Blade Runner (1982)

Hardware (1990)

Summary: The head of a cyborg reactivates, rebuilds itself, and goes on a violent rampage in a space marine's girlfriend's apartment.

Release Date: September 14, 1990

Genres: Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Richard Stanley

Writers: Steve MacManus

, Kevin O'Neill

, Richard Stanley

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: Palace Pictures, British Screen Productions, British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB), Wicked Films

Distributor: Millimeter Films, Buena Vista Home Video, Code Red DVD, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Image Entertainment, Miramax Home Entertainment, Severin Films

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,500,000

Domestic: $ 5,728,953

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Summary: A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

Release Date: November 18, 1995

Genres: Action, Crime, Animation, Anime

Director: Mamoru Oshii

Writers: Shirow Masamune

, Kazunori Itô

Runtime: 1 h 23 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Kôdansha, Bandai Visual Company, Manga Entertainment, Kodansha, Production I.G.

Distributor: Lionsgate, Anchor Bay Entertainment, Manga Entertainment, Palm Pictures, PolyGram Video, Sirius Publishing, The Sci-Fi Channel, United Paramount Network (UPN)

Countries: Japan, United Kingdom

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 330,000,000

Domestic: $ 889,074

International: $ 40,519

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Summary: When the crew of the Enterprise learn of a Federation conspiracy against the inhabitants of a unique planet, Captain Picard begins an open rebellion.

Release Date: December 11, 1998

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Jonathan Frakes

Writers: Gene Roddenberry

, Rick Berman

, Michael Piller

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Digital Image Associates

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Television, Trifecta Entertainment and Media

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 58,000,000

Domestic: $ 70,187,658

International: $ 42,400,000

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

Summary: Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."

Release Date: April 29, 2005

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Garth Jennings

Writers: Douglas Adams

, Karey Kirkpatrick

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Touchstone Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment, Everyman Pictures, Hammer & Tongs

Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures, Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 50,000,000

Domestic: $ 51,085,416

International: $ 53,393,000

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Summary: In the near future, Major Mira Killian is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

Release Date: March 31, 2017

Genres: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Rupert Sanders

Writers: Shirow Masamune

, Jamie Moss

, William Wheeler

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Arad Productions, Steven Paul Production, Weying Galaxy Entertainment, Amblin Partners, Seaside Entertainment

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Countries: United States, India, Hong Kong, China, Canada

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 110,000,000

Domestic: $ 40,563,557

International: $ 129,283,388

Westworld (1973)

Summary: A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.

Release Date: November 16, 1973

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Michael Crichton

Writer: Michael Crichton

Runtime: 1 h 28 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: National Broadcasting Company (NBC), MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, HBO Max, The Criterion Channel

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 1,250,000

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Alien (1979)

Summary: After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

Release Date: May 25, 1979

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Ridley Scott

Writers: Dan O'Bannon

, Ronald Shusett

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: R

Production: Brandywine Productions

Distributor: CBS/Fox, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Alien

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 84,206,106

International: $ 24,404,125

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Aliens (1986)

Summary: Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.

Release Date: July 18, 1986

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: James Cameron

Writers: James Cameron

, David Giler

, Walter Hill

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Brandywine Productions, Pinewood Studios, SLM Production Group

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS/Fox, CBS, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Tubi TV

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Alien

Movie budget: $ 18,500,000

Domestic: $ 85,160,248

International: $ 45,900,000

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Summary: When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it.

Release Date: December 08, 1979

Genres: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: Robert Wise

Writers: Gene Roddenberry

, Harold Livingston

, Alan Dean Foster

Runtime: 2 h 23 min

MPAA: G

Production: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Century Associates, Century Associates, Robert Wise Productions, Robert Wise Productions

Distributor: Fathom Events, Paramount Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount+, VideoVisa

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Star Trek

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 82,604,699

International: $ 72,106

Passengers (2016)

Summary: A malfunction in a sleeping pod on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet wakes one passenger 90 years early.

Release Date: December 21, 2016

Genres: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Director: Morten Tyldum

Writer: Jon Spaihts

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital, Village Roadshow Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, Original Film, Company Films, Start Media, Wanda Pictures

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Releasing

Countries: United States, Australia, Hong Kong

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 110,000,000

Domestic: $ 100,014,699

International: $ 203,129,453

Upgrade (2018)

Summary: Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant.

Release Date: June 01, 2018

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Leigh Whannell

Writer: Leigh Whannell

Runtime: 1 h 40 min

MPAA: R

Production: Automatik Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions, Fulcrum Media Finance, Nervous Tick Productions

Distributor: Scream Factory, Shout! Factory, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, Australia

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 5,000,000

Domestic: $ 11,977,130

International: $ 4,729,550

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Summary: Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.

Release Date: October 22, 1982

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: Tommy Lee Wallace

Writers: Tommy Lee Wallace

, John Carpenter

, Nigel Kneale

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: R

Production: Dino De Laurentiis Company, Universal Pictures

Distributor: MCA Videocassette, MCA Videodisc, MCA Television, Syndicated, WGN, MCA/Universal Home Video, GoodTimes Home Video, Goodtimes Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, Scream Factory

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Halloween

Movie budget: $ 2,500,000

Domestic: $ 14,400,000

Metropolis (2001)

Summary: Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban must find the mystery behind robot girl Tima.

Release Date: January 25, 2002

Genres: Action, Adventure, Animation, Anime

Director: Rintaro

Writers: Osamu Tezuka

, Katsuhiro Ôtomo

, Fritz Lang

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Bandai Visual Company, DENTSU Music And Entertainment, Imagica Corp., Madhouse Productions, Madhouse, Metropolis Project, Sony Pictures Television (Japan), Tezuka Productions, Toho Company

Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Action Channel, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Destination Films, Mill Creek Entertainment, TriStar Pictures

Country: Japan

Language: Japanese

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 722,932

International: $ 3,312,437

Heartbeeps (1981)

Summary: Two household robots run away and try to start a family.

Release Date: December 18, 1981

Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Director: Allan Arkush

Writer: John Hill

Runtime: 1 h 18 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Universal Pictures

Distributor: Universal Pictures, MCA Videocassette, Showtime Networks, Home Box Office (HBO), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), TGG Direct, Kino Lorber

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 12,000,000

Domestic: $ 2,154,696

Flash Gordon (1980)

Summary: A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.

Release Date: December 05, 1980

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Mike Hodges

Writers: Lorenzo Semple Jr.

, Michael Allin

, Alex Raymond

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Starling Films, Starling Films, Famous Films (II), Famous Films (II), Dino De Laurentiis Company, Dino De Laurentiis Company

Distributor: Arrow Video, Cinema Classics, Image Entertainment, MGM Television, Paramount Television

Countries: United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands, Italy

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 27,107,960

International: $ 77,249

Archive (2020)

Summary: 2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI. His latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest. Especially as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs.

Release Date: July 10, 2020

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Director: Gavin Rothery

Writer: Gavin Rothery

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Independent Entertainment, Hero Squared, Head Gear Films, Quickfire Films, Untapped, XYZ Films

Countries: United Kingdom, Hungary, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 139,593

International: $ 103,686

Total Recall (1990)

Summary: When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?

Release Date: June 01, 1990

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Writers: Philip K. Dick

, Ronald Shusett

, Dan O'Bannon

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: Carolco Pictures, Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Artisan Entertainment, Avid Home Entertainment, Carolco Home Video, Image Entertainment, Lions Gate Entertainment, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Live Entertainment, Live Home Video

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 65,000,000

Domestic: $ 119,412,921

International: $ 141,905,000