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Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
Plot Summary:
Earth is decimated after intergalactic tyrant Darkseid has devastated the Justice League in a poorly executed war by the DC Super Heroes. Now the remaining bastions of good – the Justice League, Teen Titans, Suicide Squad and assorted others – must regroup, strategize and take the war to Darkseid in order to save the planet and its surviving inhabitants
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: justice league, superhero, batman, heroes, superman, villain, fictional war, wonder woman, good versus evil, superhero team, multiverse, superpower, end of the world, fight, teamwork, team, supernatural power, reluctant hero, super powers, hand to hand combat, occult, white supremacy, comic book, ninja, alien invasion
Onward (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there
Duration: 102 min
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10
IMDB Votes: 165000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Plot tags: brother brother relationship, elf, magic, teenage protagonist, fantasy world, teenage boy, cyclops, wizard, centaur, dead father, creature, coming of age, family relations, widow, race against time, brotherhood, birthday, mythical creature, van, magical, magician, wizards and magicians, supernatural power, magical power, fairy
Tenet (2020)
Plot Summary:
Plot unknown. The project is described as an action epic revolving around international espionage
Duration: 150 min
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10
IMDB Votes: 571000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Plot tags: time travel, time paradox, time, alternate timeline, time loop, save the world, cia agent, terrorism, quantum physics, espionage, propaganda, time traveler, spy, seeing the future, car crash, technology, fight, betrayal, special agent, end of the world, apocalypse, teamwork, airport, terrorist, butterfly effect
A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
Plot Summary:
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path
Duration: 97 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 264000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: post apocalypse, alien, creature, creature feature, deaf, survival horror, survival, silence, monster, deafness, alien invasion, child in peril, macabre, sign language, alien creature, alien monster, strong female character, boat, deaf girl, deaf child, supernatural, escape, island, radio station, terror
The Call (2020)
Plot Summary:
Connected by phone in the same home but 20 years apart, a serial killer puts another woman’s past — and life — on the line to change her own fate
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: time travel, psychopath, serial killer, borderline personality disorder, police officer, time, couples, xmas, violence, death, chase, danger, husband wife relationship, killer, supernatural, parallel world, past, parallel universe, murder mystery, paradox, asian, cell phone, terror, plot twist, thoughtful
The Invisible Man (2020)
Plot Summary:
Currently unknown
Duration: 124 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 249000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Plot tags: twists and turns, stalking, stalker, sadist, home invasion, invisibility, homicidal maniac, domestic violence, domestic abuse, murder, suicide, psychological abuse, husband hits wife, sociopath, death, violence against women, abusive boyfriend, invisible man, panic, evil man, near death experience, woman in danger, abusive relationship, hitchhiking, terror
Love and Monsters (2020)
Plot Summary:
Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel Dawson, along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over radio with his high school girlfriend Aimee, who is now 80 miles away at a coastal colony, Joel begins to fall for her again. As Joel realizes that there’s nothing left for him underground, he decides against all logic to venture out to Aimee, despite all the dangerous monsters that stand in his way
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 140000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Plot tags: monster, post apocalypse, creature, apocalypse, overcoming fear, mutant, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, survival, giant monster, mutant animal, jungle, fight, loneliness, lifestyle change, end of the world, teenager, teamwork, love, friendship, saving a life, infection, violent woman, crab, giant insect, mutation
Boss Level (2020)
Plot Summary:
A retired special forces officer is trapped in a never-ending time loop on the day of his death
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: time loop, repeated event, one against many, time travel, tough guy, time traveler, dying repeatedly, trapped, martial arts, hitman, end of the world, brutality, death, murder, final battle, time, time machine, male protagonist, revenge, urban setting, time paradox, distopia, space, superhero, travel
Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Plot Summary:
Sonic and the gang must team up to fight Dr. Eggman
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 155000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Plot tags: hedgehog, on the run, superhero, friendship, road trip, military, friend, villain, super speed, bar fight, chase, anthropomorphic animal, speed, police, mad scientist, police officer, running, apartment building, talking animal, alien, monster, scientist, teleportation, evil man, planet
Possessor (2020)
Plot Summary:
A thriller about an agent who works for a secretive organization that uses brain-implant technology to enable its operatives to inhabit other people's bodies, ultimately driving them to carry out assassinations for high-paying clients
Duration: 103 min
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Plot tags: body horror, gore, sociopath, murder, brutality, corporation, hallucination, mind control, virtual reality, technology, sadism, assassination attempt, blonde, surveillance camera, suicide by cop, loss of girlfriend, graphic violence, female warrior, serial killer, male nudity, apocalypse, maniac, spy, ghost, cyberpunk
Sputnik (2020)
Plot Summary:
At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him…
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Plot tags: alien, evil alien, creature, alien life-form, outer space, alien contact, extraterrestrial, monster, alien monster, research, fear, parasite, ufo, alien invasion, creature feature, twists and turns, peril, spacewalk, macabre, ghost, space and aliens, giant monster, occult, space program, contact
Archive (2020)
Plot Summary:
2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Hungary, USA
Plot tags: robot, artificial intelligence, space and aliens, deadly creature, husband wife relationship, dead wife, monster, heroic mission, death of wife, androids, dead, cyberpunk, cyborgs, scientist, escapades, memory, isolation, fantasy world, creator, chases and races, science gone wrong, creature feature, rage, human android relationship, science
Superman: Red Son (2020)
Plot Summary:
Set in the thick of the Cold War, Red Son introduces us to a Superman who landed in the USSR during the 1950s and grows up to become a Soviet symbol that fights for the preservation of Stalin’s brand of communism
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, monster, villain, violence, revenge, superman, artificial intelligence, journalist, destruction, reporter, fictional city, human alien, symbolism, escalation, rivalry, good versus evil, multiverse, orphan, escapades, gang war, imaginary, heroes, misogynist, comic book, chase
Over the Moon (2020)
Plot Summary:
In this animated musical, a girl builds a rocket ship and blasts off, hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: China, USA
Plot tags: child, frog, moon, rocket, girl, love, photograph, philosophy, grownups, parent child relationship, imaginary, life philosophy, rabbit, women, teenager, death, grief, coming of age, true love, mother daughter relationship, goddess, gift, loss of mother, stroke, ping pong
Psycho Goreman (2020)
Plot Summary:
Siblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues’ gallery of intergalactic assassins to small-town suburbia
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Plot tags: alien, monster, suburbs, creature, friendly alien, alien invasion, brother sister relationship, extraterrestrial, body horror, twists and turns, dark humor, family relations, absurd humor, satire, good versus evil, alien encounter, social satire, save the day, superhero, teenager, virus, ufo, supernatural being, exploitation, gore
Black Box (2020)
Plot Summary:
After losing his wife and memory in a car accident, a single father undergoes an experimental treatment that makes him question who he really is
Duration: 100 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: father daughter relationship, ghost, supernatural, amnesia, car accident, wedding, death of husband, death of wife, death of son, hypnosis, exorcism, violence, death, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, rescue, family relations, parents and children, chase, supernatural ability, evil, fear, vengeance, supernatural power, danger
Interreflections (2020)
Plot Summary:
In a quest for a new, more humane society, a counter-culture revolution takes the world by storm. In the first of the InterReflections Trilogy, we look back to the modern world and wonder how it was we managed to survive as long as we had
Duration: 165 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: globalization, exploitation, atheism, environment, rebellion, fighting the system, propaganda, politics, life is a bitch, injustice, humanity, society, social problems, dishonesty, terrorism, mythology, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, capitalism, manipulation, brainwashing, power relations, economics, resistance, real world
Project Power (2020)
Plot Summary:
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers
Duration: 113 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: experimental drug, superpower, superhero, superhuman powers, drug lord, super powers, mad scientist, police, evolution, strength, alligator, police officer, investigation, violence, murder, brutality, chase, hallucination, genetics, supernatural power, danger, surrealism, good versus evil, drug overdose, race against time
Come True (2020)
Plot Summary:
Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she's become the conduit to a frightening new discovery
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Plot tags: coma, high school student, dream, sleepwalking, heroes, youth, alternate reality, fantasy world, subconscious, chase, imagination, escapades, danger, existentialism, mind control, peril, surrealism, zombie, virus, medicine, psychic, mythical creature, telekinesis, hypnosis, sleeping
Underwater (2020)
Plot Summary:
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: underwater, monster, creature, giant monster, water, sea monster, survival, earthquake, animal attack, creature feature, ocean, destruction, team, giant creature, survival horror, cthulhu, fear, death, accident, laboratory, saving a life, sea creature, explorer, scientist, hi-tech
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Plot Summary:
Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle-aged best friends Bill and Ted set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Along the way, they are helped by their daughters, a new batch of historical figures and a few music legends—to seek the song that will set their world right and bring harmony to the universe
Duration: 91 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Bahamas, USA
Plot tags: time travel, father daughter relationship, teenager, musician, time machine, nostalgia, time traveler, friendship, schoolboy, sent to the past, rock and roll, stoner, predicting the future, humour, magical, time, rocker, moving, countdown, space, prison, robot, demon, police, grim reaper
The Midnight Sky (2020)
Plot Summary:
A lone scientist in the Arctic races to contact a crew of astronauts returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe
Duration: 118 min
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: space travel, space station, astronaut, survival, post apocalypse, apocalypse, nuclear radiation, space colony, scientist, spaceship, space exploration, snow, space, winter, disaster, post apocalyptic, spacecraft, dream, hallucination, terminal illness, mass death, space adventure, cold, monster, distopia
Bloodshot (2020)
Plot Summary:
After he and his wife are murdered, marine Ray Garrison is resurrected by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine - Bloodshot. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he cannot recall anything from his former life. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility to get revenge, only to discover that there's more to the conspiracy than he thought
Duration: 109 min
IMDB Rating: 5.7/10
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, nanotechnology, regeneration, rescue, cyberpunk, superhuman powers, one man army, virtual reality, supernatural power, super soldier, superhuman, back from the dead, memory, revenge, dark hero, superpower, invulnerability, love, assassin, hi-tech, redemption, one against many, self healing, tattoo, mind control
Scoob! (2020)
Plot Summary:
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang team-up with various Hanna-Barbera characters to save the world from the evil Dick Dastardly
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: scooby doo, dog, danger, rivalry, disorder, heroes, moving, holiday, furry, human dog relationship, crime investigation, heroism, fright, monster, cartoon dog, superhero, teenager, robot, combat, ghost, thief, mountain, police officer, police, escape
Superintelligence (2020)
Plot Summary:
When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving
Duration: 106 min
IMDB Rating: 5.4/10
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: artificial intelligence, parallel world, end of the world, life, science, rescue, danger, imaginary, humanity in peril, heroic mission, love, twists and turns, humanity, experiment, countdown, dystopia, post apocalyptic, alien, save the world, meet cute, post apocalypse, intelligence, singing in a car, mullet, men's bathroom
Meander (2020)
Plot Summary:
After getting a car ride from an unknown man, Lisa wakes up in a tube. On her arm is strapped a bracelet with a countdown. She quickly understands that every 8 minutes, fire burns an occupied section. She has no choice but to crawl into safe sections to survive. To know why she’s there and how to get out, Lisa will have to face the memories of her dead daughter…
Duration: 90 min
IMDB Rating: 5.4/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Plot tags: survival, trap, claustrophobia, trapped, maze, loss of daughter, isolation, psychopath, violence, sadist, brutality, insanity, sadism, danger, escape attempt, survival horror, race against time, characters in danger, alien, virus, alien invasion, prisoner, minimalism, captive, nightmare
The New Mutants (2020)
Plot Summary:
The story of the New Mutants, a team of mutant heroes comprised of the first graduates from Charles Xavier's school
Duration: 94 min
IMDB Rating: 5.3/10
IMDB Votes: 87000
Genere: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, mutant, superhero team, x men, teenage girl, bear, coming of age, superheroine, girl girl kiss, teenager, teenage love, suicide attempt, superhuman speed, tragic past, teenage superheroine, demon, orphan, catholic church, female doctor, force field, indian reservation, sole survivor, teen angst, final showdown, captivity
2067 (2020)
Plot Summary:
A lowly utility worker is called to the future by a mysterious radio signal, he must leave his dying wife to embark on a journey that will force him to face his deepest fears in an attempt to change the fabric of reality and save humankind from its greatest environmental crisis yet
Duration: 114 min
IMDB Rating: 4.9/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Plot tags: time travel, climate change, deforestation, parallel world, changing the past or future, research, apocalypse, save the world, disaster, imaginary, fate of humanity, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, post apocalypse, destiny, time paradox, discovery, humanity, flash forward, humanity in peril, time warp, human existence, distopia, epidemic, natural disaster
Songbird (2020)
Plot Summary:
During a pandemic lockdown, Nico, a young man with rare immunity, must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful family to reunite with his love, Sara
Duration: 84 min
IMDB Rating: 4.8/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: pandemic, epidemic, post apocalypse, survival, disease, infection, apocalypse, disaster, isolation, immunity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loneliness, escape, chase, teamwork, secret, male objectification, race against time, delivery man, older man younger woman relationship, virus, dystopia, zombie, distopia, crisis
Occupation: Rainfall (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their unexpected allies, uncover a plot that could see the war come to a decisive end. With the Alien invaders hell-bent on making earth their new home, the race is on to save mankind
Duration: 128 min
IMDB Rating: 4.7/10
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Plot tags: alien encounter, human versus alien, alien, apocalypse, female warrior, end of the world, good versus evil, violence, invasion, death, chase, fear, destruction, danger, alien technology, mercilessness, fictional war, heroes, alien attack, youth, space and aliens, friends, escapades, vengeance, humanity