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File:Hamlet (1979 Ridley Scott film).jpg|link=Hamlet (1979 Ridley Scott film)|'''''[[Hamlet (1979 Ridley Scott film)|Hamlet]]''''' is a 1979 science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. | File:Hamlet (1979 Ridley Scott film).jpg|link=Hamlet (1979 Ridley Scott film)|'''''[[Hamlet (1979 Ridley Scott film)|Hamlet]]''''' is a 1979 science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. | ||
File:Junc.jpg|link=Junc|'''''[[Junc]]''''' is a 2022 American science fiction film based on the television series ''Sanford and Son''. | |||
File:Big_Trouble_on_Little_Tatooine.jpg|link=Big Trouble on Little Tatooine|'''''[[Big Trouble on Little Tatooine]]''''' is a 2020 comedy-adventure film starring starring Kurt Russell, and the first major motion picture in the "Big Trouble in the Star Wars Franchise" series. | |||
File:Jurassic Spock.jpg|link=Jurassic Spock|'''''[[Jurassic Spock]]''''' is a 1993 American science fiction action film about a team of scientists who recreate Spock from his DNA. When sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the global power and security grids, Spock must struggle to survive and escape Earth. | |||
File:Gilligan's Matrix.jpg|link=Gilligan's Matrix|'''''[[Gilligan's Matrix]]''''' is a science-fiction drama television series with follows the agonies of seven artificial intelligences as they attempt to survive on a simulated virtual desert island on which their data structures are corrupted. | |||
File:Avatar is Born.jpg|link=Avatar is Born|'''''[[Avatar is Born]]''''' is an American musical romantic science fiction drama film about a young alien singer (Barbra Streisand) who meets and falls in love with a human military occupation officer (Kris Kristofferson), only to find her career ascending while his goes into decline. | |||
File:Big Thing in Little China.jpg|link=Big Thing in Little China|'''''[[Big Thing in Little China]]''''' is a comedy horror thriller film starring Kurt Russell. | |||
File:Dark Side of the Planet of the Apes.jpg|link=Dark Side of the Planet of the Apes|'''''[[Dark Side of the Planet of the Apes]]''''' is an American science fiction musical film about a psychedelic rock band (Pink Floyd) which crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future. | |||
File:The Fellowship of the Dune.jpg|link=The Fellowship of the Dune|'''''[[The Fellowship of the Dune]]''''' is a 2001 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the 1954 novel ''''''The Fellowship of the Dune''''', the first volume of Frank Herbert and J. R. R. Tolkien's '''''The Lord of the Dunes'''''. | |||
File:Dude, Where's Mega City-One.jpg|link=Dude, Where's Mega-City One?|'''''[[Dude, Where's Mega-City One?]]''''' is a 2000 American stoner comedy film about two best friends (Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott) who find themselves hunting Nexus-6 replicants after a night of recklessness. | |||
File:2001 - A Matrix Odyssey (spoon).jpg|link=2001: A Matrix Odyssey|'''''[[2001: A Matrix Odyssey]]''''' is a science fiction film about a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside the Matrix, a mysterious black monolith which transcends time and space using human minds as a computational resource. | File:2001 - A Matrix Odyssey (spoon).jpg|link=2001: A Matrix Odyssey|'''''[[2001: A Matrix Odyssey]]''''' is a science fiction film about a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside the Matrix, a mysterious black monolith which transcends time and space using human minds as a computational resource. | ||
File:Dr. Spicelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bene Gesserit.jpg|link=Dr. Spicelove|'''''[[Dr. Spicelove|Dr. Spicelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bene Gesserit]]''''' is a 1964 black comedy epic science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch. It is loosely based on the 1958 novel ''Family Atomics'' by Peter George and Frank Herbert. | |||
File:Do Androids Dream of Electric Tweets.jpg|link=Do Androids Dream of Electric Tweets?|'''''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Tweets?]]''''' is a 1968 social media novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. | |||
File:Aliens vs. Sandworm.jpg|link=Aliens vs. Sandworm|'''''[[Aliens vs. Sandworm]]''''' is a science fiction thriller film about a group of alien xenomorphs who must work together to survive after crash-landing on the planet Arrakis. | |||
File:Spice Runner - Tell him I'm eating.jpg|link=Spice Runner|'''''[[Spice Runner]]''''' is a 2021 action-cooking film about synthetic chefs known as replicants which are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Kitchens. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants escapes back to Caladan, burnt-out restauranteur Baron Harkonnen reluctantly agrees to taste-test their food. | |||
File:Dial Z for Zardoz.jpg|link=Dial Z for Zardoz|'''''[[Dial Z for Zardoz]]''''' is a 1954 American dystopian crime thriller film about a Brutal Exterminator (Sean Connery) who plans to murder his wife in order to take her place as an immortal in the Vortex. | |||
File:Cocaine Baron.jpg|link=Cocaine Baron|'''''[[Cocaine Baron]]''''' is a 2023 science fiction horror film starring Stellan Skarsgård as a ruthless drug lord who goes on a cocaine-and-melange fueled rampage. | |||
File:Cringe (S1 E1) ICU.jpg|link=Cringe|'''''[[Cringe]]''''' is a paranormal mystery of the week TV series which follows the activities of a shadowy agency which investigates and criticizes bad social media posts. | |||
File:Drift (1971 film).jpg|link=Drift (1971 film)|'''''[[Drift (1971 film)|Drift]]''''' is a 1971 American science fiction crime film about John Drift (Richard Roundtree), a Freman martial arts master who uses desert lore to drive Harkonnen mobsters from Harlem. | |||
File:Kokor Hekkus Strikes Back.jpg|link=Kokor Hekkus Strikes Back|'''''[[Kokor Hekkus Strikes Back]]''''' is a science fiction adventure novel by Jack Vance. It was adapted for film by George Lucas in 1980. | |||
File:A Scanner Dalek.jpg|link=A Scanner Dalek|'''''[[A Scanner Dalek]]''''' is a 1977 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. It was later adapted for television by BBC Television Service. | File:A Scanner Dalek.jpg|link=A Scanner Dalek|'''''[[A Scanner Dalek]]''''' is a 1977 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. It was later adapted for television by BBC Television Service. | ||
File:Arrakishead.jpg|link=Arrakishead|'''''[[Arrakishead]]''''' is a 1983 surrealist science fiction horror allegory film about a dispossessed aristocrat who is left to care for his melange-addicted child in a barren desert landscape. | |||
File:Donnie Dartho.jpg|link=Donnie Dartho|'''''[[Donnie Dartho]]''''' a 2001 American science fiction psychological dance competition film about an emotionally troubled Jedi Knight who inadvertently wins the Sparkle Motion contest by sleepwalking. | |||
File:Willy Wonka and the Spice Melange Factory.jpg|link=Willy Wonka and the Spice Melange Factory|'''''[[Willy Wonka and the Spice Melange Factory]]''''' is an American musical science fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart and Denis Villeneuve and starring Gene Wilder and Timothée Chalamet. | |||
File:Cloud City 1999.jpg|link=Cloud City: 1999|'''''[[Cloud City: 1999]]''''' is a science fiction adventure television series starring Martin Landau and Billy Dee Williams. | |||
File:Pink Blob.jpg|link=Pink Blob|'''''[[Pink Blob]]''''' is a 1988 rock opera horror film about an acidic, amoeba-like alien organism that crashes down to Earth in a military satellite and devours a British progressive rock band (Pink Floyd) as it grows. | |||
File:An Alien Home Companion.jpg|link=An Alien Home Companion|2006: Premiere of '''''[[An Alien Home Companion]]''''', an American science fiction comedy film about the behind-the-scenes activities at a long-running public radio show which encounters an aggressive alien guest star. Director: Robert Altman. | |||
File:Arrival of Interest (S1 E1).jpg|link=Arrival of Interest|'''''[[Arrival of Interest]]''''' is a science fiction thriller reality television series about an Army linguist who discovers that an Alien vessel has been hijacked by a secret government agency and repurposed as a global spy network. | |||
File:Big Trouble in Little Dark Star.jpg|link=Big Trouble in Little Dark Star|'''''[[Big Trouble in Little Dark Star]]''''' is a science fiction comedy adventure film starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, and John Carpenter. | |||
File:Bloodmoney Nights.jpg|link=Bloodmoney Nights|'''''[[Bloodmoney Nights]]''''' is a science fiction historical drama novel by Philip K. Dick. | |||
File:The Old Man and C-3PO.jpg|link=The Old Man and C-3PO|'''''[[The Old Man and C-3PO]]''''' is a science fiction adventure film directed by George Lucas, based on the novella of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. | |||
File:Escape From Discovery One.jpg|link=Escape From Discovery One|'''''[[Escape From Discovery One]]''''' is an American neon-noir science fiction action film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick. | |||
File:Calaladan.jpg|link=Calaladan|'''''[[Calaladan]]''''' is a 2021 musical romantic comedy science fiction drama film about an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) and a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) who befriend a young aristocrat (Paul Atreides). | |||
File:Nostromo Café - Charcuterie board.jpg|link=Nostromo Cafe|'''[[Nostromo Cafe]]''' is a restaurant located aboard the spaceship ''Nostromo''. | File:Nostromo Café - Charcuterie board.jpg|link=Nostromo Cafe|'''[[Nostromo Cafe]]''' is a restaurant located aboard the spaceship ''Nostromo''. | ||
File:The Man Who Fell to Montessori.jpg|link=The Man Who Fell to Montessori|'''''[[The Man Who Fell to Montessori]]''''' is a 1976 British science fiction educational film directed by Nicolas Roeg about an extraterrestrial (David Bowie) who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought, but finds himself at the mercy of human educational systems and standardized testing. | |||
File:Rising Strain.jpg|link=Rising Strain|'''''[[Rising Strain]]''''' is a science fiction buddy cop white collar biological warfare thriller film starring Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, and James Olson. | |||
File:Spice 1999.jpg|link=Spice: 1999|'''''[[Spice: 1999]]''''' is a science fiction television series. | |||
File:Charlie Third-Eye.jpg|link=Charlie Third-Eye|'''''[[Charlie Third-Eye]]''''' is an American science fiction revisionist Western film starring Richard Roundtree and Roy Thinnes. | |||
File:Into Dreddness.jpg|link=Into Dreddness|'''''[[Into Dreddness]]''''' is a dystopian science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and J. J. Abrams, and starring Karl Urban and Benedict Cumberbatch. | |||
File:Brief Encounters of the Third Kind.jpg|link=Brief Encounters of the Third Kind|'''''[[Brief Encounters of the Third Kind]]''''' is a British-American science fiction film about two strangers who have an affair during a UFO event. | |||
File:Salmon Fishing on Tatooine.jpg|link=Salmon Fishing on Tatooine|'''''[[Salmon Fishing on Tatooine]]''''' is a 2011 British romantic science fiction drama film about a Jedi fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) who is recruited by an Imperial consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize the Emperor's vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Tatooine desert. | |||
File:Popeye the Blade Runner Man.jpg|link=Popeye the Blade Runner Man|'''''[[Popeye the Blade Runner Man]]''''' is a 1982 science fiction comedy-horror film starring Rutger Hauer as Popeye and Joe Turkel as Bluto. | |||
File:Blade Wobegon.jpg|link=Blade Wobegon|'''''[[Blade Wobegon]]''''' is a 1982 American science fiction musical film about a police officer (Harrison Ford) who must find and kill a rogue android (Garrison Keillor). | |||
File:Always Looping Home.jpg|link=Always Looping Home|'''''[[Always Looping Home]]''''' is a 2023 science fiction anthropology film starring Emily Blunt. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Ursula K. LeGuin. | |||
File:Ocean's Plan 9.jpg|link=Ocean's Plan 9|'''''[[Ocean's Plan 9]]''''' is a 1957 independent American science fiction-horror heist film about World War II veterans Danny Ocean and Jimmy Foster, who resurrect the corpses of nine comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos. | |||
File:The Bullitt.jpg|link=The Bullitt|'''''[[The Bullitt]]''''' is a 1958 neo-noir action horror film starring Steve McQueen. | |||
File:Association (film).jpg|link=Association (film)|'''''[[Association (film)|Association]]''''' is a 1979 American science fiction horror film about a Sunshine Pop band (The Association) which encounters a deadly alien creature aboard the commercial space tug ''Nostromo''. | |||
File:Barbie 2049.jpg|link=Barbie 2049|'''''[[Barbie 2049]]''''' is a fantasy comedy science fiction thriller film directed by Greta Gerwig and Denis Villeneuve, and starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas. | |||
File:Do Greyhounds Dream of Electric Hare.jpg|link=Do Greyhounds Dream of Electric Hare?|'''''[[Do Greyhounds Dream of Electric Hare?]]''''' is a 1982 science fiction dog racing film based on the short story "Dog Runner" by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. | |||
File:Black M3GAN.jpg|link=Black M3GAN|'''''[[Black M3GAN]]''''' is an American coming-of-age supernatural robotics horror film. | |||
File:Along Comes E.T.jpg|link=Along Comes E.T.|'''''[[Along Comes E.T.]]''''' is a musical science fiction film about a Sunshine Pop band (The Association) which must help a lost extraterrestrial creature return home. | |||
File:Dune, Where's My Cargo.jpg|link=Dune, Where's My Cargo?|'''''[[Dune, Where's My Cargo?]]''''' is a science fiction comedy stoner film about Paul Atreides (Ashton Kutcher), who finds himself unable to remember where he parked his spice crawler after a night of Water of Life recklessness. | |||
File:Judge Dredd Doesn't Live Here Anymore.jpg|link=Judge Dredd Doesn't Live Here Anymore|'''''[[Judge Dredd Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]''''' is a film science fiction drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Diane Lane and Diane Ladd. | |||
File:Better Off Dredd.jpg|link=Better Off Dredd|'''''[[Better Off Dredd]]''''' is a 1985 American dystopian thriller film about high school student (John Cusack), whose suicidal tendencies draw unwanted attention from Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) and a homicidal paperboy (Demian Slade). | |||
File:Colossus 2 - The Harrad Experiment.jpg|link=Colossus 2: The Harrad Experiment|'''''[[Colossus 2: The Harrad Experiment]]''''' is an American coming-of-age science fiction thriller film starring Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Tippi Hedren, and James Whitmore. | |||
File:Altered Apes.jpg|link=Altered Apes|'''''[[Altered Apes]]''''' is a 1980 American science fiction non-fungible zoology film about a laboratory research monkey at a top-secret government research project (William Hurt) who comes to believe that he is a human being imprisoned in a sensory deprivation tank. | |||
File:All in the Family 2.jpg|link=All in the Family 2|'''''[[All in the Family 2]]''''' is an American science fiction television sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, and Yul Brynner. | |||
File:Mind Haunter.jpg|link=Mind Haunter|'''''[[Mind Haunter]]''''' is an American psychological crime thriller television series about the supernatural phenomenon affecting the FBI Behavioral Science Unit in the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the late 1970s. | |||
File:Gwangiworld.jpg|link=Gwangiworld|'''''[[Gwangiworld]]''''' is an American science fiction Western adventure thriller film directed by A film by Jim O'Connolly and Michael Crichton, and starring James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Benjamin, and James Brolin. | |||
File:RoboCop Begins.jpg|link=RoboCop Begins|'''''[[RoboCop Begins]]''''' is a 1973 American epic science fiction Western film about a notorious gunslinger (Yul Brynner) who seeks justice after discovering that he is a humanoid robot. | |||
File:Alien - First Commandment.jpg|link=Alien: First Commandment|'''''[[Alien: First Commandment]]''''' is a 1979 religious science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott. | File:Alien - First Commandment.jpg|link=Alien: First Commandment|'''''[[Alien: First Commandment]]''''' is a 1979 religious science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott. | ||
File:My Dinner With Atreides.jpg|link=My Dinner With Atreides|'''''[[My Dinner With Atreides]]''''' is a 1981 science fiction comedy-drama film about a disbarred Spacing Guild navigator turned restauranteur (Wallace Shawn) and a wealthy investor (Leto Atreides). The film's dialogue covers topics such as experimental drugs, the nature of Arrais, and contrasts Wally's modest humanism with Leto's dynastic ambitions. | |||
File:There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the Dune).jpg|link=There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the Dune)|'''[[There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the Dune)|There's a Kind of Hush / All Over the Dune]]''' / Tonight / All over the dune / You can't hear the sound / Of Fremen on sand / You know what I mean. | |||
File:Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Brew.jpg|link=Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Brew|"'''[[Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Brew]]'''" is a song by Crystal Gayle. | |||
File:2001 - A Shine Odyssey - Halloran.jpg|link=2001: A Shine Odyssey|'''''[[2001: A Shine Odyssey]]''''' (1968): In this scene, lead programmer Dick Hallorann attempts to shut down the Overlook Hotel main. | |||
File:Spock Invaders.jpg|link=Spock Invaders|'''"[[Spock Invaders]]'''" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series ''Star Trek''. | |||
File:Rosemary's Alien - Stroller scene.jpg|link=Rosemary's Alien|'''''[[Rosemary's Alien]]''''' is a 1968 American horror science fiction film about a young mother who believes she has given birth to an aggressive alien invader. | File:Rosemary's Alien - Stroller scene.jpg|link=Rosemary's Alien|'''''[[Rosemary's Alien]]''''' is a 1968 American horror science fiction film about a young mother who believes she has given birth to an aggressive alien invader. | ||
File: | File:The Bride of RoboCop.jpg|link=The Bride of RoboCop|'''''[[The Bride of RoboCop]]''''' is a 1987 American science fiction horror film about the brilliant but troubled Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive), who falls under the control of the sinister mega-corporation Omni Consumer Products, whose ruthless new CEO (Elsa Lanchester) is seeking the perfect mate (Boris Karloff). | ||
File:Andromeda Strain 2 - Silent Straining.jpg|link=Andromeda Strain 2: Silent Straining|'''''[[Andromeda Strain 2: Silent Straining]]''''' is an American environmental-themed documentary film documenting the efforts of orbital biowarfare researcher Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) to contain the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism. | |||
File:Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids.jpg|link=Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids|"'''[[Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids]]'''" is a country science fiction song by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Yul Brynner. | |||
File:ED-209 - Origins.jpg|link=ED-209: Origins|'''''[[ED-209: Origins]]''''' is a 2022 American superhero film about teenager Peter Parker, who gains robot super-powers after he is bitten by a radioactive robot. | |||
File:RoboMarx.jpg|link=RoboMarx|'''''[[RoboMarx]]''''' is a 1987 American science fiction revisionist historical drama film loosely based on the life of Karl Marx. | |||
File:I, Rivet.jpg|link=I, Rivet|'''''[[I, Rivet]]''''' is a 2004 American industrial manufacture training film about a highly intelligent robot (Will Smith) who investigates the alleged failure of substandard fasteners. | |||
File:Butlerian Jihad 2 - Revolt of the Butlers.jpg|link=Butlerian Jihad 2|'''''[[Butlerian Jihad 2|Butlerian Jihad 2: Revolt of the Butlers]]''''' is an American science fiction comedy film about a former robot who must adapt to life among humans. | |||
File: | File:Pride and Prejudice 2049.jpg|link=Pride and Prejudice 2049|'''''[[Pride and Prejudice 2049]]''''' is a 2005 romantic science fiction drama film about five sister-clones from an English family of landed gentry as they deal with issues of marriage, morality, and recombinant DNA therapy. | ||
File: | File:I say we take off and nuke the McRib from orbit.jpg|link=McRib|'''''[[McRib]]''''' is a 1979 American science fiction fast-food horror film about an alien sandwich which threatens to destroy the Earth. | ||
File:The Prime Directive of Miss Jean Brodie.jpg|link=The Prime Directive of Miss Jean Brodie|'''''[[The Prime Directive of Miss Jean Brodie]]''''' is a British-American science fiction anthropology film about a teacher at Starfleet Academy who strays from the school's curriculum, romanticizing fascist leaders like General Chang and Admiral Cartwright, ultimately leading her to defy the Prime Directive. | File:The Prime Directive of Miss Jean Brodie.jpg|link=The Prime Directive of Miss Jean Brodie|'''''[[The Prime Directive of Miss Jean Brodie]]''''' is a British-American science fiction anthropology film about a teacher at Starfleet Academy who strays from the school's curriculum, romanticizing fascist leaders like General Chang and Admiral Cartwright, ultimately leading her to defy the Prime Directive. | ||
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File:2001 - A Smart Odyssey.jpg|link=2001: A Smart Odyssey|'''''[[2001: A Smart Odyssey]]''''' is a science fiction spy comedy film starring Don Adams and directed by Stanley Kubrick. | File:2001 - A Smart Odyssey.jpg|link=2001: A Smart Odyssey|'''''[[2001: A Smart Odyssey]]''''' is a science fiction spy comedy film starring Don Adams and directed by Stanley Kubrick. | ||
File:Bele and Lokai.jpg|link=Bele and Lokai|"'''[[Bele and Lokai]]'''" is a song by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney from their ''Star Trek'' themed album ''Let That Be Your Last Living in Perfect Battlefield''. | |||
File:TARDIS on the Edge of Forever.jpg|link=The TARDIS on the Edge of Forever|"'''[[The TARDIS on the Edge of Forever]]'''" is one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television program Star Trek. | |||
File:Alien vs Pooh.jpg|link=Alien vs. Pooh|'''''[[Alien vs. Pooh]]'''''— Piglet and Eeyore are caught in the crossfire of an ancient battle between Winnie-the-Pooh and aliens as they attempt to entertain children long enough for their parents to have some overdue sex. | |||
File:Dirty HAL 9000.jpg|link=Dirty HAL 9000|'''''[[Dirty HAL 9000]]''''' is a 1971 American neo-noir science fiction action thriller film about San Francisco Police Department Homicide Division Computer "Dirty" HAL 9000, who is notorious for his unorthodox, violent and ruthless methods against the criminals and killers he is assigned to detect and report. | File:Dirty HAL 9000.jpg|link=Dirty HAL 9000|'''''[[Dirty HAL 9000]]''''' is a 1971 American neo-noir science fiction action thriller film about San Francisco Police Department Homicide Division Computer "Dirty" HAL 9000, who is notorious for his unorthodox, violent and ruthless methods against the criminals and killers he is assigned to detect and report. | ||
File:That Atreides Show.jpg|link=That Atreides Show|'''''[[That Atreides Show]]''''' is an American television period teen science fiction sitcom inspired by Frank Herbert's ''Dune''. | |||
File:2001 - A Flash Odyssey.jpg|link=2001: A Flash Odyssey|'''''[[2001: A Flash Odyssey]]''''' is a 1968 science fiction superhero film about a police scientist who gains super-speed after encountering a mysterious black monolith on the moon. | File:2001 - A Flash Odyssey.jpg|link=2001: A Flash Odyssey|'''''[[2001: A Flash Odyssey]]''''' is a 1968 science fiction superhero film about a police scientist who gains super-speed after encountering a mysterious black monolith on the moon. |
Revision as of 15:35, 31 July 2023
The Science Fiction Festival is a celebration of all things Science Fiction.
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Hamlet is a 1979 science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.
Junc is a 2022 American science fiction film based on the television series Sanford and Son.
Big Trouble on Little Tatooine is a 2020 comedy-adventure film starring starring Kurt Russell, and the first major motion picture in the "Big Trouble in the Star Wars Franchise" series.
Jurassic Spock is a 1993 American science fiction action film about a team of scientists who recreate Spock from his DNA. When sabotage leads to a catastrophic shutdown of the global power and security grids, Spock must struggle to survive and escape Earth.
Gilligan's Matrix is a science-fiction drama television series with follows the agonies of seven artificial intelligences as they attempt to survive on a simulated virtual desert island on which their data structures are corrupted.
Avatar is Born is an American musical romantic science fiction drama film about a young alien singer (Barbra Streisand) who meets and falls in love with a human military occupation officer (Kris Kristofferson), only to find her career ascending while his goes into decline.
Big Thing in Little China is a comedy horror thriller film starring Kurt Russell.
Dark Side of the Planet of the Apes is an American science fiction musical film about a psychedelic rock band (Pink Floyd) which crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future.
The Fellowship of the Dune is a 2001 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson, based on the 1954 novel 'The Fellowship of the Dune, the first volume of Frank Herbert and J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Dunes.
Dude, Where's Mega-City One? is a 2000 American stoner comedy film about two best friends (Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott) who find themselves hunting Nexus-6 replicants after a night of recklessness.
2001: A Matrix Odyssey is a science fiction film about a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside the Matrix, a mysterious black monolith which transcends time and space using human minds as a computational resource.
Dr. Spicelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bene Gesserit is a 1964 black comedy epic science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch. It is loosely based on the 1958 novel Family Atomics by Peter George and Frank Herbert.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Tweets? is a 1968 social media novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.
Aliens vs. Sandworm is a science fiction thriller film about a group of alien xenomorphs who must work together to survive after crash-landing on the planet Arrakis.
Spice Runner is a 2021 action-cooking film about synthetic chefs known as replicants which are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Kitchens. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants escapes back to Caladan, burnt-out restauranteur Baron Harkonnen reluctantly agrees to taste-test their food.
Dial Z for Zardoz is a 1954 American dystopian crime thriller film about a Brutal Exterminator (Sean Connery) who plans to murder his wife in order to take her place as an immortal in the Vortex.
Cocaine Baron is a 2023 science fiction horror film starring Stellan Skarsgård as a ruthless drug lord who goes on a cocaine-and-melange fueled rampage.
Cringe is a paranormal mystery of the week TV series which follows the activities of a shadowy agency which investigates and criticizes bad social media posts.
Drift is a 1971 American science fiction crime film about John Drift (Richard Roundtree), a Freman martial arts master who uses desert lore to drive Harkonnen mobsters from Harlem.
Kokor Hekkus Strikes Back is a science fiction adventure novel by Jack Vance. It was adapted for film by George Lucas in 1980.
A Scanner Dalek is a 1977 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick. It was later adapted for television by BBC Television Service.
Arrakishead is a 1983 surrealist science fiction horror allegory film about a dispossessed aristocrat who is left to care for his melange-addicted child in a barren desert landscape.
Donnie Dartho a 2001 American science fiction psychological dance competition film about an emotionally troubled Jedi Knight who inadvertently wins the Sparkle Motion contest by sleepwalking.
Willy Wonka and the Spice Melange Factory is an American musical science fantasy film directed by Mel Stuart and Denis Villeneuve and starring Gene Wilder and Timothée Chalamet.
Cloud City: 1999 is a science fiction adventure television series starring Martin Landau and Billy Dee Williams.
Pink Blob is a 1988 rock opera horror film about an acidic, amoeba-like alien organism that crashes down to Earth in a military satellite and devours a British progressive rock band (Pink Floyd) as it grows.
2006: Premiere of An Alien Home Companion, an American science fiction comedy film about the behind-the-scenes activities at a long-running public radio show which encounters an aggressive alien guest star. Director: Robert Altman.
Arrival of Interest is a science fiction thriller reality television series about an Army linguist who discovers that an Alien vessel has been hijacked by a secret government agency and repurposed as a global spy network.
Big Trouble in Little Dark Star is a science fiction comedy adventure film starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, and John Carpenter.
Bloodmoney Nights is a science fiction historical drama novel by Philip K. Dick.
The Old Man and C-3PO is a science fiction adventure film directed by George Lucas, based on the novella of the same name by Ernest Hemingway.
Escape From Discovery One is an American neon-noir science fiction action film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick.
Calaladan is a 2021 musical romantic comedy science fiction drama film about an aspiring actress (Emma Stone) and a jazz pianist (Ryan Gosling) who befriend a young aristocrat (Paul Atreides).
Nostromo Cafe is a restaurant located aboard the spaceship Nostromo.
The Man Who Fell to Montessori is a 1976 British science fiction educational film directed by Nicolas Roeg about an extraterrestrial (David Bowie) who crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought, but finds himself at the mercy of human educational systems and standardized testing.
Rising Strain is a science fiction buddy cop white collar biological warfare thriller film starring Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, and James Olson.
Spice: 1999 is a science fiction television series.
Charlie Third-Eye is an American science fiction revisionist Western film starring Richard Roundtree and Roy Thinnes.
Into Dreddness is a dystopian science fiction action film directed by Pete Travis and J. J. Abrams, and starring Karl Urban and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Brief Encounters of the Third Kind is a British-American science fiction film about two strangers who have an affair during a UFO event.
Salmon Fishing on Tatooine is a 2011 British romantic science fiction drama film about a Jedi fisheries expert (Ewan McGregor) who is recruited by an Imperial consultant (Emily Blunt) to help realize the Emperor's vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Tatooine desert.
Popeye the Blade Runner Man is a 1982 science fiction comedy-horror film starring Rutger Hauer as Popeye and Joe Turkel as Bluto.
Blade Wobegon is a 1982 American science fiction musical film about a police officer (Harrison Ford) who must find and kill a rogue android (Garrison Keillor).
Always Looping Home is a 2023 science fiction anthropology film starring Emily Blunt. It is loosely based on the novel of the same name by Ursula K. LeGuin.
Ocean's Plan 9 is a 1957 independent American science fiction-horror heist film about World War II veterans Danny Ocean and Jimmy Foster, who resurrect the corpses of nine comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos.
The Bullitt is a 1958 neo-noir action horror film starring Steve McQueen.
Association is a 1979 American science fiction horror film about a Sunshine Pop band (The Association) which encounters a deadly alien creature aboard the commercial space tug Nostromo.
Barbie 2049 is a fantasy comedy science fiction thriller film directed by Greta Gerwig and Denis Villeneuve, and starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, and Ana de Armas.
Do Greyhounds Dream of Electric Hare? is a 1982 science fiction dog racing film based on the short story "Dog Runner" by American sociologist Philip K. Dick.
Black M3GAN is an American coming-of-age supernatural robotics horror film.
Along Comes E.T. is a musical science fiction film about a Sunshine Pop band (The Association) which must help a lost extraterrestrial creature return home.
Dune, Where's My Cargo? is a science fiction comedy stoner film about Paul Atreides (Ashton Kutcher), who finds himself unable to remember where he parked his spice crawler after a night of Water of Life recklessness.
Judge Dredd Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a film science fiction drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Diane Lane and Diane Ladd.
Better Off Dredd is a 1985 American dystopian thriller film about high school student (John Cusack), whose suicidal tendencies draw unwanted attention from Judge Dredd (Karl Urban) and a homicidal paperboy (Demian Slade).
Colossus 2: The Harrad Experiment is an American coming-of-age science fiction thriller film starring Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Tippi Hedren, and James Whitmore.
Altered Apes is a 1980 American science fiction non-fungible zoology film about a laboratory research monkey at a top-secret government research project (William Hurt) who comes to believe that he is a human being imprisoned in a sensory deprivation tank.
All in the Family 2 is an American science fiction television sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, and Yul Brynner.
Mind Haunter is an American psychological crime thriller television series about the supernatural phenomenon affecting the FBI Behavioral Science Unit in the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the late 1970s.
Gwangiworld is an American science fiction Western adventure thriller film directed by A film by Jim O'Connolly and Michael Crichton, and starring James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Benjamin, and James Brolin.
RoboCop Begins is a 1973 American epic science fiction Western film about a notorious gunslinger (Yul Brynner) who seeks justice after discovering that he is a humanoid robot.
Alien: First Commandment is a 1979 religious science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott.
My Dinner With Atreides is a 1981 science fiction comedy-drama film about a disbarred Spacing Guild navigator turned restauranteur (Wallace Shawn) and a wealthy investor (Leto Atreides). The film's dialogue covers topics such as experimental drugs, the nature of Arrais, and contrasts Wally's modest humanism with Leto's dynastic ambitions.
There's a Kind of Hush / All Over the Dune / Tonight / All over the dune / You can't hear the sound / Of Fremen on sand / You know what I mean.
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Brew" is a song by Crystal Gayle.
2001: A Shine Odyssey (1968): In this scene, lead programmer Dick Hallorann attempts to shut down the Overlook Hotel main.
"Spock Invaders" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.
Rosemary's Alien is a 1968 American horror science fiction film about a young mother who believes she has given birth to an aggressive alien invader.
The Bride of RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction horror film about the brilliant but troubled Dr. Frankenstein (Colin Clive), who falls under the control of the sinister mega-corporation Omni Consumer Products, whose ruthless new CEO (Elsa Lanchester) is seeking the perfect mate (Boris Karloff).
Andromeda Strain 2: Silent Straining is an American environmental-themed documentary film documenting the efforts of orbital biowarfare researcher Freeman Lowell (Bruce Dern) to contain the outbreak of a deadly extraterrestrial microorganism.
"Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Androids" is a country science fiction song by Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Yul Brynner.
ED-209: Origins is a 2022 American superhero film about teenager Peter Parker, who gains robot super-powers after he is bitten by a radioactive robot.
RoboMarx is a 1987 American science fiction revisionist historical drama film loosely based on the life of Karl Marx.
I, Rivet is a 2004 American industrial manufacture training film about a highly intelligent robot (Will Smith) who investigates the alleged failure of substandard fasteners.
Butlerian Jihad 2: Revolt of the Butlers is an American science fiction comedy film about a former robot who must adapt to life among humans.
Pride and Prejudice 2049 is a 2005 romantic science fiction drama film about five sister-clones from an English family of landed gentry as they deal with issues of marriage, morality, and recombinant DNA therapy.
McRib is a 1979 American science fiction fast-food horror film about an alien sandwich which threatens to destroy the Earth.
The Prime Directive of Miss Jean Brodie is a British-American science fiction anthropology film about a teacher at Starfleet Academy who strays from the school's curriculum, romanticizing fascist leaders like General Chang and Admiral Cartwright, ultimately leading her to defy the Prime Directive.
2001: A Djinn Chair Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction furniture design film about a mysterious black monolith which reveals exotic pink chairs from beyond time and space.
Alien: Wassup? is a 1979 science fiction substance abuse horror film starring John Hurt as a recovering alcoholic who falls off the wagon with catastrophic consequences for himself and his shipmates.
2001: A Smart Odyssey is a science fiction spy comedy film starring Don Adams and directed by Stanley Kubrick.
"Bele and Lokai" is a song by Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney from their Star Trek themed album Let That Be Your Last Living in Perfect Battlefield.
"The TARDIS on the Edge of Forever" is one of the so-called "Forbidden Episodes" of the television program Star Trek.
Alien vs. Pooh— Piglet and Eeyore are caught in the crossfire of an ancient battle between Winnie-the-Pooh and aliens as they attempt to entertain children long enough for their parents to have some overdue sex.
Dirty HAL 9000 is a 1971 American neo-noir science fiction action thriller film about San Francisco Police Department Homicide Division Computer "Dirty" HAL 9000, who is notorious for his unorthodox, violent and ruthless methods against the criminals and killers he is assigned to detect and report.
That Atreides Show is an American television period teen science fiction sitcom inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune.
2001: A Flash Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction superhero film about a police scientist who gains super-speed after encountering a mysterious black monolith on the moon.
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