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Transcendence (2014 film)
Transcendence is a 2014 science fiction thriller starring Johnny Depp as AI researcher Will Caster, whose consciousness is uploaded to a computer; it underperformed commercially and critically.
Under the Skin (2013 film)
Under the Skin (2013) is Jonathan Glazer's science fiction film, loosely adapted from Michel Faber's 2000 novel, starring Scarlett Johansson as an alien luring men in Scotland; shot with hidden cameras, scored by Mica Levi, premiered at Venice 2013, released 2014 via A24.
Unicorn Store
Unicorn Store is a 2017 American comedy-drama-fantasy film and Brie Larson's feature directorial debut, starring Larson as Kit opposite Samuel L. Jackson's Salesman; premiered at TIFF 2017, released on Netflix April 5, 2019.
Upgrade (film)
Upgrade (2018) is a cyberpunk action-thriller written and directed by Leigh Whannell, starring Logan Marshall-Green as Grey Trace, a paralyzed widower whose AI implant STEM grants superhuman abilities for revenge; a $3 million Blumhouse film that grossed $16.7 million.
Upside Down (2012 film)
Upside Down (2012) is a French-Canadian sci-fi romance by Juan Solanas starring Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst as lovers on twinned worlds with opposite gravities. Budgeted $50-60 million, it grossed about $22-26 million worldwide and earned 29% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Upstream Color
Upstream Color (2013) is Shane Carruth's experimental sci-fi follow-up to Primer, starring Amy Seimetz; a parasite links a woman, pigs, and orchids in a looping narrative that won Sundance's Sound Design award.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (Valérian et la Cité des mille planètes) is a 2017 science fiction film written and directed by Luc Besson.
Vampire Academy (film)
Vampire Academy is a 2014 American fantasy comedy film directed by Mark Waters, based on Richelle Mead's novel, starring Zoey Deutch as guardian-in-training Rose Hathaway.
Vivarium (film)
Vivarium (2019) is a sci-fi thriller by director Lorcan Finnegan and writer Garret Shanley, starring Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg as a couple trapped in Yonder, a maze of identical suburban houses, forced to raise a cuckoo-like child; Cannes Critics' Week premiere, 73% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Viy 2: Journey to China (Вий 2: Путешествие в Китай)
Viy 2: Journey to China (Тайна печати дракона; The Mystery of the Dragon Seal, The Iron Mask) is a 2019 Russian-Chinese fantasy adventure sequel to Viy (2014), directed by Oleg Stepchenko, starring Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Jason Flemyng; a $50 million box-office failure.
Voldemort: Origins of the Heir
Voldemort: Origins of the Heir is a 2018 Italian fan film by Tryangle Films, directed by Gianmaria Pezzato, depicting Tom Riddle's rise; crowdfunded on Kickstarter, released free on YouTube after a Warner Bros. agreement.
What Happened to Monday
What Happened to Monday (2017), also released as Seven Sisters, is a Netflix dystopian sci-fi thriller directed by Tommy Wirkola, starring Noomi Rapace as septuplet sisters sharing one identity under a one-child policy, with Willem Dafoe and Glenn Close.
Womb (film)
Womb (2010), also released as Clone, is a German-Hungarian-French sci-fi drama by Benedek Fliegauf starring Eva Green and Matt Smith, about a woman who bears and raises a clone of her dead lover.
Wonder Park
Wonder Park is a 2019 computer-animated adventure comedy film. It follows a math whiz girl who finds her imaginary amusement park physically alive in the woods.
Wonder Woman (2017 film)
Wonder Woman is a 2017 American superhero film directed by Patty Jenkins, starring Gal Gadot as Diana, an Amazon who discovers her powers during World War I.
Your Highness
Your Highness (2011) is a medieval stoner fantasy comedy directed by David Gordon Green, starring Danny McBride, James Franco, and Natalie Portman, released by Universal Pictures; it earned $21.6M in the US and poor reviews (27% Tomatometer, Metascore 31).
Z for Zachariah (film)
Z for Zachariah (2015) is a post-apocalyptic drama directed by Craig Zobel, written by Nissar Modi, starring Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Chris Pine, adapted from Robert C. O'Brien's 1974 novel; Caleb was invented for the film.
Zoe (film)
Zoe (2018) is a sci-fi romance directed by Drake Doremus, starring Léa Seydoux and Ewan McGregor as lab colleagues; Zoe learns she is a synthetic. Premiered at Tribeca April 21, 2018; Metascore 39, RT 35%, gross $401,912. Distinct from the 2025 Italian film and the 2018 Swiss film of the same name.