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Night Watch (2004 film)
Night Watch (Ночной дозор, Nochnoy Dozor) is Timur Bekmambetov's 2004 Russian urban fantasy horror film adapted from Sergei Lukyanenko's novel, about Light and Dark forces under a truce in Moscow; it set Russian box-office records and spawned Day Watch (2006).
Painted Skin (画皮)
Painted Skin (画皮, Hua Pi) is Gordon Chan's 2008 Chinese fantasy-romance adapting Pu Songling's Liaozhai ghost story, starring Zhou Xun, Vicki Zhao, Chen Kun, and Donnie Yen; it passed 200 million yuan in 19 days and was Hong Kong's 81st Academy Awards entry.
Pandorum
Pandorum (2009) is a German-British-American science fiction horror film directed by Christian Alvart, starring Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster as amnesiac crew of the colony ship Elysium; a box-office flop with 26% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Paycheck (film)
Paycheck is a 2003 American science fiction action thriller directed by John Woo and based on Philip K. Dick's 1953 short story, starring Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman.
Pelangi di Mars
Pelangi di Mars (Rainbow on Mars) is a 2026 Indonesian family sci-fi film, Upie Guava's feature debut, about the first human born on Mars seeking Zeolite Omega; XR virtual production, released 18 March 2026, SU-rated, Netflix streaming.
Pitch Black (film)
Pitch Black (2000) is a David Twohy sci-fi horror film starring Vin Diesel as escaped convict Riddick, survivors of a crash on a planet plunged into deadly eclipse darkness; $23M budget, $53.2M gross, first Riddick franchise film.
Primer (film)
Primer (2004) is Shane Carruth's ~$7,000 indie time-travel film about two engineers whose box-like machine lets them revisit hours of their own past, winning Sundance's Grand Jury Prize and becoming famous for its deliberately impenetrable plot.
Push (2009 film)
Push is a 2009 American science fiction action thriller directed by Paul McGuigan, in which fugitive psychics in Hong Kong plot against Division, a covert US agency.
Race to Witch Mountain
Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 American science fiction film directed by Andy Fickman and starring Dwayne Johnson, a reimagining of Disney's 1975 film Escape to Witch Mountain.
Red Planet (film)
Red Planet is a 2000 science fiction film directed by Antony Hoffman, starring Val Kilmer and Carrie-Anne Moss, about a crew stranded on Mars after a solar flare damages their ship.
Reign of Fire (film)
Reign of Fire is a 2002 post-apocalyptic action film directed by Rob Bowman, in which Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey lead a fight against dragons that have destroyed civilization.
Returner (リターナー)
Returner (リターナー) is a 2002 Japanese sci-fi action film directed by Takashi Yamazaki, starring Takeshi Kaneshiro and Anne Suzuki; a girl from 2084 returns to 2002 to stop the Daggra alien invasion.
RoboGeisha (ロボゲイシャ)
RoboGeisha (ロボゲイシャ, Robo-geisha) is a 2009 Japanese action-comedy-sci-fi splatter film by Noboru Iguchi about sisters turned into cyborg geisha assassins fighting a castle robot.
Robots (2005 film)
Robots is a 2005 American computer-animated comedy film directed by Chris Wedge and Carlos Saldanha, about a young inventor who battles a corporate villain in a robot world.
Rollerball (2002 film)
Rollerball (2002) is John McTiernan's remake of Norman Jewison's 1975 dystopian sports film, based on William Harrison's "Roller Ball Murder." Set in 2005 Central Asia, it stars Chris Klein, LL Cool J, and Jean Reno, grossed $25.9 million on a $70 million budget, and holds a 3% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Save the Green Planet! (지구를 지켜라!)
Save the Green Planet! (지구를 지켜라!, Jigureul jikyeora!) is Jang Joon-hwan's 2003 South Korean debut feature in which Byeong-gu kidnaps a chemical CEO he believes is an Andromedan alien; a box-office failure that became a cult classic and was remade as Bugonia (2025).
Sia, the Dream of the Python
Sia, the Dream of the Python (Sia, le rêve du python) is a 2001 Burkinabé epic drama by Dani Kouyaté, adapted from Moussa Diagana's play on the Soninké Wagadu myth, about a virgin chosen for sacrifice to a Python god.
Signs (film)
Signs is a 2002 American science fiction thriller written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Mel Gibson as a former priest whose farm shows signs of alien visitation.
Silver Hawk (飞鹰)
Silver Hawk (飞鹰, Fei Ying) is a 2004 Hong Kong sci-fi action film directed by Jingle Ma, produced by and starring Michelle Yeoh as masked vigilante Lulu Wong, with Richie Jen and Luke Goss; a Lunar New Year release that flopped in Hong Kong but won a Huabiao co-production award.
Simone (2002 film)
Simone (2002 film), also known as S1mone, is a 2002 American satirical comedy-drama directed by Andrew Niccol. It stars Al Pacino as a director who creates a digital actress.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow is a 2004 science fiction adventure film set in 1939. It follows a reporter and aviator investigating giant robot attacks.
Sky High (2005 film)
Sky High is a 2005 American superhero family comedy directed by Mike Mitchell, starring Michael Angarano as a power-less teen at a floating high school for heroes.
Solaris (2002 film)
Solaris is a 2002 American science fiction drama directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney as a psychologist sent to a research station orbiting the planet Solaris.
Southland Tales
Southland Tales (2006) is Richard Kelly's dystopian sci-fi comedy-drama, follow-up to Donnie Darko, starring Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Seann William Scott; booed at Cannes, it earned $273.4K and 41% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi, starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, and Topher Grace.
Splice (film)
Splice (Nouvelle espèce) is a 2009 sci-fi horror film by Vincenzo Natali starring Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, and Delphine Chanéac as Dren, a human-animal hybrid; Sundance premiere 2010, Warner Bros. release, 75% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation is a 2004 direct-to-video military sci-fi horror sequel directed by Phil Tippett, written by Edward Neumeier, about troopers besieged by parasitic control bugs at outpost Hotel Delta 1-8-5.
Steamboy (スチームボーイ)
Steamboy (スチームボーイ) is Katsuhiro Otomo's 2004 steampunk anime film about young inventor Ray Steam and the Steam Ball; Sunrise production, $22 million budget, most expensive Japanese anime at the time.
Stranger than Fiction (2006 film)
Stranger than Fiction (2006 film), also known by its working title The Narrator Project, is a Marc Forster comedy-drama written by Zach Helm, starring Will Ferrell as IRS agent Harold Crick, who hears novelist Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson) narrating his life; 113 minutes, Columbia Pictures, 73% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sunshine (2007 film)
Sunshine is a 2007 British science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland, about astronauts on a mission to reignite the dying Sun.