Science Fiction Cinema

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A spoiler-controlled guide to starships, strange worlds, artificial minds, impossible futures and films that make considerably more sense after the second viewing.

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Her Private Hell

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25 September 2026 · UK

A troubled young woman searches for her missing father as a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, bringing her path together with an American soldier desperately trying to rescue his daughter.

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Hope

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25 September 2026 · UK

A remote Korean fishing village is plunged into chaos when a mysterious presence emerges from the surrounding forest, turning a local investigation into a confrontation with consequences of cosmic proportions.

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Clayface

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23 October 2026 · UK

Warner Bros. Pictures

After a gangster destroys rising actor Matt Hagen’s face, an experimental treatment transforms his body into living clay and sends him down a dark path of revenge.

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Klara and the Sun

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23 October 2026 · UK

Sony Pictures Entertainment

A solar-powered Artificial Friend is chosen to accompany a seriously ill teenager, gradually bringing hope and healing to her troubled family.

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Godzilla Minus Zero

41 days to go

6 November 2026 · UK

Toho

Two years after Godzilla’s devastating attack, Japan faces a terrifying new threat as the Shikishima family struggles to rebuild its shattered life.

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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

55 days to go

20 November 2026 · UK

Lionsgate

Young Haymitch Abernathy enters the deadly Second Quarter Quell, where twice the usual number of tributes must fight for survival.

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Zombie Head's Top 5

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey9.7/10
  2. Alien9.5/10
  3. Terminator 2: Judgment Day9.5/10
  4. The Matrix9.5/10
  5. Aliens9.4/10
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Space Adventures

Starships, distant worlds and crews who definitely skipped the safety briefing.

24 matching guides Action Sci-Fi

Explosions, impossible missions and heroes who regard breathable atmospheres as optional.

18 matching guides Alien Encounters

First contact, invasions and visitors whose motives remain inconveniently vague.

19 matching guides Time Travel

Loops, paradoxes and people making history considerably more complicated.

10 matching guides Dystopian Futures

Broken societies, sealed worlds and governments with extremely reassuring slogans.

27 matching guides AI & Cyberpunk

Artificial minds, digital worlds and technology quietly updating its plans for humanity.

23 matching guides Mind-Bending Sci-Fi

Conspiracies, fractured realities and questions that arrive with three more questions.

34 matching guides Retro Sci-Fi

Analogue futures, practical effects and control panels containing heroic quantities of switches.

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