Avatar (2009)
[8] James Cameron's first film since Titanic is a sci-fi/fantasy epic with a healthy sense of adventure and discovery. Sam Worthington stars as Jake Sully, a marine sent to the far off world of Pandora to help the military ravage…
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
[6] A rocket ship returns to earth, but two of the pilots are missing and the third is inexplicably ill and unable to speak. Professor Quatermass (Brian Donlevy), who sent the men into space without the government's consent, is eager…
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
[6] The 28 Days Later zombie franchise continues with Ralph Fiennes, Alfie Williams, and Jack O'Connell reprising the roles they established in 2025's 28 Years Later. Williams' character, Spike, has fallen in with a murderous cult of teenagers led by…
Sunshine (2007)
[8] Before winning the Oscar for directing Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle teamed with The Beach author Alex Garland (Annihilation, Ex Machina) to give us this underseen and under-appreciated sci-fi thriller. As the Earth's sun dies and sends humanity into an…
Innerspace (1987)
[7] In this comedic sci-fi action/adventure from director Joe Dante (Gremlins, The Howling), Dennis Quaid plays a disgraced pilot who volunteers to get miniaturized and injected into the body of a rabbit to advance scientific research. But when bad guys…
Lost in Space (1998)
[5] Director Stephen Hopkins (Predator 2, The Ghost and the Darkness) tackles this big budget reboot of Irwin Allen's 1960s television show about a family of space explorers who get lost among the stars. William Hurt and Mimi Rogers play…
Oblivion (2013)
[7] After a war with aliens leaves Earth ravaged and humans near-extinct, two lone caretakers oversee the harvesting of ocean water for transport to the moon Titan where humanity is repopulating. Tom Cruise stars as one of the caretakers, a…
Mars Attacks! (1996)
[5] Director Tim Burton (Batman, Edward Scissorhands) turns an infamous 1960s line of trading cards into a mad-cap feature film with Mars Attacks! Patterned after star-laden disaster flicks from the '70s, the film follows a large ensemble of characters in…
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
[6] The U.S. government gathers a group of elite scientists in an underground high-tech laboratory to solve the mystery of an extra-terrestrial micro-organism that has killed everyone in a small Nevada town. With two survivors -- a crying baby and…
Project Hail Mary (2026)
[10] I strongly suspect directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) may have a few more Oscars headed their way after seeing their adaptation of Andy Weir's best-selling novel Project Hail Mary. Lord and Miller cast the…