241. Rollerball
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Norman Jewison
Actors: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Pamela Hensley
Plot: Set in the future, corporations have replaced countries and eliminate war and poverty but at the expense of individuality. In order to satisfy the bloodlust that mankind craves they invent the violent Rollerball - but when the top star, Jonathan E., begins to question the corporate rule, he faces as much danger in the sport as he does outside it.
242. Alien Nation
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Graham Baker
Actors: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard, Leslie Bevis, Peter Jason
Plot: Two cops, one originally from another planet, the other a human racist against the aliens, have to learn to get along to find a police killer, and get a dangerous alien drug off the street.
243. The Creator
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gareth Edwards
Actors: Allison Janney, Gemma Chan, Ralph Ineson, John David Washington, Marc Menchaca, Ken Watanabe
Plot: In the future mankind wages war against and AI-driven robotic army. A former special forces agent, grieving after the disappearance of his wife, is sent on a mission to find and destroy The Creator - the one responsible for the uprising. But the mission turns even more dangerous when he learns there is a new weapon in play - one that could bring an end to the war - and humanity itself - and it comes in the form of a robotic child.
244. Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Byron Haskin
Actors: Adam West, Victor Lundin, Paul Mantee
Plot: When his spaceship crash-lands on Mars, astronaut Kit Draper must figure
out how to survive on the barren, lifeless planet with only a monkey to
keep him company. As Draper searches for food, water and oxygen, he
eventually discovers that the dead planet may actually harbor life - but
it's not clear whether the Martians are friends or foes.
245. Bigfoot Wars
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Brian T. Jaynes
Actors: Judd Nelson, C. Thomas Howell, Billy Blair, Taylor Weaver, David Sullivan, Audrey Ellis Fox
246. The Curse of Frankenstein
Year of Release: 1957
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart, Melvyn Hayes, Valerie Gaunt
247. Slither
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Gunn
Actors: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Tania Saulnier, Michael Rooker, Gregg Henry, Jenna Fischer
Plot: A small town is taken over by a parasitic alien life form that controls
their minds.
248. Repo Man
Year of Release: 1984
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alex Cox
Actors: Harry Dean Stanton, Emilio Estevez, Tracey Walter, Olivia Barash, Sy Richardson, Susan Barnes
Plot: Otto is a punk who has lost his job, his girl and his future (thanks to his parents giving away his college fund to a televangelist). Lucky for him, he has found kindred spirits in a group of local repo men with big attitudes and unique views on life. When a Chevy Malibu shows up with a whopping $20,000 reward, the chase is on, but the car houses a dangerous cargo.
249. Europa Report
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Sebastián Cordero
Actors: Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo, Daniel Wu, Anamaria Marinca, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Plot: An international crew is handpicked to take a dangerous journey to Europa, Jupiter's glacial moon, in order to search for extraterrestrial life. Though the crew thinks they have prepared for everything - the private mission will take an unexpected turn.
250. Time Lapse
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Bradley King
Actors: Danielle Panabaker, Matt O'Leary, George Finn, Sharon Maughan, Amin Joseph, Jason Spisak
Plot: After a tenet goes missing, a group of friends discover he has been working on a machine that points into their window and takes pictures of the near future. Using the device to their advantage, they begins to use it to win bets - but things soon spiral out of control as the future begins to reveal a much darker turn of events.
