Top 100 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies of 2022
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
January 15, 2004From producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pearl Harbor) comes Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl, the thrilling high-seas adventure with a mysterious...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
July 14, 2011"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2," is the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series. The much-anticipated motion picture event is the second...
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Armageddon
June 30, 1998From the blockbuster-making team who produced and directed Pearl Harbor and The Rock (Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay) comes the biggest movie of 1998 -- Arma...
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Forbidden Planet
March 15, 1956A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair provides astonishing evidence of a populace a million years more advanced than Earthlings....
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Interstellar
November 7, 2014From director Christopher Nolan (Inception, The Dark Knight trilogy) comes the story of a team of pioneers undertaking the most important mission in human histo...
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Mortal Kombat (2021)
April 23, 2021MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld's Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, ...
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Ghostbusters
June 8, 1984A trio of university parapsychologists lose their research grant and decide to open their own business, "Ghostbusters," and almost at once are summoned to inves...
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
November 19, 2010Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the Horcruxes--the keys to Voldemort's immortality. On their own, without th...
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
August 21, 2013Based on the Best-Selling series by Cassandra Clare. Clary's life is turned upside down when her mother is kidnapped and it's revealed that she and her mother a...
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Avatar (2009)
December 18, 2009From Academy Award®-winning director James Cameron comes Avatar, the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled ...
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day
October 22, 1997Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as the Terminator in this explosive action-adventure spectacle. Now he's one of the good guys, sent back in time to protect John C...
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Passengers (2016)
December 21, 2016Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt star in a high-stakes adventure about two passengers, Jim and Aurora, onboard a spaceship transporting them to a new life on a...
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Prometheus
June 8, 2012A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey through the universe. There, they must fight a battle to save ...
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Avengers: Endgame
April 26, 2019The fourth installment in the Avengers saga is the culmination of 22 interconnected Marvel films and the climax of an epic journey. The world’s greatest heroe...
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
November 18, 2005When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools - the Triwizard T...
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The Dark Knight Rises
July 20, 2012Christopher Nolan returns to complete the Gotham trilogy that launched with Batman Begins and reached the stratosphere with the billion dollar blockbuster The D...
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The Meg
August 10, 2018A deep-sea submersible filled with an international research crew lies disabled at the bottom of the Pacific after having been attacked by a massive shark previ...
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
July 15, 2009Emboldened by the return of Lord Voldemort, the Death Eaters are wreaking havoc in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven...
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
May 31, 2019The story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the migh...
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
November 18, 2016“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” opens in 1926 as Newt Scamander has just completed a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary array ...
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Jurassic World
June 12, 2015The Jurassic World theme park lets guests experience the thrill of witnessing actual dinosaurs, but something ferocious lurks behind the park's attractions – ...
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
June 24, 2009The battle for Earth continues in this action-packed blockbuster from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg. When college-bound Sam Witwi...
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A Tear In the Sky
May 3, 2022Award-winning documentary A Tear in the Sky takes you on an unprecedented journey into the UFO / UAP phenomenon. A team of military personnel, scientists and sp...
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
June 11, 1982Journey back to the magic and adventure with E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the beloved masterpiece from Academy Award®-winning director Steven Spielberg. Henry ...
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Space Cowboys
August 4, 2000The phrase "over the hill" only applies where there's gravity! Forty years after their original space mission was scrapped, a retired Air Force "space cowboy" l...
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Transformers
July 3, 2007From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes a thrilling battle between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. When their epic...
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Aliens
July 18, 1986Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) awakens from hyp...
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Back to the Future
July 3, 1985From the Academy Award-winning filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis comes Back to the Future - the original, groundbreaking adventure that sparked on...
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The Matrix
March 31, 1999Have you ever had a dream that you were so sure was real? What if you couldn't awaken? How would you know the difference between dream and reality? When a beaut...
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The Mask
July 3, 1997When he dons an ancient Norse mask, perennial loser Stanley Ipkiss moves at warp speed, knows people's every desire and can satisfy every whim, and dances like ...
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The Wizard of Oz
April 23, 1939"There's no place like home..." Entirely remastered, the colorful characters and unforgettable songs of Oz come alive as never before. This magical cinematic ev...
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Spaceballs
June 26, 1987An opening shot of one of those enormous, endlessly flowing, across-the-top-of-the-screen George Lucas space cruisers introduces us into the not-quite-so-seriou...
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The Maze Runner
September 19, 2014In this thrilling action-adventure based on the best-selling novel, a teenager named Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) wakes up trapped in a massive, ever-changing maze ...
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Edge of Tomorrow
June 5, 2014An alien race, undefeatable by any existing military unit, has launched a relentless attack on Earth, and Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) finds himself dropped ...
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
December 17, 2021For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero's identity is revealed, bringing his Super Hero responsibilities into ...
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Hook
December 11, 1991A high-flying adventure from the magic of Steven Spielberg, HOOK stars Robin Williams as a grown-up Peter Pan and Dustin Hoffman as the infamous Captain Hook. J...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
November 16, 2001In this enchanting film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's delightful bestseller, Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned first son of two po...
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Alien: Covenant
May 19, 2017Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with ALIEN: COVENANT, a new chapter in his groundbreaking ALIEN franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant...
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
May 23, 1997Director Steven Spielberg takes us back to the scene of Jurassic Park in The Lost World, the blockbuster sequel with even more dinosaurs, more action and more b...
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
December 12, 2013Academy Award® winner Peter Jackson continues his Middle-earth adventure following Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) who's swept into an epic quest to reclaim the...
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Aquaman (2018)
December 21, 2018An action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, “Aquaman” reveals the origin story of half-human, ...
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Spider-Man
May 3, 2002Average teenager Peter Parker is transformed into an extraordinary super hero after he is accidentally bitten by a radioactive spider. When his beloved uncle is...
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Encanto
November 24, 2021Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ENCANTO tells the tale of an extraordinary family, the Madrigals, who live hidden in the mountains of Colombia, in a magical ho...
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show
June 15, 1973Part campy musical, part horror film, the movie details the travails of a squeaky clean couple stranded at a creepy castle where the inhabitants sing and dance ...
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Planet of the Apes (2001)
July 27, 2001After a spectacular crash-landing on an uncharted planet, brash astronaut Leo Davidson (Mark Wahlberg) finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking ape...
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Jurassic Park III
July 18, 2001Adventure runs wild when renowned paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) agrees to accompany a wealthy adventurer (William H. Macy) and his wife (Tea Leoni) ...
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
June 30, 1971A poor little boy wins a ticket to visit the inside of a mysterious and magical chocolate factory. When he experiences the wonders inside the factory, the boy d...
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Godzilla (2014)
May 15, 2014In this gritty, realistic sci-fi action epic, Godzilla returns to its roots as one of the world's most recognized monsters. Directed by Gareth Edwards and featu...
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The Matrix Resurrections
December 22, 2021From visionary filmmaker Lana Wachowski comes “The Matrix Resurrections,” the long-awaited fourth film in the groundbreaking franchise that redefined a genr...
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Pacific Rim: Uprising
March 23, 2018John Boyega (Star Wars series) is the rebellious Jake Pentecost, a once-promising Jaeger pilot whose legendary father gave his life to secure humanity's victory...
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Moonfall
February 4, 2022In Moonfall, a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it. With mere weeks...
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Morbius
April 1, 2022One of Marvel's most compelling and conflicted characters comes to the big screen as Oscar winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero, Michael Mor...
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
August 5, 2011RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is a revolution; an action-packed epic featuring stunning visual effects and creatures unlike anything ever seen before. At the s...
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
December 16, 2016From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars stand-alone films – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, an epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikel...
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
July 11, 2007Lord Voldemort has returned, but few want to believe it. In fact, the Ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the ...
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
May 22, 2008STEVEN SPIELBERG and GEORGE LUCAS bring you the greatest adventurer of all time in “a nonstop thrill ride” (Richard Corliss, TIME) that’s packed with “s...
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
June 4, 2004In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry, Ron and Hermione, now teenagers, return for their third year at Hogwarts, where they are forced to face esca...
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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
April 15, 2022Professor Albus Dumbledore (Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to sto...
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Galaxy Quest
December 25, 1999A team of intrepid adventurers travels through the outer reaches of the galaxy, each week finding excitement and adventure on Galaxy Quest! Or at least that's t...
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Spider-Man 3
May 4, 2007Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) finally has the girl of his dreams, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), and New York City is in the throes of Spider-mania! But when ...
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Contact
October 9, 1997Two-time Oscar-winner Jodie Foster ("Panic Room") and Matthew McConaughey ("The Wedding Planner") star in this gripping story of a radio astronomer who receives...
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Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
June 22, 2018With all of the wonder, adventure and thrills synonymous with one of the most popular and successful series in cinema history, this all-new motion-picture event...
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Ad Astra
September 20, 2019Astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of...
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Blade Runner 2049
October 6, 2017Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K (Ryan Gosling), unearths a long buried secret that has the potential to plun...
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Alien
May 25, 1979Directed by Ridley Scott, the original sci-fi classic follows Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) investigating a suspected SOS on a remote planet and makes a terrifying ...
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Ghostbusters (2016)
July 15, 2016Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return with Director Paul Feig's unique and hilarious take on the classic, supernatural comedy, led by the freshest minds in...
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Batman Forever
June 16, 1995Jim Carrey stars as criminal genius, The Riddler, and Tommy Lee Jones plays Two-Face. Together, these criminal kingpins present a threat that only the Dynamic D...
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Mad Max: Fury Road
May 14, 2015From director George Miller, originator of the post-apocalyptic genre and mastermind behind the legendary "Mad Max" franchise, comes "Mad Max: Fury Road," a ret...
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Batman Returns
June 19, 1992In the second of the blockbuster Batman films, the physically deformed criminal genius The Penguin threatens Gotham City--and, helpless, the entire city can onl...
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
November 22, 2013Academy Award® winner Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss Everdeen in this thrilling second adventure from THE HUNGER GAMES saga. Against all odds, Katniss an...
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
July 11, 2014Gary Oldman, Jason Clarke, Keri Russell and Andy Serkis star in the thrilling next chapter of Planet of the Apes. Ten years after a deadly virus destroys most o...
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
November 21, 2014Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), is rescued by the rebels and brought to District 13 after she shatters the Hunger Games forever. Under the leadership of ...
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
May 24, 2007Just when he's needed most, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), that witty and wily charmer of a pirate, is trapped on a sea of sand in Davy Jones' Locker. In a...
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The Iron Giant
August 6, 1999Something humongous is among us! A young boy rescues a huge robot which has rocketed to earth from space - and tries to protect the genial giant from a nosy gov...
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Sunshine
October 8, 2007In the year 2057, a crew of eight courageous men and women must embark on a journey to the Sun to reignite the dying star and save mankind from extinction. But ...
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Knowing (2009)
March 20, 2009Nicolas Cage (National Treasure) stars in this edge of your seat sci-fi thriller as John Koestler, a professor who deciphers a coded message with terrifying acc...
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300
April 5, 2007The epic graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City) assaults the screen with the blood, thunder and awe of its ferocious visual style faithfully recreated in an i...
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The Amazing Spider-Man
July 3, 2012Peter Parker is going back to high school in The Amazing Spider-Man as a teenager dealing with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises.
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Ready Player One
March 29, 2018From filmmaker Steven Spielberg comes the science fiction action adventure “Ready Player One,” based on Ernest Cline’s bestseller of the same name. The fi...
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The Divergent Series: Allegiant
March 18, 2016In this exciting third film in The Divergent Series, Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) lead a team of rebels in a daring escape over the city wall...
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Jurassic Park
June 11, 1993Director Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park masterpiece is one of the most successful films in worldwide box office history and remains a compelling and spectacul...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
November 15, 2002Harry Potter's adventures continue... After a long summer with the horrid Dursleys, Harry Potter is thwarted in his attempts to board the train to Hogwarts Scho...
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The Hunger Games
March 23, 2012Based on the best-selling books by Suzanne Collins, THE HUNGER GAMES is the first film in the franchise. Every year in the ruins of what was once North America,...
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Infinite
December 7, 2021For Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg), skills he has never learned and memories of places he has never visited haunt his daily life. Self-medicated and on the brink...
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2001: A Space Odyssey
April 2, 1968A pair of astronauts heads to Jupiter to investigate a radio signal sent from a mysterious monolith on the moon, but their tranquil trip is endangered when thei...
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The Martian
October 2, 2015From legendary director Ridley Scott (Alien, Prometheus) comes a gripping tale of human strength and the will to survive. During a mission to Mars, American ast...
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Uncharted
February 18, 2022Street-smart thief Nathan Drake (Tom Holland) is recruited by seasoned treasure hunter Victor “Sully” Sullivan (Mark Wahlberg) to recover a fortune lost by ...
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Deadpool
February 12, 2016Hold onto your chimichangas, folks. From the studio that brought you all 3 Taken films comes the block-busting, fourth-wall-breaking masterpiece about Marvel Co...
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The Neverending Story
July 20, 1984From director Wolfgang Peterson comes this family fantasy/adventure epic based on the acclaimed best-seller about a boy who is drawn into a timeless and wondrou...
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Dune
October 1, 2021A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyon...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
August 11, 2005Fantasy Adventure. Acclaimed director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, about...
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Independence Day
August 9, 1996On July 2nd, communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference. First thought to be meteors, they are later revealed to...
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Everything Everywhere All At Once
April 8, 2022When an interdimensional rupture threatens to unravel reality, the fate of the world is suddenly in the hands of a most unlikely hero: Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh), a...
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Doctor Strange (2016)
November 4, 2016From Marvel comes Doctor Strange, the story of world-famous neurosurgeon Dr. Stephen Strange, whose life changes forever after a horrific car accident robs him ...
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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
November 16, 2018From the imagination of Wizarding World creator J.K. Rowling comes the Fantastic Beasts film series, magical adventures set before the time of Harry Potter. At ...
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Pacific Rim
July 12, 2013Acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) brings out the big guns in this sci-fi action epic about a ragtag band of humans that band together in ...
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Lost In Space
April 3, 1998The Robinson Family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home. A family of colonists...
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Spider-Man 2
June 30, 2004In SPIDER-MAN 2, the latest installment in the blockbuster Spider-Man series, based on the classicMarvel Comics hero, Tobey Maguire returns as the mild-mannered...
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Star Trek
May 8, 2009The greatest adventure of all time begins with Star Trek, the incredible story of a young crew's maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: ...
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Red Planet
November 10, 2000Houston, we have a very big problem! In the mid-21st century, the nations of a dying Earth look starward for a solution and set out to colonize Mars. But someth...
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