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Science fiction and fantasy films of the 2010s

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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.

The House with a Clock in Its Walls (film)

The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018) is Eli Roth's family fantasy-comedy, adapted by Eric Kripke from John Bellairs' 1973 novel, starring Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, and Owen Vaccaro; released by Universal, it grossed $68.5M in the US.

The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang

The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang (神探蒲松龄) is a 2019 Chinese fantasy action comedy starring Jackie Chan as the writer Pu Songling, a demon-hunting detective.

The Knights of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang

The Knights of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang (神探蒲松龄) is a 2019 Chinese fantasy comedy directed by Yan Jia, starring Jackie Chan as writer-demon-hunter Pu Songling; it earned about 152 million yuan and a 3.9 Douban score.

The Last Days

The Last Days (Los últimos días) is a 2013 Spanish-French apocalyptic thriller by Àlex and David Pastor, starring Quim Gutiérrez and José Coronado, about an epidemic of fatal agoraphobia trapping people indoors in Barcelona.

The Machine (2013 film)

The Machine (2013) is a British sci-fi thriller by Caradog W. James, starring Caity Lotz and Toby Stephens, about a conscious android soldier; premiered at Tribeca 2013, won three BAFTA Cymru awards.

The Martian (film)

The Martian is a 2015 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, in which Matt Damon plays an astronaut stranded on Mars who must survive alone.

The Monkey King 2 (西游记之孙悟空三打白骨精)

The Monkey King 2 (西游记之孙悟空三打白骨精) is a 2016 3D fantasy action film directed by Soi Cheang, starring Aaron Kwok, Gong Li, and Feng Shaofeng; it adapts the White Bone Demon episode of Journey to the West, grossed 12.01亿元, and won two Hong Kong Film Awards.

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a 2012 Disney fantasy comedy-drama directed by Peter Hedges from Ahmet Zappa's story, starring Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, and CJ Adams as a boy grown from a couple's buried wishes.

The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water is Guillermo del Toro's 2017 Cold War-era fantasy romance about mute janitor Elisa (Sally Hawkins) loving a captive amphibian man (Doug Jones); it won the Venice Golden Lion and four Oscars including Best Picture.

The Signal (2014 film)

The Signal (2014 film): American sci-fi thriller by William Eubank, starring Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Beau Knapp, Laurence Fishburne; Sundance premiere, $4M budget, Focus Features limited release.

The Sorcerer and the White Snake (白蛇传说)

The Sorcerer and the White Snake is a 2011 Chinese fantasy action film directed by Tony Ching Siu-tung, reworking the White Snake legend with Jet Li as the monk Fahai.

The Space Between Us (film)

The Space Between Us is a 2017 STX science-fiction romance directed by Peter Chelsom, starring Asa Butterfield as the first human born on Mars and Britt Robertson; it grossed $7.8M and scored 17% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Thinning

The Thinning is a 2016 YouTube Red dystopian thriller directed by Michael J. Gallagher, starring Logan Paul and Peyton List as students exposing a rigged population-control aptitude test; a 2018 sequel, New World Order, followed.

The Titan (film)

The Titan is a 2018 sci-fi thriller directed by Lennart Ruff, starring Sam Worthington as a pilot genetically altered to survive Saturn's moon Titan. Not to be confused with the unrelated Lily Collins or Lionsgate Titan projects.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), third Twilight film directed by David Slade, starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner; adapted from Stephenie Meyer's 2007 novel, released June 30, 2010, in 4,416 theaters.

The Vast of Night

The Vast of Night (2019) is Andrew Patterson's debut indie sci-fi film, written by James Montague and Craig W. Sanger, about a 1950s New Mexico DJ and switchboard operator tracing a mysterious frequency; Slamdance Audience Award winner released by Amazon Studios.

The Warriors Gate (勇士之门)

The Warriors Gate (勇士之门), aka Enter the Warriors Gate, is a 2016 China-France action fantasy co-production by EuropaCorp and Fundamental Films, directed by Matthias Hoene, written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, starring Mark Chao, Ni Ni, Dave Bautista, and Uriah Shelton; a box-office and critical failure.

The Watch (2012 film)

The Watch is a 2012 American science-fiction comedy directed by Akiva Schaffer, starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, and Richard Ayoade as suburban men fighting aliens.

The White-haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (白发魔女传之明月天国)

The White-haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom (白发魔女传之明月天国, White Haired Witch) is a 2014 Chinese 3D wuxia film by Jacob Cheung, adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel, starring Fan Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming; it topped its opening week with 226 million yuan but scored poorly with critics.

The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem is Terry Gilliam's 2013 dystopian sci-fi film, written by Pat Rushin, starring Christoph Waltz as Qohen Leth, a hacker tasked with proving life is meaningless; shot in Bucharest for $8.5 million, released 2014.

These Final Hours

These Final Hours is a 2013 Australian apocalyptic drama, the feature debut of writer-director Zak Hilditch, set in Perth during the last 12 hours before a meteor firestorm; Nathan Phillips and Angourie Rice star, and it won the Age Critics' Award at MIFF 2013.

They Call Me Jeeg

They Call Me Jeeg (Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot), Gabriele Mainetti's 2015 Italian superhero debut: crook Enzo Ceccotti gains powers from Tiber radioactive waste; seven David di Donatello Awards.

Time Lapse (film)

Time Lapse is a 2014 American sci-fi thriller directed by Bradley King, written with BP Cooper, in which three roommates exploit a camera that photographs 24 hours into the future; released theatrically in 2015 by XLrator Media.

Time Trap (film)

Time Trap (2017) is an American indie sci-fi adventure film directed by Mark Dennis and Ben Foster, about students trapped in a cave where time passes slowly; premiered at SIFF 2017, released by Paladin in 2018, distinct from the 1964 film of the same title.

Tokyo Ghoul (film)

Tokyo Ghoul (東京喰種 トーキョーグール) is the 2017 Japanese live-action film adapting volumes 1–3 of Sui Ishida's manga, directed by Kentaro Hagiwara, starring Masataka Kubota as half-ghoul Kaneki, released by Shochiku July 29, 2017, with a 2019 sequel "S".

Tome of the Unknown

Tome of the Unknown (Harvest Melody) is Patrick McHale's 2013 nine-minute Cartoon Network Studios animated short starring Elijah Wood and Collin Dean, the pilot that became Over the Garden Wall.

Tomorrowland (film)

Tomorrowland, released as A World Beyond in some markets, is a 2015 Disney science fiction film directed by Brad Bird and starring George Clooney and Britt Robertson.

Total Recall (2012 film)

Total Recall is a 2012 American science fiction action film directed by Len Wiseman and starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel, a remake of the 1990 film.