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Explore the best the space odyssey series movies ranked by Movie Rankings users. Our current #1 pick is 2001: A Space Odyssey. Browse 2 franchise titles in ranked order, with direct links to movie pages and matchup data.

The Space Odyssey series is a science fiction series of two film adaptations from Arthur C. Clarke works. 2001: A Space Odyssey — a film and novel — produced concurrently and released in 1968, and 2010: The Year We Make Contact, an adaption by Peter Hyams.

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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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2010 (1984)

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