1) Total Recall
Douglas Quaid is haunted by a recurring dream about a journey to Mars. He hopes to find out more about this dream and buys a holiday at Rekall Inc. where they sell implanted memories. But something goes wrong with the memory implantation and he remembers being a secret agent fighting against the evil Mars administrator Cohaagen. Now the story really begins and it's a rollercoaster ride until the massive end of the movie.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: Philip K. Dick (short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale") (as Phillip K. Dick) , Ronald Shusett(screen story), 5 more credits »
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside | See full cast and crew »
Released: 1990
2) Escape from New York
In the future, crime is out of control and New York City is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, convicts bring down the President's plane in bad old Gotham. Gruff Snake Plissken, a one-eyed lone warrior new to prison life, is coerced into bringing the President, and his cargo, out of this land of undesirables.
Director: John Carpenter
Writers: John Carpenter, Nick Castle
Stars: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine |See full cast and crew »
Released: 1981
3) A.I. Artificial Intelligence
In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting rise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve them. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Brian Aldiss (short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long"), Ian Watson (screen story), 1 more credit »
Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2001
4) I, Robot
Set in a future Earth (2035 A.D.) where robots are common assistants and workers for their human owners, this is the story of "robotophobic" Chicago Police Detective Del Spooner's investigation into the murder of Dr. Alfred Lanning, who works at U.S. Robotics, in which a robot, Sonny , appears to be implicated, even though that would mean the robot had violated the Three Laws of Robotics, which is apparently impossible. It seems impossible because.. if robots can break those laws, there's nothing to stop them from taking over the world, as humans have grown to become completely dependent upon their robots. Or maybe... they already have? Aiding Spooner in his investigation is a psychologist, Dr. Susan Calvin, who specializes in the psyches of robots.
Director: Alex Proyas
Writers: Jeff Vintar (screenplay), Akiva Goldsman(screenplay), 2 more credits »
Stars: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2004
5) The Running Man
Set in a totalitarian society. Ben Richards is a cop who was blamed for a massacre which wasn't his fault. He would be sent to prison and breaks out with some other inmates. He tries to escape but the woman whom he dragged into his plan turns him over to the authorities. Damon Killian, who is the host of THE RUNNING MAN a game show wherein convicted felons are given the chance to run to freedom but have to elude the stalkers; men who hunt them down and kill them in gruesome manners. When he learns that Richards has been caught, he wants him to be the show's next contestant. After being brought to Killian, Richards turns him down, Killian then reveals to Richards that his two friends who were in prison with him and who broke out with him have been caught, so unless Richards does the show they will. But on the night of the show, Richards is set to go but Killian also reveals that Richards' two friends are going with him. Richards tells Killian that he will be back. But first !
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Writers: Stephen King (novel) (as Richard Bachman) ,Steven E. de Souza (screenplay)
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso,Yaphet Kotto | See full cast and crew »
Released: 1987
6) Children of Men
The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set in and around a dystopian London fractious with violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows the unexpected discovery of a lone pregnant woman and the desperate journey to deliver her to safety and restore faith for a future beyond those presently on Earth.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writers: Alfonso Cuarón (screenplay), Timothy J. Sexton(screenplay), 4 more credits »
Stars: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Chiwetel Ejiofor |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2006
7) Babylon A.D.
In a near future, the mercenary Toorop is hired by the powerful criminal Gorsky to take a woman named Aurora from a Noelite Convent in Central Asia to New York. In return, he will receive a large amount of money and a clear passport. Toorop joins Aurora and her guardian Sister Rebeka as they cross the dangerous Russian landscape chased by mercenaries that also want Aurora. On their journey, Toorop discovers that Aurora has special abilities and once in New York, they see on the news that the Noelite Convent has just been bombed. When Aurora discloses that she is a virgin and pregnant with twins, Toorop realizes that there is something sinister behind his mission and that he and Sister Rebeka are not part of Gorsky's plans.
Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Writers: Maurice G. Dantec (novel), Mathieu Kassovitz(screenplay), 2 more credits »
Stars: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2008
8) The Island
Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly Utopian but contained facility in the year 2019. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island" - reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones. Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta. Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers.
Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Caspian Tredwell-Owen (screenplay), Alex Kurtzman (screenplay), 2 more credits »
Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Ewan McGregor, Djimon Hounsou | See full cast and crew »
Released: 2005
9) Daybreakers
In a world 10 years into the future, vampires make up the vast majority of the population with only 5% of the human race remaining. This presents particular challenges as the vampires' food supply - human blood - is dwindling and rationing is now the norm. There is growing evidence that vampires deprived of an adequate blood supply are themselves evolving into wild, vile creatures that attack anyone and anything in order to survive. Dr. Edward Dalton, a vampire and hematologist who works for a pharmaceutical firm, has been working on finding an artificial blood supply that will meet the vampire society's needs. He is sympathetic to humans and sees his work as a way of alleviating their suffering but his views on finding a solution change considerably when he meets someone who found a way to transform himself from being a vampire to again take human form.
Directors: Michael Spierig (as The Spierig Brothers) ,Peter Spierig (as The Spierig Brothers)
Writers: Michael Spierig (as The Spierig Brothers) , Peter Spierig (as The Spierig Brothers)
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill |See full cast and crew »
Released: 2009
10) Death Race 2000
A champion of a brutal cross-country car race of the future where pedestrians are run down for points has a change of heart while being hounded by rivals and a conspiracy seeking to stop the race.
Director: Paul Bartel
Writers: Robert Thom (screenplay), Charles B. Griffith(screenplay) (as Charles Griffith) , 1 more credit »
Stars: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth | See full cast and crew »
Released: 1975
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