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Plot Summary:
Slipstream is a 1989 post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure film. The plot has an emphasis on aviation and contains many common science-fiction themes, such as taking place in a dystopian future in which the landscape of the Earth itself has been changed and is windswept by storms of great power. There are also numerous sub-plots, such as free will and humanity amongst artificial intelligence.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, serious, stylized, exciting, tense, retro, surreal, tech noir, cyber, cult classic
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Future World (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film
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Silver Hawk (2004)
Plot Summary:
Michelle Yeoh plays Lulu Wong, a much-idolised rock star and philanthropist by day, and a super heroine, Silver Hawk, who fights injustice in skin-tight black leather outfit as her alter-ego. Richie Ren plays police detective Richman, who has an uncanny instinct and incredible wit, but he hates Silver Hawk for being always two steps ahead of the police. Both of them, however join hands to fight a baddie, Wolfe (Luke Goss) who wants to dominate the world through a special microchip in mobile phones which will broadcast subliminal message to users. Directed by cinematographer-turned-director Jingle Ma.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, futuristic, cult classic, serious, fast, surprise ending, independent film, detective
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Solarbabies (1986)
Plot Summary:
In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller skates and is quite good. It has given them a unity that transcends the attempts to bring them to heel by the government. Finding an orb of special power, they find it has unusual effects on them. They escape from the orphanage (on skates) and try to cross the wasteland looking for a place they can live free as the storm-troopers search for them and the orb.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: serious, futuristic, apocalyptic, stylized, captivating, tense
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Alien Apocalypse (2005)
Plot Summary:
An astronaut doctor Ivan Hood and his fellow astronaut Kelly return from their mission in space to find the world has been taken over by aliens. Now Dr. Ivan Hood and Kelly must lead a revolution to free the human slaves from their alien masters.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, captivating, grindhouse, offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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Robot Overlords (2014)
Plot Summary:
Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, disgusting, surprise ending, independent film, interesting
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Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
Plot Summary:
Astronaut Brent is sent to rescue Taylor but crash lands on the Planet of the Apes, just like Taylor did in the original film. Taylor has disappeared into the Forbidden Zone so Brent and Nova try to follow and find him. He discovers a cult of humans that fear the Apes' latest military movements and finds himself in the middle. Tension mounts to a climactic battle between ape and man deep in the bowels of the planet.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 50000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, depressing, suspense, psychotronic, allegory, slasher, social, saga, grindhouse
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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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Steel Dawn (1987)
Plot Summary:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, independent film, serious, suspenseful, stylized, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Plot Summary:
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: road movie, cult classic, action adventure, saga, cyber, apocalyptic, retro, entertaining, social, grindhouse
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Skylines (2020)
Plot Summary:
When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, surprise ending, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy
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Fortress 2 (2000)
Plot Summary:
7 years on from the original Fortress movie, Brennick and his family are still on the run. Finally, they give in, and surrender, only to find themselves imprisoned in a new, more sophisticated fortress prison in outer space. But Brennick's not a man to give in easily, and with a 10 year old son waiting for him back on earth, he's going to pack some serious assault on the evil corporation.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: rough, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, tech noir, cult classic, action packed, independent film, serious
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Retrograde (2004)
Plot Summary:
Two time travelers with opposing views are sent back to the present aboard a research ship in the Antarctic to prevent a global biological disaster from occuring.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, suspense, apocalyptic, cult classic, fast, surprise ending, independent film
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 269000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, suspense, serious, absurd, intense, apocalyptic, tense, psychotronic, action adventure
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Spectral (2016)
Plot Summary:
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural being that have taken over a European city.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious, intense, tricky, suspense, futuristic, psychotronic, scenic
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Battlefield Earth (2000)
Plot Summary:
In the year 3000, man is no match for the Psychlos, a greedy, manipulative race of aliens on a quest for ultimate profit. Led by the powerful Terl, the Psychlos are stripping Earth clean of its natural resources, using the broken remnants of humanity as slaves. What is left of the human race has descended into a near primitive state. After being captured, it is up to Tyler to save mankind.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 82000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic, cult classic, controversial, serious, psychotronic, suspense
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Beyond Skyline (2017)
Plot Summary:
Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien spaceship to rescue his estranged son. When the ship crashes in Southeast Asia, he forges an alliance with a band of survivors to take back the planet once and for all.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Indonesia, UK, China, Singapore
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, suspense, disturbing, scary, epic, futuristic, smart, space horror, light
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Escape from L.A. (1996)
Plot Summary:
This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his daughter, part of a resistance movement, steals the control unit for a doomsday weapon, Snake again gets tapped to save the day.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, futuristic, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic, cyber, grindhouse
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Logan's Run (1976)
Plot Summary:
An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: All citizens get a chance of being 'renewed' in a Civic Ceremony at their 30th birthday, unless they run and escape before their time comes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 60000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: futuristic, apocalyptic, cult classic, psychotronic, cyber, visually stunning, philosophical, psychological, psychological thriller, intellectual
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Insurgent (2015)
Plot Summary:
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 251000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, intense, teen, apocalyptic, entertaining, romantic, saga, thought provoking, intellectual
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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.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 83000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, psychological, exciting, captivating, entertaining, anime, smart, cyber, cult classic, action adventure
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Mortal Engines (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in a world many thousands of years in the future. Earth’s cities now roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive Traction Cities, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the Outlands who will change the course of his life forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Japan, China
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, captivating, dark fantasy, apocalyptic, action adventure, psychotronic, fairy tale, philosophical, atmospheric
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 963000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: saga, futuristic, scenic, exciting, stylized, intense, sad, psychotronic, entertaining, action adventure
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Escape from New York (1981)
Plot Summary:
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash lands on the island, the authorities turn to a former soldier and current convict, Snake Plissken, to rescue him.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, serious, rough, dark, stylized, allegory, retro
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
Plot Summary:
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether Wright has come from the future or the past -- and whether he's friend or foe.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 374000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: futuristic, intense, serious, apocalyptic, action packed, exciting, suspense, rough, bleak, suspenseful
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Terminator Genisys (2015)
Plot Summary:
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 290000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, entertaining, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, cyber, action adventure, surprise ending, bleak
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Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
Plot Summary:
The sixth film in the "Terminator" series will pick up where the second film left off, ignoring all the subsequent sequels.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Spain, Hungary
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, action adventure, exciting, suspense, saga, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, scary
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Jupiter Ascending (2015)
Plot Summary:
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty….
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 193000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 127 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, fairy tale, suspenseful, visually stunning, psychotronic, light, disturbing, mystic, futuristic
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Enemy Mine (1985)
Plot Summary:
A soldier from Earth crashlands on an alien world after sustaining battle damage. Eventually he encounters another survivor, but from the enemy species he was fighting; they band together to survive on this hostile world. In the end the human finds himself caring for his enemy in a completely unexpected way.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, West Germany, USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: futuristic, cult classic, stylized, serious, suspenseful, retro, sad, intelligent, exciting, talky
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The 5th Wave (2016)
Plot Summary:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, futuristic, absurd, serious, teen, suspense, romantic, freeze frame
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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Plot Summary:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: road movie, visually stunning, exciting, surreal, suspense, apocalyptic, cult classic, stylized, epic, visually appealing