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10 Spectacularly Silly Depictions of the Moon in Sci-Fi Movies

As Roland Emmerich's Moonfall approaches, we're rounding up more loopy live-action lunar tales.

By Cheryl Eddy Published January 21, 2022, 4:00 pm ET

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The moon looms over Los Angeles in a scene from Moonfall. — The moon looms over Los Angeles in a scene from Moonfall. Image: Lionsgate

With master of disaster Roland Emmerich’s Moonfall arriving Febuary 4, we’ve got the moon on the brain. Not the semi-plausible or at least seriously considered depictions seen in movies like Moon, 2001: A Space Odyssey, or Ad Astra, but the full-on goofy treatments that put the “fiction” in “science fiction.” In other words: who’s hungry for cheese?

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