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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.
Real Steel
Real Steel (2011) is a Shawn Levy science fiction sports film starring Hugh Jackman, based on Richard Matheson's short story "Steel"; Charlie Kenton and son Max train the robot Atom, grossing $85.5M domestic on a $110M budget.
Replicas (film)
Replicas is a 2018 sci-fi thriller directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff, starring Keanu Reeves as neuroscientist William Foster, who clones his family after a fatal car crash. Released January 11, 2019; grossed about $9 million on a $30 million budget; 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Repo Men
Repo Men is a 2010 sci-fi action film directed by Miguel Sapochnik, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker as organ-repossession agents, based on Eric Garcia's novel The Repossession Mambo, released by Universal on March 19, 2010. Distinct from Repo Man (1984) and Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008).
Rim of the World
Rim of the World is a 2019 Netflix Original sci-fi adventure film directed by McG and written by Zack Stentz, about four misfit teens at a California summer camp who must carry a key to stopping an alien invasion 70 miles to JPL; released May 24, 2019.
See You Yesterday
See You Yesterday is a 2019 American sci-fi film directed by Stefon Bristol, written with Fredrica Bailey, produced by Spike Lee, and released on Netflix May 17, 2019, about Brooklyn teens building time-travel backpacks to undo a police shooting; it won the 2020 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.
Self/less
Self/less is a 2015 American sci-fi action thriller directed by Tarsem Singh, starring Ryan Reynolds and Ben Kingsley, about a dying billionaire whose consciousness is transferred into a body with a hidden past; released July 10, 2015 by Focus Features.
Skyline (2010 film)
Skyline is a 2010 American science fiction thriller directed by Colin and Greg Strause, starring Eric Balfour, in which blue lights over Los Angeles herald an alien invasion.
Source Code
Source Code is a 2011 science fiction thriller directed by Duncan Jones and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, whose soldier relives the last eight minutes before a Chicago train bombing.
Space Cop
Space Cop is a 2016 American direct-to-video sci-fi buddy-cop comedy by Red Letter Media's Jay Bauman and Mike Stoklasa, shot in Milwaukee for $80,000 and self-distributed.
Spectral
Spectral (2016) is a military sci-fi action film directed by Nic Mathieu, starring James Badge Dale, about a Delta Force team fighting Bose-Einstein-condensate apparitions in Moldova; released as a Netflix exclusive on December 9, 2016.
Star Trek Into Darkness
Star Trek Into Darkness, also known as Star Trek XII, is a 2013 American science fiction action film directed by J. J. Abrams, the second in the rebooted series.
Super 8 (2011 film)
Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction thriller film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg, about kids who witness a train crash.
Tau (film)
Tau is a 2018 Netflix science fiction thriller, Federico D'Alessandro's directorial debut, starring Maika Monroe, Ed Skrein, and Gary Oldman as the voice of a captive smart-house AI; critics gave it 30% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ten Years (十年)
Ten Years (十年) is a 2015 Hong Kong independent anthology film in which five directors imagine a dystopian 2025 Hong Kong, winning Best Film at the 2016 Hong Kong Film Awards.
The 5th Wave (film)
The 5th Wave is a 2016 American science fiction film directed by J Blakeson, starring Chloë Grace Moretz as a teenager surviving an alien invasion.
The Adjustment Bureau
The Adjustment Bureau (2011) is George Nolfi's directorial debut, a sci-fi romantic thriller starring Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, loosely adapted from Philip K. Dick's 1954 short story Adjustment Team, released by Universal Pictures.
The Blackout (Навождение) (2019 film)
The Blackout (Аванпост) is a 2019 Russian post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller directed by Egor Baranov, written by Ilya Kulikov, released 21 November 2019; Earth darkens except a light circle around Moscow, defended from a military outpost.
The Cloverfield Paradox
The Cloverfield Paradox, also known as Cloverfield 3, is a 2018 American science fiction horror film directed by Julius Onah, the third entry in the Cloverfield franchise.
The Congress (2013 film)
The Congress (2013) is Ari Folman's part-live-action, part-hand-drawn-animated sci-fi drama adapting Stanisław Lem's The Futurological Congress, starring Robin Wright as herself selling her digital likeness to the Miramount studio; it opened Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2013.
The Darkest Hour (film)
The Darkest Hour (2011) is a Chris Gorak-directed alien-invasion sci-fi film starring Emile Hirsch, shot natively in 3D in Moscow, produced by Timur Bekmambetov, released by Summit Entertainment December 25, 2011, distinct from the 2017 Churchill film Darkest Hour.
The Discovery (film)
The Discovery is a 2017 American science-fiction romantic drama directed by Charlie McDowell, set after scientists verify the afterlife, starring Rooney Mara, Jason Segel, and Robert Redford.
The Girl with All the Gifts (film)
The Girl with All the Gifts is a 2016 British zombie thriller directed by Colm McCarthy, written by Mike Carey from his 2014 novel, starring Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, and Glenn Close; fungal hungries, immune child Melanie, 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Host (2013 film)
The Host is a 2013 American science fiction romance film written and directed by Andrew Niccol, based on Stephenie Meyer's 2008 novel and starring Saoirse Ronan.