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Interstellar
Interstellar
Internet Movie Database: 8.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 73%
Metacritic: 74/100
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Runtime: 169 min
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 44 wins & 148 nominations total
Writer: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
Language: English
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Interstellar is a science fiction film that follows a group of astronauts who embark on a space mission to find a new habitable planet for humanity as Earth faces a global food crisis. Along their journey, they encounter time dilation and the complexities of interstellar travel.
Moon
Moon
Internet Movie Database: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 90%
Metacritic: 67/100
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Runtime: 97 min
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Award28 wins & 37 nominations total
Writer: Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker
Actors: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott
Language: English, Spanish
Country: United Kingdom, United States
The movie “Moon” is a science fiction drama that follows the story of a man named Sam Bell, who is nearing the end of his three-year solitary stint on a lunar base. As he prepares to return to Earth, he begins to question his reality and unravel the truth about his existence.
Gravity
Gravity
Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 96%
Metacritic: 96/100
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Runtime: 91 min
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards: Won 7 Oscars. 240 wins & 187 nominations total
Writer: Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
Actors: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris
Language: English, Greenlandic
Country: United Kingdom, United States
The Gravity movie is a thrilling science fiction film about two astronauts who are stranded in space after their shuttle is destroyed, and must find a way to survive and return to Earth. It explores themes of isolation, resilience, and the human will to survive in the face of adversity.
2001: A Space Odyssey
2001: A Space Odyssey
Internet Movie Database: 8.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 84/100
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Runtime: 149 min
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 18 wins & 14 nominations total
Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
Actors: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester
Language: English, Russian, French
Country: United Kingdom, United States
“2001: A Space Odyssey” is a science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick. It follows a voyage to Jupiter with the sentient computer HAL after the discovery of a mysterious black monolith affecting human evolution.
Solaris
Solaris
Internet Movie Database: 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 93%
Metacritic: 93/100
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Runtime: 167 min
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Awards: 2 wins & 4 nominations
Writer: Stanislaw Lem, Fridrikh Gorenshteyn, Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet
Language: Russian, German
Country: Soviet Union
The Solaris movie is about a psychologist who is sent to a space station orbiting the planet Solaris to investigate the strange behavior of the crew, only to confront his own past and inner demons as the planet manifests their deepest fears and desires.
Contact
Contact
Internet Movie Database: 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 68%
Metacritic: 62/100
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Runtime: 150 min
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 14 wins & 32 nominations total
Writer: James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg, Carl Sagan
Actors: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt
Language: English, Spanish, German, Russian
Country: United States
“Contact” is a science fiction film about a scientist who discovers a message from extraterrestrial beings and embarks on a journey to make contact with them, facing various challenges and conflicts along the way. Ultimately, it explores themes of faith, science, and the search for meaning in the universe.
The Martian
The Martian
Internet Movie Database: 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 91%
Metacritic: 80/100
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Runtime: 144 min
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Awards: Nominated for 7 Oscars. 40 wins & 199 nominations total
Writer: Drew Goddard, Andy Weir
Actors: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kristen Wiig
Language: English, Mandarin
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Hungary, Jordan
“The Martian” is a science fiction film based on the novel by Andy Weir. It follows an astronaut who is left stranded on Mars and must use his ingenuity to survive and find a way back to Earth.
Arrival
Arrival
Internet Movie Database: 7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 94%
Metacritic: 81/100
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Runtime: 116 min
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 69 wins & 268 nominations total
Writer: Eric Heisserer, Ted Chiang
Actors: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker
Language: English, Mandarin, Russian
Country: United States, Canada
The Arrival movie is about a linguist who is recruited to help communicate with extraterrestrial beings that have landed on Earth, as she unravels a deeper understanding of time and human existence.
Ex Machina
Ex Machina
Internet Movie Database: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 92%
Metacritic: 78/100
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Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 74 wins & 161 nominations total
Writer: Alex Garland
Actors: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom, United States
“Ex Machina” is a science fiction thriller about a young programmer who is selected to participate in a groundbreaking experiment, where he must interact with an advanced humanoid AI to determine its level of consciousness. As the experiment progresses, he becomes entangled in a complex web of deception and moral dilemmas.
Prometheus
Prometheus
Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 73%
Metacritic: 64/100
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Runtime: 124 min
Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 46 nominations total
Writer: Jon Spaihts, Damon Lindelof, Dan O'Bannon
Actors: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender
Language: English, Gaelic
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Prometheus is a science fiction film that follows a team of scientists who discover clues to the origins of humanity, leading them on a journey to uncover the truth and potentially save the future of the human race. However, they soon find themselves in a dangerous battle against a powerful alien species.
Interstellar
Interstellar
Internet Movie Database: 8.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 73%
Metacritic: 74/100
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Runtime: 169 min
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 44 wins & 148 nominations total
Writer: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
Language: English
Country: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
“Interstellar” is a science fiction film that follows a group of astronauts who travel through a wormhole in search of a new habitable planet for humanity as Earth faces an environmental crisis. As they embark on this interstellar journey, they encounter time dilation, relativity, and the complexities of space exploration.
Event Horizon
Event Horizon
Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 34%
Metacritic: 35/100
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Runtime: 96 min
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
Writer: Philip Eisner
Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan
Language: English, Latin
Country: United Kingdom, United States, Canada
“Event Horizon” is a science fiction horror film about a rescue crew investigating a spaceship that disappeared years ago while testing an experimental gravity drive, only to discover the ship’s dark and terrifying secrets that threaten their sanity and lives.
Europa Report
Europa Report
Internet Movie Database: 6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
Metacritic: 68/100
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Runtime: 90 min
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
Writer: Philip Gelatt
Actors: Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo
Language: English, Russian, Chinese
Country: United States
The Europa Report is a science fiction thriller that follows a crew of astronauts on a mission to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa, in search of extraterrestrial life. As they face technical malfunctions and encounter mysterious phenomena, they uncover a shocking discovery that challenges everything they know about the universe.
Oblivion
Oblivion
Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 54%
Metacritic: 54/100
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Runtime: 124 min
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Awards: 1 win & 17 nominations
Writer: Karl Gajdusek, Michael Arndt, Joseph Kosinski
Actors: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough
Language: English
Country: United States
The Oblivion movie is a futuristic science fiction film set in a post-apocalyptic Earth, where a drone repairman discovers a shocking truth about the planet’s past and his own identity, leading him on a journey of self-discovery and rebellion against the oppressive forces controlling humanity.
The Abyss
The Abyss
Internet Movie Database: 7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 89%
Metacritic: 62/100
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Runtime: 140 min
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 9 wins & 16 nominations total
Writer: James Cameron
Actors: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn
Language: English
Country: United States
“The Abyss is a science fiction film about a civilian oil rig crew who encounters a mysterious underwater alien species while investigating the sinking of a nuclear submarine. As tensions between the crew and the aliens escalate, they must find a way to communicate and prevent a global catastrophe.”
Life
Life
Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 68%
Metacritic: 54/100
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Runtime: 104 min
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Awards: 7 nominations
Writer: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds
Language: English, Japanese, Vietnamese
Country: United States
The movie “Life” is a science fiction horror film that follows a team of scientists aboard the International Space Station who discover a rapidly evolving extraterrestrial organism that threatens their lives and the existence of Earth. As they try to contain the creature, they face a desperate battle for survival.
Passengers
Passengers
Internet Movie Database: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 30%
Metacritic: 41/100
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Runtime: 116 min
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 12 nominations total
Writer: Jon Spaihts
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen
Language: English, Spanish, Japanese, French
Country: United States, Australia
“Passengers” is a science fiction film about two passengers on a spacecraft who wake up from hibernation 90 years too early. As they try to uncover the mystery behind the malfunction, they also develop a deep connection while facing the possibility of being stranded in space forever.
Pandorum
Pandorum
Internet Movie Database: 6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 30%
Metacritic: 28/100
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Runtime: 108 min
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery
Awards: N/A
Writer: Travis Milloy, Christian Alvart
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet
Language: English, Vietnamese, German
Country: Germany, United Kingdom
“Pandorum” is a science fiction horror film set in a future where two astronauts wake up on a spacecraft with no memory of who they are or why they are there, as they uncover the truth about their mission, they must fight for their survival against mutated creatures and their own deteriorating mental state.
The Signal
The Signal
Internet Movie Database: 6.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 61%
Metacritic: 54/100
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Runtime: 97 min
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations
Writer: Carlyle Eubank, William Eubank, David Frigerio
Actors: Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Beau Knapp
Language: English
Country: United States
“The Signal” is a science fiction thriller about three college students on a road trip who are lured into a remote desert facility, where they become entangled in a dangerous experiment that blurs the line between reality and illusion. As they uncover the truth behind their captivity, they must fight to escape and unravel the mystery of the signal that brought them there.
Ad Astra
Ad Astra
Internet Movie Database: 6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
Metacritic: 80/100
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Runtime: 123 min
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 13 wins & 74 nominations total
Writer: James Gray, Ethan Gross
Actors: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga
Language: English, Norwegian
Country: United States, China, Brazil
“Ad Astra” is a science fiction film that follows the journey of an astronaut named Roy McBride who embarks on a dangerous mission to uncover the truth about his missing father’s failed space expedition, while also confronting his own inner demons.