983).

There seems to be a lot of films listed where the whole plot revolves around NASA and few were it only is a minor part of the film. I would cull the couple options aren't NASA-centric: Men in Black 3 (2012), Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) My Favorite Martian (1999),Tomorrowland (2015), Geostorm (2017)? In some of these movies the NASA link is a single scene or a minor plot point, even though some are listed in Category:Films about NASA - Wikipedia, the connection is very weak.

Movies like Armageddon (1998), Space Cowboys (2000), Contact (1997), Countdown (1967) or Life (2017) would be a far better movies to list as NASA is part of the movies from beginning to end.
(Edited)
2018-10-10T06:05:13+00:00
Photo of Dibyayan Chakravorty

Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion

  • 4372 Posts
  • 2254 Reply Likes
Hi Benu,
Thanks for your valuable input. I have added your suggestions.
2018-10-10T15:50:33+00:00
Photo of urbanemovies

urbanemovies

  • 4639 Posts
  • 2769 Reply Likes
I would give some thought to Countdown (1967)  a Robert Altman film  with James Caan and Robert Duvall, as it was the first major movie about NASA and trailblazed the way for all the other NASA movies. It has a pretty novel plot about NASA going to the moon even before we went two years latter or figured actually how to do it. Plus, it will give some balance with a token older film to the poll. It still gets shown on Turner Classic Movies, so it still has relevance today and is more widely seen than the IMDb votes indicate.

2018-10-10T15:58:49+00:00
Photo of urbanemovies

urbanemovies

  • 4639 Posts
  • 2769 Reply Likes
Stafford, Jeff. "Articles: Countdown." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved: May 18, 2013.
2018-10-11T05:33:15+00:00
Photo of Dibyayan Chakravorty

Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion

  • 4372 Posts
  • 2254 Reply Likes
Thanks Benu!

I have added 'Countdown'.
11 months ago
Photo of TheMovieSmith

TheMovieSmith

  • 982 Posts
  • 978 Reply Likes
Apollo 13

11 months ago
Photo of Stephen N Russell

Stephen N Russell

  • 826 Posts
  • 1208 Reply Likes
See 2 many to choose, mine total 5 movies.
11 months ago
Photo of Simo98

Simo98

  • 381 Posts
  • 312 Reply Likes
My vote: Interstellar (2014). 
11 months ago
Photo of Stephen N Russell

Stephen N Russell

  • 826 Posts
  • 1208 Reply Likes
my pix: Apollo 13, Right Stuff, Gravity, Hidden Figures,Marooned, & agree on Countdown
11 months ago
Photo of Ed Jones (XLIX)

Ed Jones (XLIX)

  • 15363 Posts
  • 17458 Reply Likes
22. Space Cowboys (2000)
11 months ago
Photo of Stephen N Russell

Stephen N Russell

  • 826 Posts
  • 1208 Reply Likes
add X15 (Charles Bronson as test pilot)
2018-10-15T07:31:41+00:00
Photo of Peter

Peter, Champion

  • 6440 Posts
  • 7756 Reply Likes
X-15 (1961) fits the subject, although it doesn't have many IMDb votes.
2018-10-15T07:59:09+00:00
Photo of Dan Dassow

Dan Dassow, Champion

  • 13731 Posts
  • 14186 Reply Likes
I third X-15 (1961). It's a watchable film that comes across as a NASA PR film.
2018-10-15T08:46:39+00:00
Photo of Dibyayan Chakravorty

Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion

  • 4372 Posts
  • 2254 Reply Likes
I would add it if it had at least 1,000 votes. Currently, only 473 votes...
11 months ago
Photo of Dan Dassow

Dan Dassow, Champion

  • 13732 Posts
  • 14188 Reply Likes
Congratulations, DC!


Favorite Film About NASA
Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/sUKQd5ol1Dg/
11 months ago
Photo of Breumaster

Breumaster

  • 2444 Posts
  • 3483 Reply Likes
Love your polls, great!
2018-10-27T01:17:55+00:00
Photo of Dibyayan Chakravorty

Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion

  • 4372 Posts
  • 2254 Reply Likes
Thank you Breu!
11 months ago
Photo of Dan Dassow

Dan Dassow, Champion

  • 13732 Posts
  • 14188 Reply Likes
Congratulations Dibyayan_Chakravorty on your 439th live poll! As of 17-Oct-2018 8:31 PM Pacific your polls have 1,232,882 or more votes, for an average of 2,808 votes per poll.

Favorite Film About NASA
7007th Live Poll: https://www.imdb.com/poll/sUKQd5ol1Dg/
Seen: http://www.imdb.com/seen/ls040301198/

This is the 3,140th Title poll. Such polls have a total of 7,559,198 votes for an average of 2,407 votes per poll.
Total Number of Votes			16,272,076
Projected Date of 20 Million Votes	05-Mar-2020
Days Until 20 Million Votes		495
This is the list of Dibyayan_Chakravorty's polls as of 18-Oct-2018:

Sorted Alphabetically http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/05/imdb-polls-alphabetical-by-author.html#Dibyayan_Chakravorty

In Decreasing Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/03/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes-by.html#Dibyayan_Chakra...

Alphabetical List of Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2014/03/imdb-polls-alphabetical.html

Top IMDb Polls http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2015/07/top-imdb-polls.html

IMDb Polls - Descending Order of Votes http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2013/12/imdb-polls-descending-order-of-votes.html

Summary Statistics http://mypollwatch.blogspot.com/2016/05/summary-statistics.html

Key Threads - IMDb Poll FAQs Index https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-key-threads-imdb-poll-faqs-index

How to Improve the Chance of Having your Poll on the Home Page https://getsatisfaction.com/imdb/topics/faq-how-to-improve-the-chance-of-having-your-poll-on-the-hom...
10 months ago
Photo of Dan Dassow

Dan Dassow, Champion

  • 13732 Posts
  • 14188 Reply Likes
DC,

Your poll is currently on the IMDb Home Page.
2018-11-06T06:06:45+00:00
Photo of Dibyayan Chakravorty

Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion

  • 4372 Posts
  • 2254 Reply Likes
Thank you Dan! I just saw this.
10 months ago
Photo of Dibyayan Chakravorty

Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion

  • 4372 Posts
  • 2254 Reply Likes
Congratulations Dibyayan_Chakravorty. This is the 76th time your poll has been featured at IMDb Home Page (http://www.imdb.com) since July 28, 2015.

06 November 2018: Favorite Film About NASA - https://www.imdb.com/poll/sUKQd5ol1Dg/ (A poll by Dibyayan_Chakravorty)


Poll Author - Number of Polls Featured at IMDb Home Page (Since July 28, 2015) 


Dibyayan_Chakravorty - 76
urbanemovies - 31
pere-25366 - 28
ElMaruecan82 - 17
Rafael_M - 15
KhaledKalache - 13
Simba63 - 13
IMDb-Editors - 13
Hoekkie - 11
The-Social-Introvert - 9
yrnej - 9
Kirk-Picard - 9
sir-mauri - 9
dan_dassow - 8
rubyfruit76 - 8
leavey-2 - 8
peaspot - 6
NDbportmanfan - 6
masandaglinus123 - 6
pbn - 6
Teriek-Williams - 5
Manya086 - 4
Mega_wizard - 4
DoctorBuster - 4
borimor - 4
ladydeadpool96 - 4
TsarStepan - 4
penchofifteenpolls - 3
jalapenoman - 3
Silitonga - 3
TheMovieSmith - 2
jamesh5 - 2
KyBelle86 - 2
Eagles90 - 2
RbDeraj - 2
moatazaboalghuit - 2
lnvicta - 2
Debjit_Hazra - 2
SkyDeshpande - 2
iakhtar-33380 - 2
guillenpascal - 2
dgranger - 2
ahmad_alaghbar - 1 
mattyankster10 - 1 
bluehunter16 - 1 
Pictoris - 1 
JoelRH - 1 
BigBadDolemite - 1 
alioth4 - 1 
vamken46 1 
Jessica - 1 
alex_1-801-348552 - 1 
rose-taylor - 1 
FisnikFizz - 1 
Drevnibor - 1 
Garfield_the_Avenger - 1 
vibhorpanda29 - 1 
buddhalou - 1 
waspinatorbj - 1 
muzzle - 1 
Jediknight29 - 1 
Paok-Kilkis - 1 
Lucilfer - 1 
Wonder_Gal - 1
Hyker - 1
jamariana - 1
daniellejeffrey - 1
DeadMan66 - 1
fancinderella - 1
simeon-83777 - 1
NoPantsBatman - 1
jamesgandrew - 1
Chihir0 - 1


2 months ago
Photo of ElMo

ElMo

  • 3641 Posts
  • 3923 Reply Likes
They can make a poll twice in the homepage? Did that happen before? I think it did once... 
But seriously, DC, if I were you, I'd feel like Sally Field 'right now'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWtUVDG5M1w
It must feel so good...


(Edited)
2019-07-16T10:30:14+00:00
Photo of Eagles90

Eagles90

  • 146 Posts
  • 221 Reply Likes
A bit ridiculous, I think. There should be more diversity in the homepage...
2019-07-16T11:55:28+00:00
Photo of Dibyayan Chakravorty

Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion

  • 4372 Posts
  • 2254 Reply Likes
Elmo,

The same poll getting home page multiple times have occurred many times in the past. Most of them are special polls like award season polls.
2019-07-16T13:22:59+00:00
Photo of Peter

Peter, Champion

  • 6440 Posts
  • 7759 Reply Likes
This one is because of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing.
2019-07-16T13:53:54+00:00
Photo of Dibyayan Chakravorty

Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion

  • 4372 Posts
  • 2254 Reply Likes
Thanks for the info Pibby!

2019-07-16T19:47:42+00:00
Photo of ElMo

ElMo

  • 3641 Posts
  • 3923 Reply Likes
Well, I bumped this one (we'll see if IMDb editors like it)... it's an old poll, maybe I should have rebooted it 
https://www.imdb.com/poll/MAeS625McS8/
2 months ago
Photo of Dibyayan Chakravorty

Dibyayan Chakravorty, Champion

  • 4372 Posts
  • 2254 Reply Likes
Dear IMDb Editors,

Thank you!
2 months ago
Photo of David Sweida

David Sweida

  • 2 Posts
  • 1 Reply Like
October Sky is reasonably notable omission.
2 months ago
Photo of jd lowzone

jd lowzone

  • 2 Posts
  • 2 Reply Likes
Moontrap with Walter Koenig and Bruce Campbell. Way better than the pretentious Interstellar.
2 months ago
Photo of Dan Dassow

Dan Dassow, Champion

  • 13732 Posts
  • 14188 Reply Likes
Dibyayan_Chakravorty's poll Favorite Film About NASA is the 299th poll to reach 10,000 votes, the 106th poll to reach 15,000 votes and the 40th poll to reach 20,000. It currently has 21,116 votes with a rank of 39.

(Click on image to enlarge.)




  • 2

Powered by Get Satisfaction