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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.
The Midnight Sky
The Midnight Sky is a 2020 Netflix post-apocalyptic sci-fi film directed by and starring George Clooney, adapted from Lily Brooks-Dalton's novel Good Morning, Midnight; released December 23, 2020, set in 2049, with Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, and Kyle Chandler.
The Moon
The Moon (더 문) is a 2023 South Korean sci-fi disaster film directed by Kim Yong-hwa, about astronaut Hwang Sun-woo stranded on the Moon in 2029 after a solar storm. First Korean lunar film, 28.6 billion won budget, about 510,000 admissions.
The Running Man (2025 film)
The Running Man is a 2025 American-British dystopian action thriller directed by Edgar Wright, starring Glen Powell as a man hunted on a deadly televised game show.
The Silent Planet
The Silent Planet (2024) is a Canadian sci-fi thriller written and directed by Jeffrey St. Jules, starring Elias Koteas and Briana Middleton as convicts on penal planet #384; premiered at Fantasia 2024, released March 7, 2025.
The Tomorrow War
The Tomorrow War is a 2021 sci-fi action film, also known by its original script title Ghost Draft, directed by Chris McKay and starring Chris Pratt as a teacher drafted to fight aliens in 2051 on Prime Video; it scored 51% on Rotten Tomatoes against a $200 million budget.
The Trouble with Being Born
The Trouble with Being Born (Vom Nachteil geboren zu sein) is a 2020 Austrian-German sci-fi drama by Sandra Wollner about Elli, a child android carrying her owner's memories; it won the Berlinale Encounters Special Jury Prize and was pulled from the Melbourne festival.
The Uglies
Uglies (2024 Netflix film), based on Scott Westerfeld's 2005 YA dystopian novel, directed by McG, starring Joey King as Tally Youngblood; mandatory surgery at 16 turns Uglies into Pretties; 15% on Rotten Tomatoes but topped Netflix charts.
The Wild Robot
The Wild Robot is a 2024 DreamWorks Animation film directed by Chris Sanders, adapted from Peter Brown's novel about a shipwrecked robot who adopts an orphaned gosling.
They Cloned Tyrone
They Cloned Tyrone is a 2023 American science fiction comedy directed by Juel Taylor, starring John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, and Teyonah Parris, released by Netflix.
Things Will Be Different
Things Will Be Different is a 2024 American sci-fi thriller, Michael Felker's feature debut, starring Adam David Thompson and Riley Dandy as estranged siblings trapped in a time-distorting farmhouse; produced by Benson and Moorhead, released by Magnet Releasing.
Think Like a Dog
Think Like a Dog (家有儿女之神犬当家 in China) is a 2020 Lionsgate family comedy directed by Gil Junger, starring Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Gabriel Bateman, and Kunal Nayyar, about a boy telepathically linked to his dog Henry.
Three-Body (三体) (2023 film)
Three-Body (三体) is the 2023 Chinese live-action TV series, not a film, adapted from Liu Cixin's first Three-Body novel; directed by Yang Lei, 30 episodes on CCTV-8 and Tencent Video from 15 January 2023, starring Zhang Luyi and Yu Hewei, Douban 8.7.
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox
Tim Travers and the Time Traveler's Paradox is a 2024 sci-fi comedy film directed by Stimson Snead, starring Samuel Dunning as a physicist who kills past versions of himself.
U Are the Universe
U Are the Universe (Ти – Космос) is a 2024 Ukrainian-Belgian sci-fi dramedy, Pavlo Ostrikov's feature debut, about a space trucker left alone after Earth explodes; premiered at TIFF 2024, won the Silver Méliès.
Umro Ayyar – A New Beginning
Umro Ayyar – A New Beginning (عمرو عیار ایک نئی شروعات) is a 2024 Pakistani sci-fi fantasy superhero film directed by Azfar Jafri, produced by Huma Jamil Babar for VR Chili Production, based on the Dastan-e-Amir Hamza character, released June 2024 and billed as Pakistan's most expensive film.
Uranus 2324
Uranus 2324 (ยูเรนัส 2324) is a 2024 Thai sci-fi romance GL film, Thailand's first space movie, directed by Thanadol Nualsuth, starring Freen Sarocha Chankimha and Becky Armstrong as an astronaut and free diver reunited across parallel worlds; released 4 July 2024.
Vesper (film)
Vesper (Vesper Chronicles) is a 2022 dystopian sci-fi film by Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper, a Lithuania-France-Belgium co-production starring Raffiella Chapman as a 13-year-old bio-hacker; premiered at Karlovy Vary, released by IFC Films.
Voyagers (film)
Voyagers is a 2021 American science fiction thriller written and directed by Neil Burger, about young people on a multi-generational starship, starring Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead, and Colin Farrell.
War of the Worlds (2025 film)
War of the Worlds (2025), also called the Ice Cube War of the Worlds, is a screenlife sci-fi thriller directed by Rich Lee for Prime Video, starring Ice Cube as Homeland Security analyst Will Radford; shot in 2020, released July 30, 2025, it debuted at 0% on Rotten Tomatoes and won five Razzies.
When I'm Ready
When I'm Ready is a 2025 American romantic end-of-the-world drama directed by Andrew Johnson, written by and starring Andrew Ortenberg with June Schreiner, Lauren Cohan, and Dermot Mulroney; released February 7, 2025 by Briarcliff and Quiver, grossing $11,372.
World Breaker
World Breaker (Worldbreaker; Разрушитель миров) is a 2026 sci-fi action horror film by Brad Anderson starring Luke Evans, Billie Boullet, and Milla Jovovich; a father trains his daughter on an island against Breaker monsters after a dimensional tear.