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Sci-Fi, Thriller, disaster film, dystopian film, science fiction film
Dr. Charles A. Forbin is the chief designer of a secret project, "Colossus", an advanced supercomputer built to control the United States and Allied nuclear weapon systems.
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Fake Documentary, Mysterie, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
Chapman University hosts a televised interview with psychologist Dr. Abigail "Abbey" Tyler, who describes a series of events that occurred in Nome, Alaska, and culminated in an alleged alien abduction in October 2000. In a re-enactment of …
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Horror, Sci-Fi, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
thumb|James Arness as The Thing In Anchorage, journalist Ned Scott, looking for a story, visits the officer's club of the Alaskan Air Command, where he meets Captain Pat Hendry, his co-pilot and flight navigator. General Fogarty orders Hen…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Absentminded professor Philip Brainard is developing a new energy source, hoping to save Medfield College from closure. His preoccupation with his research has caused him to miss two wedding dates, much to the ire of his fiancée, college p…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, fantasy film, horror film
In Green Town, Illinois, two young boys, a reserved Will Halloway and somewhat rebellious Jim Nightshade, leave from an after-school detention for "whispering in class" and hurry home. The boys live next door to each other and were born a …
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Psychological Thriller, drama film, psychological thriller, science fiction film
A CIA internal memo relates that a man named Arlington Steward recovered from severe burn wounds induced by a lightning strike and is delivering units related to the Mars project. In December 1976, married couple Norma and Arthur Lewis awa…
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Action, Crime, Cyberpunk, Thriller, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, cyberpunk, science fiction film, superhero film
Detroit is facing bankruptcy after failing to pay off its debts to conglomerate Omni Consumer Products (OCP). The OCP chairman intends to have the city default on its debt, then foreclose on all public property, so they may move ahead with…
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Horror, horror film, science fiction film
A Caribbean coastal resort, Hotel Elysium, is menaced by a series of vicious marine animal attacks from a nearby sunken shipwreck. Diving instructor Anne Kimbrough's student is one of the victims, but her estranged police officer husband S…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
Following a calamity referred to as "the Ruin," society has been reorganized, taking away any sense of emotion, good or bad. Babies are conceived through genetic engineering, and neuroleptic-like medications suppress strong emotions and se…
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Horror, Modern-Day Fantasy, Thriller, drama film, horror film, psychological horror fiction, science fiction film, thriller film
Medical student Nelson Wright convinces classmates Joe Hurley, David Labraccio, Rachel Manus, and Randy Steckle to help him discover what lies beyond death. Nelson flatlines for one minute before his classmates resuscitate him. While "dead…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, mystery film, slasher film, time-travel film
One day after the events of Happy Death Day, college student Ryan Phan wakes up in his car on September 19. Returning to his dorm room, he walks in on his roommate Carter and Carter's girlfriend, Tree. Ryan resumes work on an experimental …
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Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, horror film, psychological horror film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, thriller film
After human overpopulation depletes Earth's resources, humanity builds an interstellar ark, the Elysium. It carries 60,000 people on a 123-year trip to colonize Tanis, an Earth-like planet. The passengers are placed in hypersleep, and a ro…
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Action, Adventure, Komödie, action film, comedy film
John Brown lives in the city of Riverton with his 12-year-old niece, Penny Brown, and her pet beagle, Brain. Dreaming of becoming a police officer, John works as a security guard for the Bradford robotics laboratory. Artemus Bradford and h…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
In a small Pennsylvania town in July 1957, teenager Steve Andrews and his girlfriend Jane Martin kiss at a lovers' lane when they see a meteorite crash beyond the next hill. Steve goes looking for it but Barney, an old man living nearby, f…
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Action, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, romance film, science fiction film
Five days after the assault on the Abnegation faction by the Erudite leader Jeanine and her mind-controlled Dauntless soldiers, Jeanine has declared martial law, insisting the Divergents and their allies are the enemies. Among the Abnegati…
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Action, Pseudohistorical Fantasy, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film
During the reign of Emperor Renzong, a group of European mercenaries travels to China, searching for gunpowder. A few miles north of the Great Wall, they are attacked by a monster. Only Irishman William Garin and Spaniard Pero Tovar surviv…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, alternate history film, comedy drama, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, romantic comedy, science fiction film, thriller film
On July 4, 2005, El Paso and Abilene, Texas are destroyed and hundreds of thousands are killed by twin nuclear attacks, sending the United States into a state of a Third World War, with the government re-introducing the draft. The PATRIOT …
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Action, Sci-Fi
A race of aliens arrives on Earth in a fleet of 50 huge, saucer-shaped motherships, which hover over major cities across the world. They reveal themselves on the roof of the United Nations building in New York City, appearing human, but re…
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Dark Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller, adventure film, comedy film, drama film, parody film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In the mid-22nd century, mankind has begun to colonize interstellar space. Armed with Artificial Intelligence "Exponential Thermostellar Devices" (bombs which can talk and think), the scout ship Dark Star, with its crew of five and a senti…
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Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film, superhero film, teen film, thriller film, war film
A group of teenagers from Angel Grove, California secretly serve as the Power Rangers, a team of super-powered humans who use their abilities to defend the Earth from otherworldly threats. After participating in a charity skydive for the l…
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Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, drama film, science fiction film, superhero film
After leading a successful rescue operation of hostages in Mombasa, U.S. Marine Ray Garrison and his wife Gina travel for a holiday at an Italian beachside town in the Amalfi Coast. They are kidnapped by a group of mercenaries led by Marti…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, adventure film, children's film, dystopian film, fantasy film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
When an unspecified global catastrophe looms, an underground city known as Ember is constructed to shelter a large group of survivors. In addition, a small metal box intended for a future generation of Emberites is timed to open after 200 …
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Super Hero, action film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
Superman saves the crew of a Russian space station before uncovering the capsule that brought him to Earth and retrieving a green Kryptonian energy module. A recording left by his mother Lara reveals the module's power can only be used onc…
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Horror, horror film, science fiction film
A red object falls from the sky, hitting a wooded area, and a deer in the woods is grabbed by a tentacle. Ruth and Harry, an unmarried couple in a six-year relationship, agree to pursue Harry's interest in camping together in the woods. Th…
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