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Green Snake (青蛇)
Green Snake (青蛇) is Tsui Hark's 1993 Hong Kong fantasy film adapted from Lilian Lee's novel, retelling the White Snake legend from the green snake's viewpoint, starring Maggie Cheung, Joey Wong, Wu Hsin-kuo, and Chiu Man-cheuk.
Hardware (film)
Hardware is a 1990 British-American science fiction horror film directed by Richard Stanley, in which a disassembled military robot reconstructs itself and hunts a metal sculptress in a post-holocaust future, starring Dylan McDermott and Stacey Travis.
Heart and Souls
Heart and Souls is a 1993 Universal fantasy comedy-drama directed by Ron Underwood, starring Robert Downey Jr. as a businessman helping four ghosts, killed in a 1959 bus crash at his birth, resolve unfinished business.
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) is Randal Kleiser's Disney sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, in which Rick Moranis's Wayne Szalinski accidentally enlarges toddler Adam, who grows to 112 feet in Las Vegas; grossed $58.7M.
In weiter Ferne, so nah!
In weiter Ferne, so nah! (Faraway, So Close!) is Wim Wenders' 1993 sequel to Wings of Desire, in which the angel Cassiel becomes human in reunited Berlin, winning Cannes' Grand Jury Prize.
Independence Day (1996 film)
Independence Day is a 1996 American science fiction film directed by Roland Emmerich, in which aliens attack Earth's cities and humanity fights back over the July 4 weekend.
Into the West (1992 film)
Into the West is a 1992 Irish-British family fantasy film directed by Mike Newell and written by Jim Sheridan, starring Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, and David Kelly, about two Dublin Traveller brothers and their magical white horse Tir na nOg; released by Miramax in 1993, it grossed $4.2 million in the US against a $6.5 million cost.
James and the Giant Peach (film)
James and the Giant Peach (1996) is a Disney musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick, produced by Tim Burton and Denise Di Novi, adapting Roald Dahl's 1961 book with live action, stop-motion, and CGI; released April 12, 1996, 79 minutes, rated PG.
Johnny Mnemonic (film)
Johnny Mnemonic (1995), Robert Longo's cyberpunk film written by William Gibson from his 1981 short story, stars Keanu Reeves as a data courier in dystopian 2021; a critical and box office failure that became a cult classic.
Les Visiteurs
Les Visiteurs (The Visitors) is a 1993 French time-travel comedy by Jean-Marie Poiré starring Christian Clavier, Jean Reno, and César winner Valérie Lemercier; 13.7 million admissions, sequel, and 2001 remake Just Visiting.
Lost in Space (film)
Lost in Space (1998) is a New Line Cinema sci-fi film directed by Stephen Hopkins, written by Akiva Goldsman, adapting Irwin Allen's 1965 CBS series. It grossed $136 million on an $80 million budget and scored 27% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks! is Tim Burton's 1996 Warner Bros. sci-fi comedy, based on Topps's graphic 1962 Mars Attacks trading cards, starring Jack Nicholson in two roles; it cost $80 million, grossed $37.8 million in the US, and was overshadowed by Independence Day.
Matilda (1996 film)
Matilda (1996) is Danny DeVito's fantasy comedy adaptation of Roald Dahl's 1988 novel, starring Mara Wilson as a telekinetic genius child, with DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, and Pam Ferris; TriStar/Jersey Films, PG, $33.1M US gross.
Meet Joe Black
Meet Joe Black (1998) is Martin Brest's three-hour Universal fantasy romance remake of Death Takes a Holiday (1934), starring Brad Pitt as Death and Anthony Hopkins, with a 48% critics score but 81% audience rating.
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (film)
Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) is John Carpenter's Warner Bros. sci-fi comedy starring Chevy Chase as Nick Halloway, a stock analyst made invisible by a lab accident and hunted by Sam Neill's agent; adapted from H.F. Saint's 1987 novel, it grossed $14.3 million.
Multiplicity (film)
Multiplicity is a 1996 American science fiction comedy directed by Harold Ramis. It stars Michael Keaton as an executive who is cloned, resulting in four duplicates with distinct personalities.
Naked Lunch (film)
Naked Lunch (1991) is David Cronenberg's surrealist film adaptation of William S. Burroughs's novel, starring Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, and Roy Scheider; produced by Jeremy Thomas, it blends Burroughs's life and fiction, grossed $2.2 million, and received a 4K restoration premiered at Berlin 2023.
Nirvana (1997 film)
Nirvana (1997) is an Italian-French cyberpunk science fiction film directed by Gabriele Salvatores, starring Christopher Lambert and Diego Abatantuono, about a game designer whose virtual character becomes self-aware and asks to be deleted.
No Escape (1994 film)
No Escape (1994), released in Germany as Flucht aus Absolom, is a Martin Campbell science fiction action film starring Ray Liotta, based on Richard Herley's novel The Penal Colony, set on the prison island Absolom in 2022.
Phenomenon (film)
Phenomenon is a 1996 American romantic fantasy drama directed by Jon Turteltaub, written by Gerald Di Pego, and starring John Travolta as a mechanic who gains genius-level intelligence and telekinetic powers.
Pleasantville (film)
Pleasantville is a 1998 New Line Cinema comedy-drama fantasy, Gary Ross's directorial debut, in which Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon enter a black-and-white 1950s sitcom and bring color and social change; it earned $40.6 million and an 85% Tomatometer.
Powder (1995 film)
Powder is a 1995 American sci-fi drama written and directed by Victor Salva, released October 27, 1995 by Hollywood Pictures/Caravan Pictures, starring Sean Patrick Flanery as an albino telepathic teen, with Steenburgen, Goldblum, Henriksen; overshadowed by Salva's molestation conviction.
Practical Magic
Practical Magic (1998) is a Warner Bros. comedy-fantasy film directed by Griffin Dunne, adapted from Alice Hoffman's 1995 novel, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as cursed witch sisters Sally and Gillian Owens; a 2026 sequel followed.
Saviour of the Soul (九一神雕侠侣)
Saviour of the Soul (九一神鵰俠侶), also released as Savior of the Soul, is a 1991 Hong Kong action fantasy film by Corey Yuen and David Lai, written by Wong Kar-wai, loosely adapted from the manga City Hunter, starring Andy Lau, Anita Mui, and Aaron Kwok, and the debut of Lau's Teamwork company.
Screamers (1995 film)
Screamers is a 1995 science fiction horror film directed by Christian Duguay, starring Peter Weller, adapted from Philip K. Dick's "Second Variety" and released in the United States in 1996.
Sixty Million Dollar Man (百变星君)
Sixty Million Dollar Man (百變星君, Baak bin sing gwan) is a 1995 Hong Kong sci-fi comedy directed by Yip Wai-Man, produced by Wong Jing, starring Stephen Chow as a playboy rebuilt as a cyborg who transforms into household objects; it earned HK$35.2 million, third in 1995 Hong Kong.
Soldier (1998 American film)
Soldier (1998) is a Paul W.S. Anderson sci-fi action film written by David Webb Peoples, starring Kurt Russell as obsolete super-soldier Todd 3465; a Blade Runner "sidequel" that grossed $14.6M against a $75M budget.
Spaced Invaders
Spaced Invaders (1990), originally Martians!!!, is a Touchstone sci-fi comedy directed by Patrick Read Johnson, in which Martians mishear a War of the Worlds rebroadcast and land in Big Bean, Illinois on Halloween; grossed about $14.3 million.
Species (film)
Species is a 1995 American science fiction horror film directed by Roger Donaldson. It stars Natasha Henstridge as Sil, a hybrid creature that grossed over $113 million worldwide.
Species II
Species II, also known as Species 2, is a 1998 American science fiction horror film and the sequel to Species, about an astronaut infected by alien DNA on Mars.