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A Wrinkle in Time (2018 film)
A Wrinkle in Time is a 2018 Disney science fantasy film directed by Ava DuVernay, based on Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 novel about Meg Murry searching space and time for her missing scientist father.
John Carter (film)
John Carter (2012) is Andrew Stanton's Disney sci-fi film adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs' A Princess of Mars, starring Taylor Kitsch; it earned about $284 million worldwide against a $250-307 million budget, causing a $200 million loss.
Jupiter Ascending
Jupiter Ascending (2015) is the Wachowskis' original space opera starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum, delayed from July 2014, budgeted $150-175 million, opening to $18 million and about 22-28% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Kill Command
Kill Command is a 2016 British sci-fi action film, Steven Gomez's directorial debut for Vertigo Films, starring Vanessa Kirby and Thure Lindhardt as marines hunted by learning military robots on a remote island; released 13 May 2016 with about 1,100 VFX shots.
Kin (film)
Kin is a 2018 American sci-fi action thriller, also known as an expansion of the short film Bag Man, directed by Australian twins Jonathan and Josh Baker. Eli Solinski finds an alien gun in Detroit; Myles Truitt, Jack Reynor, James Franco, Dennis Quaid star; Lionsgate released it August 31, 2018.
Lazer Team
Lazer Team is a 2016 science fiction comedy about four men who find an alien battle suit. It was financed by an Indiegogo campaign that raised over $2.4 million.
Level 16
Level 16 is a 2019 Canadian dystopian sci-fi thriller written and directed by Danishka Esterhazy, starring Katie Douglas and Celina Martin as girls uncovering the truth of Vestalis Academy.
Life (2017 film)
Life is a 2017 American science-fiction horror film directed by Daniel Espinosa. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson, and follows a crew studying a dangerous Martian sample.
Life Like (film)
Life Like is a 2019 American sci-fi thriller drama directed and written by Josh Janowicz, starring Drew Van Acker, Addison Timlin, and Steven Strait as android Henry; released digitally May 14, 2019, rated R, 96 minutes.
Limitless (film)
Limitless is a 2011 American science-fiction thriller directed by Neil Burger, starring Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro, loosely based on Alan Glynn's novel The Dark Fields.
Lockout (film)
Lockout is a 2012 French-American science fiction prison action film directed by James Mather and Stephen St. Leger, co-written with Luc Besson, and starring Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace.
Looper (film)
Looper (2012) is Rian Johnson's science-fiction action thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt, in which a 2044 hitman must kill his future self sent back from 2074; made independently for $37.5 million, it opened with $20.8 million.
Lucid Dream (루시드 드림) (2017 film)
Lucid Dream (루시드 드림) is a 2017 South Korean SF thriller, Kim Joon-sung's feature debut, starring Go Soo, Sul Kyung-gu, and Park Yoo-chun; a father uses lucid dreaming to find his abducted son. It was the second Korean film signed by Netflix and earned 102,170 admissions.
Midnight Special (film)
Midnight Special is a 2016 American science fiction thriller written and directed by Jeff Nichols, starring Michael Shannon as a father fleeing with his powerful young son.
Monsters (2010 film)
Monsters (2010 film) is a 2010 British science-fiction film, a debut for Gareth Edwards, where an American photojournalist escorts his boss's daughter through a quarantined zone in Mexico.
Morgan (2016 film)
Morgan is a 2016 science fiction thriller directed by Luke Scott, starring Kate Mara as a consultant evaluating a bioengineered humanoid at a remote facility.
Mortal Engines (film)
Mortal Engines (2018), Christian Rivers' directorial debut scripted by Walsh, Boyens, and Jackson from Philip Reeve's novel, depicts mobile predator cities; it cost $100–150 million and earned $83.7 million, a major flop.
Mute (2018 film)
Mute (2018) is a Netflix sci-fi noir directed by Duncan Jones, starring Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Rudd, and Justin Theroux; a 16-year passion project set in future Berlin, critically panned (RT 20%, Metascore 35).
Odd Squad: The Movie
Odd Squad: The Movie is a 2016 PBS KIDS television film directed by J.J. Johnson, in which the kid agents battle the rival Weird Team; it won a Daytime Emmy for writing and a Canadian Screen Award.
Okja (옥자)
Okja (옥자) is Bong Joon Ho's 2017 Netflix film about girl Mija rescuing her genetically engineered superpig from the Mirando Corporation; $50 million budget, Cannes 2017 Competition controversy, starring Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun.
Pandemic (film)
Pandemic (2016) is an American first-person POV zombie action-horror film directed by John Suits, written by Dustin T. Benson, starring Rachel Nichols and Alfie Allen, released by XLrator Media on April 1, 2016, scoring 47% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Passengers (2016 film)
Passengers is a 2016 American science fiction romance film directed by Morten Tyldum, starring Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence as passengers awakened early on a colony ship.
Perfect Sense
Perfect Sense (2011) is a drama directed by David Mackenzie, written by Kim Fupz Aakeson, starring Ewan McGregor and Eva Green as a Glasgow chef and epidemiologist falling in love during an epidemic that removes the senses one by one; Sundance 2011 premiere, Edinburgh Best New British Feature winner.
Phoenix Forgotten
Phoenix Forgotten is a 2017 found-footage sci-fi horror film directed by Justin Barber, co-written with T.S. Nowlin, produced by Ridley Scott, about three teens who vanish investigating the 1997 Phoenix Lights.
Pixels (2015 film)
Pixels (2015) is a Chris Columbus sci-fi action comedy starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Peter Dinklage, and Josh Gad, adapted from Patrick Jean's 2010 short, in which aliens attack Earth using arcade games; it grossed $244.9 million worldwide and was critically panned.
Predestination (film)
Predestination (2014) is an Australian sci-fi time-travel thriller by the Spierig brothers, adapted from Heinlein's "All You Zombies", starring Ethan Hawke and Sarah Snook; Metacritic 69, four AACTA Awards.
Project Almanac
Project Almanac (2015) is a found-footage teen science fiction film directed by Dean Israelite, produced by Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes for Paramount. Teens build a time machine from a dead father's blueprints; released January 30, 2015, grossing $22.3 million.
Prospect (film)
Prospect (2018) is an American space-western sci-fi film by Zeek Earl and Christopher Caldwell, starring Sophie Thatcher and Pedro Pascal; a $4M SXSW 2018 feature adapted from a Kickstarter-funded 2014 short, shot in the Hoh Rainforest.
Radius (film)
Radius (2017) is a Canadian sci-fi thriller by Caroline Labrèche and Steeve Léonard starring Diego Klattenhoff and Charlotte Sullivan: an amnesiac man whose 50-foot death field kills anyone nearby, premiered at Fantasia.
Ready Player One (film)
Ready Player One (2018), Steven Spielberg's Warner Bros. film adaptation of Ernest Cline's 2011 novel, follows Wade Watts in the OASIS treasure hunt; screenplay by Zak Penn and Cline, Oscar-nominated VFX, a Ready Player Two sequel in development.