Sci-Fi Movies (Page #49)

It’s midsummer and Sweden wakes up to a state of emergency. TV, internet, and telephone networks are down, and before anyone realizes what’s behind the collapse, a series of unexplained attacks take place around the country. Alex, a successful pianist whose controlled existence is upturned when his mother dies in a suspected terror attack, returns to his childhood village to arrange the funeral. There, he must reconcile with both his father and his old flame, Anna, who he has desperately been trying to forget. As old feelings come back to the surface, more mysterious attacks plunge Sweden into chaos and confusion.

Tells the story of a young frog called Dudley, the smallest frog in the pond. When aliens crash land in their pond, they enslave the pond creatures to help raise their spaceship and then plot to remove all the world's water! Dudley and a group of motley outcasts are the only ones left to thwart their master plan.

Set in a future London, The Zero Theorem stars Academy Award® winner Christoph Waltz as Qohen Leth, an eccentric and reclusive computer genius plagued with existential angst. He lives in isolation in a burnt-out chapel, waiting for a phone call which he is convinced will provide him with answers he has long sought.

Qohen works on a mysterious project, delegated to him by Management (Matt Damon), aimed at discovering the purpose of existence - or the lack thereof - once and for all. But his solitary existence is disturbed by visits from the flirtatious Bainsley (Mélanie Thierry), and Bob (Lucas Hedges), Management's wunderkind son.Yet it is only once he experiences the power of love and desire that he is able to understand his very reason for being.

A brilliant scientist is capable of inventing devices that will change our world. Unfortunately, most of the scientific community thinks he's a crackpot. As does the government, until a precision team of heist men rob a bank in Switzerland using what appears to be the scientist's dimension hopping technology -- technology that he designed, but never supposedly completed.

In the not-too-distant future, a young boy travels to an alien world to find his father and learn of his destiny.

Made in 1971, 'THX 1138' marked the George Lucas's filmmaking debut. Francis Ford Coppola and his American Zoetrope studios produced the film at the height of the American independent movement. It is a thought-provoking and visually rich exploration of a theme that would repeat itself throughout Lucas's career: One man's quest to realize his own potential amid an oppressive society. 'THX 1138' is a chilling look at a 25th-century totalitarian state where mankind is stripped of any individuality. People are numbered drones, and a government-enforced program of sedating drugs controls the populace. The story's title character, THX, is a factory worker whose life is irrevocably changed when he stops taking his mind-numbing drugs.

An agent travels to the past to save the future by making barely-perceptible yet very influential alterations to the timeline. During his mission, he must live in complete isolation. The solitary life fits the agent just fine until he runs into a girl about to commit suicide and accidentally saves her life.

If you could turn back time…could you win back the love of your life? That’s the problem puzzling Stillman (Asa Butterfield), a physics genius recently dumped by his stunning girlfriend Debbie (Sophie Turner). So after creating a timeline of their romance and a machine to rewind the past, he grabs his wingman, Evan (Skyler Gisondo), and sets off to right every wrong he made with Debbie.

The story follows a convicted criminal named James Griffin-Mars, who is identified as one of a select group ideally suited for time-travel missions that could delay humanity’s demise. He’s sent to Earth’s past to recover resources and treasure without altering the timeline. On a final mission that will secure his retirement, James meets Elise Kim, an intriguing scientist from a previous century, who’s fated to die during the destruction of an ocean rig. James brings Elise back to the future with him, saving her life, but turning them both into fugitives.

Set in 2089, humanity has become fully addicted to technology as an escape from reality.

A band of Aussie teenagers fight off an enemy invasion and occupation of their homeland.

Set in space and described a big-scale story that has elements of Lord of the Flies.

In the 21st century America is the new empire. The terrorist threat has been eliminated but the price of crude continues to soar. The Evil Three who control the world's oil supply have signed into law the patriot annexation act, giving the US the sovereign right to topple any regime that fails to comply with its gluttony for fuel under the auspices of freedom. The UN has condemned the act and convened an emergency oil summit in occupied Baghdad, triggering a global race for infinite fuel. Now, Marcus Sawyer and his 12-year-old son Trevor must retrieve the Tachyon from a spaceship that crashed in the Indian Ocean before energy before his enemies find it first and use it as the weapon of doom.

Set in the not-too-distant future where everyone is augmenting their bodies, a man can't afford to augment in the U.S., so he heads to the black market of Bangkok where he gets a hold of a mysterious chip that he discovers is slowly turning him robotic -- and is a hot commodity wanted by shadowy forces. The man must race against time to elude his pursuers and save what's left of his humanity.

Set in the 1920s Prohibition Era New York, gangsters with vampires and aliens fight for turf.

Set in the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease (Hemophagia), giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence, and as they are set apart from "normal" and "healthy" humans, the world is pushed to the brink of worldwide civil war (a war between humans and hemophages) aimed at the destruction of the "diseased" population. In the middle of this crossed-fire is - an infected woman - Ultraviolet (Jovovich), who finds herself protecting a nine-year-old boy who has been marked for death by the human government as he is believed to be a threat to humans.

Set in a near-future dystopia, the impoverished residents of a slum are plagued by virtual reality addicts who earn a meager living playing violent games while serving as the workforce for real world wars.

The sequel to the $100 million worldwide hit, "Underworld: Evolution" continues the saga of war between the aristocratic Death Dealers and the barbaric Lycans (werewolves). The film traces the beginnings of the ancient feud between the two tribes as Selene (Kate Beckinsale), the beautiful vampire heroine, and Michael (Scott Speedman), the lycan hybrid, try to unlock the secrets of their bloodlines. The fast-paced, modern-day tale of deadly action, ruthless intrigue and forbidden love takes them into the battle to end all wars as the immortals must finally face their retribution.