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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. 4,369 films · Page 135.

Lightspeed (2006)

Science fiction, Superhero

The covert world of government Ghost Squad agent Daniel Leight (Jason Connery) comes crashing down when he gets critically injured in a building collapse triggered by the genetically mutated terrorist called Python (Daniel Goddard). When Leight's radiation treatments are later sabotaged by Python, Leight discovers that he has the ability to move at hyper speeds, though only by risking potentially fatal metabolic damage.

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The Insatiable (2007)

Science fiction

Harry Balbo is a downtrodden office worker struggling with his job and introverted social life. One evening, he witnesses a gruesome attack by a vampiress, becoming determined to slay her. In his research, he finds that vampires are descended from the succubus.

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Specimen (1996)

Science fiction, thriller film

Eight-year-old Mike Hillary (Marc Donato) dreams of fire and a fire breaks out in his room. His mother (Carmelina Lamanna) perishes trying to save him. At the home of his grandparents (Dennis O'Connor and Jennifer Higgin), when his duvet begins to smoulder, he gets into a drawn bath to sleep.

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The Flame Barrier (1958)

Science fiction

American satellite X-117, carrying a chimpanzee, has unexpectedly fallen back to Earth after entering a non-existent/fictional part of the stratosphere known as "the flame barrier", which encircles Earth at an altitude of 200 miles. Howard Dahlman (Dan Gachman), a rich businessman and ardent amateur space program enthusiast, went into the Mexican jungle to recover the satellite, but never returned. His wife, Carol (Kathleen Crowley), sets out to find him.

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Zenith (2010)

Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, thriller film

In the post-apocalyptic year 2044, the population has been genetically altered to live in a constant state of happiness, but without sorrow, happiness dissipates, leaving only a feeling of never-ending paresthesia. Only pain can make people feel alive. Jack (Peter Scanavino), a young man and former neurosurgeon, is a peddler of substances that induce pain.

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Mysterious Island (1951)

Action, Adventure, fantasy film, Science fiction

During the siege of Richmond, Virginia, in the American Civil War, POW Capt. Cyrus Harding escapes from his Confederate captors in a rather unusual way – by hijacking an observation balloon. In his escape, Harding is accompanied by sailor Pencroft, his nephew Bert, writer Gideon, loyal soldier Neb, and a dog.

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Blood of Ghastly Horror (1967)

Horror, Science fiction

Dr. Howard Vanard implants a strange electronic component into the brain of returning Vietnam War veteran Joe Corey, who becomes a psychotic killer. Joe takes part in a jewel heist with a few cohorts, and while escaping from the scene, the stolen loot is hastily thrown from a rooftop into the back of a pickup truck belonging to a guy named David Clarke.

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Invasion (1965)

Science fiction

Driving home at night, Lawrence Blackburn knocks down a strangely-dressed male figure. He takes the casualty to a nearby hospital, where blood tests reveal that he cannot be human. Later at home, Blackburn dies from a heart attack when he suddenly meets two women similarly dressed to the accident victim.

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Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995)

Crime, Science fiction

It follows the television series format of two parallel storylines. The first plot is about a seemingly human-Tenctonese hybrid child involved in a sinister experiment with a Newcomer (a euphemism for Tenctonese) scientist disguised as a human. The subplot is the budding relationship between Matt Sikes and his Tenctonese neighbor, Dr.

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Two Lost Worlds (1951)

Adventure, romance film, Science fiction

On August 16, 1830, the American clipper ship Hamilton Queen sails from Salem bound for the East Indies. The ship is attacked by pirates in the New Hebrides and the ship's mate Kirk Hamilton is wounded in the leg. The clipper outruns the pirate ship and Captain Tallman heads to Queensland, Australia so that Kirk can receive medical treatment.

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The Lake (1998)

Science fiction

Jackie Ivers (Bleeth) is a Los Angeles nurse who returns home to the small town of San Vicente to find that her friends and family have taken on bizarrely different personalities. Jackie notices that everyone who goes into the town's lake come out different. As the movie progresses, Jackie first-handedly witnesses what is happening to everyone around her as she is kidnapped by people from a parallel world.

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Ejecta (2014)

Science fiction

Filmmaker Joe Sullivan becomes excited when he receives an email from famously reclusive alien abductee William Cassidy. Believing that Cassidy wishes to grant him an exclusive interview, Sullivan travels to the address given. Along the way, he sees military vehicles, including tanks.

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This Is Not a Movie (2010)

Science fiction

Concerned that he cannot remember his past, Pete Nelson prepares for the end of the world by going to Las Vegas. In his hotel room, three distinct personalities emerge and argue with each other over the nature of reality and how to best spend the remaining time. The first personality, a bitter man who blames his failed life on "the system", wants to explore his forgotten past.

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Project Viper (2002)

monster film, Science fiction

The Space Shuttle Olympus is on a routine mission, but with a far-from-routine payload: "Project Viper", an experimental hybrid of human genes and computer chips, designed to adapt to any environment, particularly that of the planet Mars. But as the shuttle crew prepares to launch the first prototype, referred to as "Viper", into space, an unexpected power glitch occurs, causing the container housing the prototype to break open. Soon the astronauts are killed by Viper, and the Secretary of Defense orders the remaining second prototype Viper destroyed - which is stored in a secure NovaGen Science facility, the manufacturer of the prototype.

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Chissà perché... capitano tutte a me (1980)

Comedy, Science fiction

Following the events of The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid, Sheriff Hall and H7-25 (using the official identity of Charlie Warren) still get no rest from the military: because the little alien has not yet grasped the meaning of keeping a low profile, they are constantly on the move, and H7-25's father has had to pick them out of a tight spot too many times already. Hall and Charlie eventually arrive at the city of Munroe, where petty crime, from vandalism to armed robberies, is running rampant, more so because the town currently has no sheriff. Charlie pushes Hall into staying in this place, and somewhat reluctantly Hall takes up the job…

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Raging Sharks (2005)

Action, Adventure, disaster film, Horror, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film, thriller film

In outer space, two alien spaceships collide, one of which releases a capsule that lands at the bottom of the Bermuda Triangle. Five years later, the underwater research facility, the Oshona, discovers the crystals, and the facility's manager Mike Olsen retrieves them. As Mike leaves for the mainland, divers Don and Jake attempt to make repairs outside of the facility, but they are soon attacked by sharks.

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Resiklo (2007)

Action, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction

Set in December 2021, Resiklo is the story of Crisval Sarmiento, an ex-military Colonel who leads a rag-tag group of survivors in the Philippines against the insect-like alien invaders known as the Balangs (locusts). "Because of the enormous expenditures in resources during the invasion (hinted in the movie's opening credits), the humans are forced to scavenge the destroyed landscape for anything that could be recycled and put to use at their secret sanctuary, called Paraiso (Paradise). They are in a race against time, as in addition to the resource gathering, the survivors are fighting to eliminate the Balangs and their human…

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Night Slaves (1970)

Horror, Science fiction

Clay and Marjorie, an estranged married couple, take a vacation together while Clay recuperates from a serious auto accident. They end up in a sleepy little town which seems to be normal, except at night when the townspeople begin acting strangely and leave town in trucks, always returning by morning. Marjorie also begins to act strangely, and no one has any memories of their nighttime activities.

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Android Apocalypse (2006)

Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, thriller film

On an android-controlled, post-apocalyptic Earth a human man named Jute (Scott Bairstow) is convicted of murdering an android. Dee-Cee (Joseph Lawrence) is an android who is beginning to develop human emotion, and is being transported to an android-run prison facility along with Jute. While in transit, their police vehicle is attacked.

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