Genre: Science Fiction
Science fiction asks what if and follows the answer — technology, the future, and the unknown, used to test what it means to be human under new conditions.
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Escape from New York (1981)
Escape from New York is John Carpenter's dystopian action film and one of the foundational works of 1980s post-apocalyptic cinema. Carpenter directed and... -
The War of the Worlds (1953 and 2005)
The War of the Worlds has been adapted to film twice as a major studio production. Byron Haskin directed the 1953 version. Steven Spielberg directed the... -
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Galaxy Quest is the best Star Trek film ever made and the best science fiction comedy of the 1990s. Dean Parisot directed. David Howard and Robert Gordon... -
Fantastic Voyage (1966)
Fantastic Voyage is the mid-1960s science fiction film about a submarine and crew miniaturized to microscopic size and injected into the bloodstream of a... -
Tron (1982)
Tron is the foundational computer graphics film and one of the earliest mainstream features to use computer-generated imagery as a significant production... -
The Martian (2015)
The Martian is the rare mainstream science fiction film that treats its science as the point rather than as decoration. Ridley Scott directed. Drew... -
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Ghost in the Shell is the live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow's manga and the subsequent animated films and television series. Rupert Sanders... -
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is the best Star Trek film and one of the foundational science fiction films of the 1980s. Nicholas Meyer directed. Jack... -
RoboCop (1987, 1990, 1993, 2014)
RoboCop is the satirical action franchise that established the cybernetic-cop subgenre and one of the most accomplished critiques of late-1980s corporate... -
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is the film that turned Angelina Jolie into a global action star and one of the more commercially successful video game...