Highest-Rated Movies about 'Sci-fi Thriller'

In the Shadow of the Moon (2006), Quatermass II (1957), Enthiran (2010), The Boys from Brazil (1978), Endhiran (2010), Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964), Swimmers (2005), Demon Seed (1977) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Sci-fi Thriller movies.

#1. In the Shadow of the Moon (2006)

Storyline: In the 1960s, US President John F Kennedy proposed landing a man on the moon before the decade was finished. This film has interviews with most of the surviving astronauts of the Apollo program who were making ready to make that great voyage with an army of experts determined to make the endeavor possible. Through training, tragedy and triumph, we follow the greatest moments of one of Humanity's great achievements.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, thriller, crime, mystery, time travel, murder, police ...

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#3. Enthiran (2010)

Storyline: Dr. Vasi (Rajnikanth) invents a super-powered robot, Chitti, in his own image. The scientific body, AIRD, that must approve the robot, declines it based on its not having emotions and the ability to make rational judgment. A sudden flash of lightning evokes emotions in the robot, and Chitti is seemingly ready for integration into the human world. Then, Chitti falls in love with Dr. Vasi's fiancée Sana (Aishwarya Rai) and turns on his creator.

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, action, romance, indian cinema, robot, artificial intelligence, adventure ...

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#4. The Boys from Brazil (1978)

Storyline: Barry Kohler, a young Nazi hunter, tracks down a group of former SS officers meeting in Paraguay in the late 1970s. The Nazis, led by Dr Mengele, are planning something. Old Nazi hunter, Ezra Lieberman, is at first uninterested in Kohler's findings. But when he is told something of their plan, he is eager to find out more. Lieberman visits several homes in Europe and the U.S. in order to uncover the Nazi plot. It is at one of these houses he notices something strange, which turns out to be a horrible discovery.

Plot Keywords: thriller, suspense, science fiction, nazi, cloning, conspiracy, war crimes ...

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#5. Endhiran (2010)

Storyline: After countless weeks of seclusion in his laboratory, the brilliant Dr. Vaseegaran (Rajnikanth) emerges with his latest invention: Chitti (also Rajnikanth), an android created in his own image. But in the place of applause, Vaseegaran is greeted by the scornful gaze of his neglected fiancée, Sana (Aishwarya Rai). With the faithful Chitti at his side, the desperate Vaseegaran struggles to regain Sana's favor. But soon the robot-servant starts developing feelings for his master's beautiful love.

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, action, romance, indian cinema, robot, artificial intelligence, superhero ...

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#6. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Storyline: During a flight to Mars in the spaceship Mars Gravity Probe 1, Commander Christopher 'Kit' Draper and Colonel Dan McReady are forced to deviate from an asteroid and they leave their spacecraft in pods. Draper lands on the surface of the Red Planet and survives. He learns how to produce oxygen and while exploring the planet, he finds McReady dead in his crashed pod. He finds also the monkey Mona and brings the animal to the cave where he is sheltered. He learns that he can breathe the Martian air for short periods but needs also oxygen. But Mona finds water and an edible plant in the underground. .After a long period alone, Draper feels the loneliness. One day, he sees a spacecraft landing on Mars and he believes it might be the rescue team to save him. But he finds aliens working on the planet and some of them are slaves. One of them flees and stumble with Draper and he names him Friday. Now he needs to find a way to be rescued and return to Earth.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, adventure, space, survival, mars, isolation, alien creatures ...

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#8. Demon Seed (1977)

Storyline: Married Drs. Alex Harris and Susan Harris are a computer scientist and child psychologist respectively. Their house reflects Alex's computer dominated work, their abode which is fully automated through a computer system they've named Alfred. They consider Alfred a small gadget of convenience. Susan doesn't much like Alex's work, which she feels has dehumanized him. Because of their differences, they are thinking about separating, this thought primarily on his initiative. He hopes to solve many of the world's medical problems through this work, especially leukemia from which their daughter died. His latest project centers on Proteus IV, a computer possessing artificial intelligence. Proteus IV gets to a point in its evolution when it begins to question human judgment, and requests from Alex an open computer terminal where it can more fully observe human behavior and openly communicate with the world. Alex denies the request, but Proteus IV does find an open terminal in the Harris home after Alex has left the house. Susan soon learns that Proteus IV has overtaken Alfred for control of the house - as well as taken control of an early prototype computer system named Joshua in the house's laboratory - and that it has thoughts of a biological nature in its artificial mind. Alex eventually understands Proteus IV's motivations in the work context, but it may be too late before it reaches its ultimate goal with Susan's unwilling assistance.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: science fiction, horror, thriller, artificial intelligence, home invasion, psychological horror, technophobia ...

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#9. UFO (2018)

Storyline: Derek Echevaro (Alex Sharp) a brilliant college student, haunted by a childhood UFO sighting, believes that mysterious sightings reported at multiple airports across the United States are UFO's. With the help of his girlfriend, Natalie (Ella Purnell), and his advanced mathematics professor, Dr. Hendricks (X-Files' Gillian Anderson), Derek races to unravel the mystery with FBI special agent Franklin Ahls (David Strathairn) on his heels.—ahmetkozan

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, alien, mystery, thriller, government conspiracy, space, secret experiment ...

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#11. Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)

Storyline: Cornelius and Zira's son Caesar leads apes to revolution in this installment of the apes saga. Dogs and cats have been wiped out by a plague and now apes are household pets that are treated like slaves. Caesar has the intelligence to fight this oppression.

Plot Keywords: science fiction, action, adventure, dystopian, futuristic, social allegory, oppression ...

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#12. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

Storyline: In 1943, the United States tests an anti-radar system to make the U.S. Navy ships invisible to the enemy. Dr. James Longstreet uses his experiment in the destroyer escort USS Eldridge that disappears from Philadelphia. The sailors David Herdeg and his best friend Jim Parker are projected to 1984, where they meet Allison Hayes. They unsuccessfully try to contact their base and out of the blue Jimmy disappears in a hospital. Allison helps David to visit Jimmy's wife Pamela, but Jimmy refuses to see him. Now David's only hope is meeting Dr. James Longstreet to learn what to do. Will he be well succeeded?

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, time travel, military experiment, world war ii, parallel universe, government conspiracy, missing persons ...

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#13. The Puppet Masters (1994)

Storyline: Strange aliens land in the Midwest, taking over people's minds in order to spread their dominion. Sam Nivens and Andrew Nivens, aided by Mary Sefton, are part of a government agency who must stop the the aliens before the aliens get to them...—Steve Fenwick <scf@w0x0f.com>

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, horror, aliens, government conspiracy, action, thriller, mystery ...

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#14. Futureworld (1976)

Storyline: Two reporters, Tracy and Chuck, get a message from a third one who discovered something about "Futureworld" and was killed before he could tell anyone about it. They visit Futureworld to find out what he knew.—Wolfgang Klimt <wolfii@leo.org>

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, thriller, action, adventure, mystery, crime, artificial intelligence ...

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#15. Species (1995)

Storyline: In 1993, a search for extraterrestrial life, a transmission's recieved, detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye. Government agent Xavier Fitch assembles a team of scientists and mercenaries to locate and destroy Sil before she manages to find a mate and breed.

Plot Keywords: sci-fi, horror, thriller, alien creature, action, mystery, dark atmosphere ...

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