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Science fiction movies

Explore imagined technology, futures and worlds beyond our own.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,367 films · Page 10.

Captain Marvel (2019)

Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, superhero film

In 1995, on the Kree Empire's capital planet of Hala, Starforce member Vers suffers from amnesia and recurring nightmares involving an older woman. Yon-Rogg, her mentor and commander, trains Vers to control her abilities, while the Supreme…

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)

Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film, thriller film

Following the Avengers's battle against Thanos, Scott Lang has become a successful memoirist and has been living happily with his girlfriend, Hope van Dyne. Scott's now-teenage daughter Cassie has become an activist, helping people displac…

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Transformers One (2024)

Computeranimation, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, science fiction film

Cybertron is a technological world formed by the body of the deity Primus and inhabited by sentient robots fueled by a substance called Energon, who live in a hierarchy based on whether they possess a 'transformation cog' that allows them …

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Logan (2017)

Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film, superhero film, survival film

In 2029, no mutants have been born in 25 years, and an aging Logan suffers as his healing ability is failing, slowly poisoned by his adamantium skeletal grafts. Working as a limousine driver in El Paso, Texas, he and the mutant tracker Cal…

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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Super Hero, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, superhero film, war film

In the present day, scientists in the Arctic uncover an old aircraft with someone frozen inside and a circular shield. In March 1942, during World War II, Nazi lieutenant general and Hydra leader Johann Schmidt steals a mysterious relic ca…

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Thor (2011)

Super Hero, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film, superhero film

In 965 AD, Odin, king of Asgard, wages war against the Frost Giants of Jotunheim and their leader Laufey, to prevent them from conquering the Nine Realms, starting with Earth. The Asgardians defeat the Frost Giants and seize the source of …

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The Toxic Avenger (2023)

Super Hero, comedy horror, science fiction film, splatter film, superhero film

When J.J. Doherty, who works at the corrupt pharmaceutical company BTH (Body Talk Healthstyle), sends secret information to an investigative reporter, they are attacked by The Killer Nutz gang working for BTH. The reporter is killed while …

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A Cure for Wellness (2016)

Mysterie, Sci-Fi, horror film, thriller film

Lockhart, an executive at a financial services firm in New York City, is sent by the board of directors to retrieve CEO Roland Pembroke, who had abruptly decided to stay at a "wellness center" in the Swiss Alps. At the spa, Lockhart is met…

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Elemental (2023)

Computeranimation, adventure film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, romance film, science fiction film

Ember lives with her parents in Elemental City, where the four “elements” of fire, water, earth and air live together. They belong to the fire elements and have set up a store that Ember is supposed to take over one day. But when she cause…

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The Invisible Man (2020)

Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film

Cecilia Kass is trapped in an abusive relationship with wealthy optics engineer and businessman Adrian Griffin, the founder and CEO of the human–computer augmentation company Cobalt. One night, she drugs Adrian with her diazepam and escape…

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Batman Returns (1992)

Christmas film, Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, neo-noir, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film

In Gotham City, two wealthy socialites, horrified by the birth of their malformed and feral son Oswald, abandon him in the sewers, where a colony of penguins takes him in. Thirty-three years later, during the Christmas season, wealthy indu…

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Super Hero, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, superhero film

Two years after the Battle of New York, Steve Rogers works in Washington, D.C., for the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D., while adjusting to contemporary society. While running laps around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Tidal Basin,…

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Contact (1997)

Coming Of Age, Destiny, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, science fiction film

Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway arrives at the SETI program at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The film's prologue reveals that she was encouraged to pursue science by her father, who died in her youth.

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The Astronaut (2025)

Sci-Fi, Thriller, horror film, science fiction film

Sam Walker, a NASA astronaut from the International Space Station, crash-lands back on Earth, after a mission gone wrong when her shuttle was hit by debris. She is eventually rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and taken to the hospital for re…

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Twelve Monkeys (1995)

Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Destiny, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, Time Travel, Utopia & Dystopia, dystopian film, neo-noir, post-apocalyptic film

In 2035, twenty-nine years after a virus killed 99 percent of the global human population, James Cole is a prisoner in a compound underneath the ruins of Philadelphia. He is selected by scientists for a mission to travel to 1996 and collec…

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Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

Action, Sci-Fi, action film, comedy film, science fiction film

Sixty-five million years ago, an alien race known as the "Creators" used devices called Seeds to cover Earth with a metallic alloy called "Transformium", supposedly wiping out the dinosaurs in the process. In the present day, geologist Dar…

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Scary Movie 3 (2003)

Modern-Day Fantasy, Parodie, Silly Movie, alien invasion, comedy horror, ghost film, parody film, science fiction film, supernatural, thriller film

High schoolers Becca Kotler and Katie Embry discuss a cursed videotape that allegedly causes the death of anyone who watches it within seven days. After they both watch the tape, an unseen entity kills them. On a farm outside Washington, D…

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The Happening (2008)

Natural Disaster, action film, adventure film, apocalyptic film, comedy film, comedy horror film, disaster film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, supernatural film, supernatural horror film, thriller film

In New York City's Central Park, people begin committing mass suicide. The event is believed to be caused by a bio-terrorist attack using an airborne neurotoxin. The behavior quickly spreads across the Northeastern United States.

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The Abyss (1989)

Accident, Psychological Thriller, Sci-Fi, adventure film, drama film, mystery film, science fiction film

In January 1994, the U.S. USS Montana has an encounter with an unidentified submerged object, and sinks near the Cayman Trough. With Soviet ships moving in to try to salvage the sub, and a hurricane moving over the area, the U.S.

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Free Guy (2021)

Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, action film, comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film

Free City is an online game developed by Soonami Studios. Its "players"—people in real life—wear sunglasses and spend their time fighting each other and causing mayhem. The non-player characters (NPCs) accept the chaos while living out the…

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Life (2017)

Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film

In the near future, an uncrewed space probe returns from Mars to Earth's orbit with soil samples potentially containing evidence of extraterrestrial life. The probe is collected by the International Space Station, where exobiologist Hugh D…

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Knock at the Cabin (2023)

LGBTQ-related film, Mysterie, action film, drama film, horror film, mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, psychological drama film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film

Seven-year-old Wen is vacationing with her parents, Eric and Andrew, in a remote cabin in rural Pennsylvania. She is approached by a stranger named Leonard who explains that he needs Wen and her parents' help to save the world. Leonard and…

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Justice League (2017)

Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, superhero film

Steppenwolf and his legions of Parademons attempt to take over the Earth using the combined energies of the three Mother Boxes. The attempt is foiled by a unified alliance including the Olympian Gods, Amazons, Atlanteans, humanity, and ext…

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M3GAN (2022)

Horror, Sci-Fi, comedy horror film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film

After her parents are killed in a car collision, eight-year-old Cady is sent to live with her aunt Gemma, a roboticist at the high-tech Seattle toy company, Funki. Gemma is covertly using the company's resources to develop M3GAN (model 3 g…

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