After the Eclipse, Try...

If you viewed today's eclipse, but don't want to wait until 2024 for the next one, you might be interested in these films!

2001: A Space Odyssey: The opening shots of an eclipse remain some of the most iconic in science fiction. A science fiction film which moves from the pre-historic birth of intelligence toward the emergence of man as pure thought somewhere in the future.

The Right Stuff:  The story of how seven cocky pilots became the astronauts of Project Mercury and pioneered America's launch into the space race.

Apocalypto: An eclipse interrupts an execution, saving the protagonist of this thrilling adventure.

Little Shop of Horrors: In this musical, business booms at Mushnik's Flower Shop when an exotic potted plant called Audrey II arrives after a solar eclipse. People are rushing in to see it--and disappearing.


Ladyhawke: A total solar eclipse appears at the climax of this medieval adventure.

Pitch Black: Vin Diesel stars in this science fiction thriller. After their spaceship crashes on an abandoned world of three suns, a group of pilgrims encounters very aggressive creatures that can only live in darkness. Seems safe on a world of three suns, but a total solar eclipse is imminent...

And don't miss our list of Stellar Reads, either!