211. Platform, The ( hoyo, El )
Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Actors: Ivan Massagué, Zorion Eguileor, Antonia San Juan, Emilio Buale, Alexandra Masangkay, Mario Pardo
212. Vexille
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Anime/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Fumihiko Sori
Actors: Colleen Clinkenbeard, Travis Willingham, Christine M. Auten, Jason Douglas, Luci Christian, Christopher Sabat
213. Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
Year of Release: 1956
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ishirô Honda, Terry O. Morse
Actors: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Akira Takarada, Momoko Kôchi, Akihiko Hirata, Frank Iwanaga
Plot: Remake of the Japanese original in which a giant beast wrecks havoc on Japan after being awakened by nuclear bomb testing.
214. 2012
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Oliver Platt, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Thomas McCarthy
Plot: Scholars and everyday people have long wondered why the Mayan calendar suddenly ends on 12/21/12. Director Roland Emmerich imagines a world torn apart by global catastrophe - earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis - and a group of people who dare to survive and try to stop the events before they wipe out all of humanity.
215. I Origins
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mike Cahill
Actors: Michael Pitt, Brit Marling, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Steven Yeun, Archie Panjabi, Cara Seymour
Plot: A PhD student studying the evolution of the human eye stumbles upon a secret that will have far-reaching implications in both the scientific and religious communities.
216. Shin Godzilla aka Godzilla Resurgence ( Shin Gojira )
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi
Actors: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara, Ren Ohsugi, Akira Emoto, Kengo Kôra
Plot: Following an accident at Tokyo Bay’s Aqua Line, a giant creature emerges
to wreck havoc on town after town on its way to Tokyo - a creature dubbed
"Godzilla".
217. The Running Man
Year of Release: 2025
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Edgar Wright
Actors: Glen Powell, Josh Brolin, Coleman Domingo, Emilia Jones, Lee Pace, Katy O'Brian
Plot: Ben Richards will do anything to save his family - and it leads him to The
Running Man, a game show in which three contestants must survive for 30
days as they are pitted not just against a group of deadly hunters, but he
public at large. Richards, however, finds the game is rigged and soon must
figure out not just how to survive but turn the tables on the game itself.
218. Z for Zachariah
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Craig Zobel
Actors: Margot Robbie, Chris Pine, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Plot: In the wake of a disaster that has wiped out most of the civilization one
woman and two men find themselves seemingly the last survivors - and
struggling with a love triangle that threatens to tear them apart... or
worse.
219. Planet Earth
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marc Daniels
Actors: John Saxon, Janet Margolin, Ted Cassidy, Christopher Cary, Diana Muldaur, Sally Kemp
220. Astro Boy
Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: David Bowers
Actors: Kristen Bell, Nicolas Cage, Freddie Highmore, Bill Nighy, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lane
Plot: A scientist creates the perfect boy. Powered by blue energy, Astro Boy has strength, speed, flight and x-ray vision. In order to be accepted as human, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery. When Metro City is put in harms way, Astro Boy returns and puts his powers and newfound emotions to the test.
