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Action, Natural Disaster, action film, adventure film, disaster film, drama film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
A massive meteor shower destroys the orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis before entering the atmosphere and extensively damaging New York City. The meteors were pushed out of the asteroid belt by a collision from a rogue asteroid the size of T…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film, space opera
Shortly after the Battle of Starkiller Base, General Leia Organa and the Resistance are evacuating their base when the First Order fleet arrives. Against Leia's orders, Poe Dameron leads a costly counterattack that destroys a First Order d…
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Natural Disaster, Psychological Thriller, Sci-Fi, Thriller, adventure film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2057, the Sun is dying and Earth is freezing. Eight astronauts aboard the starship Icarus II are sent on a last-chance mission to deliver and detonate a colossal stellar bomb intended to reignite the Sun. As the ship passes Mercury, it …
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Parodie, Satire, Space Opera, Splatstick, adventure film, comedy film, parody film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In a galaxy "very, very, very, very far away", the ruthless Spaceballs, led by President Skroob, have squandered their planet's atmosphere. Desperate for oxygen, Skroob hatches a plan to steal it from the neighboring planet Druidia by obta…
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Action, Destiny, High Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
One year after Han Solo's capture and imprisonment in carbonite, C-3PO and R2-D2 enter the palace of the crime lord Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine. They were sent as a goodwill gift from Luke Skywalker, who hopes to negotiate with Jabba for Ha…
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Accident, Drama, Historie, adventure film, disaster film, docudrama, drama film, historical film, survival film
On July 20, 1969, astronaut Jim Lovell hosts a party where guests watch Neil Armstrong's televised first steps on the Moon from Apollo 11. Lovell, who orbited the Moon on Apollo 8, tells his wife Marilyn that he will return to the Moon to …
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
In the near future, an uncrewed space probe returns from Mars to Earth's orbit with soil samples potentially containing evidence of extraterrestrial life. The probe is collected by the International Space Station, where exobiologist Hugh D…
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Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, action film, fantasy film, science fiction film, space Western, speculative fiction film
On the planet Corellia, orphans Han and Qi'ra escape a local gang. They bribe an Imperial officer with stolen coaxium, a starship fuel, for passage on a transport, but Qi'ra is captured before she can board. Han vows to return for her and …
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Action, Adventure, Monumental Film, Space Opera, Utopia & Dystopia, action film
In the year 10,191, the known universe is ruled by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV. The most valuable substance in the empire is the spice melange, which extends life and expands consciousness. The spice also allows the Spacing Guild to fo…
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Sci-Fi, action film, science fiction film, superhero film
On the planet Krypton, Jor-El, a member of the Kryptonian high council, sentences criminals General Zod, Ursa, and Non to the Phantom Zone. He warns the council that Krypton will be destroyed by its exploding red supergiant sun, but they d…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, epic film, science fiction film, thriller film
In the early 22nd century, mysterious cosmic-ray bursts emanating from Neptune cause power surges that threaten to destroy all life in the Solar System. Major Roy McBride is informed that the surge is antimatter in origin and may be connec…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, alien invasion, science fiction film, thriller film
The Ark spacecraft escapes from the planet Cybertron carrying an invention capable of ending the war between Autobots and Decepticons, and crash-lands on the dark side of Earth's Moon in 1962. NASA detects the crash, and President John F. …
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Musical, Romantic Comedy, alternate history film, comedy film, drama film, musical film
Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter from Lowestoft who plays gigs to tiny audiences. His manager and childhood friend Ellie Appleton, a mathematics teacher, encourages him not to give up on his dreams. Jack is hit by a bus during …
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Action, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, adventure film, epic film, science fiction film
In an unnamed galaxy, the imperialistic Motherworld sees its royal family, including Issa, a princess who was expected to end its militaristic Imperium's planetary conquests, assassinated. Balisarius, a senator and former general, subseque…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, prison film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, suspense film, thriller film
Shortly after escaping the planet LV-426, the Colonial Marine spaceship Sulaco is travelling back to Earth with Ellen Ripley, Rebecca "Newt" Jorden, Cpl. Hicks, and the damaged android Bishop in cryonic stasis. An alien egg hatches on boar…
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Action, Destiny, Fairy-Tale Film, High Fantasy, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, epic film, fantasy film, science fiction film, space opera
Three years after the start of the Clone Wars, Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi and Knight Anakin Skywalker lead a mission to rescue Supreme Chancellor Palpatine from the cyborg Separatist commander General Grievous. After infiltrating Grievous'…
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Drama, Thriller, disaster film, drama film, horror film, science fiction film, survival film, techno-thriller, thriller film
The Space Shuttle Explorer, commanded by veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski, is in Earth orbit to service the Hubble Space Telescope. Dr. Ryan Stone is aboard on her first space mission, to perform hardware upgrades on the telescope.
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, drama film, science fiction film
In 2233, the Federation starship USS Kelvin investigates a "lightning storm" in space. A Romulan ship, Narada, emerges from the storm and attacks the Kelvin, then demands that Kelvins Captain Robau come aboard to negotiate a truce. Robau i…
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Cartoon, Fantasy, Pirate Film, Sci-Fi, Treasure Hunting, space opera
On the planet Montressor, Jim Hawkins operates an inn with his mother, Sarah. Billy Bones crashes his spaceship near the inn, gives Jim a sphere, and warns him to 'beware the cyborg'. A group of pirates arrive to search for the sphere, des…
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Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Komödie, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure fiction, adventure film, children's film, fantasy film, science fiction film, speculative fiction
Ten-year-old Walter and six-year-old Danny are two brothers who do not get along with each other or their teenage sister, Lisa. While their father is away at work and Lisa is napping, Danny discovers an old science fiction-themed board gam…
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Action, Social Drama, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, action thriller, cyberpunk, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2154, Earth is overpopulated, diseased, and heavily polluted from ecocide. The planet's citizens live in extreme poverty. In contrast, the rich and powerful live on Elysium, an orbiting space station just outside Earth's atmosphere, wit…
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Action, Adventure, Fairy-Tale Film, High Fantasy, Romance Film, Sci-Fi, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Ten years after the Battle of Naboo, the Galactic Republic is threatened by a Separatist movement consisting of star systems and planets in the outer rim seceding from the republic that has been organized by Count Dooku, a former Jedi Mast…
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Action, Time Travel, action film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, time-travel film
In 2029, aboard the United States Air Force space station Oberon, Leo Davidson works closely with apes who are trained for space missions. His favorite is a chimpanzee named Pericles. With a deadly electromagnetic storm approaching the sta…
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Action, action film, disaster film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, war film
In 2005, potentially habitable "Planet G" is discovered, and in 2006, a communications array to reach any extraterrestrial life is built on Oʻahu. There, a slacking Alex Hopper is arrested while attempting to impress Samantha "Sam" Shane, …
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