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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
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2016 (2010)
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In 2010, a scientist discovers aliens in orbit that resemble a cross between H.R. Giger's famous creation and Predator who want to invade Earth. They choose to start their invasion in Ghana because it is the most peaceful nation on the planet. The murderous aliens claim that they will have the entire planet colonized by the year 2016.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 133
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Ghana
Duration: 75 min
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Ando Lloyd ～A.I. knows LOVE ?～ (2013)
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Reiji Matsushimais a genius physicist. He realizes that he and his fiancé Asahi Ando will be killed a theory that he advanced. One day, in the year 2013, Reiji dies in a airplane explosion & crash. He was a handsome and world-famous professor who studied wormhole theories. It is a mystery whether his research on wormhole theory caused his death or not.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, entertaining, dorama
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JonTron's StarCade (2015)
Plot Summary:
JonTron reviews zany Star Wars games while aboard the stolen Millennium Falcon.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 859
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: parody
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Willi Tobler and the Decline of the 6th Fleet (1972)
Plot Summary:
Willi endeavors to survive in a world where annihilistic galactic battles rage, by taking a job at the centre of power. But it's the wrong side that he takes in this civil war.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 96
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: surreal
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FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (2004)
Plot Summary:
France. A near and probable future. The Sisterhood of Metacontrol governs Europe. Angeline, an exemplary and irreproachable citizen has just joined the order... But her relationship with a special man, Nono, will make her question profoundly the principles of the Doctrine.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 259
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, stylized, controversial, apocalyptic, surprise ending, independent film
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The Powers of Matthew Star (1982)
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The Powers of Matthew Star is an American sci-fi television series that aired from September 17, 1982 through April 8, 1983, on NBC. It starred Peter Barton as the title character, alien prince Matthew ‘E’Hawke’ Star of the planet Quadris. Also starring were Amy Steel as Pam Elliot, Matthew’s girlfriend at Crestridge High, and Louis Gossett, Jr. as Matthew’s guardian Walt ‘D’hai’ Shepherd. In 2002, The Powers of Matthew Star was ranked #22 on the list of TV Guide's "50 Worst TV Shows of All Time".
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 514
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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Doomwatch (1970)
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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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Star Odyssey (1979)
Plot Summary:
Earth is attacked by an intergalactic villain and his army of robotic androids.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 742
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Star Wars Galaxy of Sounds (2021)
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The series explores the ambience of a galaxy far, far away through themes such as wonder, excitement, oddities, and more. Be immersed in the hum of Coruscant at golden hour, listen to the light side of the Force as Rey connects to past Jedi, and observe booming lightsaber duels. Experience the nostalgic sounds of Star Wars from across the franchise.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 404
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
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The Love War (1970)
Plot Summary:
Two different alien races are at war. Representatives of each race have landed on Earth to battle it out here, but they've taken human form and they can only spot other aliens through the use of special glasses.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 268
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, psychotronic
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Sky (1975)
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Sky is a mystically-oriented children's science fantasy television serial made for ITV by HTV and broadcast in seven parts from April 7 to May 14, 1975. A mysterious alien boy with strange solid blue eyes, the eponymous Sky, finds himself on Earth. He uses his psychic powers for achieve his goal of ensuring a way back home. Sky finds the very world soul of Earth in the form of nature, only to reject him the way an immune system might an infection. In his quest to return home, he joins his destiny with that of three human children. The serial was written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin, also known for their scripts for Doctor Who and a fantasy television series for children, Into the Labyrinth. Although the series was kept on 2" videotape into the 1990s, during a transfer to film stock episodes 3 and 7 were damaged beyond repair. The series was finally released by Network DVD in May 2009, with the damaged segments replaced by inferior, but watchable, VHS copies of the episodes.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
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Starman (1986)
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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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Ultraman New Generation Stars (2023)
Plot Summary:
When memories of Ultra Heroes are erased by a mysterious entity, a device called Dimensionizer is sent from the future dimension Ultraman Decker is from. Trying to get memories of the Land of Light residents back, New Generation Heroes remember all their battles and hardships they've gone through.
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Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
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Silversun (2004)
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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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Land of the Giants (1968)
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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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Salvage Marines (2022)
Plot Summary:
When Samuel, a factory laborer on planet Baen 6, learns his wife is pregnant, he does the only thing he can to ensure his child will avoid the same societal debt he has - he enlists in the planet's military ranks as a salvage marine.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 134
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
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NightMan (1997)
Plot Summary:
After lightning strikes saxophonist Johnny Domino, he finds he is telepathically tuned to the frequency of evil. This gives him an edge for finding the bad guys, and some special classified wearable gear gives him an edge for fighting them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Ark II (1976)
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Ark II is an American live-action science fiction series, aimed at children, that aired on CBS, beginning in 1976, as part of its Saturday morning line-up. Only 15 half-hour episodes of Ark II were ever produced; however, these episodes were re-run by the CBS television network for several years.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic
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Dystopia (2019)
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It is the year 2037, the world is dying from a virus that has rendered mankind infertile. Not a single child has been born in 25 years. Governments are powerless puppets for the world's biggest corporation Biocorp. They keep promising a cure that never comes. A pair of scientists travel back to 2017 in order to change the events of their past and prevent the virus from ever existing.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 526
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic
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Strange New World (1975)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, cult film
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The Tomorrow People (1992)
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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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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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Logan's Run (1977)
Plot Summary:
In a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, futuristic, vintage
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Skeleton Crew (2024)
Plot Summary:
In the New Republic era, a group of kids lost in the Star Wars galaxy try to find their way home.
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Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
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UFO (1970)
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In the year 1980 the Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and use them for body parts. A highly secret military organization is set up in the hope of defending the Earth from this alien threat. This organization is named SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization) and operates from a secret location beneath a film studio. They also operate a fleet of submarines and have a base on the moon as well as an early warning satellite that detects inbound UFOs. UFOs can be destroyed in space by Interceptors which are launched from Moonbase. If one gets through it can be attacked in the Earth's atmosphere by a high altitude aircraft launched from one of the submarines. If a UFO also avoids this and manages to land it can be tracked and destroyed by a number of Mobiles (armored vehicles) which are deployed throughout the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, spooky, exciting, serious, suspenseful
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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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Alien Outbreak (2020)
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In a small rural community, local police officers Zoe and Patrick begin their shift as normal but soon, strange events unfold. Residents begin behaving erratically, and suicidal panic spreads amongst the township they are trying to protect. Zoe and Patrick realise alien machines are taking hold, cutting their small group of survivors off from the outside world. Can the determined humans band together to save their community, and all mankind, from extinction?.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 633
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, tense, captivating, suspenseful
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Oddbhuturey (2019)
Plot Summary:
A series of seven stories - tied together by a common thread - FEAR. How will the real and the supernatural collide?.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Plot Summary:
A standalone Star Wars adventure focused on the character Obi-Wan Kenobi.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 222000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 261 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, disturbing, retro, saga, psychotronic, postmodern, masterpiece