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1. Dune (1984)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino
Votes: 180,071 | Gross: $30.93M
2. Jurassic Park (1993)
PG-13 | 127 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough
Votes: 1,068,841 | Gross: $402.45M
3. The Fifth Element (1997)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm
Votes: 507,242 | Gross: $63.54M
4. Blade Runner (1982)
R | 117 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos
Votes: 824,070 | Gross: $32.87M
5. Alien: Resurrection (1997)
R | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Dominique Pinon, Ron Perlman
Votes: 263,825 | Gross: $47.75M
6. Gattaca (1997)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel.
Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal
Votes: 323,670 | Gross: $12.34M
7. The 6th Day (2000)
PG-13 | 123 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker
Votes: 128,018 | Gross: $34.60M
8. Mimic (1997)
R | 105 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Three years ago, entomologist Dr. Susan Tyler genetically created an insect to kill cockroaches carrying a virulent disease. Now, the insects are out to destroy their only predator, mankind.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Alexander Goodwin, Giancarlo Giannini
Votes: 55,753 | Gross: $25.48M
9. Zardoz (1974)
R | 105 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In the late 23rd century, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
Director: John Boorman | Stars: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, John Alderton
Votes: 24,583 | Gross: $0.07M
10. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
PG-13 | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After being rescued and brought to an island, a man discovers that its inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange-looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor.
Directors: John Frankenheimer, Richard Stanley | Stars: David Thewlis, Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk
Votes: 35,517 | Gross: $27.66M
11. Judge Dredd (1995)
R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow
Votes: 125,041 | Gross: $34.69M
12. The Relic (1997)
R | 110 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a South American lizard-like god, who's on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.
Director: Peter Hyams | Stars: Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore, Linda Hunt, James Whitmore
Votes: 30,223 | Gross: $33.96M
13. The Boys from Brazil (1978)
R | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner | Stars: Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason, Lilli Palmer
Votes: 30,612 | Gross: $19.00M
14. Isolation (2005)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.
Director: Billy O'Brien | Stars: John Lynch, Essie Davis, Sean Harris, Marcel Iures
Votes: 8,012
15. Far Cry (2008)
R | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An ex-special forces soldier turned boatman is hired by a journalist to investigate a top-secret military base on a nearby island.
Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Til Schweiger, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Natalia Avelon, Udo Kier
Votes: 14,939
16. Man's Best Friend (1993)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A genetically engineered dog escapes from the science facility where it was created. A family takes it in unaware of its deadly instincts which soon emerge. The scientist who created the dog tries to find it before its too late.
Director: John Lafia | Stars: Ally Sheedy, Lance Henriksen, Robert Costanzo, Fredric Lehne
Votes: 4,896 | Gross: $12.97M
17. Primal Rage (1988)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scientist at a Florida University accidentally creates a "rage virus" while conducting experiments to restore dead brain tissue in baboons. The virus soon spreads.
Director: Vittorio Rambaldi | Stars: Patrick Lowe, Cheryl Arutt, Sarah Buxton, Mitch Watson
Votes: 1,411
18. The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971)
GP | 112 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Two journalists try to solve a series of murders connected to a pharmaceutical company's secret experiments, becoming targets of the killer themselves.
Director: Dario Argento | Stars: James Franciscus, Karl Malden, Catherine Spaak, Pier Paolo Capponi
Votes: 13,037
19. Night of the Lepus (1972)
PG | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the south-west.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Janet Leigh, Rory Calhoun, DeForest Kelley
Votes: 5,458
20. DNA (1996 Video)
R | 97 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
A mad scientist's DNA experiment on the bones of a mysterious jungle creature brings the carnivorous beast to life, and only his former assistant Ash Mattley and CIA operative Claire Sommers can stop it.
Director: William Mesa | Stars: Mark Dacascos, Jürgen Prochnow, Robin McKee, Tom Taus
Votes: 2,502
21. Lebensborn (1997)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
Two college freshmen unknowingly become part of a scheme to create superior humans through genetic engineering.
Director: David Stephens | Stars: Melissa Carlton, Greg Forshay, Arthur Roberts, TJ Myers
Votes: 150
22. Ice Spiders (2007 TV Movie)
R | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A top-secret Government project has produced giant spiders and they have escaped, killing and eating everything in sight.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Patrick Muldoon, Vanessa Williams, Thomas Calabro, David Millbern
Votes: 3,010
23. Little New York (2009)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The lives of three residents of New York's Staten Island intersect as they struggle to get ahead.
Director: James DeMonaco | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Seymour Cassel, Julianne Nicholson
Votes: 5,348
24. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1990–1991)
TV-Y7-FV | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A group of people thwart a mad scientist trying to take over the world with evil mutated tomatoes that he can change into people.
Stars: John Astin, Christian Guzek, Kath Soucie, Neil Ross
Votes: 518
25. Gen¹³ (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 73 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Caitlin Fairchild is a teenager who is offered a place in an institute for gifted children. She soon learns that the school isn't really a school, but rather a military project to turn ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Altieri | Stars: Alicia Witt, John de Lancie, Elizabeth Daily, Flea
Votes: 898
26. The Crows (2006 TV Movie)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
After a truck accident, Lab crows escape, and provoke a panic in the neighborhood. Alexandra, a young pregnant lady will go to every length to escape the mayhem and raise her neighbors' awareness about the danger.
Director: Edzard Onneken | Stars: Susanna Simon, Stefan Jürgens, Doris Kunstmann, Nike Fuhrmann
Votes: 197
27. Mutant Species (1994)
R | 100 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A rocket containing bio-hazardous material crashes in a remote wooded area. An army team is sent to recover it, but one infected man mutates into a monster. Another escapes and tries to stop the monster and the army team sent .
Director: David A. Prior | Stars: Leo Rossi, Ted Prior, Denise Crosby, Grant Gelt
Votes: 422
28. Anna to the Infinite Power (1983 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Anna Hart is one of a series of clones created to uncover the secrets of Anna Zimmerman, who was close to conquering world hunger when she died years ago.
Director: Robert Wiemer | Stars: Dina Merrill, Martha Byrne, Mark Patton, Donna Mitchell
Votes: 576
29. Attack of the Sabertooth (2005 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
In the Fiji islands, the greedy and unscrupulous owner of the Valalola Resort Primal Park invites investors and guests for an opening party of his compound composed of hotel and zoo aiming ... See full summary »
Director: George Miller | Stars: Robert Carradine, Nicholas Bell, Brian Wimmer, Stacy Haiduk
Votes: 1,339
30. Fangs (2002)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
It's the attack of the genetically-altered killer bats.
Director: Kelly Sandefur | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Tracy Nelson, Whip Hubley, Katie Stuart
Votes: 796
31. Tomorrow's Child (1982 TV Movie)
100 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
The wife of a research geneticist agrees to the experimental procedure of a 'test-tube baby' by having her fetus brought to full term in a glass jar in a laboratory.
Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Stephanie Zimbalist, William Atherton, Bruce Davison, Ed Flanders
Votes: 101
32. Jayson Bend: Queen and Country (2015)
Not Rated | 49 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Jayson Bend, R.I.M. Agent 009, teams up with a Swiss counterpart to try and stop the launch of a satellite that will turn Ray Perdood, the owner of the largest global hair salon chain, into one of the most powerful men in the world.
Director: Matt Carter | Stars: Davis Brooks, Paul Norton, Tom Read Wilson, Djalenga Scott
Votes: 118
33. Natural Selection (1994 TV Movie)
90 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Software programmer Ben Braden has it all: beautiful wife, cute kid, dream house, sports car, great job. Then one day the doorbell rings and he finds himself standing eye to eye with Alex ... See full summary »
Director: Jack Sholder | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Lisa Zane, Miko Hughes, Ethan Phillips
Votes: 207
34. Yesterday (2002)
R | 121 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
1990. A number of children suddenly disappear. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense selects an elite group of scientists for a top-secret mission. Then, 30 years later ... The year is 2020 on... See full summary »
Director: Yun-su Chong | Stars: Kim Seung-woo, Yunjin Kim, Choi Min-soo, Kim Seon-a
Votes: 901
35. Xscape (2000)
135 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In 2069, doctors have developed the technology to create human clones. After governmental legislation, banning human cloning, the doctors at D.B.I. find another way to continue their ... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Michael Lacey | Stars: Emile Piscitelli, Ana Yudiskas, Markus Alexander, Tom Mangione
Votes: 96
36. On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
About the epic film "Blade Runner," giving insights into its history with interviews of Ridley Scott, the writers, and nearly all of the cast. There are also interviews with production ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Abbott | Stars: Mark Kermode, Brian Aldiss, Michael Arick, Joanna Cassidy
Votes: 325
37. Donor: Jinkaku ishoku (1996 Video)
86 min | Horror
Director: Masato Sasaki | Stars: Shinobu Nakayama, Kyôko Hayami, Taka Higuchi, Ken'ichiro Hiramoto
Votes: 6
38. A Little Bit of Soul (1998)
R | 84 min | Comedy
Two scientists vie for funding from a wealthy heiress and her loopy politician husband.
Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, David Wenham, Frances O'Connor, Heather Mitchell
Votes: 399
39. Cheap 'n' Easy Meditative Efficiency (2022)
16 min | Short, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In a world where people are kept updated with biological implants that make going to work pleasurable. One man is fined for being late to work, and begins to question the perfect nature of his existence.
Director: Joshua Morrison | Stars: John Henry Westhead, Marquez Gonzalo Dellamore, Malin Frank, Gezim Gojnovci
Votes: 350
40. Mit den Clowns kamen die Tränen (1990– )
270 min | Thriller
Stars: Sunnyi Melles, Hans Christian Blech, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Olgierd Lukaszewicz
Votes: 14
41. ADN
3 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi
A rat is subjected to a gene-splicing experiment that yields surprising results.
Directors: Patrick Chéreau, Marc Thonon
42. Tailored Humanity: A Revolution in Genetics (2018 TV Movie)
52 min | Documentary
Directors: Etienne Blanchon, Caroline Hocquard | Stars: Jérémie Bernier, Alta Charo, Emmanuelle Charpentier, George Church
43. Super Godzilla (1993 Video Game)
Adventure, Sci-Fi
The player is put in control of the Earth's mightiest monster, Godzilla. The Japanese military has designed a control device, allowing them to remotely control Godzilla. The device has been... See full summary »
Votes: 76
44. Evolva (2000 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
You are an Evolva, the leader of a team of so-called Genohunters(genetically engineered mutable humanoid creatures) in the quest to rid a planet of a parasitic life-form.
Director: Joss Ellis
Votes: 27
46.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Harvest of Fear
(2001)
TV-MA | 120 min | Documentary, News
The controversy over genetically-modified food crops.
Directors: Jennifer Lorenz, Joseph McMaster, Jon Palfreman | Stars: Will Lyman, Peter Haydu, Wendy Sakakeeny
Votes: 13
47.
Johnny Bravo (1997–2004)
Episode:
The Island of Mrs. Morceau/The Colour of Mustard/Third Dork from the Sun
(2001)
TV-Y7 | 21 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Johnny travels to an island where he's turned into a half-man, half-hamster; Johnny is lured back into championship badminton by an attractive player; Johnny is abducted by aliens who force him to compete on an intergalactic game show.
Directors: Nathan Chew, Kirk Tingblad | Stars: Jeff Bennett, Dee Bradley Baker, Gregg Berger, Larry Drake
Votes: 80
48.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
Episode:
Doctor Bashir, I Presume
(1997)
TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Dr. Bashir is selected to be the model for the next-generation of Emergency Medical Hologram (EMH). But he balks when his parents are invited to the station to be interviewed by the EMH ... See full summary »
Director: David Livingston | Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell
Votes: 2,142
49.
Portrait de l'univers (1969–1982)
Episode:
Episode dated 23 November 1970
(1970)
Documentary
Director: Jean Lallier | Stars: Monique Tosello, Salvador Luria, Étienne Wolff