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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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Deadpool & Wolverine
2024 · Action
Wonderland
2024 · Drama
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2024 · Animation
The Abandon
2024 · Horror
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three
2024 · Animation
Project Silence
2024 · Action
Lumina
2024 · Horror
Despicable Me 4
2024 · Animation
A Quiet Place: Day One
2024 · Drama
Kalki 2898 AD
2024 · Action
Ultraman: Rising
2024 · Animation
Apocalypse Clown
2024 · Comedy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024 · Action
Atlas
2024 · Action
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024 · Action
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom
2024 · Animation
Mars Express
2024 · Animation
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Two
2024 · Animation
Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver
2024 · Action
The Beast
2024 · Drama
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2024 · Action
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Adventure
The End of Evangelion
2024 · Animation
Dune: Part Two
2024 · Action
The Primevals
2024 · Adventure
Spaceman
2024 · Adventure
Megamind vs. The Doom Syndicate
2024 · Animation
Code 8: Part II
2024 · Action
Parallel
2024 · Drama
Monolith
2024 · Mystery
Madame Web
2024 · Action
Badland Hunters
2024 · Action
I.S.S.
2024 · Sci-Fi
The Kitchen
2024 · Adventure
T.I.M.
2024 · Sci-Fi
Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom
2023 · Action
Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire
2023 · Action
Poor Things
2023 · Comedy
Concrete Utopia
2023 · Action
Godzilla Minus One
2023 · 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.
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- 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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