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E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial is one of the biggest money makers in box-office history. It is quite possibly the best known of all Steven Spielberg's films. Even at the relatively young cinematic age of two decades, it is beloved by multiple gener...
U.S. Release Date: 1982-06-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, ...
I suppose it would be fair to characterize Earth to Echo as an homage to E.T. Or at least I assume that's what director Dave Green and screenwriter Henry Gayden were going for: a gentle throw-back to the kinder sorts of science fiction films of t...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-07-02
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Dave Green
Cast: Teo Halm, Astro, Reese C. Hartwig, ...
As improbable a concoction as it might seem, Edge of Tomorrow is a curious mix of ingredients from the 1993 Harold Ramis/Bill Murray comedy, Groundhog Day, and James Cameron's 1986 sequel to Alien. An Earth-versus-aliens tale set in the near future...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-06-06
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sci-Fi Action and Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Doug Liman
Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, ...
Elysium is a thoroughly entertaining science fiction/action spectacle that reinforces the argument that director Neill Blomkamp (District 9) has what it takes to enthrall audiences. However, I can't help but wishing this material had been given "th...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-08-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Cast: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, ...
Ender's Game, long a staple of science fiction readers, has had a strange, winding trip to the silver screen. For many years, Orson Scott Card refused to sell the rights to the book, wanting to maintain control over the final product. This iteratio...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-11-01
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, ...
1988. New York City, overrun by crime, is walled in. It becomes the world's largest, most uncontrolled prison, with the inmates prevented from escaping by armed guards who man the walls twenty-four hours a day. Those confined within the cit...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, ...
Artificial Intelligence has always been a common science fiction theme. The Frankenstein-influenced concept of a human being giving life to a new entity - one that can think and act independently - has teased writers with its potential. Now, as...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-04-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Profanity, Sexual Content, Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Alex Garland
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Alicia Vikander, ...
eXistenZ, the latest from iconoclastic director David Cronenberg (Crash, Dead Ringers, The Fly), looks at the dangers of virtual reality. The movie seems to have been designed as a cautionary tale, and, as such, contains elements of pointed satire...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe, ...
The Fifth Element uses one of the newest tricks in the science fiction motion picture handbook: perform a visual and aural assault on viewers in the vain hope that they won't notice the lack of substance, logic, and intelligence. For a few recent...
U.S. Release Date: 1997-05-09
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Nudity, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ACTION
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, ...
Fingernails, the English-language debut of Greek director Christos Nikou, boasts some intriguing ideas but the execution is (at best) uneven. With an uncertain screenplay and poor world-building, the film relies almost exclusively on the performan...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-11-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Science Fiction
Director: Christos Nikou
Cast: Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White, ...