Last updated March 2024
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Plot Summary:
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered
Duration: 140 min
IMDB Rating: 8.7/10
IMDB Votes: 312000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: superhero, peter parker character, african american, villain, alternate universe, teen superhero, alternate dimension, fight, police, laboratory, father son relationship, superheroine, death of friend, teenager, superhero team, superpower, spider man, child, anthropomorphism, loss of son, parallel universe, secret identity, multiverse, revenge, escape
Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Plot Summary:
In postwar Japan, a new terror rises. Will the devastated people be able to survive... let alone fight back?
Duration: 124 min
IMDB Rating: 8.5/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Plot tags: godzilla, kaiju, monster, giant monster, airplane, post war japan, world war two, ocean, giant, island, escape, water, death, running, hospital, orphan, mine, post war, boat, baby, photograph, city, kamikaze, disappearance, little girl
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
Plot Summary:
Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them
Duration: 150 min
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10
IMDB Votes: 351000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, New Zealand, France, Canada
Plot tags: raccoon, superhero, outer space, team, villain, heartache, god complex, animal testing, friendship, space opera, kidnapping, female alien, supernatural, save the world, danger, space, mad scientist, love and romance, journey, shooting, extraterrestrial, multiverse, holiday, superhero team, comic book
Nimona (2023)
Plot Summary:
A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence
Duration: 101 min
IMDB Rating: 7.6/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: shapeshifting, magic, teenager, knight, monster, lgbt, medieval, lesbian subtext, werewolf, metamorphosis, shark, gay, dancing, dragon, strong female lead, fight, mutant, train, heroes, warrior, castle, kingdom, technology, villain, weapons
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
Plot Summary:
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O'Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them
Duration: 99 min
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Plot tags: superhero, ninja turtle, ninja, turtle, anthropomorphic animal, fight, master, friend, animal, skateboard, sibling relationship, crime fighter, teenager, horse, martial arts, monster, swat team, giant, mutant, heroes, gang, scientist, subway, warrior, villain
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
Plot Summary:
Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow sees a chance for a change in fortunes when he mentors Lucy Gray Baird, the female tribute from District 12
Duration: 157 min
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: fight to the death, death, murder, mentor, arena, dystopia, love, snake, betrayal, singing, television, execution, survival, fight, snow, academy, riot, teenager, supernatural, battles, president, creature, exploration, forest, water
The Wandering Earth II (2023)
Plot Summary:
A prequel to The Wandering Earth
Duration: 173 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Plot tags: myth, space, space travel, space station, life, young
The Creator (2023)
Plot Summary:
Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war—and mankind itself
Duration: 133 min
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: robot, space station, ex special forces, artificial intelligence, technology, u.s. army, killer robot, laboratory, future war, secret laboratory, nuclear explosion, interracial marriage, humanoid robot, nuclear bomb, husband wife relationship, human versus robot, fictional war, space shuttle, escape pod, love, dog, tank, combat, fight, cyberpunk
The Flash (2023)
Plot Summary:
The Flash travels back in time to prevent the murder of his mother, an act which disrupts time significantly
Duration: 144 min
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand
Plot tags: superhero, multiverse, batman, time travel, struck by lightning, alternate reality, alternate history, superpower, heroes, comic book, secret identity, villain, justice league, avenger, butterfly effect, comic hero, geek, superhuman, loss of mother, superhuman speed, alien, female warrior, good versus evil, dog, survival
They Cloned Tyrone (2023)
Plot Summary:
A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood
Duration: 122 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: blaxploitation, conspiracy, drug dealer, pimp, satire, revenge, ghetto, fight, prostitute, money, gang, escape, investigation, violence, scientist, macabre, hostage, kidnapping, death, morgue, murder, alcoholic, hypnosis, stripper, human experiment
Asteroid City (2023)
Plot Summary:
In an American desert town circa 1955, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Plot tags: astronomy, love, small town, asteroid, desert, arizona desert, alien, diner, male female relationship, military, quarantine, photographer, mechanic, actress, alien encounter, car breakdown, train, nuclear explosion, father son relationship, little girl, gas station, precocious child, domestic drama, relationships, love and romance
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
Plot Summary:
Finding himself in a new era, and approaching retirement, Indy wrestles with fitting into a world that seems to have outgrown him. But as the tentacles of an all-too-familiar evil return in the form of an old rival, Indy must don his hat and pick up his whip once more to make sure an ancient and powerful artifact doesn't fall into the wrong hands
Duration: 154 min
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10
IMDB Votes: 153000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: archaeologist, indiana jones, time travel, treasure hunt, world war two, college professor, medieval, treasure, spy, treasure hunter, ancient rome, supernatural, star wars, nazi germany, 007, holiday, empowerment, die hard, older man younger woman relationship, love interest, knife fight, horse, airplane, combat, time
No One Will Save You (2023)
Plot Summary:
An exiled anxiety-ridden homebody must battle an alien who's found its way into her home
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 55000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Plot tags: alien, alien attack, female protagonist, home invasion, alien invasion, flying saucer, alien parasite, accidental death, mind control, postman, alien abduction, isolated house, pariah, isolation, grief, death of mother, guilt, trauma, ufo, violence, evil wins, funeral, alien possession, death of child, secret
Paradise (2023)
Plot Summary:
A man sees the dark side of the time-manipulating biotech company he works for when a crushing debt forces his wife to give up 40 years of her own life
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Plot tags: technology, society, fight, money, female nudity, kidnapping, sex scene, terrorism, underground, wife, mother daughter relationship, pregnant woman, husband wife relationship, woman on top, company, bare chested male, killing, dystopia, cunnilingus
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)
Plot Summary:
Plot unknown
Duration: 127 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Plot tags: transformers, transforming robot, good versus evil, giant robot, superhero, end of the world, robot, alien, supernatural, holiday, brother brother relationship, motorcycle, truck, alien technology, car, aircraft, outer space, jungle, village, airplane, combat, revenge, ghetto, fight, alien invasion
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
Plot Summary:
Super-Hero partners Scott Lang and Hope van Dyne, along with with Hope's parents Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym, and Scott's daughter Cassie Lang, find themselves exploring the Quantum Realm, interacting with strange new creatures and embarking on an adventure that will push them beyond the limits of what they thought possible
Duration: 124 min
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia, Canada
Plot tags: superhero, scientist, female warrior, villain, superhero team, comic book, multiverse, holiday, escape, genocide, rescue, emperor, exile, power, alien creature, empire, father daughter relationship, bartender, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, pizza, final battle, old friend, broken promise, advanced technology
Infinity Pool (2023)
Plot Summary:
While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror
Duration: 117 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Croatia, Hungary
Plot tags: vacation, writer's block, island, orgy, drug trip, clone, accident, fictional country, hedonism, revenge, group sex, lie, car accident, arrest, police interrogation, culture shock, human clone, breaking the law, female warrior, hallucination, execution, sex scene, public execution, male nudity, vacation gone wrong
Blue Beetle (2023)
Plot Summary:
Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab
Duration: 127 min
IMDB Rating: 6.0/10
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Plot tags: superhero, good versus evil, heroes, villain, family relations, justice league, brother sister relationship, hi-tech, alien technology, aunt niece relationship, superpower, young boy, job seeking, college graduate, immigrant family, teenager, alien, martial arts, combat, revenge, fight, island, violence, scientist, bodyguard
JUNG_E (2023)
Plot Summary:
On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 5.5/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Plot tags: technology, robot, mercenary, giant monster, clone, dystopia, female warrior, war, outer space, martial arts, combat, strong female lead, fight, cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, train, forest, escape, violence, civil war, virtual reality, scientist, obsession, torture, betrayal
65 (2023)
Plot Summary:
After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills quickly discovers he's actually stranded on Earth…65 million years ago. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills and the only other survivor, Koa, must make their way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight to survive
Duration: 93 min
IMDB Rating: 5.4/10
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Plot tags: handheld weapon, dinosaur, cave, asteroid, father daughter relationship, quicksand, memory, space, virus, space exploration, dystopia, survival, mountain, forest, escape, violence, spacecraft, water, death, moon, rescue, orphan, animal attack, profanity, astronaut
Bird Box: Barcelona (2023)
Plot Summary:
After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 5.3/10
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Plot tags: creature, apocalypse, bird, blood, escape, subway, car chase, birthday, suicide, deception, engineer, alien creature, journey, physicist, father daughter relationship, lie, female writer, robbery, bus, telephone call, river, self sacrifice, catholic priest, security, daughter
Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
Plot Summary:
An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival
Duration: 116 min
IMDB Rating: 5.0/10
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Plot tags: shark, creature feature, giant octopus, disaster, tyrannosaurus rex, ocean, dinosaur, monster, killer shark, shark attack, giant monster, kaiju, sea, villainess, tentacle, civil action, dog, survival, teenager, martial arts, jungle, airplane, revenge, fight, island
Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
Plot Summary:
Five young warriors are recruited to be Knights of the Zodiac, an elite cosmic force dedicated to protecting the Greek goddess Athena and the planet Earth
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 4.4/10
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, Hungary
Plot tags: superhero, saint seiya, martial arts, greek mythology, magical, knight, magic, fight, island, god, heroes, reincarnation, warrior, battles, mythology, planet, villain, galaxy, weapons, sword, power, father daughter relationship, goddess, flying, zodiac