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(T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1
(T)Raumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 is a 2004 German science-fiction comedy film directed by and starring Michael "Bully" Herbig, parodying Star Trek and Star Wars.
2012: Doomsday
2012: Doomsday is a 2008 direct-to-video disaster film by The Asylum, directed by Nick Everhart, starring Cliff DeYoung, Dale Midkiff, and Ami Dolenz; a mockbuster about four strangers at a Mexican temple on the Mayan calendar's supposed end date.
A Scanner Darkly (film)
A Scanner Darkly is a 2006 American animated science-fiction film written and directed by Richard Linklater, based on Philip K. Dick's 1977 novel and starring Keanu Reeves and Robert Downey Jr.
A Sound of Thunder (film)
A Sound of Thunder (2005) is Peter Hyams's film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1952 short story, starring Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, and Ben Kingsley; a time-safari butterfly kill alters history via time waves, and the film flopped badly.
Aliens in the Attic
Aliens in the Attic, formerly They Came from Upstairs, is a 2009 American family science-fiction comedy directed by John Schultz, in which children defend a vacation house from aliens.
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, also known as AVP-R, is a 2007 American science fiction horror film, a direct sequel to Alien vs. Predator directed by the Strause brothers.
Avalon (2001 film)
Avalon (アヴァロン) is a 2001 Japanese-Polish live-action sci-fi film by Mamoru Oshii, his first after Ghost in the Shell, shot in Poland with Polish cast; Ash seeks the game level Class Real.
Babylon A.D.
Babylon A.D. is a 2008 sci-fi action film by Mathieu Kassovitz, adapted from Maurice G. Dantec's novel Babylon Babies, starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, and Mélanie Thierry; a critical and commercial flop with two competing cuts.
Backstroke of the West
Backstroke of the West, full title Star War: The Third Gathers – The Backstroke of the West, is a 2005 Chinese bootleg DVD of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith famous for machine-translated English subtitles and the "Do Not Want" meme.
Battlefield Earth (film)
Battlefield Earth (2000), Roger Christian's adaptation of L. Ron Hubbard's novel, starring John Travolta as Terl; a notorious box-office bomb with a 3% Tomatometer and seven Razzies.
Children of Men
Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian sci-fi thriller directed by Alfonso Cuarón, loosely adapted from P.D. James's 1992 novel, set in 2027 Britain amid 18 years of global infertility, starring Clive Owen and known for Emmanuel Lubezki's long takes.
CJ7 (长江七号)
CJ7, also known as 长江七号, is a 2008 Hong Kong–Chinese science-fiction comedy directed by and starring Stephen Chow, in which a boy befriends a small alien.
Clockstoppers
Clockstoppers is a 2002 American science-fiction comedy directed by Jonathan Frakes, in which a teenager finds a wristwatch that accelerates his molecular speed so the world appears frozen in time.
Cube 2: Hypercube
Cube 2: Hypercube (2002) is a Canadian sci-fi horror sequel to Cube, directed by Andrzej Sekula, written by Sean Hood and Ernie Barbarash, about ten strangers trapped in shifting quantum-reality cube rooms built by IZON.
Cyborg She (僕の彼女はサイボーグ)
Cyborg She (僕の彼女はサイボーグ) is a 2008 Japanese science-fiction romantic comedy directed by South Korean filmmaker Kwak Jae-yong, in which a cyborg from the future protects a lonely student.
Daybreakers
Daybreakers is a 2009 science-fiction horror film directed by the Spierig brothers, starring Ethan Hawke in a world where vampires are running out of human blood.
Déjà Vu (2006 film)
Déjà Vu (2006), Tony Scott sci-fi thriller starring Denzel Washington as ATF agent Doug Carlin, who uses a time window fixed four days, six hours in the past to stop a New Orleans ferry bombing; first film shot in New Orleans after Katrina.
District 9
District 9, also known as District Nine, is a 2009 science fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson, about alien refugees confined to a Johannesburg slum.
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko (2001) is Richard Kelly's debut indie sci-fi drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal as a teen warned by a giant rabbit of the world's end; a box-office failure that became a defining cult film, with a 2004 Director's Cut and planned sequel novel.
Doomsday (2008 film)
Doomsday (2008) is a science fiction action film written and directed by Neil Marshall, starring Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, and Malcolm McDowell. Scotland is quarantined behind a wall after the Reaper virus; 25 years later a team returns for a cure. Mixed reviews, 50% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Equilibrium (film)
Equilibrium (2002) is Kurt Wimmer's dystopian sci-fi action film starring Christian Bale as cleric John Preston in emotion-suppressed Libria; $20M budget, $5.4M gross, famous for Gun Kata.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 Michel Gondry film written by Charlie Kaufman, starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet as ex-lovers who erase each other's memories; it won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
Frequency (2000 film)
Frequency is a 2000 American science fiction thriller directed by Gregory Hoblit, starring Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel as a father and son linked by ham radio.
Hollow Man
Hollow Man (2000) is a Paul Verhoeven sci-fi horror film for Columbia Pictures starring Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Caine, a scientist whose irreversible invisibility serum turns him murderous; notable for Sony Pictures Imageworks' digital human effects and a 2006 direct-to-video sequel.
I Am Legend (film)
I Am Legend (film) is a 2007 American science fiction horror film directed by Francis Lawrence. It stars Will Smith as a virologist surviving in New York City after a plague transforms people into mutants.
I, Robot (film)
I, Robot (2004) is a Twentieth Century Fox sci-fi action film directed by Alex Proyas, starring Will Smith as Detective Del Spooner in 2035 Chicago; suggested by Asimov's 1950 collection, it earned $353 million worldwide and an Oscar VFX nomination.
Idiocracy
Idiocracy is Mike Judge's 2006 satirical sci-fi comedy (with Etan Cohen) in which Luke Wilson's average soldier wakes in 2505 as the smartest man alive; a box-office flop that became a cult classic and political shorthand.
Immortal (2004 film)
Immortel (ad vitam), also released as Immortal or The Woman Trap, is Enki Bilal's 2004 French sci-fi film set in New York in 2095, mixing live action with CGI, based on his Nikopol Trilogy, starring Linda Hardy, Thomas Kretschmann, and Charlotte Rampling.
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is a 2001 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film directed by John A. Davis and released by Paramount Pictures, about a boy inventor rescuing abducted parents.
Jumper (2008 film)
Jumper (2008) is a Doug Liman sci-fi action film starring Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, and Jamie Bell, loosely adapted from Steven Gould's 1992 novel; it earned about $225 million worldwide but scored 15% on Rotten Tomatoes.