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Plot Summary:
The year is 2062. The Earth is no longer inhabitable and has been left in ruins. On-board the space station USS Legacy in orbit around Earth, the Earth's population are in suspended animation whilst the space station is under military control and scientists are working on a project to make Earth inhabitable again. After disobeying orders, trying to apprehend a out-of-control soldier on a rampage, tough soldier Captain Cal Brody is sentenced by his commanding officer, Colonel Alexa Stant, to guard the stasis chamber where the Earth's population is in suspended animation for 3 months. But the USS Legacy is taken over by criminal Max Durbin and a group of escaped convicts, who have been freed by Alexa from the prison colony on Earth and Alexa decides to help them. Cal sets out to stop Max and Alexa's scheme and believes he is the only man who can stop Max, who plans to use Cal's scientist girlfriend Kendall Foster experiment to make the Earth inhabitable again.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 271
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 101 min
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Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express (2001)
Plot Summary:
Terrorists hold a group of people hostage during a Millenium Eve party aboard the Orient Express. Only an action movie star and a gymnast can save them.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Bulgaria, Canada
Duration: 92 min
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Downdraft (1996)
Plot Summary:
Only Special Forces agent Jack Slater and his computer programming sidekick can save the world from Armageddon when the supercomputer masterminding America's nuclear initiatives goes berserk with power and decides to launch the missiles.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 101 min
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Rage of the Innocents (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young warrior bands with a small group of rebels to wage a guerilla war in order to rescue his love and save his people from certain death.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 105
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film, sexploitation film
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Spacejacked (1997)
Plot Summary:
The luxury space cruiser Star Princess' maiden voyage is sabotaged when the treacherous second make, Alex Barnes (Corbin Bernsen), kills the captain and "spacejacks" the ship. Barnes then severs communications with Earth and activates a bomb which will blow up the liner unless he is given access to the wealthy passengers' bank accounts. But he mistakenly underestimates the courage of the first mate, Ryan Taylor (Steve Bonds) and an adventurous young passenger, Dawn Taggert (Amanda Pays), who together risk life and limb to try to save the Star Princess and her passengers from inevitable destruction.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Starforce (2000)
Plot Summary:
A warrior and a beautiful ex-convict are left to fight the galaxy's most fearsome commandos in an alien wasteland.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 397
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Wrong Babysitter (2017)
Plot Summary:
A recent kidnapping has single mom Susan worried about leaving her daughter Christy at home for an out-of-town trip - until neighbor Teri offers to "babysit," looking in on Christy and spending the night. But Susan rushes home when Christy goes missing, under circumstances reminiscent of her police detective husband's death. Susan will have to open the past wound of her husband's death in order to rescue the only family she has left.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 403
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags:
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Assault on Dome 4 (1996)
Plot Summary:
In this science-fiction action opus, intergalactic extremist Alex Windham has seized control of Dome 4, a scientific outpost on another planet, after escaping from a penal colony on Mars. Windham is forcing the staff of Dome 4 to construct new weapons that he can use to destroy his enemies, but what he doesn't know is that one of his captives is the wife of interstellar lawman Chase Moran, and Mor.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 496
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: futuristic, independent film
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Memory Run (1995)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2015, and big brother is everywhere. The search for immortality is over. Science has finally achieved the impossible, undermining the most basic aspect of life: that Mind, Body, and Soul must be one, Those who benefit from this new technology will wake up to a new and youthful beginning - the rest of humankind must live a bad dream and wake up to a living nightmare that goes beyond life, beyond death, and beyond redemption.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 317
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: futuristic, tech noir, independent film
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Dead by Midnight (1997)
Plot Summary:
Just when he's beginning to take his perfect life and marriage for granted, John (Timothy Hutton) discovers that he's the result of a failed government experiment to spawn a race of perfect assassins. But the closer he gets to finding out what went wrong, the weirder the truth becomes. Suzy Amis, John Glover, Benjamin Israeli, Reese Purser, Yvonne Zima, Christy Summerhays and Max Wright co-star in this taut made-for-television thriller.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 248
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
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Armed (2018)
Plot Summary:
A former U.S. marshal discovers that all of the survivors of his old unit are experiencing the same symptoms simultaneously and there may be a larger conspiracy at hand.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 493
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
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Incident at Deception Ridge (1994)
Plot Summary:
When a double-crossing husband runs off with his wife's ransom money, her kidnappers come after him and the missing money. He leads them on a treacherous journey through the wilderness.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 200
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: cliffhanger
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Abducted by the Daleks (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of young women gets abducted by the Daleks.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: spoof, parody, controversial, sex comedy
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2036 Origin Unknown (2018)
Plot Summary:
After the first manned mission to Mars ends in a deadly crash, mission controller Mackenzie 'Mack' Wilson assists an artificial intelligence system, A.R.T.I. Their investigation uncovers a mysterious object under the surface of Mars that could change the future of our planet as we know it.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: exciting, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, psychedelic, apocalyptic, action adventure
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Medusa's Child (1997)
Plot Summary:
Fuming over the departure of his wife Vivian and the cutting of his research funding, crazy nuclear scientist Rogers Henry constructs Medusa, a thermonuclear bomb capable of generating a continent-sized electro-magnetic pulse; such EMP could effectively destroy a computer-based society. He dupes Vivian into bringing it to the Pentagon to exact his final revenge on the government, rigging it so it will explode before its count-down if Vivian's pacemaker isn't within fifteen feet of it. Medusa arms itself in the air aboard Scott Nash's 737 cargo plane, and with Hurricane Sigrid about to hit the coast, nobody wants to let them land. Based on the novel by John J. Nance.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 488
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful
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Fatal Conflict (2000)
Plot Summary:
In a lawless futuristic society, a rebel must prevent a tandem of renegades from destroying Los Angeles. An ex-star pilot is forced to stop a mad criminal and his gang after they've hi-jacked a huge space freighter with the intent of crashing it into Los Angeles destroying what is left of civilization. Time is running out.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 373
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Canada
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending, suspense, psychotronic, independent film, black comedy
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Firestorm (1996)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2024, a fierce battle rages between a ruthless villain and an android resistance group.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Shadow Men (1997)
Plot Summary:
Happily married couple Bob and Dez Wilson and their 12-year old son Andy are being attacked by a blinding light when driving home from a daytrip. They awaken a couple of hours later, seemingly unscathed but soon driven mad by recurring nightmares. It soon appears that they have been abducted by aliens as proved by their sons handycam that had suddenly started running right after the incident. This mysterious fact is discovered by even more mysterious Men In Black who start nagging the family up to the point of threatening to kill them. Laughed at by the police the threesome seek refuge at sf-writer Stan Mills' house and start fighting back.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, independent film
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The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
Plot Summary:
A chemical spill has caused the occupants of Beverly Hills to be forcibly evacuated. A retiring football player left behind, finds that the toxic gas emulating from the spill is a bogus front for a heist set up by fired police officers out to plunder the city of all its valuables. Finding himself siding with a corrupt cop who was once apart of the plan until he discovered the city's mayor had just been blown away, by one of the chief crooks in charge. Now both on the run with no help in sight...both must do whatever they can to stop these murderous looters.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: cult classic, action thriller, exciting, rough, humorous, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast, surprise ending
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Sonic Impact (1999)
Plot Summary:
A dangerous criminal hijacks a plane with his fellow prisoners and threatens to crash it into a populated area. The agent who captured him sets out to stop him.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 538
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, serious, realistic, suspenseful, disaster movie
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Isolation (2015)
Plot Summary:
Inspired by the true events of a couple vacationing on a remote island in the Bahamas who are hunted by a group of modern-day pirates, after their identities and their lives.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological thriller, feel good
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Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001)
Plot Summary:
Rock superstar Slade Craven has decided to hang up his rock & roll shoes and has planned something very special for his final show -- instead of a typical concert in some sports arena, he'll play a set aboard a 747 jumbo jet, flying from Los Angeles to Toronto, with the gig broadcast live to millions of fans over the Internet. But what Craven didn't count on is the presence of a deranged fan with a gun who attempts to hijack the plane, throwing the show into chaos and putting the lives of everyone aboard the jet at risk.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Music, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film, fast, disaster movie
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Fortress: Sniper's Eye (2022)
Plot Summary:
Weeks after the deadly assault on Fortress Camp, Robert makes a daring rescue to save Sasha, the widow of his old nemesis Balzary. But back in the camp's command bunker, it appears Sasha may have devious plans of her own. As a new attack breaks out, Robert is confronted with a familiar face he thought he'd never see again….
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Plot Summary:
On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 80000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: saga, futuristic, exciting, epic, action adventure, cult classic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
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Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)
Plot Summary:
A two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, tense, serious, stylized, independent film, atmospheric, suspenseful, philosophical, thought provoking
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Red Planet (2000)
Plot Summary:
Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: futuristic, bleak, atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, space horror, psychotronic, intellectual, breathtaking
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Time Runner (1993)
Plot Summary:
During the alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992, where attempt after attempt is made to catch and kill him.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic, independent film, fast, surprise ending, weird
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Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1995)
Plot Summary:
Jobe is resuscitated by Jonathan Walker. He wants Jobe to create a special computer chip that would connect all the computers in the world into one network, which Walker would control and use. But what Walker doesn't realize is a group of teenage hackers are on to him and out to stop his plan.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: cyber, futuristic, psychological, anamorphic, hilarious, independent film, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Lockout (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set in the near future, Lockout follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent , whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President's daughter from rioting convicts at an outer space maximum security prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, suspense, rough, suspenseful, entertaining, action packed, absurd, captivating, apocalyptic
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Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
Plot Summary:
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: futuristic, saga, exciting, epic, anamorphic, cult classic, action adventure, serious, psychotronic, light
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Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (2012)
Plot Summary:
The first Cylon war has been raging for 10 years and a young Ensign William Adama joins the fleet. He's disappointed not to be assigned to a fighter but to a freighter, and his co-pilot isn't too keen on having a rookie flying his aircraft as he has only a short time before he again becomes a civilian. Their cargo is a civilian scientist, Dr. Becca Kelly, but they no sooner leave than she has new orders for them and a new destination. Although she’s less than forthcoming about the details of her mission, Adama is keen, particularly as it involves going into Cylon controlled space. However, nothing is as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, light, entertaining, tense, intense, serious, suspenseful, action packed, stylized