181. Midnight Special
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jeff Nichols
Actors: Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst, Joel Edgerton, Jaeden Lieberher
Plot: When a father learns his son possesses a unique power, one that could ultimately change the fate of the world, he will do everything to protect him, even as a dangerous religious sect and government task force doggedly pursue them.
182. Alien 3
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Lance Henriksen
Plot: Ripley survives a crash landing on a planet ran by criminals. She soon finds that an alien stowaway caused the crash and is once again killing off the humans but that's not the only threat to her this time.
183. Ghostbusters 2
Year of Release: 1989
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis
Plot: After five years of fighting ghosts and fighting lawsuits, the crew is bankrupt and retired. They must come out of retirement to save New York once again.
184. Frank Herbert's Dune
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Harrison
Actors: Alec Newman, William Hurt, Saskia Reeves, James Watson
Plot: A sci-fi channel made for tv re-make of the original Dune (1984) that pulls in more of the plot and character development of the original novel.
185. The Tingler
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Castle
Actors: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts
Plot: A scientist (Price) discovers a strange creature that latches on to people's spines when they are afraid and causes a tingling sensation. A person must scream to get rid of the tingler; otherwise, he or she will die. When the film was first released in theaters, buzzers were attached to some audience members' seats to replicate the tingling sensation at key points in the movie.
186. Short Circuit
Year of Release: 1986
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Badham
Actors: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Austin Pendleton, Fisher Stevens
Plot: Number 5 is an experimental robot that is electrocuted and becomes intelligent and almost human. It escapes and the government tries to track it down to destroy him but it has a couple friends looking out for him.
187. Titan A.E.
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Don Bluth
Actors: Drew Barrymore, Matt Damon, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman
Plot: A young man must travel through space to find the only thing that can rebuild the world and save the human race.
188. Riddick
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Twohy
Actors: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Mollà
Plot: Betrayed and left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick fights for survival against vicious predators - and in the process becomes more powerful than before. The only way off is to activate a beacon - a beacon that brings bounty hunters and mercenaries directly to him - including one that is very personal. If he hopes to escape, he will have to fight his way out.
189. Scanners
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Michael Ironside, Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan
Plot: Scanners are powerful psychics able to control the minds of others - to the point of death if necessary. An underground group of scanners seeks control of the world, while a rival group seeks to destroy the movement by using a rogue scanner against his own.
190. The Last Man on Earth
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ubaldo Ragona
Actors: Franca Bettoia, Vincent Price, Emma Danieli, Umberto Raho
Plot: A scientist tries to survive constant attacks from victims of an unusual plague while trying to find a cure.
