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Plot Summary:
It is 2052. The space ship Star Runner is two years into a 90-year journey to a planet in the Silver Sun solar system. With a crew of 13 - seven teenage space cadets, four adults and two kids - the ship's mission is to safely deliver a cargo of cyronically suspended New Settlers to populate the New World, paving the way for future generations of mankind.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 267
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min
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The Moon (1965)
Plot Summary:
Science fiction/documentary film about man's voyages to the moon.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 112
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags:
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Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987)
Plot Summary:
Treasure Island in Outer Space (original: Il Pianeta Del Tesoro - Treasure Planet) is a 1987 science fiction Italian and German television miniseries directed by Antonio Margheriti. It is based on the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, setting the story in space on the year 2300. The series was produced by RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana in co-production with West Germany and France, and directed by Anthony M. Dawson (Antonio Margheriti). It is the biggest sci-fi production of Italian television. The miniseries of 5 episodes of 100 min was originally aired in Italy from November 19, 1987 on RAI Due channel. It was also adapted as a 120 min film. The miniseries is also known as Space Island (UK and Norway, USA on VHS) and Der Schatz im All (Germany).
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 322
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, West Germany
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mysterious
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Star Maidens (1976)
Plot Summary:
Star Maidens is a British-German science-fiction television series made by Portman Productions for the ITV network. Produced in 1975, and first broadcast in 1976, it was filmed at Bray Studios and on location in Windsor and Bracknell, Berkshire, and Black Park, Buckinghamshire. The series was partly financed by a German company, Werbung im Rundfunk.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 228
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags:
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Spaceflight IC-1 (1965)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2015, a spaceship, the IC-1, travels through outer space looking for a suitable planet to settle on. The commander, Captain Ralston, is stern and brutal in which one cadet, Steven, plots a revolt to turn the leadership of the command over to him.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 266
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min
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Doomwatch (1970)
Plot Summary:
Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific government agency led by Doctor Spencer Quist, responsible for investigating and combating various ecological and technological dangers. The series was followed by a film adaptation produced by Tigon British Film Productions and released in 1972, and a revival TV film was broadcast on Channel 5 in 1999.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Sci-Fi, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: spooky
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Starship Farragut (2007)
Plot Summary:
New Ship, New Crew, New Adventures – but all based on the era of Classic Trek. This fan-made series takes place during the same period as Star Trek: The Original Series.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags:
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2030 CE (2002)
Plot Summary:
2030 CE is a Canadian children's TV series that aired for two seasons on YTV in 2002. It aired in the U.S. on HBO. The series was created by Angela Bruce, Dennis Foon and Yan Moore. A third season had been planned, but was cancelled after financial supporters backed out. It was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 95
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining
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The Killings at Outpost Zeta (1980)
Plot Summary:
A team of men and women investigate the mysterious deaths of two previous expeditions to a strategically important but barren world.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 386
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: space horror, independent film, weird, cult film
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Starman (1986)
Plot Summary:
Starman is an American science fiction television series, starring Robert Hays and Christopher Daniel Barnes and continuing the story from John Carpenter's 1984 film. The series ran on the ABC network from September 19, 1986 to May 2, 1987. The series was an adaptation and sequel to a movie of the same name produced in 1984.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 942
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful
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Invasion: Earth (1998)
Plot Summary:
Invasion: Earth is a BBC science fiction TV series. It was made in collaboration with the Sci Fi Channel, and released in 1998 as six fifty minute episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful
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Land of the Giants (1968)
Plot Summary:
Land of the Giants is an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons beginning on September 22, 1968, and ending on March 22, 1970. The show was created and produced by Irwin Allen. Land of the Giants was the fourth of Allen's science fiction TV series. The show was aired on ABC and released by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was filmed entirely in color and ran for 51 episodes. The show starred Gary Conway and Don Marshall. Author Murray Leinster also wrote three novels in 1968 and 1969 based on the television series.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: epic, saga, clever, offbeat, serious, suspenseful
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Quark (1977)
Plot Summary:
Quark is an American science fiction situation comedy starring Richard Benjamin broadcast on NBC. The pilot first aired on May 7, 1977, and the series followed as a mid-season replacement in February 1978. The series was cancelled in April 1978. Quark was created by Buck Henry, co-creator of the spy spoof Get Smart. The show was set on a United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an interstellar garbage scow operating out of United Galaxies Space Station Perma One in the year 2226. Adam Quark, the main character, works to clean up trash in space by collecting "space baggies" with his trusted and highly unusual crew. In its short run, Quark satirized such science fiction as Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Flash Gordon. Three of the episodes were direct satires of Star Trek episodes. The series won one Emmy Award nomination, for costume designer Grady Hunt's work in the episode "All the Emperor's Quasi-Norms, Part 2". The complete series was released on DVD on October 14, 2008.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 745
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: spoof, sitcom, parody
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No Goal (1987)
Plot Summary:
Objectif Nul is a humorous sketch series that mixes, within a vague science fiction scenario, parodies of movies, series and commercials.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration:
Plot tags: spoof, sketch comedy, parody
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Race to Mars (2007)
Plot Summary:
In the year 2030, the race to be the first to reach the Red Planet is on. Six extraordinary individuals from around the world are selected for this gruelling two-year mission, where they must rise above their fears and sacrifice their lives.in the face of overwhelming danger.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 348
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, futuristic, educational
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Continuum (2012)
Plot Summary:
A beautiful young woman awakens aboard an adrift space ship with no memory of who she is or how she got there and at the mercy of the ship's mysterious computer.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 548
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, futuristic, disturbing
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G-Loc (2020)
Plot Summary:
With Earth virtually destroyed, Bran Marshall flees to Rhea, a nearby planet now hostile towards "Earthers". Escaping onto a Rhean supply ship, he finds the crew slaughtered, with the only survivor a female warrior named Ohsha. As the two try to kill one another, the ship is damaged by meteorites. Bran and Ohsha must join forces to salvage the craft before it impacts the planet below — and the humans that live there.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: futuristic, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Empire of Danger (2004)
Plot Summary:
A newly designed spacecraft capable of going through time is sent to Mars to rescue a crew previously lost on Mars. The ship is sent through the past but to the wrong time, years later than the first crew. Once they land on Mars, the crew finds that it is a place where Bararians rule. The leader of the Barbarians is a female battle warrior named Giza that wants their ship to use as her own chariot through time where she hopes to steal the ancient power of the Masha. With that power, she will gain complete control of the Siperion Empire. - Empire of Danger is the sequel to the movie "Lost on Mars".
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 9
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, thought provoking, captivating
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3022 (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space awakens to find earth has suffered an extinction-level event.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, visually appealing, apocalyptic, existential
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The Tomorrow People (1992)
Plot Summary:
The Tomorrow People are the next stage of human evolution. They can teleport, communicate by telepathy, heal with the power of thought and they are unable to kill or harm any living creature. Aided by a mysterious and ancient spacecraft buried in the sand of a Pacific island, the Tomorrow People use their powers to protect the world, while trying to keep their own existence a secret for fear of exploitation.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 402
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, futuristic, suspenseful
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Origin (2018)
Plot Summary:
A group of strangers struggles for survival aboard a spaceship heading to a distant planet.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, intense
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Galactica 1980 (1980)
Plot Summary:
Galactica 1980 is a science fiction television series, and a spin-off from the original Battlestar Galactica television series. It was first broadcast on the ABC network in the United States from January 27 to May 4, 1980. It was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: saga, epic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, stylized, vintage
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Space: 1999 (1975)
Plot Summary:
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, spooky, bleak, cult classic, vintage, cult film
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Starhunter (2000)
Plot Summary:
Starhunter is a Canadian science fiction television series that aired for two seasons. The series was produced in Canada by The Danforth Studios Ltd. in association with Alliance Atlantis with some photography in the United Kingdom. Grosvenor Park Productions UK Ltd. was the co-producer from the United Kingdom, and Le Sabre SA, an affiliate of Canal+, was the French co-producer, with major unofficial German participation by Das Werk. In season one, Starhunter starred Michael Paré, Tanya Allen, Claudette Roche and featured Murray Melvin and Stephen Marcus. In season two Clive Robertson, Dawn Stern and Paul Fox were added to the cast, while the original actors except Allen and Marcus were dropped. Contrary to the wishes of the series creators, the investors in the second season blocked the return of Paré and replaced Melvin. Season one was nominated by the Directors Guild of Canada for a Best Production Design award, and for a "Spaceys Award" by Space: The Imagination Station. The first run of the first season aired in Canada, from 1 November 2000 to 28 March 2001. Starhunter was syndicated in the United States by Western Television Syndicators, going to air in the fall of 2002. The first season continues to re-run in many territories. The second season had its first run in Canada from 9 August 2003 to 3 April 2004.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 889
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: epic, saga, semi serious, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic
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H+: The Digital Series (2011)
Plot Summary:
H+: The Digital Series is a web series produced by Bryan Singer and created by John Cabrera and Cosimo De Tommaso. The series, which touches on the subject of transhumanism, premiered on August 8, 2012 on YouTube with two episodes. Two new episodes were then released every week on Wednesdays until the season finale on January 16, 2013. A second season is currently in production.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 762
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 5 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, stylized, serious, cyber, apocalyptic, futuristic
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The Lost Saucer (1975)
Plot Summary:
The Lost Saucer is an ABC network television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. It first aired September 6, 1975.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy
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The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
Plot Summary:
Legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand must navigate the galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 180000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 38 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, saga, anime, spaghetti western, postmodern, stylized
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The Lottery (2014)
Plot Summary:
Set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children, "The Lottery" reveals a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction. Remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide the surrogates. As conflict, control and mystery over this global crisis unfolds, the government’s interests and power begin to dominate, igniting a highly controversial debate over our fundamental and personal freedom to raise a family.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, thought provoking, bleak, serious, cerebral, mind bending, futuristic
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Stargate Universe (2009)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to Earth, while simultaneously trying to explore and to survive in their unknown area of the universe.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, futuristic, tense, cliffhanger, epic, saga, thrilling, serious, suspenseful, cult film
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Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987)
Plot Summary:
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is a 1987–88 Canadian-American science fiction/action television series, merging live action with animation based on computer-generated images, that ran for 22 episodes in Canadian and American syndication. A toy line was also produced by Mattel, and during each episode there was a segment that included visual and audio material which interacted with the toys.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, futuristic, computer animated, interactive
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Lost in Space (2018)
Plot Summary:
After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fights against all odds to survive and escape. But they're surrounded by hidden dangers.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 104000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, sincere, futuristic, sitcom, children's program