Category Archives: Sci-Fi
Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi
Release 1983
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: Richard Marquand
Writers: Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas
Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086190/
After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the rebels attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to make Vader shake off of the dark side of the Force.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
Release 1980
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
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Director: Irvin Kershner
Writers: Leigh Brackett, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas
Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/
After the rebels have been brutally overpowered by the Empire on their newly established base, Luke Skywalker takes advanced Jedi training with Master Yoda, while his friends are pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
Release 1977
Genre Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
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Director: George Lucas
Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the universe from the Empire's world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.
Deep Impact
Release 1998
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Mimi Leder
Writers: Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin
Stars: Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Morgan Freeman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120647/
Unless a comet can be destroyed before colliding with Earth, only those allowed into shelters will survive. Which people will survive?
Cloverfield
Release 2008
Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Matt Reeves
Writers: Drew Goddard
Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/
Revolves around a monster attack in New York as told from the point of view of a small group of people.
I Am Legend
Release 2007
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Director: Francis Lawrence
Writers: Mark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman, Richard Matheson, John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington
Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
War of the Worlds
Release 2005
Genre Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Josh Friedman, David Koepp, H.G. Wells
Stars: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407304/
As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival.
Armageddon
Release 1998
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh, J.J. Abrams, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno, Robert Roy Pool
Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet.
The Day After Tomorrow
Release 2004
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Roland Emmerich
Writers: Roland Emmerich, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319262/
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek across America to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Release 2004
Genre Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Kerry Conran
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Bai Ling
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/
After New York City receives a series of attacks from giant flying robots, a reporter teams up with a pilot in search of their origin, as well as the reason for the disappearances of famous scientists around the world.