1. Independence Day
   Artificial Intelligence
2. Ex Machina
   A Scanner Darkly

Independence Day is a Sci-Fi action film about disparate groups of people that converge in the desert in Nevada in the aftermath of a worldwide attack by an extraterrestrial race of unknown origin. The world launches one last attempt counterattack on July 4, hence the Independence Day name.

1. Donnie Darko
   Suicide Squad
2. Beyond the Black Rainbow
   Sunshine

Suicide squad is a 2016 film about the antihero superheroes. It is based on DC Comics antihero team with the same name (Suicide Squad). The film hosts an all star cast including Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie and many more.

1. Captain America: The First Avenger
   Captain America: The Winter Soldier
2. Captain America: Civil War
   Captain America II: Death Too Soon

Another Superhero movie, Captain America: Civil War, is about the disconnect between the government and this elite special group of worldwide defenders. Government agencies want to regulate the Avengers for fear of excessive public damage, whereas the Avengers think they should be free to defend without government interference. Which side wins?

1. X-Men: Apocalypse
   X-Men
2. Deadpool
   Logan

This is an installment from the X-Men film series and stars Ryan Reynolds as the main character. Ryan Reynolds who plays a former Special Forces operative that now works as a mercenary. His world collapses when he is tortured, disfigured, and transformed into Deadpool by an evil scientist Ajax. We watch Deadpool get revenge on his aggressor in a hilarious and odd way.

1. Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
   Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
2. Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace
   Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, is another film in the Star Wars series. In this film, Imperial Forces under orders from the cruel Darth Vader hold Princess Leia hostage, in hopes to squash the rebellion against the Galactic Empire. Luke Skywalker and Han Solo combine forces to try and rescue the Princess.

1. Mad Max
   Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
   Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Mad Max: Fury Road took a hellishly long time to create, starting as early as 1997 and not being released until 2015. It is about the world after a nuclear holocaust where Mad Max and a group of wives attempt to outrun the evil henchman that is trying to track them down. It did quite well, grossing $378 million worldwide.

1. Interstellar
   Looper
2. Moon
   Bring Him Home: The Martian

This film is an epic Sci-Fi tale about a crew of astronauts that travel through a wormhole in search of a new home for humanity. A husband and wife dup created this film together; Christopher Nolan and wife Emma Thomas. This film grossed over $675 million worldwide and received quite positive reviews from critics.

1. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
   Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
2. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
   Star Wars: Episode VI - The Force Awakens

In Episode I - The Phantom Menace of Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) is a young apprentice Jedi knight being trained by Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson). When the Trade Federation cuts off all routes to the planet Naboo, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are assigned to settle the matter.

1. The Avengers
   Thor: The Dark World
2. Avengers: Age of Ultron
   Guardians of the Galaxy

Guardians of the Galaxy is the tale of space adventurer Peter Quill (Chris Pratt). He finds himself in a predicament after he steals on orb coveted by Ronan, a powerful villain. He is being sought after by relentless bounty hunters and so he forms an unlikely alliance with a gun-toting Raccoon, a tree-like humanoid, a vengeful Drax the Destroyer, and an enigmatic green woman named Gamora. Together they rally to save the universe.

1. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
   Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2. Star wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
   Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

This older version of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker battles Jabba the Hut and Darth Vader to save his comrades in the Rebel Alliance and win over the Galactic Empire. Everyone bands together to aid in the disruption of the Dark Side and the defeat of the evil emperor.

1. Mission to Mars
   Gravity
2. The Martian
   Sunshine

The Martian is a fantasy Sci-Fi film about a human left behind in a mission to Mars after they presume he is dead right after fierce storm. With only a small amount of supplies, the stranded human must utilize his wits and find a way to survive on this hostile planet. In the meantime a team of international scientists work tirelesslly to bring him home, while his crew mates create their own daring rescue mission.

1. Interstellar
   Inception
2. The Prestige
   Memento

In Inception, we follow a thief (Leonardo DiCaprio) with a rare ability to enter people's dreams and steal their secrets from their subconscious. His skill has made him a hot commodity in the world of corporate espionage but at the same time has cost him everything he loves. Cobb gets an opportunity for redemption when he is offered a potentially impossible task, plant an idea in someone's mind. If he succeeds, it will be a perfect crime.

1. Armageddon
   Pearl Harbor
2. The Rock
   The Island

Armageddon takes us into the mission take on when asteroids threaten to collide with Earth. Dan Truman (Billy Bob Thornton) claims the only way to stop the asteroid is to drill a hole into its center and drop a nuclear bomb. Harry Stamper (Bruce Willis) a renowned driller, agrees to help him as long as he can bring along his crew. Do they survive? Does the world?

1. Cloverfield
   Signs
2. Into the Storm
   10 Cloverfield Lane

In this mysterious fantasy tale, 10 Cloverfield Lane takes us into the world of Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) after she survives a car accident and wakes up in an underground bunker with two men. One of the men tells her that a massive chemical attack has left the air unbreathable, and their only hope for survival is to remain inside. Despite the comforts, the men's menacing behavior makes Michelle want to escape. After taking things into her own hands, she discovers the truth about the outside world.

1. Prometheus
   The Thing
2. The Astronaut's Wife
   Pacific Rim

In Prometheus, the discovery of a clue to mankind's origins on Earth leads a team of explorers to the darkest parts of the universe. Two scientists lead the expedition. One is hoping that they will meet a race of benevolent, godlike beings who will in some way verify religious background beliefs, while the other is hoping to debunk any spiritual notions.

1. The Matrix Reloaded
   The Matrix
2. The Matrix Revolutions
   The Animatrix

The Matrix is a fantastical story about a man who is led into an underworld where he can meet an elusive figure, considered to be the most dangerous man alive, so that his question can be answered, what is the Matrix? The two fight a brutal battle for their lives against a group of vicious and intelligent secret agents. To find out the truth could cost one of them something more precious than his life.

1. Splice
   Allegiant
2. Mimic
   Gattaca

The fantastical drama film, Gattaca, brings us Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) has always fantasized about traveling into outer space, but is held back by his genetically inferior status. He decides to fight fate and pulls some tricks to be able to join the Gattaca space program.

1. The Crow
   Gods of Egypt
2. Dark City
   Garage Days

Dark City, is about a character that wakes up alone in a strange hotel to find that he is wanted for a series of brutal murders. He can't remember if he actually committed the crimes or not. Slowly he seeks to unravel the twisted riddle that has become his reality and identity. As he finds out more and more he discovers an underworld controlled by a group of ominous beings collectively known as the Strangers.

1. Men in Black
   Men in Black II
2. Men in Black 3
   Wild Wild West

Men in Black... are the best kept secret in the universe. Working for a highly funded but unofficial government agency, Kay and Jay are the Men in Black. The provide immigration services and regulations for all the aliens on Earth. While on duty, the MIB discover an intergalactic terrorist and work together to stop the assassinator before he kills.

1. Looper
   12 Monkeys
2. 16 Blocks
   Surrogates

12 Monkeys, is a story of a time traveler who learns that time travel isn't easy after being imprisoned in the 2030s. James Cole (Bruce Willis) is commissioned for a mission that will send him back into the 1990s where he will gather information about a nascent plague that is about to exterminate most of the human population. He deals with some pushback by others while he attempts to figure out this mission.

1. The Fifth Element
   The Professional
2. Lucy
   The Big Blue

The Fifth Element takes us into the 23rd century, where the fate of the world falls into a NY cabbie's hands when Leeloo ends up in his cab. As a part of the fifth element, Leeloo needs to combine with the other four to keep the approaching Great Evil from destroying the world.

1. Independence Day
   Universal Soldier
2. Stargate
   Moon 44

Stargate takes us to modern day Egypt, where a professor is teamed up with a retired army vet to unlock the code of an interstellar gateway to an ancient Egypt-like world. The land on a planet ruled by a despotic who holds the key to the Earth travelers' safe return. In order to escape from their intergalactic purgatory, the two men must convince the planet's people that their ruler needs to be overthrown.

1. Resident Evil
   Event Horizon
2. Soldier
   Pompeii

Event Horizon is about a spacecraft that has vanished years earlier. When it suddenly reappears, a team is sent to check out the ship. They begin to explore the seemingly abandoned vessel, however, it soon becomes clear that something sinister is within the spacecraft. The horrors from this spacecrafts previous journey are still very much aboard and alive.

1. Approaching the Unknown
   The 5th Wave
2. Nocturnal Animals
   Arrival

In Arrival, a linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) leads a team of investigators when a huge spaceships touch down in 12 locations around the world. As nations are faced with global war, Banks and her crew must find a way to communicate with the alien visitors. She takes a chance that could threaten her life and quite possibly all of mankind.

1. The Day Mars Invaded Earth
   Spaced Invaders
2. Martians Go Home
   Mars Needs Moms

This is a silly halloween inspired movie. Spaced Invaders is an adventure comedy film about little green martians that are convinced they are supposed to invade Earth and so they land in Illinois on Halloween. What happens next is sure to make you laugh.

1. Spaced Invaders
   Mars Needs Moms
2. Mars Attacks
   Martians Go Home

A group of Martian spacecraft surround the worlds major cities and humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have in fact, "come in peace" in the film, Mars Attacks. A peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, the military then calls for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

1. I, Robot
   Bicentennial Man
2. A.I. Artificial Intelligence
   Android

This is the story of a new kind of gift... a new NDR-114 robot. This robot product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. Bicentennial Man follows Andrew's life, as he begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the family soon discovers that they don't have an ordinary robot.

1. The Truman Show
   The Cable Guy
2. Man on the Moon
   The Majestic

The Truman Show takes us into the life of Truman Burbank, where his life is actually part of a massive TV set. It is a live broadcast of Truman's every move captured by hidden cameras. As Truman starts to discover the truth, he must decide whether to act on it.

1. Along Came a Spider
   Oblivion
2. Olympus Has Fallen
   Deep Impact

In Deep Impact, a comet is coming at Earth and could mean the end of all human life. The government keeps the crisis under wraps, but a reporter uncovers the truth forcing the president to announce the plan. The astronaut and his team will land on the comet and lay explosives, hopefully deterring the object from its doomsday course. If it fails, humanity will have to prepare for the worst.

1. S. Darko
   Donnie Darko
2. Frequency
   Southland Tales

Donnie Darko is a moving and distinctly mind-bending journey through an extraordinary teenagers life as he takes time, destiny, and reality for a ride. After surviving a freak accident, Donnie (Jake Gyllenhaal) starts to explore what it is like to be alive and in love. He uncovers secrets of the universe that give him a tempting power to alter time and destiny.

1. Sunshine
   28 days Later
2. Millions
   T2

Sunshine takes into the not so far out future, Earth's dying sun is the end for humanity. In a last effort to save the planet, eight men and women venture to space with a decide to bring back the star. An accident, a mistake, and a distress beacon from a long-lost spaceship throw the crew and their mission into a dangerous tailspin.

1. West World
   Timeless
2. Extant
   Beyond Westward

In Westworld, we aren't looking at your typical amusement park. This one is intended for rich vacationers, this futuristic park, looked after by robotic "hosts", allows its visitors to live out their fantasies through artificial consciousness. No matter how bad the fantasy may be, there are no consequences for the parks guests, allowing for any wish to be indulged in.

1. The BFG
   War of the Worlds
2. A.I.
   Minority Report

In A.I. we watch the life of the first robotic boy that is programmed to love. David (Haley Joel Osment) is a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. He slowly becomes their child but unexpected situations make this life impossible for David. Without acceptance by humans or machines, David starts a journey to discover where he truly belongs, finding that the line between robot and machine is vast and thin.

1. The Machine
   Ex Machina
2. Transcendence
   Chappie

Ex Machina, is about a programmer at a huge internet company, wins a contest that allows him to spend a week at the private estate of the firm's CEO. When Caleb arrives he learns that he was chosen to be the human component in a test to determine his capabilities and consciousness of Ava, a beautiful robot. The men soon learn that Ava is more self-aware and deceptive than they imagined.

1. Premium Rush
   Brick
2. Inception
   Looper

Looper, takes us into the future, where time travel exists, but is only available to those that can pay for it on the black market. When the mob wants someone to die, they send the target into the past, where the hit man is waiting to finish the job. Joe is one such hired gun, and he is very good at his job until his boss decides to "close the loop" and send's Joe's future self back in time to be killed.

1. Gravity
   Bring Him Home
2. Interstellar
   Apollo 13

Gravity takes us into a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission. Her commander is a veteran astronaut finishing his last flight before he retires. During a routine space walk by the duo, disaster hits. The shuttle is destroyed which leaves both stranded in deep space with no link to Earth and no hope of rescue. They soon realize the only way to make it home may be to venture further into space.

1. Avatar
   District 9
2. Alien Nation
   Aliens

District 9 is the tale of aliens that have landed on Earth, not to conquer or help, but to find refuge from their failing planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is not concerned whatsoever with the welfare of the aliens themselves but will do anything to master their technology. When a field agent gets a virus that starts to alter his DNA, there is only one place to hide.

1. Primer
   Tomorrowland
2. Brainstorm
   Transcendence

In Primer, we follow intellectual engineers Aaron and Abe build and sell error-checking technology with the help of their friends Phillip and Robert. When Abe and Aaron accidentally invent a time machine, Abe builds a part that is capable of transporting a human. They put the device to the test. After testing, they discover the consequences of their actions.

1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
   The BFG
2. Empire of the Sun
   E.T.

E.T. is the heartwarming tale of a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth. The alien is discovered and befriended by a young boy, bringing the alien into a normal suburban California house. Elliot introduces the alien to his siblings and they decide to keep the alien to a secret. Soon, the alien gets ill and government intervention becomes a dire situation for both the alien and the young boy.

1. The Abyss
   Terminator
2. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
   True Lies

Terminator is the tale of a cyborg assassin that is disguised as a human. The terminator travels from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor. The person sent to protect her divulges the coming of Skynet, an artificial intelligence system hat will start a nuclear holocaust. Terminator in hot pursuit, Sarah and Kyle attempt to escape him.

1. Blade Runner
   Total Recall
2. Imposter
   Paycheck

Blade Runner is about Deckard (Harrison Ford) a Replicant Hunter that is forced by a police Boss to continue his job. He is assigned to eliminate four escaped Replicants from the colonies who have returned to Earth. Before starting the job, Deckard meets Rachel, a Replicant girl he falls in love with.

1. Prince of Darkness
   Village of the Damned
2. They Live
   The Thing

They Live, is the story of a wanderer that has lost the meaning in his life. He discovers a pair of sunglasses that are capable of showing the world the way it actually is. As he walks through LA he notices that both the media and the government are made up of subliminal messages that re meant to keep the population subdued. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind control.

1. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
   The Empire Strikes Back
2. Short Circuit 2
   Spaceballs

Spaceballs is a screwball comedy about a distant galaxy, planet Spaceball has depleted its air supply, leaving the citizens reliant on something called Perri-Air. Desperate, the leader orders the evil Dark Helmet to kidnap Princess Vespa of an oxygen-rich planet called Druidia and hold her hostage in exchange for air. Help arrives for the princess however in the shape of a half-dog half-man and his partner.

1. RoboCop
   Total Recall
2. Starship Troopers
   Hollow Man

This film is set in a violent apocalyptic Detroit where an evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. The company leads a street cop into a confrontation with a crime lord so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. When RoboCop learns of the company's plan, he turns on them.

1. Star Pilot
   Galaxy of Terror
2. Alien Intruder
   Starcrash

Set in the year 2022, Alien Intruder tells the story of a group of convicts that are led on a mission into uncharted deep space by a commander to salvage a lost ship. As an incentive to do the trip, the convicts get the weekend to spend in a virtual reality world where they can live out their sexual fantasies with any woman they choose. However, a woman not part of the program shows up and seduces each convict. The men quickly turn on each other.

1. Willow
   Cocoon
2. Splash
   In the Heart of the Sea

This story is about a Florida rest home that gets a new lease of life when they come across an alien "fountain of youth" in an unused holiday home. Cocoon takes people on a journey into the swimming pool the aliens have been using to store their cocooned brethren, giving the waters a powerful and rejuvenating feature.

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
   Europa Report
2. 2010: The year we make contact
   Mission to Mars

In 2010: The year we make contact, explorers are heading for the far points of the galaxy in a continuation of the story that began with 2001: A Space Odyssey. Their destination is Jupiter, where astronauts will conduct their investigation. These astronauts seek to uncover what led to the disaster for the deceased astronauts that came before them.

1. Predator
   Predator 2
2. Alien vs. Predator
   AVPR: Aliens vs. Predator - Requiem

Predator is the story of a soldier that is hired by the U.S. government to secretly rescue a group of politicians trapped in Guatemala. But when the team lands in Central America they discover that something is majorly wrong. They discover they are being hunted by a brutal creature with superhuman strength and the ability to disappear into its surroundings.

1. Metropolis
   2001:A Space Odyssey
2. Alien
   Capsule

In Capsule, a British fighter pilot who is in command of Britain's first manned mission to space is stuck alone inside the malfunctioning aircraft. It was directed by Andrew Martin who also directed Foxhole and Praecox.

1. Star Trek Into Darkness
   Star Trek: Nemesis
2. Star Trek Beyond

Another film released in 2016, Star Trek Beyond is the thirteenth film in the Star Trek film franchise and the third installment of the reboot series. This film has done quite well so far, grossing over $338 million worldwide.