271. Monsters
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gareth Edwards
Actors: Whitney Able, Scoot McNairy, Kevon Kane
Plot: After six years, most of Mexico has been transformed by an alien invasion.
A cynical journalist, seeking a story, agrees to help an American tourist
traverse the infected zone and get to safety at the American border.
272. Ad Astra
Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Sport
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: James Gray
Actors: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, John Ortiz
Plot: Astronaut Roy McBride is on a mission to rescue his father, who has gone missing on the edge of our solar system. But he will find much more - secrets that will challenge everything we know about human nature, as well as our place in the cosmos.
273. K-PAX
Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Iain Softley
Actors: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard, David Patrick Kelly, Saul Williams
Plot: Kevin Spacey plays a mentally institutionalized patient who believes that he is a "space alien" who is put into a mental institution because no one believes that he is a space alien. Jeff Bridges plays his psychiatrist who starts questioning his own set of beliefs when Kevin Spacey's character gives him a very good argument for his case. Is his character really an alien from outer space or is he mentally ill?
274. Fire in the Sky
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Robert Lieberman
Actors: D.B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg, James Garner, Henry Thomas
Plot: A group of men return from clearing brush in the woods with a story that one of them was abducted by aliens. Soon, they are accused of murdering the missing man, but when he reappears, a startling story emerges.
275. Sphere
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, Liev Schreiber, Queen Latifah
Plot: In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface of
the water, an alien spacecraft is discovered by the U.S. Navy. A team made
up of a marine biologist(Sharon Stone), a mathematician(Samuel L.
Jackson), an astrophysicist(Liev Schreiber), a psychologist(Dustin
Hoffman) and a member of the U.S. Navy is tasked with investigating the
spaceship. Nothing has prepared them for what will soon be discovered.
276. Capricorn One
Year of Release: 1976
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Sam Waterston, Karen Black, Telly Savalas, O.J. Simpson
Plot: 3 astronauts must survive the elements while attempting to reach their
families. They are being pursued by a rogue wing of NASA.
277. Total Recall
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Len Wiseman
Actors: Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bill Nighy, Bokeem Woodbine
Plot: Douglas Quaid needs a vacation from reality, and when Rekall offers him
that chance, he's happy to take it. Yet something goes terribly wrong, and
Quaid finds himself hunted by police led by Chancellor Cohaagen and the
only way to break free is to seek out the underground resistance. Along
the way Quaid will navigate memory, fantasy and reality to discover his
true identity in a world turned upside-down.
278. Death Race 3: Inferno
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roel Reiné
Actors: Tanit Phoenix, Danny Trejo, Luke Goss, Ving Rhames, Dougray Scott, Fred Koehler
Plot: A group of prisoners have to win one more car race to secure their freedom.
279. Battle: Los Angeles
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Ramon Rodriguez, Michelle Rodriguez, Michael Peña, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo
Plot: A hardened veteran must lead a green platoon of recruits against an alien invasion in Los Angeles. It soon becomes clear that their group may be the last, best defense against the invaders.
280. The Running Man
Year of Release: 2025
Overall Rating: 2.7 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.
