SciFi, a list by Adam Osborne

7.3

/686280/

74

/26270/

70

/11935/

3.4

/745930/

82

/176/

83

/28283/

64

/33/

2.5

age 11+

Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

61

5.8

/12543/

62

/682/

55

/272/

3.1

/26560/

83

/18/

48

/107/

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

49

5.2

/77510/

61

/7766/

60

/4151/

2.5

/160947/

55

/175/

28

/809/

54

/39/

1.5

age 17+

To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.

71

7.3

/464511/

73

/19542/

71

/9723/

3.7

/479560/

70

/172/

77

/12562/

62

/31/

3.0

age 13+

An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead — and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his bones as fragile as glass.

65

5.7

/12234/

65

/1278/

61

/497/

2.9

/7046/

100

/6/

51

/125/

A young husband and wife must fight to return home in a post-apocalyptic mid-western landscape ravaged by gangs.

59

71

/3122/

68

/1623/

3.3

/34077/

44

/160/

73

/3407/

44

/35/

2.0

age 17+

A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

52

5.8

/16643/

66

/482/

59

/198/

3.0

/6414/

53

/15/

50

/414/

40

/9/

1.5

age 10+

Andie Bergstrom, an astronaut eagerly awaiting her first trip to space, runs a summer camp for teenagers with her NASA-employed husband, Zach. One night during an engine test, Andie and four teenage campers are accidentally shot into space. Together, the group -- which includes Kathryn, a pilot-in-training, and Tish, a ditz with a perfect memory -- must work together to operate the spacecraft and return home.

79

7.9

/883054/

79

/55651/

75

/21651/

3.7

/2122563/

93

/438/

87

/7461/

74

/51/

3.0

age 12+

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

56

5.9

/418276/

62

/19666/

58

/12477/

2.6

/424528/

40

/242/

47

/29537/

49

/34/

3.5

age 14+

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

55

6.3

/302991/

67

/21882/

67

/10832/

3.1

/616306/

47

/153/

54

/2294/

43

/29/

1.5

Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.

54

6.1

/17948/

65

/925/

61

/428/

2.9

/5156/

50

/10/

41

/197/

44

/7/

Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.

63

6.2

/51828/

65

/2032/

66

/1122/

3.4

/173969/

79

/29/

61

/2554/

43

/4/

Aliens disguised as clowns crash land on Earth in a rural town to capture unsuspecting victims in cotton candy cocoons for later consumption.

64

6.1

/89969/

62

/2757/

59

/1335/

2.8

/31650/

71

/204/

46

/4007/

64

/36/

4.0

age 8+

When gigantic robots attack New York City, "Sky Captain" uses his private air force to fight them off. His ex-girlfriend, reporter Polly Perkins, has been investigating the recent disappearance of prominent scientists. Suspecting a link between the global robot attacks and missing men, Sky Captain and Polly decide to work together. They fly to the Himalayas in pursuit of the mysterious Dr. Totenkopf, the mastermind behind the robots.

53

6.2

/40034/

65

/4141/

63

/1399/

3.0

/47288/

48

/64/

43

/156/

54

/19/

1.5

age 18+

In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments.

49

6.6

/306647/

70

/14954/

67

/6740/

2.9

/255424/

18

/130/

60

/12930/

35

/24/

1.0

age 18+

When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.

46

5.3

/26967/

61

/2766/

59

/1008/

2.3

/35247/

31

/13/

47

/129/

1.0

age 15+

Stranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.

47

44

60

/280/

57

/195/

2.9

/4052/

29

/24/

33

/141/

The Earth is invaded by alien parasites—AKA 'slugs'—that ride on people's backs and control their minds.

45

5.5

/307047/

55

/14955/

51

/7512/

1.6

/307463/

25

/248/

45

/12600/

39

/39/

2.5

age 12+

For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.

59

6.0

/32812/

64

/2581/

59

/841/

2.9

/5226/

79

/33/

46

/360/

52

/8/

Already deep into a second Cold War, Britain’s Ministry of Defense seeks a game-changing weapon. Programmer Vincent McCarthy unwittingly provides an answer in The Machine, a super-strong human cyborg. When a programming bug causes the prototype to decimate his lab, McCarthy takes his obsessive efforts underground, far away from inquisitive eyes.

75

IMDb 77

6.8

/237085/

70

/12160/

69

/2846/

3.4

/1835915/

86

/405/

90

/5946/

65

/54/

3.5

age 11+

Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, while defending Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.

68

7.0

/114041/

72

/4135/

69

/1734/

3.6

/54660/

66

/73/

72

/2695/

60

/23/

age 14+

Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.

56

6.4

/349474/

66

/12464/

63

/6176/

2.8

/379711/

44

/126/

46

/9225/

59

/20/

age 16+

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.

64

6.6

/104810/

70

/3966/

65

/1499/

3.1

/91649/

60

/40/

69

/3741/

46

/8/

3.0

age 15+

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence level by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men.

44

5.2

/13741/

56

/494/

51

/274/

2.6

/2316/

31

/16/

28

/152/

41

/9/

Open war against humanity rages. For five survivors – lost and on the run – the pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24-hour look into their lives.

74

6.9

/73510/

70

/2331/

66

/1105/

3.5

/72373/

92

/53/

77

/2330/

79

/18/

3.0

age 9+

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

53

6.2

/13234/

64

/325/

59

/180/

3.2

/6409/

65

/20/

57

/322/

42

/11/

0.5

Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.

68

6.4

/461144/

66

/21202/

63

/9562/

3.1

/476256/

76

/327/

66

/12064/

62

/48/

3.5

age 11+

Ford Brody, a Navy bomb expert, has just reunited with his family in San Francisco when he is forced to go to Japan to help his estranged father, Joe. Soon, both men are swept up in an escalating crisis when an ancient alpha predator arises from the sea to combat malevolent adversaries that threaten the survival of humanity. The creatures leave colossal destruction in their wake, as they make their way toward their final battleground: San Francisco.

54

5.5

/45387/

62

/5231/

62

/1405/

2.2

/65283/

32

/114/

62

/135/

53

/31/

2.5

age 15+

A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.

81

8.4

/1420105/

84

/58419/

82

/27143/

3.9

/3140155/

94

/552/

90

/20565/

78

/57/

2.5

age 13+

After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.

70

6.7

/89685/

72

/6890/

72

/1973/

3.0

/540016/

72

/218/

92

/4573/

53

/39/

3.0

age 6+

The wildly funny and touching story of a lonely Hawaiian girl and the fugitive alien who helps to mend her broken family.

83

7.7

/631586/

77

/35769/

75

/13938/

4.0

/1215167/

92

/290/

86

/4638/

78

/42/

4.0

age 17+

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

57

IMDb 86

5.8

/173259/

62

/14924/

63

/2845/

2.6

/932136/

50

/401/

70

/7226/

50

/55/

2.0

age 12+

Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.

51

5.9

/15855/

60

/538/

55

/276/

2.9

/8455/

48

/23/

33

/260/

50

/9/

In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.

41

5.2

/183537/

65

/20652/

60

/6572/

2.0

/230176/

16

/254/

43

/3769/

27

/47/

1.0

age 13+

Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager; Bumblebee; an English Lord; and an Oxford Professor.

67

6.7

/10102/

67

/604/

63

/166/

3.5

/26092/

85

/104/

73

/24/

66

/29/

2.0

age 10+

An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head, Brian gets an idea. Three days, a washing machine, and sundry spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and proves a charming, cheeky companion. Before long, however, Charles also develops autonomy. Intrigued by the wider world — or whatever lies beyond the cottage where Brian has hidden him away — Charles craves adventure.

55

5.3

/18833/

58

/1259/

59

/574/

2.6

/25542/

68

/71/

66

/101/

49

/14/

1.5

age 13+

A young woman is sent to Paradise Hills to be reformed, only to learn that the high-class facility's beautiful facade hides a sinister secret.

74

7.1

/170630/

71

/6252/

70

/3405/

3.6

/249929/

85

/71/

77

/3483/

76

/12/

age 16+

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

63

6.0

/131763/

68

/11726/

70

/4467/

2.7

/441770/

54

/252/

89

/1718/

47

/51/

2.5

age 11+

Following their explosive showdown, Godzilla and Kong must reunite against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own.

59

6.5

/507180/

68

/18080/

65

/8614/

3.0

/394286/

45

/220/

50

/1222828/

47

/38/

3.0

age 14+

After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.

68

6.5

/23699/

66

/848/

62

/413/

3.4

/13953/

76

/109/

66

/437/

67

/30/

3.0

A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.

60

6.6

/811229/

70

/31266/

65

/14030/

3.0

/1537579/

62

/322/

56

/29573/

54

/39/

2.0

age 9+

Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.

49

6.3

/305355/

66

/19709/

59

/8797/

2.2

/165239/

26

/276/

52

/4995/

38

/41/

2.0

age 14+

The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him from both fronts; past and future, and will ultimately change warfare forever.

54

5.7

/119759/

64

/6095/

61

/4438/

2.5

/147554/

45

/130/

59

/2832/

41

/27/

2.5

age 8+

Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.

48

66

/17437/

62

/8759/

2.8

/373117/

35

/259/

55

/18139/

42

/37/

1.0

age 13+

The Autobots continue to work for NEST, now no longer in secret. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.

69

71

/26154/

68

/11943/

3.3

/727743/

57

/227/

85

/392143/

61

/35/

3.0

age 11+

Young teenager Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will stop at nothing to retrieve it.

39

5.1

/36639/

54

/1154/

57

/796/

2.6

/19272/

22

/18/

31

/579/

24

/8/

1.0

A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.

53

6.3

/84245/

66

/3572/

63

/1886/

2.8

/41568/

42

/93/

49

/1775/

50

/19/

1.5

age 15+

From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family.

49

5.7

/30525/

60

/2070/

58

/798/

2.8

/40346/

44

/45/

38

/309/

49

/21/