181. Pacific Rim
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Actors: Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi, Ron Perlman, Charlie Day, Clifton Collins Jr.
Plot: When monstrous creatures from the sea dubbed Kaiju attack, it pushes the human race to the edge of annihilation. Countering the force with massive robots known as Jaegers, two human pilots linked by a neural bridge take on the Kaiju. Yet even this force seems to be no match, and after years of fighting it comes down to a washed-up pilot, an untested rookie and an aged Jaeger to stand up for humanity.
182. The Last Man on Earth
Year of Release: 1964
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ubaldo Ragona
Actors: Franca Bettoia, Vincent Price, Emma Danieli, Umberto Raho, Christi Courtland, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart
Plot: A scientist tries to survive constant attacks from victims of an unusual plague while trying to find a cure.
183. Melancholia
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lars von Trier
Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Alexander Skarsgård
Plot: As a new planet appears and threatens to collide with earth, two sisters
find their fractured relationship stretched to the breaking point.
184. Midnight Special
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jeff Nichols
Actors: Michael Shannon, Kirsten Dunst, Joel Edgerton, Jaeden Lieberher, Adam Driver, Sam Shepard
Plot: When a father learns his son possesses a unique power, one that could ultimately change the fate of the world, he will do everything to protect him, even as a dangerous religious sect and government task force doggedly pursue them.
185. Frank Herbert's Dune
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Harrison
Actors: Alec Newman, William Hurt, Saskia Reeves, James Watson, Ian McNeice
Plot: A sci-fi channel made for tv re-make of the original Dune (1984) that pulls in more of the plot and character development of the original novel.
186. The Tingler
Year of Release: 1959
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: William Castle
Actors: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts, Pamela Lincoln, Philip Coolidge
Plot: A scientist (Price) discovers a strange creature that latches on to people's spines when they are afraid and causes a tingling sensation. A person must scream to get rid of the tingler; otherwise, he or she will die. When the film was first released in theaters, buzzers were attached to some audience members' seats to replicate the tingling sensation at key points in the movie.
187. Alien 3
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Lance Henriksen, Paul McGann, Ralph Brown
Plot: Ripley survives a crash landing on a planet ran by criminals. She soon finds that an alien stowaway caused the crash and is once again killing off the humans but that's not the only threat to her this time.
188. Scanners
Year of Release: 1981
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Michael Ironside, Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane, Robert A. Silverman
Plot: Scanners are powerful psychics able to control the minds of others - to the point of death if necessary. An underground group of scanners seeks control of the world, while a rival group seeks to destroy the movement by using a rogue scanner against his own.
189. Titan A.E.
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Don Bluth
Actors: Drew Barrymore, Matt Damon, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman, Nathan Lane, Janeane Garofalo
Plot: A young man must travel through space to find the only thing that can rebuild the world and save the human race.
190. The Brood
Year of Release: 1979
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, Henry Beckman, Nuala Fitzgerald, Cindy Hinds
Plot: A controversial psychoanalyst treats a woman accused of child abuse. Meanwhile, bizarre violence continues to surround the child.
