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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,369 films · Page 139.

The Astronaut (1972)

Science fiction

Television coverage of Brice Randolph, the first astronaut on the surface of Mars, is interrupted, indicating that the signal has been lost. Shortly afterward, Eddie Reese is recruited and shown what happened after the TV signal was interrupted: Brice reported something penetrating his EVA suit and soon expired. The other astronaut lifted off alone.

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Aurora (2012)

Drama, Science fiction

After a long period of preparation, neuroscientists start a spectacular research project. A member of the team, the matter-of-fact and dispassionate Lukas, is to be networked with the brain of an anonymous, comatose test person and immerse himself in their worlds of thought, but only observe. Already on the second attempt, Lukas encounters the highly real-looking imagination of a young woman who lies soaked and unconscious on the beach.

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T-Force (1994)

Action, Science fiction

A terrorist group led by Sam Washington (Vernon Wells) seizes the British embassy in downtown Los Angeles, killing hostages. All seems lost, but the T-Force, the world's first fully cybernetic law enforcement team is deployed and within minutes, more than thirty terrorists are dead. One member of the T-Force is destroyed Athens (R.

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Anti-Clock (1979)

Science fiction

The film mixes pioneering video techniques with pin-sharp colour footage in order to create a densely woven, dream-like narrative which explores issues of personal identity and social conformity. The story takes Joseph Sapha though the shadows of his past to confront that mirror image of the self.

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Dragon Fighter (2003)

monster film, Science fiction, speculative fiction

In England in the Middle Ages, a dragon decimates a town, and six knights vow to kill the creature in its lair. In the ensuing fight, the dragon shoots a fireball at the knights' barrels of gunpowder. This causes an explosion and a cave-in which traps the dragon and five of the six knights.

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Subliminal Seduction (1996)

Drama, Science fiction, thriller film

One of the top computer game designers in the country, Darrin Danver decides to move, with his lovely wife, Bev to Las Vegas and work for Compucom, the leading developer and distributor of computer games worldwide. More than eager to woo their newest arrival, Compucom showers the Danvers, with many luxuries and spoils. Both Darrin and Deb have worked long and hard, and a taste of the "good" life is something they both would not mind savoring for a while.

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The Portal (2014)

Science fiction

A dimension-traveling wizard gets stuck in 21st century Toronto because cell phone radiation interferes with his magic. With his home world on the brink of war, he seeks help from Kim, a travel agent who he mistakes for a great sorceress. Without his powers to prove his identity, she has trouble taking him seriously, but finally agrees to reveal the secrets of our world in exchange for a lunch date.

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Unaware (2010)

found footage film, Science fiction

In July 2010, vacationing couple Joe and Lisa are on their way to visit Joe’s grandparents documenting their trip by camcorder only to arrive finding a locked gate. Joe finally gets the property gate open. They arrive at the house to find a note on the door that his grandparents are away for a couple of days.

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Not Quite Human II (1989)

Science fiction, teen film

The film begins with Chip (Jay Underwood), the android, installing specially-ordered software designed to enhance his facial expressions; it is later discovered that he also inadvertently intakes a computer virus that causes him to malfunction very gradually, diminishing control over his own system's functions. Initially, the virus simply causes Chip to have momentary memory lapses resulting in poor judgment, but within five days it will completely destroy his internal systems, and destroy him. That same day, Dr.

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Unholy (2007)

Horror

The film deals with a grieving mother, Martha (Barbeau), trying to uncover the terrifying secret jeopardizing her family. With her son (Brendon), Martha becomes entwined in a conspiracy involving a fabled witch, Nazi occultists, and the United States of America (U.S.) government. The film purports to be inspired by an actual military document.

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Eyeborgs (2009)

Conspiracy Thriller, Science fiction, Utopia & Dystopia

The movie opens by explaining current events such as the passing of the "Freedom of Observation Act" and the subsequent implementation of ODIN (Optical Defense Intelligence Network), including the development of a new type of mobile camera drone, the eponymous "eyeborg". The system is administered by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Sankur (Dale Girard) is making a deal to purchase a shotgun while an eyeborg watches the transaction.

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Megalodon (2002)

Horror, monster film, natural horror film, Science fiction, science fiction horror film

In the North Atlantic off the coast of Greenland, a highly advanced deep sea oil rig has been recently constructed by the company Nexecon Petroleum, and named "Colossus" for its immense size. This "new" type of oil rig can dig deeper and extract more oil than any other in the world. The fact that this huge rig has been built on fault lines alarms geologists, who are concerned that the delicate ocean floor fault lines in that region might be disturbed through deep drilling, with catastrophic consequences.

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The Lost City (1935)

Science fiction

Scientist Bruce Gordon comes to a secluded area in Africa after concluding that a series of electrically induced natural disasters had originated from in the area. There he finds the crazed Zolok, last of the Lemurians, in a secret complex inside a mountain. Zolok had created the natural disasters as a prelude to his attempt to take over the world, holding a brilliant scientist, Dr.

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Firebird 2015 AD (1981)

Action, Science fiction

In 2015, the U.S. government outlaws the distribution of gasoline to the public, reserving it only for the politicians, the military, and law enforcement. While this is implied to bedue to a fuel shortage, later dialogue rebuffs this, stating that gasoline is in abundance.

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Nightmare Weekend (1986)

Horror, Science fiction

A brilliant professor invents a complex computer program meant to better society by altering the bad behavior of its test subjects. However, this sometimes causes the personal belongings of these subjects to transform into deadly metal pinballs that attack people, as one unfortunate burglar discovers. His shut-in daughter also uses the machine like a video game, unaware or uncaring of its real world effects on nearby machinery turning against their users.

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Control Factor (2003)

Science fiction

After a mysterious, disheveled man nearly kills him, insurance salesman Lance Bishop hears a voice in his head urging him to murder his wife. When he discovers he has become part of a government mind-control project, he and others similarly being experimented on fight back.

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Untamed Women (1952)

monster film, Science fiction, war film

An American bomber pilot in World War II, Steve Holloway, is rescued by a U.S. Navy flying boat after drifting at sea in a liferaft. When he awakens from a coma at a military hospital, he tells his doctors how his copilot died when he and three of his crew members, Benny, Andy, and Ed, crashed following a bombing mission.

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Gemini Rising (2012)

Action, action thriller, Science fiction

In 2023, an unidentified spacecraft is found orbiting Neptune and an investigation is started. Meanwhile, Lisa (Amy Hathaway), a special agent for the DEA witnesses what she thinks is the death of her best friend, Manning (John Savage), during a drug raid. She quits her job to become a dance teacher, but is soon recruited again for a secret mission, and shipped off to a small remote island.

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