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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 248 films.
Sci-Fi, space Western
Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin, known as Mando, and his foundling Grogu work for the New Republic to hunt down neo-imperialist warlords of the former Galactic Empire. After a successful mission, Mando is tasked by New Republic comman…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, adventure film, drama film, dystopian film, hard science fiction, science fiction film, thriller film, time-travel film
In the near future, humanity faces extinction due to dust storms and widespread crop blights. Joseph Cooper, a widowed former NASA test pilot, works as a farmer and raises his children, Murph and Tom, with his father-in-law Donald. Followi…
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Hard Science Fiction, Space Opera, arthouse science fiction film, epic film, mystery film, space adventure film
In a prehistoric veld, a tribe of hominins is driven away from a water hole by a rival tribe, and the next day finds an alien monolith. The tribe learns how to use the bones of dead animals as weapons and, after a successful first hunt, us…
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Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, drama film, science fiction film, survival film
thumb|left|Ares III mission landing site (Acidalia Planitia region) In 2035, the crew of the Ares III mission to Mars is exploring Acidalia Planitia on Martian solar day (sol) 18 of their 31-sol expedition. A severe dust storm threatens th…
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Adventure, Fairy-Tale Film, High Fantasy, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, coming-of-age film, science fiction film, space opera
thumb|From left to right: Luke, Leia, and Han in a still from Star Wars In a period of galactic civil war, Rebel Alliance spies have stolen blueprints to the Death Star, a colossal space station built by the Galactic Empire that is capable…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, religious horror, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
As a spacecraft departs a planet, a tall humanoid alien drinks a black liquid, causing its body to dissolve. Its remains crumble into a waterfall and the alien's DNA falls apart and starts to recombine. In 2089, archaeologists Elizabeth Sh…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, body horror film, fantasy film, girls with guns, horror film, monster film, mystery film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
The commercial space tug Nostromo is returning to Earth with a seven-member crew in "stasis": captain Dallas, executive officer Kane, warrant officer Ripley, navigator Lambert, science officer Ash, and engineers Parker and Brett, along wit…
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Action, Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, Super Hero
Having acquired the Power Stone—one of six Infinity Stones—from the planet Xandar, Thanos and his lieutenants—Ebony Maw, Cull Obsidian, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive—intercept the spaceship carrying the survivors of Asgard's destruct…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, space opera
A year after the Battle of Crait, the resurrected Emperor Palpatine sends a message of revenge to the galaxy. Kylo Ren obtains a Sith wayfinder that leads him to the hidden planet Exegol, where Palpatine reveals himself as the power behind…
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Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film, space opera, speculative fiction film
Thirty years after the Battle of Endor, the First Order has risen from the fallen Galactic Empire and seeks to destroy the New Republic. General Leia Organa leads The Resistance against the First Order, while also searching for her lost tw…
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Crime, Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, teen film
In 1965 Tulsa, Oklahoma, Darry Curtis is left to raise his younger brothers, Sodapop and Ponyboy, after the deaths of their parents in a car crash eight months earlier. Youth subculture in the city is centered around two gangs — the afflue…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, horror film, psychological horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, speculative fiction film, splatter film, supernatural horror film
In 2047, a distress signal is received from the Event Horizon, a spaceship that disappeared during its maiden voyage to Proxima Centauri seven years earlier. The ship has mysteriously reappeared in orbit around Neptune, prompting the US Ae…
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Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, comedy film, crime film, science fiction film, space opera, speculative fiction film, superhero film
At their new headquarters on Knowhere, the Guardians of the Galaxy are attacked by Adam Warlock, a Sovereign warrior created by High Priestess Ayesha who seeks to destroy them for stealing from her. After critically wounding Rocket, Adam i…
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Action, Aliens, Monster Film, Space Opera, Thriller, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film, war film
A deep-space salvage crew find an escape shuttle where Ellen Ripley has been in stasis for 57 years after destroying her ship, the Nostromo, to kill an alien creature that slaughtered the crew. Ripley is debriefed by her Weyland-Yutani Cor…
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Drama, biographical film, drama film, trial film
In intercut frame stories, two ongoing depositions play out: in one, Mark Zuckerberg is being sued by his former friend Eduardo Saverin, and in the other, he is sued by twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. On October 28, 2003, 19-year-old Z…
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Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, comedy film, dystopian film, fantasy film, science fiction film
In 1914, aliens known as Mondoshawans meet their contact on Earth, a priest of a secret order, at an ancient Egyptian temple. They take the only weapon capable of defeating a great evil that appears every 5,000 years, promising to protect …
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Action Comedy, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, comedy film, crime film, science fiction film, superhero film
In 1988, following his mother's death, the child Peter Quill is abducted from Earth by the Ravagers, a group of alien thieves and smugglers led by Yondu Udonta. In 2014, on the abandoned planet Morag, Quill steals a mysterious Orb but is a…
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Action, Sci-Fi, War Film, action film, fantasy film, science fiction film, space opera, war film
Research scientist Galen Erso and his family are in hiding on the planet Lah'mu when Imperial weapons developer Orson Krennic arrives to press him into completing the Death Star, a superweapon capable of destroying planets. Galen's wife Ly…
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Aliens, Fantasy, Military Film, Political Satire, Satire On War, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, action film, dystopian film, military science fiction, monster film, science fiction film, thriller film
In the future, Earth is governed by the United Citizen Federation, a stratocratic regime founded generations earlier by "veterans" after democracy and social scientists brought civilization to the brink of ruin. Citizenship is exclusively …
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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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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Computeranimation, Romance Film, adventure film, adventure science fiction, children's film, comedy film, dystopian film, flashback film, post-apocalyptic film, romance film, romantic comedy film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In the year 2805, Earth is an inhospitable, garbage-strewn wasteland due to an ecocide caused by rampant consumerism, corporate greed, and environmental neglect. Humanity was evacuated to space by the megacorporation Buy n Large on giant s…
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Sci-Fi, Super Hero, adventure film, science fiction film, superhero film
In 1975, eight-year-old Jean Grey is orphaned in a car crash when her telekinetic powers manifest. Professor Charles Xavier brings her to his School for Gifted Youngsters, promising to teach her to control her mutant abilities. In 1992, du…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, alien invasion, science fiction film
The planet Cybertron was ravaged by a civil war between two Transformer factions — the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, and the Decepticons, led by Megatron. Both search for a lost artifact called the AllSpark, the source of all Cybertronia…
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Adventure, Destiny, Fairy-Tale Film, Monumental Film, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, epic film, fantasy film, science fiction film, space opera
Three years after the destruction of the Death Star, the Imperial fleet, led by Darth Vader, dispatches probe droids across the galaxy in search of the Rebel Alliance. One probe locates the Rebel base on the ice planet Hoth. A wampa captur…
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