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Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
Plot Summary:
A sci-fi anime House-musical movie collaboration between Daft Punk--and their music--and designer Leiji Matsumoto. During the recording of their DISCOVERY album and using the themes of sci-fi celebrity, decadence and space travel, Daft Punk--with help from Cedric Hervet--wrote the story and inspired seasoned Japanese animators to symbiotically create this stunning space musical
Duration: 68 min
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, France
Plot tags: music, space and aliens, self discovery, music business, space travel, musician's life, rising to stardom, rescue, space, music band, escapades, ambition, lifestyle, dishonesty, benign alien, heroic mission, dancing, trippy, space opera, clubbing, stoner, migration, worship, nemesis, generation y
X2 (2003)
Plot Summary:
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join their usual nemeses – Magneto and Mystique – to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants
Duration: 134 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 569000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: superhero, super powers, mutant, supernatural ability, x men, teleportation, superhuman powers, school, mind control, telepathy, heroes, comic hero, mission, villain, shapeshifting, comic book, teenage superhero, dark hero, good versus evil, supernatural power, genetics, leader, superhuman, violence, heroine
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Plot Summary:
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, ability to see the codes of the things inside the matrix and a certain degree of pre-cognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source. Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has fixed Neo as his next target
Duration: 138 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 621000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: cyberpunk, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, dystopia, post apocalypse, prophecy, man versus machine, chosen one, oracle, robot, martial arts, alternate reality, fight, superhero, rebel, apocalypse, computer virus, mission, distopia, fight scenes, computer, cyberspace, dystopian future, heroes, end of the world
I Found Someone (2003)
Plot Summary:
A developmentally disabled man meets an extraterrestrial after a huge spacecraft leaves it behind
Duration: 171 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: India
Plot tags: benign alien, alien, danger, mentally challenged, alien encounter, disorder, contact, superhero, friendship, alien invasion, ufo, extraterrestrial, fantasy world, mother son relationship, hindu, social issues, buddies, friendly alien, outer space, man child, spaceship, village, heroes, space and aliens, misfit
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
Plot Summary:
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith
Duration: 129 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 536000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Plot tags: cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, distopia, virtual reality, dystopia, robot, freedom, fight, alternate reality, chosen one, resistance, prophecy, post apocalypse, man versus machine, end of the world, mission, apocalypse, one against many, technology gone awry, tough guy, fight scenes, warrior, computer, martial arts, rebel
Paycheck (2003)
Plot Summary:
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a three-year job, he's told he isn't getting a paycheck and instead receives a mysterious envelope. In it are clues he must piece together to find out why he wasn't paid – and why he's now in hot water
Duration: 119 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: cyberpunk, memory loss, time travel, twists and turns, frame up, gunfight, chase, seeing the future, betrayal, amnesia, time machine, changing the past or future, distopia, prophecy, destiny, time, survival, computer, conspiracy, on the run, alternate reality, inventions and discoveries, riddles and clues, hacker, memory
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Plot Summary:
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 started. Good thing Connor's former nemesis, the Terminator, is back to aid the now-adult Connor … just like he promised
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 415000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Plot tags: time travel, cyborgs, robot, androids and robots, artificial intelligence, apocalypse, terminator, time machine, chaos, technology gone awry, man versus machine, sent to the past, time traveler, post apocalypse, chase, one against many, killer robot, dystopia, survival, warrior, computer virus, female robot, car chase, androids, end of the world
Stitch! The Movie (2003)
Plot Summary:
The continuing adventures of Lilo, a little Hawaiian girl, and Stitch, the galaxy's most wanted extraterrestrial. Stitch, Pleakley, and Dr. Jumba are all part of the household now. But what Lilo and Stitch don't know is that Dr. Jumba brought one of his alien "experiments" to Hawaii
Duration: 60 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: friendship, rescue, escapades, disorder, odd couple, young heroes, save the day, benign alien, love, teenager, child protagonist, family relations, space and aliens, friends, misfit, rivalry, mad scientist, heroic mission, dog, alien, spacecraft, pilot, surrealism, furry, sister sister relationship
Code 46 (2003)
Plot Summary:
A futuristic 'Brief Encounter', a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: surveillance, infidelity, dystopia, dystopian future, cyberpunk, husband wife relationship, distopia, cloning, abortion, investigation, forgery, virus, love and romance, pregnancy, coitus, love affair, dishonesty, lovers on the run, end of the world, love story, employer employee relationship, father son relationship, government agent, epidemic, age difference
Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
Plot Summary:
Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Plot tags: mad scientist, zombie, prison, undead, afterlife, insanity, gore, survival, laboratory, monster, gory, experiment, convict, doctor, danger, body horror, rivalry, childhood trauma, sexy nurse, supernatural ability, exploitation, cosmic horror, supernatural, psychopath, zombie apocalypse
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
Plot Summary:
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain
Duration: 110 min
IMDB Rating: 5.8/10
IMDB Votes: 182000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, Czech Republic, UK
Plot tags: steampunk, vampire, superhero, adventurer, comic book, heroic mission, secret service, immortality, comic hero, ghost ship, alternate reality, alter ego, female vampire, danger, save the world, betrayal, transformation, submarine, alternate history, dracula, superpower, jekyll and hyde, alternate universe, zeppelin, monster
Hulk (2003)
Plot Summary:
Bruce Banner, a genetics researcher with a tragic past, suffers massive radiation exposure in his laboratory that causes him to transform into a raging green monster when he gets angry
Duration: 138 min
IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
IMDB Votes: 276000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, experiment gone awry, genetics, mutant, superhuman powers, comic book, chase, transformation, mad scientist, military, repressed memory, father son relationship, giant, anger, hulk, desert, fantasy world, multiverse, heroes, male nudity, technology, monster, villain, superpower, scientist
Timeline (2003)
Plot Summary:
A group of archaeological students become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor. The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, knight, medieval, archaeology, time machine, changing the past or future, danger, twists and turns, time loop, sorcery, parallel universe, time, father son relationship, back in time, excavation, getting home, disorder, hopes, riddles and clues, kingdom, archery, sword and sorcery, mad scientist, parallel world, hunting
The Core (2003)
Plot Summary:
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core
Duration: 135 min
IMDB Rating: 5.5/10
IMDB Votes: 106000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Germany, Canada, USA
Plot tags: natural disaster, end of the world, disaster, survival, apocalypse, save the world, space, worldwide chaos, catastrophe, hacker, danger, heroic mission, post apocalypse, hacking, extinction, demolished city, hysteria, contingency plan, government facility, mission gone awry, alien, earth, distopia, geek, epidemic
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Plot Summary:
Four boyhood pals perform a heroic act and are changed by the powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they're overtaken by a vicious blizzard that harbors an ominous presence. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante ... and then overcome a threat to the bond that unites the four of them
Duration: 136 min
IMDB Rating: 5.5/10
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: alien invasion, stephen king, alien, first contact, supernatural, virus, supernatural ability, alien encounter, mind control, apocalypse, danger, transformation, cabin in the woods, monster, evil alien, snow, friends, winter, ufo, life philosophy, body horror, woods, good versus evil, infection, blizzard
Undead (2003)
Plot Summary:
A quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 5.4/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Plot tags: apocalypse, zombie, zombie apocalypse, survival, small town, dark humor, virus, zombie attack, gore, alien, alien invasion, undead, save the world, isolation, danger, monster, macabre, infected, epidemic, invasion, living dead, disease, eaten alive, farmhouse, gory
It's All About Love (2003)
Plot Summary:
The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous ice skating star, Elena, are about to sign divorce papers when they realise that, in spite of everything happening around them, their love is worth fighting for. It's All About Love is a fresh take on modern love and future life as two lovers struggle in a conspiracy of epic proportions
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 5.3/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, Canada, Spain, USA, Japan, Sweden, UK, Italy, Germany, Netherlands
Plot tags: end of the world, cloning, lovers on the run, life is a bitch, chaos, danger, couple relations, dystopian future, estrangement, divorce, post apocalypse, climate change, apocalypse, love, hotel, distopia, epidemic, passion, meaning of life, truth, post apocalyptic, airport, escape, new love, clone
Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003)
Plot Summary:
Three different stories come to life in this sequel to the hit animated Disney adventure. Explorer Milo Thatch, his new sweetheart, Queen Kida, and the rest of the team are preparing to rebuild the underwater city. But trouble crops up. Harnessing the power of the crystal of Atlantis, the adventurers set out to defend their kingdom against dark forces that threaten from sand, sea and snow
Duration: 70 min
IMDB Rating: 5.0/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Plot tags: steampunk, sea monster, adventurer, lost world, submarine, viking, heroes, disaster, atlantis, superhero, pirate, treasure hunt, danger, good versus evil, heroic mission, friendship, rescue, escapades, native american, princess, giant squid, disney princess, love, sea battle, diver
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Plot Summary:
Carmen's caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids' new nemesis, the Toymaker. It's up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 4.3/10
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: virtual reality, video game, spy, mad scientist, child spy, rescue, technology, brutality, mission, save the world, escapades, kidnapping, undercover, danger, imaginary, good versus evil, siblings relations, master villain, daring rescue, save the day, heroic mission, kids and family, fantasy world, heroes, agent