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Drama, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
In the 22nd century, rising sea levels caused by global warming have wiped out coastal cities and altered the world's climate. With the human population in decline, advanced nations have created humanoid robots called mechas (diminutive of…
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Action, Modern-Day Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, swashbuckler film, thriller film
In 1985 New York, Connor MacLeod encounters an old enemy, Iman Fasil, in the parking garage of Madison Square Garden. After a sword duel, Connor beheads Fasil and absorbs a powerful release of energy from his body, then hides his sword in …
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, black comedy film, comedy film, comedy horror film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, suspense film, thriller film
A Predator ship crash-lands on Earth. U.S. Army Ranger sniper Quinn McKenna and his team are attacked by the Predator while on a hostage retrieval mission.
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Horror, LGBTQ-related film, Romance Film, coming-of-age film, horror film, romance film, science fiction film, thriller
Following his father's death, Naim Reid and his mother Arlene relocate to a devout evangelical Christian town in Victoria. There, Naim meets and begins a secret romance with local teenager Ryan Whelan. After witnessing Ryan kissing the pas…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, arthouse science fiction film, drama film, psychological thriller film, science fiction film
Caleb Smith, a programmer at the search engine company Blue Book, wins an office contest for a one-week visit to the luxurious, isolated home of the CEO, Nathan Bateman. Nathan lives there with an unspeaking female servant named Kyoko, who…
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Super Hero, action film, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film
After being transported to Earth-616 by Doctor Strange's spell, Eddie Brock and the Venom symbiote are drunk in a bar in Mexico. As the bartender fills them in about Thanos and the Infinity Stones, they are forced back to their home univer…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, fantasy film, mystery film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, thriller film
A teenage boy awakens in an underground elevator without memory of his identity. A large group of male youths greets him in a large grassy area, called the "Glade", enclosed by massive stone walls. The "Gladers" have formed a rudimentary s…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In an alternate 1990, a war between humans and robots has left the world in disarray. With the help of Sentre CEO Ethan Skate, who developed Neurocaster technology that allowed humans to upload their minds into drone robots, humanity manag…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
Max Rockatansky is captured by hydraulic despot cult leader Immortan Joe's War Boys and taken to his fortress called the Citadel. Max, a universal donor, is forced to transfuse his blood to Nux, a sick War Boy. Meanwhile, Joe sends his lie…
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Action, Adventure, Coming Of Age, Fairy-Tale Film, High Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
The Trade Federation blockades the planet Naboo in secret preparation for a full-scale invasion, disrupting order in the Galactic Republic. The Republic's leader, Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum, dispatches Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and hi…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, adventure film, drama film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
In 1977, French scientist Claude Lacombe, along with interpreter and cartographer David Laughlin, examine Flight 19—a group of United States Navy aircraft that vanished over the Bermuda Triangle in 1945—now found immaculate and abandoned i…
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Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, Thriller, drama film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film
A severe thunderstorm strikes Bridgton, Maine, causing a tree to crash through the lakeside home of artist David Drayton, his wife Stephanie, and their eight-year-old son, Billy. While surveying the damage the next morning, they notice a t…
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Super Hero, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, superhero film
At Culver University in Virginia, U.S. military general Thaddeus Ross meets with Dr. Bruce Banner, the colleague and boyfriend of his daughter Betty, regarding an experiment that Ross claims is meant to make humans immune to gamma radiatio…
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Super Hero, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, superhero film, thriller film
In 1995, super soldier Alexei Shostakov and Black Widow assassin Melina Vostokoff work as Russian undercover agents, posing as a family in Ohio with Natasha Romanoff and Yelena Belova as their daughters. They steal S.H.I.E.L.D. intel and e…
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Cartoon, Dramedy, Sci-Fi, buddy film, comedy drama, comedy film, science fiction film
On the planet Turo, the United Galactic Federation convicts Dr. Jumba Jookiba of illegal genetic experimentation; he has created Experiment 626, an aggressive, near-indestructible creature with advanced learning capabilities. Captain Gantu…
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Action, Sci-Fi, Time Travel, War Film, dystopian film, military science fiction, science fiction action film, science fiction film
In 2015, an alien race known as "Mimics" lands in Germany and swiftly conquers much of continental Europe, killing millions. By 2020, humanity has formed a global military alliance, the United Defense Force (UDF), to combat the Mimics. How…
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Super Hero, action film, biopunk, science fiction film, superhero film, teen film, thriller film
Richard Parker, a scientist who left Oscorp, records a video message to explain his disappearance. He and his wife Mary flee aboard a private jet, which is soon hijacked by an assassin. The jet crashes and kills both Richard and Mary.
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Family Drama, action film, adventure film, alien invasion, disaster film, drama film, fantasy film, katastrophe, science fiction film, thriller film
A narrator opens the film stating that extraterrestrials with immense intelligence have grown envious of humanity's dominion of Earth and are plotting against them. Charming but self-absorbed longshoreman Ray Ferrier works as a crane opera…
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Utopia & Dystopia, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
By 2022, the cumulative effects of overpopulation, global warming, and pollution have caused ecocide, leading to severe worldwide shortages of food, water, and housing, bringing human civilization to the brink of collapse. New York City ha…
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Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, cyberpunk, drama film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, suspense film, techno-thriller, thriller film, time-travel film
In 1998, three years after the destruction of Cyberdyne Systems, Sarah and John Connor have retreated to Livingston, Guatemala, where they are ambushed by a T-800 Terminator—one of several sent back through time by Skynet prior to its eras…
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Destiny, Political Drama, Psychodrama, Utopia & Dystopia, arthouse science fiction film, biopunk, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
In the "not-too-distant" future, eugenics is common. A genetic registry database uses biometrics to classify those so created as "valids" while those conceived naturally and more susceptible to genetic disorders are known as "in-valids". G…
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Zombiefilm, action film, adventure film, apocalyptic film, drama film, horror film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, thriller film, zombie film
Former United Nations investigator Gerald "Gerry" Lane, his wife, Karin, and their two daughters, Rachel and Connie, are caught in traffic in downtown Philadelphia when a zombie outbreak hits. Escaping the ensuing chaos, they travel to New…
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Action Comedy, Super Hero, Time Travel, action film, adventure film, drama film, science fiction film, superhero film, time-travel film
After helping Bruce Wayne / Batman and Diana Prince / Wonder Woman stop a robbery in Gotham City, Barry Allen / The Flash revisits his childhood home, where he lived with his parents Nora and Henry, before Henry's wrongful imprisonment for…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, adventure film, science fiction action film
Generations after Caesar's death, apes have become the dominant species on Earth, while surviving humans have become feral. Noa, a young chimpanzee from a falconry-practicing clan, prepares for a coming-of-age ceremony by collecting eagle …
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