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Logan (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces
Duration: 137 min
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10
IMDB Votes: 813000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, mutant, x men, fight scenes, superpower, road trip, rage, immortality, protector, father daughter relationship, survival, invulnerability, lone hero, experiment, comic book, death of protagonist, chase, anti hero, alter ego, self sacrifice, time freeze, assassin, brutality, telepath, genetic engineering
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years
Duration: 164 min
IMDB Rating: 8.0/10
IMDB Votes: 637000
Genere: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Spain
Plot tags: cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, dystopia, investigation, robot, dark future, mission, flying car, police detective, violence, bounty hunter, memory, androids, menage a trois, philosophy, black bra, implanted memory, slave labor, bare breasts, megacorporation, existentialism, chick, genetics, police officer, mercilessness
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Plot Summary:
Thor is on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the prophecy of destruction to his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela
Duration: 130 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 801000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, female villain, monster, alien planet, supernatural power, rebellion, deity, goddess, warrior, norse mythology, superpower, norse god, alien civilization, death, giant creature, planet, villain, good versus evil, comic book, alien, space travel, hulk, arena, destiny, executioner
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage
Duration: 136 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 744000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, alien, outer space, space travel, chase, good versus evil, space, father son relationship, megalomaniac, patricide, space battle, superpower, raccoon, space pirate, heroes, alien creature, comic book, female alien, space opera, sarcasm, final showdown, anti heroine, superhero team, monster, sister sister relationship
Wonder Woman (2017)
Plot Summary:
An Amazon princess comes to the world of Man in the grips of the First World War to confront the forces of evil and bring an end to human conflict
Duration: 141 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 690000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA, China
Plot tags: superhero, superheroine, world war one, strong female character, female warrior, mythology, good versus evil, comic book, fight scenes, tough girl, heroes, strong female lead, super powers, supernatural power, chosen one, princess, justice, sword fight, female empowerment, female protagonist, courage, aeroplane, sexual innuendo, destiny, women
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Plot Summary:
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet
Duration: 140 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 276000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: post apocalypse, ape, planet of the apes, gorilla, future war, talking animal, revenge, post apocalyptic, chimpanzee, animal, killer animal, journey, near death experience, survival, battles, tragedy, vengeance, brutality, slavery, war, dystopian future, mutant, moral ambiguity, redemption, anthropomorphism
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Plot Summary:
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges
Duration: 133 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 704000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, teenager, school, high school, technology, teenage life, supernatural power, tony stark character, comic book, mentor, coming of age, peter parker character, good versus evil, teenage superhero, heroes, friendship, costumed hero, vigilante, chase, villain, revenge, fight, violence, fight scenes, rescue
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the irreverent spirit of fun that made “The Lego Movie” a worldwide phenomenon, the self-described leading man of that ensemble—Lego Batman—stars in his own big-screen adventure. But there are big changes brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilante thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 168000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Denmark, Australia
Plot tags: lego, batman, superhero, loneliness, redemption, justice, vigilante, anti hero, orphan, adopted son, justice league, superheroine, surveillance, villain, dinosaur, stop motion, superman, love, heroes, experiment, bird, multiverse, buddies, vigilantism, wonder woman
Okja (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 130000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea, USA
Plot tags: ecology, animal lover, animal, female protagonist, zoologist, monster, coming of age, fantasy world, adaptation, tough girl, vegan, friendship, depression, obsession, betrayal, vengeance, greed, animal rescue, heroine, compassion, environmentalist, slaughterhouse, activist, meat industry, women
Thelma (2017)
Plot Summary:
A college student starts to experience extreme seizures while studying at a university in Oslo, Norway. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable, and often dangerous, supernatural abilities
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden
Plot tags: lesbian, lgbt, lesbian love, university, bird, teenage girl, faith, female student, supernatural power, hysteria, lesbian attraction, lesbian relationship, female protagonist, first lesbian experience, disappearance, epilepsy, psychokinesis, christian family, snake, healing power, religion, adam and eve, loneliness, cigarette smoking, father daughter relationship
Teen Titans: The Judas Contract (2017)
Plot Summary:
Tara Markov is a girl who has power over earth and stone; she is also more than she seems. Is the newest Teen Titan an ally or a threat? And what are the mercenary Deathstroke's plans for the Titans?
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, unrequited love, villain, batman, betrayal, good versus evil, spy, violence, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, female alien, multiverse, heroes, superhero team, comic book, alien, demon, mercenary, religion, battles, birthday, sword, sword fight, traitor, super villain, home invasion
Justice League Dark (2017)
Plot Summary:
Beings with supernatural powers join together to fight against supernatural villains
Duration: 75 min
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: batman, superhero, supernatural, justice league, occult, creature, justice, destiny, anti hero, monster, superman, comic book, good versus evil, superhero team, supernatural power, transformation, superpower, ghost, demon, hallucination, crystal, multiverse, green lantern, hunting, hunter
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Plot Summary:
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order
Duration: 152 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 662000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: star wars, space opera, battlefield, chubby, alien, deception, good versus evil, fat woman, sabotage, master apprentice relationship, space battle, robot, death, space, female protagonist, betrayal, space travel, spaceship, fight, laser gun, island, mother daughter relationship, training, uncle nephew relationship, mutiny
What Happened to Monday (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own
Duration: 123 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 132000
Genere: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Belgium
Plot tags: distopia, overpopulation, investigation, dystopia, sisters, dystopic future, betrayal, chase, death of sister, tough girl, secret, hiding place, birth control, hidden room, deception, siblings, politics, violence, sister sister relationship, murder, conspiracy, hiding, life is a bitch, alternate world, heroine
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Plot Summary:
Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers ventures deep inside the treacherous, primordial island
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 339000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Plot tags: monster, giant monster, creature, king kong, survival, giant animal, island, giant creature, jungle, chase, expedition, monster versus monster, gorilla, military, prehistoric creature, danger, violence, vietnam war, death, giant ape, stranded, vietnam veteran, godzilla, ape, giant octopus
Life (2017)
Plot Summary:
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 247000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: space travel, space, mars, outer space, space station, monster, alien, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, first contact, extraterrestrial life, space exploration, science runs amok, death, research, evil alien, science, deep space, trapped in space, space mission, scientist, danger, space and aliens, space shuttle
The Endless (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought
Duration: 111 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: time loop, brothers, cosmic horror, brother brother relationship, suicide, ufo, supernatural, brother, childhood trauma, camp, danger, human nature, time travel, time, lake, haunted by the past, ghost, violence, tragedy, life is a bitch, life & death, good versus evil, social relations, macabre, sect
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Plot Summary:
Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the 'synthetic', David, survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 298000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Plot tags: alien, space travel, outer space, creature, robot, extraterrestrial, human versus alien, alien life-form, monster, androids, space exploration, space, expedition, alien technology, creature feature, artificial intelligence, survival, alien parasite, scientist, alien creature, betrayal, psychopath, parasite, spaceship, trapped in space
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe
Duration: 136 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 194000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, China, Belgium, Germany, United Arab Emirates, USA, Canada
Plot tags: alien, space travel, outer space, alien planet, space station, government agent, creature, mission, alien race, marriage proposal, space adventure, space pirate, space opera, spacecraft, space battle, beach, human alien, spaceship, parallel universe, dna, shape shifting, space exploration, trapped in space, space wars, robot
The Space Between Us (2017)
Plot Summary:
A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father
Duration: 120 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Plot tags: mars, love story, teenage love, teenager, nasa, astronaut, travel, road trip, beautiful scenery, life & death, outer space, space mission, space travel, relationships, space program, space colony, space, adaptation, survival, loneliness, science, happy ending, martian, life philosophy, destiny
Cargo (2017)
Plot Summary:
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Plot tags: zombie, pandemic, survival, post apocalypse, infection, father daughter relationship, boat, apocalypse, infected, baby, aborigine, danger, protection, virus, journey, dystopia, epidemic, post apocalyptic, distopia, desert, plague, living dead, dystopian future, community, end of the world
Radius (2017)
Plot Summary:
Liam wakes from a car crash with no memory of who he is. As he makes his way into town to look for help, he finds only dead bodies, all with strange pale eyes. Liam's first assessment is that a virus is present in the air, but he soon discovers the horrible truth: anyone who comes within a 50-foot radius of him dies instantly
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Plot tags: missing person, police, memory loss, alone, suspicion, suicide, death, amnesia, memory, car accident, boat, radio, murder, parallel universe, amnesiac, supernatural ability, mysticism, paranormal, paranormal activity, memory lapse, uncover truth, serial killer, superhero, robot, monster
Ghost in the Shell (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals
Duration: 107 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 225000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Hong Kong, China, Canada
Plot tags: cyberpunk, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, female protagonist, robot, technology, distopia, hacker, androids, tough girl, chase, terrorism, one woman army, investigation, dystopia, female martial artist, idealism, memory, killer robot, female warrior, female spy, disobeying orders, robot as menace, strong female lead, female robot
The Discovery (2017)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: suicide, afterlife, alternate reality, life after death, plot twist, macabre, science, self discovery, psychology, religion, twists and turns, dream, philosophy, life philosophy, existentialism, time, dystopia, love, robot, time travel, psycho, motivation, paranormal, technology, meaning of life
OtherLife (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ren Amari is the driven inventor of a revolutionary new drug. OtherLIfe expands the brain's sense of time and creates virtual reality directly in the user's mind. With OtherLife, mere seconds in real life feel like hours or days of exciting adventures. As Ren and her colleagues race around the clock to launch OtherLife, the government muscles in to use the drugs as a radical solution to prison overcrowding. They will create virtual cells where criminals serve long sentences in just minutes of real time. When Ren resists, she finds herself an unwilling guinea pig trapped in a prison cell in her mind. She must escape before she descends into madness, and then regain control of OtherLife before others suffer the same fate
Duration: 96 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, United Arab Emirates
Plot tags: virtual reality, computer, medicine, technology, experiment, memory, prison, coma, corruption, human experiment, father daughter relationship, chase, computer program, virtuality, puzzle, virtual world, research, hi-tech, murder, criminal, medical experiment, technology gone awry, robot, alien, hacker
Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017)
Plot Summary:
BSAA Chris Redfield enlists the help of government agent Leon S. Kennedy and Professor Rebecca Chambers from Alexander Institute of Biotechnology to stop a death merchant with a vengeance from spreading a deadly virus in New York
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Plot tags: zombie, virus, survival horror, resident evil, apocalypse, supernatural, infected, zombie attack, monster, violence, macabre, danger, imaginary, blood, survival, zombie apocalypse, distopia, heroes, plague, quarantine, walking dead, conspiracy, undead, deadly virus, chaos
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two mischievous kids hypnotize their mean elementary school principal and turn him into their comic book creation, the kind-hearted and elastic-banded Captain Underpants
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 32000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, France
Plot tags: school, superhero, teacher, invention, boy, hypnosis, professor, battles, secret identity, friend, friendship, boss, elementary school, comic book, meme, zombie, giant, dog, robot, dancing, bank robbery, thief, genius, children, police officer
It Comes at Night (2017)
Plot Summary:
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: pandemic, infection, post apocalypse, paranoia, interracial couple, fear, dog, apocalypse, murder, infected, family relations, forest, nightmare, disease, cabin in the woods, survival, violence, hopelessness, desperation, breaking and entering, darkness, fire, nihilism, madness, homicide
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
Plot Summary:
Gru and his wife Lucy must stop former '80s child star Balthazar Bratt from achieving world domination
Duration: 89 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 149000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Plot tags: minion, twin brother, fantasy world, prison, prison escape, happy ending, villain, brother brother relationship, fired from the job, twins, kidnapping, submarine, siblings, exodus, buddies, photograph, hair, woman, child, black, jail, kids and family, robot, airplane, revenge
Time Trap (2017)
Plot Summary:
A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface
Duration: 87 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: time travel, time dilation, cave, twists and turns, time loop, time portal, climbing, friendship, college professor, time traveler, missing person, youth, danger, adventurer, legend, investigation, rock climbing, professor, supernatural, time, unsolved mystery, fountain of youth, post apocalypse, space station, mysterious event