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Science Fiction movies

Futuristic concepts, space exploration, and advanced technology that challenge our understanding of what is possible.

Subgenres include: Epic Sci-Fi, Space Sci-Fi, Dystopian Sci-Fi.

Unforgettable

1131. Unforgettable

Thriller Mystery Science Fiction
6.0

19961h 56min

United States

Director: John Dahl

Seattle medical examiner David Krane is obsessed with solving his wife's murder. A possible solution presents itself in an experimental "memory" serum designed by a neurobiology professor, which has the ability to transfer memories from one person to another, but with potentially fatal consequences.


Twelve Monkeys

1132. Twelve Monkeys

Science Fiction Thriller Mystery Time Travel Sci-Fi Mindfuck Thriller
8.0

19952h 9min

United States

Director: Terry Gilliam

In 2035, convict James Cole is trapped in a world ravaged by a virus, forced underground. When a time-travel mission goes awry, he lands in 1990, locked in a mental asylum. Can Cole escape the confines of his own mind and find the virus's origin before humanity's clock runs out?

Themes

Institutional control, Paranoia and doubt, Nonlinear time perception, Science under pressure, Underground survival networks, Conflicting authority

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Memories

1133. Memories

Fantasy Animation Science Fiction
7.5

19951h 53min

Japan

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo

Three back-to-back anime films by three different directors make up this sci-fi trilogy three years in the making.


Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

1134. Godzilla vs. Destoroyah

Action Science Fiction Horror
6.9

19951h 43min

Japan

Director: Takao Okawara

A burning Godzilla, on the verge of meltdown, emerges to lay siege to Hong Kong. At the same time horrifying new organisms are discovered in Japan. These crustacean-like beings are seemingly born of the Oxygen Destroyer, the weapon that killed the original Godzilla.


Ghost in the Shell

1135. Ghost in the Shell

Action Animation Science Fiction Cyberpunk Adult Animation
7.9

19951h 23min

Japan, United Kingdom

Director: Mamoru Oshii

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

Themes

Surveillance and control, Consciousness emergence, Human machine boundary, Political manipulation of tech

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Strange Days

1136. Strange Days

Crime Drama Science Fiction Thriller
7.2

19952h 25min

United States

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.


Screamers

1137. Screamers

Horror Science Fiction War
6.3

19951h 48min

Canada, Japan

Director: Christian Duguay

SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and destroy all enemy life forms.


Waterworld

1138. Waterworld

Adventure Action Science Fiction
6.3

19952h 15min

United States

Director: Kevin Reynolds

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.


The City of Lost Children

1139. The City of Lost Children

Fantasy Science Fiction Adventure
7.4

19951h 52min

France, Germany

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.


Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

1140. Gamera: Guardian of the Universe

Fantasy Science Fiction Action Horror
6.7

19951h 36min

Japan

Director: Shusuke Kaneko

A ship runs aground on a mysterious atoll leading to an investigation by insurance representative Kusanagi, who discovers an ancient bead that he gives to his daughter Asagi. Meanwhile, ornithologist Nagamine investigates reports of a new species of large bird named Gyaos. As the Gyaos begin to attack, an ancient guardian with a bond to Asagi emerges.