Innerspace (1987)

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 wanting to…
Lost in Space (1998)

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 the parents,…
Oblivion (2013)

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 man who…
Mars Attacks! (1996)

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 Washington DC,…
The Andromeda Strain (1971)

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 a drunk…
Project Hail Mary (2026)

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 immensely likable…
Dune: Part Two (2024)

Dune: Part Two (2024)

[9] Director Denis Velleneuve (The Arrival, Blade Runner 2049) concludes his adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune with Dune: Part Two. The sequel picks up after the massacre of House Atreides at the hands of the vile Baron Harkonnen (Stellan Skarsgard). The baron…
Dune: Part One (2021)

Dune: Part One (2021)

[8] Director Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049, Arrival) takes a stab at delivering Frank Herbert's dense, complicated science-fiction novel to the big screen. Dune centers around a teenaged royal named Paul Atreides (Call Me By Your Name's Timothée Chalamet) whose family is…
Red Planet (2000)

Red Planet (2000)

[6] Val Kilmer headlines this serviceable sci-fi survival story of astronauts who become stranded on Mars. As their oxygen depletes and their damaged robot accidentally enters 'war mode' and hunts them down, their commander in orbit (The Matrix's Carrie-Anne Moss) works with…
Westworld (1973)

Westworld (1973)

[6] Before Jurassic Park, author Michael Crichton hit it big with another sci-fi thriller set in an amusement park -- 1973's Westworld, a film he also directed. Richard Benjamin and James Brolin star as wealthy guests at a Wild West-themed land where…