Europa Report

A crew travels to Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon, to investigate signs of life in its subsurface ocean, but disaster cuts them off from Earth, leading to a tense and dangerous exploration.

Critics broadly praised the film as a controlled, suspenseful, and unusually realistic depiction of space exploration, while finding its story familiar in places.

• The Europa mission is presented through spacecraft operations, communication delays, crew protocols, and carefully controlled production design.
• The story is assembled from spacecraft recordings and mission-control material rather than conventional uninterrupted scene coverage.
• The crew faces equipment failures, communication limitations, and danger on Jupiter's distant moon without immediate rescue.
• The mission's explicit objective is to collect evidence that life exists beneath or around Europa's hostile environment.

• Moonshared realistic space exploration, restrained science fiction, and suspenseful mission drama
• 2001: A Space Odysseyshared plausible astronaut logistics, isolation, and methodical extraterrestrial mystery
• The Last Days on Marsshared found-footage presentation, space mission danger, and extraterrestrial dread
• The Martianshared documentary realism, scientific inquiry, and escalating cosmic suspense

Director

Sebastián Cordero

Release Date

2013-06-27

Runtime

90 min

Rating

6.3 / 10 (1645)

What is Europa Report about?

A disciplined found-footage space thriller follows astronauts risking everything to investigate signs of life beneath Europa’s hostile surface.

What is Europa Report like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Europa Report as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.

Is Europa Report violent?

Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Europa Report as mild.

What did critics think of Europa Report?

Critics broadly praised the film as a controlled, suspenseful, and unusually realistic depiction of space exploration, while finding its story familiar in places.

Which films are like Europa Report?

Films with a similar feel include Moon, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Last Days on Mars, and The Martian.

How long is Europa Report?

Europa Report runs 90 minutes.

Where can I watch Europa Report?

In United States, Europa Report streams on Netflix, fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube Free, Plex Player, Plex Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel.