161. The X Files: Fight the Future
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Rob Bowman
Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Neville, William B. Davis, Martin Landau, Mitch Pileggi
Plot: After five years, the X-Files have been closed down and agent Mulder and
Scully are assigned regular duty. In Texas, a federal building is
destroyed, but investigating the matter leads not to terrorists, but their
own government behind the plot. This cover-up leads to an even bigger
conspiracy involving a powerful cabal of men and a mysterious
extraterrestrial virus.
162. Elysium
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Actors: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, William Fichtner, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Michael Shanks
Plot: In the year 2159 the ultra-wealthy live in luxury and pristine conditions on the man-made space station Elysium while the majority of the people must get by living on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. While some work to preserve the lifestyles of rich by keeping immigration under control, others on Earth will stop at nothing to make sure equality is brought to everyone.
163. The Thing from Another World
Year of Release: 1951
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Christian Nyby
Actors: Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, Robert Nichols, Eduard Franz, James Arness, Margaret Sheridan
Plot: In the Arctic north, a group of scientists and military personal discover an alien creature who un-thaws to harm humans while the scientists try to make peace with it.
164. Alien: Romulus
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fede Alvarez
Actors: Isabela Merced, Cailee Spaeny, Archie Renaux, David Jonsson, Aileen Wu, Spike Fearn
Plot: A group of young space colonizers looking to escape a dead-end existence
decide to take on risky scavenging job promising big returns. But the
derelict Romulus space station is home to something far deadlier than
anything they could imagine.
165. MirrorMask
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Dave McKean
Actors: Jason Barry, Rob Brydon, Stephanie Leonidas, Stephen Fry, Dora Bryan, Stephanie Leonidas
Plot: In a fantasy world of opposing kingdoms, a 15-year old girl must find the fabled MirrorMask in order to save the kingdom and get home.
166. Explorers
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, James Cromwell, Jason Presson, Dana Ivey, Bobby Fite
Plot: Young kids are infatuated with aliens, develop technology to create a shield that can be controlled via computer programs - all with out the knowledge of their parents.
167. The Chronicles of Riddick
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: David Twohy
Actors: Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Judi Dench, Karl Urban, Thandie Newton, Alexa Davalos
Plot: Riddick, hiding on a far away planet gets mixed up in feud between humans and those that want to convert humans into something else. As he jumps from Planet to Planet, he is still a wanted man and tries to do everything to escape the battle only to become the focal point of war.
168. Last Night
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Don McKellar
Actors: Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Roberta Maxwell, Sarah Polley, David Cronenberg, Callum Keith Rennie
169. Upgrade
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Leigh Whannell
Actors: Logan Marshall-Green, Simon Maiden, Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Melanie Vallejo, Benedict Hardie
Plot: In the near-future, technology is ingrained in all aspects of life. Grey Trace is a rare technophobe, but following a life-altering event, he will sacrifice his own humanity to gain his revenge as he is implanted with an AI chip called STEM.
170. Lessons of Darkness ( Lektionen in Finsternis )
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Werner Herzog
Actors: Werner Herzog
Plot: Werner Herzog's documentary about the burning of the Kuwaiti oil fields eschews formal interviews and commentary and lets music and striking visuals tell the tale.
