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Explore imagined technology, futures and worlds beyond our own.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,369 films · Page 125.

Project Metalbeast (1995)

horror film, monster film, science fiction film

In 1974, an ambitious special ops soldier named Donald Butler investigates an island castle protected by a vicious, man-eating werewolf. Sacrificing his cameraman, Don takes the opportunity to kill the beast with silver bullets before taking a large sample of its blood and taking it to Washington for investigation for a possible serum to produce super soldiers from the werewolf's blood under the supervision of Colonel Miller. Butler soon grows impatient and irritated that most of the blood he collected was used up with no results.

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The Last Seven (2010)

Mysterie, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film

Set in an eerie post-apocalyptic London, the film tells the story of seven people who are the only remaining survivors after an unspecified cataclysmic event has wiped out the Earth's entire population. As they struggle to understand what has happened to them, the seven are hunted down one by one by a mysterious demonic power.

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001LithiumX (2020)

Sci-Fi, Thriller

In a dystopian future, the environment is so toxic that everyone is obliged to remain shielded from the sun and live in virtual reality for interaction. Father of three, Adam Bird, a worker in tech, struggles with his family relationships and what it means to be human in such a world. The government has instituted an insurance system for parents of three children or more where if one parent dies a clone takes their place.

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The Jensen Project (2010)

Adventure, science fiction film

After a 16-year absence from the Jensen Project, a secret community of scientists conducting advanced underground experiments to resolve the world's problems, Matt (Brady Smith) and Claire Thompson (Kellie Martin) are asked to come back and stop Edwin Jensen (David Andrews) from using nanobots to take over other people. To create these nanobots, Edwin needs a molecular assembler, which he steals. With the help of Kendrick James (LeVar Burton), Ginny (Mylène Dinh-Robic) and Ingrid Jensen (Patricia Richardson), Matt and Claire use chemical traces of gold and silicon to track down the location of the assembler.

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Mutant Aliens (2001)

parody film, science fiction film

After leaving his 5-years old daughter Josie, astronaut of the USA government Earl Jensen is stranded in space intentionally by the head of the Department of Space. Years later, he returns to Earth. To gain the people's trust, he tells the story of the time he has spent on a planet inhabited by humanoid aliens with animal body parts.

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The Snow Creature (1954)

Horror, Monster Film, horror film, monster film

In an undisclosed Himalayan country, Dr. Frank Parrish leads a scientific expedition intent on collecting botanical samples. The team includes several sherpa men, including Subra, who leads the sherpas, as the only one who speaks English.

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Almost Human (2013)

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

Two years ago Mark (Josh Ethier) was kidnapped and taken to parts unknown. Upon his return Mark's personality is completely changed. His friends Seth (Graham Skipper) and Jen (Vanessa Leigh) decide to investigate Mark's mysterious disappearance and re-appearance, but are soon met with a series of grisly murders.

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Bloodeaters (1980)

Horror, Zombiefilm, exploitation film, horror film, science fiction film, zombie film

Illegal drug plantations are sprayed with the chemical Dromax by passing aeroplanes in an anti-drug initiative organised by corrupt government officials. Instead of killing the plants, the hippie growers of the crop are turned into flesh-eating zombie-like creatures.

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Alien Origin (2012)

Horror, Sci-Fi, found footage film, horror film, independent film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film

In 2011, a group of soldiers and a journalist team head out to the jungles of Belize. The mission was thought to just be plant surveillance on hostile state borders. The soldiers and Julie Evans team locate an abandoned boat in the middle of an open field.

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Alien Abduction (2005)

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

The film begins with a group of carefree teenagers on a camping trip. As they spend the night drinking and hanging out, a light appears overhead. Jean is the first to notice something wrong when she videotapes a UFO overhead.

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A Connecticut Yankee (1931)

adventure film, fantasy film, medieval film, science fiction film, time-travel film

Radio salesman Hank Martin, after being knocked out by a toppled suit of armor, travels back in time to Camelot where he is welcomed by King Arthur and must use his modern knowledge to stop Morgana Le Fay and Merlin from taking over.

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Race to Space (2001)

drama film, science fiction film

During the 1960s space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, Dr. Wilhelm von Huber, a top NASA scientist, relocates to Cape Canaveral with his 12-year-old son, Billy. Their relationship has become strained in the wake of the recent death of Billy's mother, and the ever-widening gap between father and son has become obvious.

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Hunter Prey (2010)

Sci-Fi, science fiction film

A group of elite interstellar commandos crash lands on a planet while transporting an alien prisoner. Amidst shifting loyalties among the group, they must track down and recapture the escaped creature, alive. The escaped prisoner sets traps and picks off the commandos one by one.

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Terror Is a Man (1959)

horror film, science fiction film

William Fitzgerald, the lone survivor of a shipwreck, washes ashore on Blood Island. He is found by Dr. Charles Girard, a scientist who has created a laboratory on the isolated island with his disenchanted wife Frances and his assistant Walter Perrera.

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Dr. M (1990)

Crime, crime film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film

In 1999, Berlin is struck by a mysterious wave of suicides. While some individuals take their own lives in isolation, others die in ways that cause multiple casualties, creating widespread panic on both sides of the Berlin Wall. Lieutenant Claus Hartman, a West Berlin police officer, becomes personally invested in the case after recalling that his wife took her own life years earlier, shortly after discovering she was pregnant.

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Missing Link (1988)

Adventure, science fiction film

The film is set in Africa roughly one million years ago, at a time when one species of "man-apes" (Australopithecus robustus) was being displaced by the ancestors of modern humans. These ancestors are possibly Homo erectus, but they are never named in the film. They are only addressed as "man" and from the few scenes where they show any visibility, they vaguely resemble modern humans.

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The Fallen Ones (2005)

Modern-Day Fantasy, Monster Film, horror film, science fiction film

Five thousand years ago, in Sumer, the fallen angels had intercourse with human females and their offspring were a race of giants called Nephilim, destroyed by the great flood. The evil angel Ammon (Navid Negahban) mummifies his son Aramis to save him and hides in hell. In the present day, the archaeologist Matt Fletcher (Casper Van Dien) finds Aramis tomb while excavating for building a resort for the entrepreneur Morton (Robert Wagner).

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The Yesterday Machine (1963)

science fiction film

College drum majorette Margie De Mar twirls her baton as boyfriend Howie Ellison, a cheerleader, tries unsuccessfully to repair his broken-down car so that they can get to a football game on time. As they walk to a farmhouse for help, they stumble upon two American Civil War Confederate soldiers. Confused and frightened, they run away, but Howie is shot.

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The Devil Commands (1941)

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

Dr. Julian Blair is engaged in unconventional research on human brain waves when his wife Helen is tragically killed in an auto accident. The grief-stricken scientist becomes obsessed with redirecting his work into making contact with the dead and is not deterred by dire warnings from his daughter Anne, his research assistant Richard, or his colleagues that he is delving into forbidden areas of knowledge.

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