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Sci-Fi Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
1,438 sci-fi movies, each with a full plot summary, timeline, character guide and the ending explained. Combine filters to narrow it down.
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The Electric State
2025 · Action
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988)
2025 · Animation
Mickey 17
2025 · Adventure
The Silent Planet
2025 · Sci-Fi
Captain America: Brave New World
2025 · Action
The Gorge
2025 · Action
Dog Man
2025 · Animation
Companion
2025 · Sci-Fi
Love Me
2025 · Drama
Star Trek: Section 31
2025 · Action
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
2025 · Animation
Aladdin 3477: The Jinn of Wisdom
2025 · Adventure
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
2024 · Action
The End
2024 · Drama
Y2K
2024 · Comedy
Fight Another Day
2024 · Action
Watchmen: Chapter II
2024 · Animation
The Fix
2024 · Action
Elevation
2024 · Action
Levels
2024 · Action
Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
2024 · Sci-Fi
Time Cut
2024 · Horror
Venom: The Last Dance
2024 · Action
My Hero Academia: You're Next
2024 · Animation
It's What's Inside
2024 · Comedy
Things Will Be Different
2024 · Horror
The Platform 2
2024 · Horror
Scarygirl
2024 · Animation
The Wild Robot
2024 · Animation
Megalopolis
2024 · Drama
Transformers One
2024 · Animation
Omni Loop
2024 · Drama
Subservience
2024 · Sci-Fi
Uglies
2024 · Action
The Greatest of All Time
2024 · Action
Slingshot
2024 · Sci-Fi
Afraid
2024 · Horror
Hostile Dimensions
2024 · Horror
Alien: Romulus
2024 · Horror
Borderlands
2024 · Action
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What Makes a Sci-Fi Movie? Sci-Fi Movies Explained
Science fiction (sci-fi) films explore imaginative and futuristic concepts, often dealing with advanced technology, space exploration, time travel, or extraterrestrial life. These movies push the boundaries of what is possible, blending scientific ideas with speculative storytelling. Sci-fi films often serve as social commentaries, challenging viewers to think critically about human nature, ethics, and the future of civilization.
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- Mystery Every clue, red herring and the final reveal.
- Drama Character arcs and emotional turning points, explained.
- Comedy The jokes, the chaos and how it all wraps up.
- Romance Who ends up together, and everything in the way.
- Crime Heists, betrayals and who really did it.
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- Emotionally Heavy Movies Movies that make you cry and stay with you.
- Light & Easy Movies Easy watching with low emotional stakes.
- Intense Movies Relentless action and constant pressure.
- Whimsical Movies Playful, imaginative and a little bit odd.
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