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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film

The world is a post-apocalyptic wasteland caused by ecocide and a nuclear war over resources. In Mainland Australia, Max Rockatansky crosses the desert in a carriage pulled by a team of camels. The airborne bandit Jedediah and his young so…

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Spies in Disguise (2019)

Action Comedy, Computeranimation, Sci-Fi, Secret Agent, action film, comedy film, family film, spy film

Lance Sterling, a cocky secret agent of H.T.U.V. (Honor, Trust, Unity and Valor), is sent to recover an attack drone from Japanese arms dealer Katsu Kimura in Japan. As soon as the buyer, cybernetically enhanced terrorist Killian, arrives,…

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The Animatrix (2003)

cyberpunk, science fiction film, thriller anime

Final Flight of the Osiris Captain Thadeus and Jue engage in a blindfolded sword fight in a virtual reality dojo. They do not harm each other, only damage clothing. At some point, they are interrupted by an alarm, and the simulation ends.

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The X-Files (1998)

Mysterie, Sci-Fi, action film, drama film, mystery film, science fiction film

In 35,000 B.C. during the Ice Age, in what will become North Texas, two cavemen hunters encounter an extraterrestrial life form in a cave, which kills one and infects the other with a black oil-like substance. In 1998, a boy falls into a h…

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Love and Monsters (2020)

Adventure, Animalhorror, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Komödie, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film

The destruction of a large Earth-bound asteroid releases unknown chemicals. As a result, cold-blooded animals on Earth mutate into large monsters and kill off most of humanity. During the evacuation of Fairfield, Joel Dawson is separated f…

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The Crazies (2010)

Zombiefilm, action film, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film

In the fictional town of Ogden Marsh, Iowa, resident Rory interrupts a local baseball game, entering the outfield with a shotgun. Sheriff David Dutten attempts to dissuade Rory but is forced to kill him when he raises his weapon. David's w…

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Scanners (1981)

Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, horror film, mystery film, science fiction film, thriller film

Cameron Vale, a vagrant who apparently suffers from auditory hallucination in the form of hearing voices in his head, causes a rude woman in a mall food court to have a seizure by what appears to be purely psychic means. Vale is then hunte…

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Transcendence (2014)

Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, action film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film, thriller film

Dr. Will Caster is a scientist who researches the nature of sapience, including artificial intelligence. He and his team work to create a sentient computer; he predicts that such a computer will create a technological singularity, or in hi…

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Geostorm (2017)

Conspiracy Thriller, Natural Disaster, Sci-Fi, action film, apocalyptic film, disaster film, environmental film, science fiction film, survival film

In 2019, following many catastrophic natural disasters, an international coalition commissions "Dutch Boy", a system of climate-controlling satellites. After it neutralizes a typhoon in Shanghai, a US Senate subcommittee reprimands chief a…

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Sphere (1998)

Horror, Sci-Fi, adventure film, mystery film, science fiction film, time-travel film

A spacecraft presumed to be of alien origin is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, estimated to have been there for nearly 300 years. A team of experts, including marine biologist Dr. Beth Halperin, mathematician Dr.

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Exam (2009)

Mysterie, Sci-Fi, Thriller, huis-clos film, thriller film

Eight candidates dress for an employment assessment exam at the company Biorg. The group enters a room and sits at individual desks. Each desk has a paper printed with the word "candidate" and a number from one to eight.

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Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014)

Animation, Time Travel, adventure film, buddy film, children's film, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film, time-travel film

Mr. Peabody is a highly intelligent anthropomorphic dog who lives in a New York City penthouse with his adopted human son, Sherman. Peabody uses a time machine called the WABAC to teach Sherman history.

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Howard the Duck (1986)

Fantasy, Komödie, Sci-Fi, action film, comedy film, science fiction comedy, superhero film

On Duckworld, an Earth-like planet inhabited by anthropomorphic ducks, Howard the Duck is propelled out of his apartment building and into outer space; he lands on Earth, in Cleveland, Ohio. Upon arriving, he encounters a woman being attac…

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The Shrouds (2024)

Horror, body horror film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film

Four years after his wife Becca's death from cancer, businessman Karsh has invented "GraveTech", a tombstone that broadcasts a live, interactive 3D image of the deceased's decomposing corpse. The image is created by a modified shroud, and …

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Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (2025)

action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film

The father of Yohualli Coatl, a young Aztec boy, is murdered by Spanish conquistadors. As an adult, Coatl is a priest in the court of King Moctezuma II and works with his fellow clerics in the temple of Tzinacan to defy the Spanish invader…

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Spiderhead (2022)

Thriller, science fiction film, thriller film

Spiderhead is a state of the art penitentiary experimenting with the effects of research chemicals. The test subjects, technically prisoners of the state, are volunteers for the project aiming to reduce their sentence time. The program is …

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Outbreak (1995)

Thriller, disaster film, drama film, katastrophe, thriller film

In 1967, during the Stanleyville mutinies, a virus called Motaba, which causes a deadly fever, is discovered in the African jungle. To keep the virus a secret, U.S. Army officers Donald McClintock and William Ford order the bombing of the …

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Wizards (1977)

Animation, Anti-War Film, Cartoon, Fairy-Tale Film, High Fantasy, Political Satire, Sword And Sorcery, adventure film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, technofantasy

Earth has been devastated by a nuclear war. It takes 2 million years for the radioactive clouds to allow sunlight in. The humans who survived the apocalypse have been transformed into mutants, while humanity's true ancestors – trolls, fair…

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Frequency (2000)

Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, action film, fantasy film, science fiction film

In 1969, veteran firefighter Frank Sullivan dies on duty and is survived by Julia, his wife, and John, his young son. In 1999, John has become an NYPD detective and struggles with emotional openness as a result of his loss. An atmospheric …

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Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver (2024)

Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film

Kora and her allies—Gunnar, Tarak, Nemesis, Titus and Milius—return to her and Gunnar's village on Veldt, believing that Atticus Noble, whom she had killed, is dead and that her group had prevented the Imperium's return to the village to c…

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Womb (2010)

Melodrama, drama film, science fiction film

The film begins on a beach during a foggy day. A woman (Eva Green) is thinking while she is having tea on the porch of her house. She is in an advanced state of pregnancy.

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Y2K (2024)

Horror comedy, Sci-Fi, comedy horror

In 1999, best friends Eli and Danny discuss plans for New Year's Eve. Eli has a crush on his classmate Laura, and Danny encourages him to kiss her at midnight. They join Laura and her friends Trevor, Madison, and Raleigh at a party held by…

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Jack (1996)

Drama, Komödie, comedy film, drama film

During a costume party, guest Karen Powell goes into labor and is rushed to the hospital by her husband Brian and their friends. The baby, named Jack, inexplicably looks full-term and healthy despite having been born in the 10th week of ge…

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High Life (2018)

Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film

A group of criminals serving death sentences are sent on a mission in space to extract alternative energy from a black hole. Each prisoner is treated as a guinea pig by Dibs, a scientist, for her experiments; Dibs is fixated on trying to c…

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