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Everything Everywhere All at Once

Everything Everywhere All at Once is a 2022 American science fiction action comedy written and directed by Daniels and starring Michelle Yeoh, released by A24.

Finch (film)

Finch (2021), originally titled Bios, is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama on Apple TV+ directed by Miguel Sapochnik, starring Tom Hanks as a dying robotics engineer who builds a robot (Caleb Landry Jones) to care for his dog Goodyear; 74% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Foe (film)

Foe (2023) is a sci-fi drama directed by Garth Davis, co-written with Iain Reid from his 2018 novel, starring Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal as a 2065 farm couple facing an AI duplicate; Metascore 44, RT 25%.

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is a 2026 sci-fi dark comedy directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Matthew Robinson, starring Sam Rockwell as a time traveler recruiting LA diner patrons against an AI apocalypse.

Gray Matter (film)

Gray Matter (2023) is an American sci-fi thriller directed by Meko Winbush, the Project Greenlight season 5 film, starring Mia Isaac and Jessica Frances Dukes, released July 13, 2023 on Max; distinct from the 2023 British drama Grey Matter.

Her Private Hell (2026 film)

Her Private Hell (2026) is Nicolas Winding Refn's sci-fi horror thriller, his first feature in a decade, starring Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton, premiered at Cannes and released by NEON to divided reviews.

Ick (film)

Ick is a 2024 American sci-fi horror comedy directed by Joseph Kahn, starring Brandon Routh, Malina Weissman, and Mena Suvari. A science teacher fights a vine-like alien growth in Eastbrook; premiered at TIFF 2024, released July 27, 2025 via Fathom.

In Vitro (film)

In Vitro (2024) is an Australian sci-fi thriller directed by Tom McKeith and Will Howarth, starring Talia Zucker and Ashley Zukerman as a couple on an isolated cattle farm using cloning biotechnology; premiered at Sydney Film Festival, 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Infinite (film)

Infinite (2021 film), directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring Mark Wahlberg and Chiwetel Ejiofor; sci-fi action thriller based on D. Eric Maikranz's novel The Reincarnationist Papers, released June 10, 2021 exclusively on Paramount+ after skipping theaters.

Iron Lung (film)

Iron Lung (2026) is a sci-fi horror film and the directorial debut of Markiplier (Mark Fischbach), adapting David Szymanski's 2022 indie game about a convict piloting a submarine through an ocean of blood; self-financed at $3 million, it earned a record self-distributed $17.8 million opening.

It's What's Inside

It's What's Inside (2024) is Greg Jardin's feature debut, a body-swap thriller comedy about college friends at a pre-wedding party, bought by Netflix for $17 million at Sundance and released October 4, 2024.

Jules (film)

Jules is a 2023 American science fiction comedy-drama directed by Marc Turtletaub and starring Ben Kingsley as Milton Robinson, an elderly Pennsylvania man who befriends a crash-landed extraterrestrial.

Jung_E (정이)

Jung_E (정이) is a 2023 South Korean sci-fi film by Yeon Sang-ho on Netflix: in a 22nd-century civil war, mercenary Yun Jung-yi's brain is cloned into an AI combat robot, led by her daughter Seo-hyun (Kang Soo-youn's final film).

Jurassic World Rebirth

Jurassic World Rebirth is a 2025 science fiction film starring Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali, set on the island of Île Saint-Hubert, a former Jurassic Park research facility.

Last Sentinel

Last Sentinel (Viimane vahipost) is a 2023 Estonian-British-German sci-fi drama by Tanel Toom starring Kate Bosworth, Lucien Laviscount, Martin McCann, and Thomas Kretschmann: four soldiers on a flooded 2063 Earth await overdue relief at a mid-ocean outpost. Distinct from the 2007 film and the Tencent game of the same name.

Lesbian Space Princess

Lesbian Space Princess: 2025 Australian adult animated sci-fi comedy by Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese; princess Saira rescues ex Kiki from Straight White Maliens; Teddy Award winner, Berlinale 2025.

Levels (film)

Levels is a 2024 Canadian science fiction thriller, the directorial debut of Adam Stern, starring Cara Gee and Peter Mooney in a story set 50 years in the future.

Lost in Starlight

Lost in Starlight (이 별에 필요한) is Netflix's first Korean-language animated feature, a 2025 sci-fi romance directed by Han Ji-won, voiced by Kim Tae-ri and Hong Kyung, about an astronaut and musician separated by a Mars mission.

Love Me (2024 American film)

Love Me is a 2024 American sci-fi romance, the debut feature of Sam and Andy Zuchero, starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun as a buoy and satellite who fall in love after human extinction; Sundance 2024 premiere and Sloan Prize winner.

The Adam Project

The Adam Project is a 2022 Netflix sci-fi action-comedy directed by Shawn Levy, starring Ryan Reynolds as a 2050 pilot who crash-lands in 2022 and teams with his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell) and father (Mark Ruffalo); 68% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 55.

The Assessment

The Assessment is a 2024 dystopian sci-fi drama, Fleur Fortuné's feature debut, starring Elizabeth Olsen, Himesh Patel, and Alicia Vikander as an assessor testing a couple's fitness for parenthood over seven days.

The Astronaut (2025 film)

The Astronaut (프로젝트 아스트로 in South Korea) is a 2025 sci-fi horror film written and directed by Jess Varley, starring Kate Mara as astronaut Sam Walker with Laurence Fishburne; premiered at SXSW, released October 17, 2025 by Vertical, 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Beast (2023 film)

The Beast (La Bête) is Bertrand Bonello's 2023 France-Canada sci-fi romantic drama starring Léa Seydoux and George MacKay, freely adapted from Henry James's 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle, spanning 1910 Paris, 2014 Los Angeles, and an AI-ruled 2044; it premiered in competition at Venice 80.

The Black Demon

The Black Demon is a 2023 American action-horror film directed by Adrian Grunberg. It features a family trapped on an offshore rig by a giant megalodon.

The Creator (2023 film)

The Creator is a 2023 American science fiction action film directed by Gareth Edwards, starring John David Washington as an ex-special forces agent sent to hunt down the architect of advanced AI.

The Empire (film)

The Empire (L'Empire) is Bruno Dumont's 2024 French sci-fi comedy-drama, a Star Wars-style parody set in a northern French fishing village where the Ones and Zeros battle over a special baby; premiered at the 2024 Berlinale.

The Fix (2024 film)

The Fix (2024 film), Kelsey Egan's South African sci-fi thriller; also a Showmax Original. Grace Van Dien's model Ella mutates after a designer drug in a toxic-air future; premiered Chattanooga 2024, streamed November 22, 2024. Distinct from the 2026 Guy Moshe CIA film of the same title.

The Great Flood (film)

The Great Flood (대홍수) is a 2025 South Korean sci-fi disaster thriller directed by Kim Byung-woo, starring Kim Da-mi and Park Hae-soo, released on Netflix December 19, 2025; a time-loop twist divides viewers despite a #5 all-time Netflix non-English top-10 finish.

The Long Walk (2025 film)

The Long Walk is a 2025 American dystopian survival thriller directed by Francis Lawrence, adapting Stephen King's 1979 novel and starring Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, and Mark Hamill.