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In the Shadow of the Moon (2019 film)
In the Shadow of the Moon (2019) is a Netflix sci-fi thriller directed by Jim Mickle, starring Boyd Holbrook as a Philadelphia detective chasing a killer who resurfaces every nine years; distinct from the 2007 Apollo documentary of the same name.
In Time
In Time, also known as I'm.mortal, is a 2011 American science fiction thriller written and directed by Andrew Niccol, starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried.
Inception
Inception is a 2010 science-fiction heist film written, directed, and produced by Christopher Nolan, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a dream thief, which earned over $826 million worldwide and won four Academy Awards.
Independence Day: Resurgence
Independence Day: Resurgence, also known as Independence Day 2, is a 2016 American science fiction disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich, set twenty years after the first alien invasion.
Interstellar (film)
Interstellar (2014) is Christopher Nolan's science fiction epic starring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, co-produced by Paramount and Warner Bros. It grew from a 2005 Kip Thorne-Lynda Obst treatment, depicts the black hole Gargantua with physics-based rendering, and became a hit through its 2024 IMAX re-release.
Inuyashiki (いぬやしき) (2018 film)
Inuyashiki (いぬやしき) is a 2018 Japanese live-action sci-fi film directed by Shinsuke Sato, adapting Hiroya Oku's manga; it stars Noritake Kinashi and Takeru Satoh as opposing cyborgs, released by Toho on April 20, 2018, running 127 minutes.
Io (film)
IO (2019) is a Netflix science fiction drama directed by Jonathan Helpert, starring Margaret Qualley, Anthony Mackie, and Danny Huston, about a scientist staying on a toxic Earth while humanity colonizes Jupiter's moon Io; released January 18, 2019, 96 minutes, poorly received (33% Tomatometer, Metascore 40).
Iron Sky
Iron Sky (2012) is a Finnish-German-Australian sci-fi comedy directed by Timo Vuorensola in which Nazis who fled to the Moon's far side in 1945 invade Earth in 2018, starring Julia Dietze, Götz Otto, Christopher Kirby, and Udo Kier.
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.