171. Children of the Damned
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anton Leader
Actors: Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris, Alfred Burke
Plot: Six children from around the world suddenly develop amazing intellect and abilities and are brought to London for study.
172. 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
173. 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.
174. Oblivion
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Actors: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Olga Kurylenko
Plot: After devastating war that brought Earth on the brink of extinction, the remaining people are assigned to protect the last useful sources of energy. That is until a technician on the ground discovers something that changes everything he has been told.
175. 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
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.
176. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, John Malkovich, Josh Duhamel
Plot: As the decepticons look to avenge their defeat against the autobots, a space race between Russian the U.S. sparks the interest of both groups. Sam Witwicky once again comes to the aid of the autobots while back on Cybertron, Shockwave has plans of his own.
177. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Year of Release: 1985
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: George Miller, George Ogilvie
Actors: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Adam Cockburn
Plot: After being robbed, Mad Max finds himself at the mercy of Bartertown, where he finds himself in a power struggle between the cruel Aunt Entity and her rival Master Blaster. Things go from bad to worse as he is banished to the desert but finds refuge from a group of orphans looking for a leader.
178. Pacific Rim
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Actors: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Ron Perlman
Plot: When monstrous creatures from the sea dubbed Kaiju attack, it pushes the human race to the edge of annihilation. Countering the force with massive robots known as Jaegers, two human pilots linked by a neural bridge take on the Kaiju. Yet even this force seems to be no match, and after years of fighting it comes down to a washed-up pilot, an untested rookie and an aged Jaeger to stand up for humanity.
179. Melancholia
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lars von Trier
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling
Plot: As a new planet appears and threatens to collide with earth, two sisters find their fractured relationship stretched to the breaking point.
180. Demolition Man
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Marco Brambilla
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne
Plot: A cryo-prison is created to house the worst criminals in society, but in a future free of crime Simon Phoenix is thawed and goes on the rampage. The law enforcement can't cope and must thaw out John Spartan, a wrongfully-convicted officer from the past and Phoenix's nemesis.
