The Divide (2012)

Nine strangers, all tenants of a New York high rise apartment, escape a nuclear attack by hiding out in the building's bunker-like basement. Trapped for days underground with no hope for rescue, and only unspeakable horrors awaiting them on the other side of the bunker door, the group begins to descend into madness, each turning on one another with physical and psycho-sexual torment. As supplies dwindle, and tensions flare, and they grow increasingly unhinged by their close quarters and hopelessness, each act against one another becomes more depraved than the next. While everyone in the bunker allows themselves to be overcome by desperation and lose their humanity, one survivor holds onto a thin chance for escape even with no promise of salvation on the outside.

Director: Xavier Gens
Writers: Karl Mueller and Eron Sheean
Stars: Lauren German, Michael Biehn and Milo Ventimiglia
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535616/

Beyond Re-Animator (2003)

Follows Bride of Re-Animator (1990). Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research. Currently serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits, West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of Howard Phillips, the new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier. Knowledgeable of West's previous experiments and eager to assist the mad doctor in continuing his studies, the naive Phillips discovers that West's continued studies have revealed a more effective means of bringing back the dead -- the removal of an individual's Neuroplasm, or soul, and the injection of it into a newly reanimated corpse. An electrical phenomenon discharged at the moment of death, with the discovery of the Neuroplasm, West may have finally discovered the missing link to effectively bringing life to death. Or not.

Director: Brian Yuzna
Writers: H.P. Lovecraft (characters) and Miguel Tejada-Flores (story)
Stars: Jeffrey Combs, Jason Barry and Elsa Pataky
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0222812/

In Time (2011)

In the not-too-distant future, where time is literally money, and aging stops at 25, the only way to stay alive is to earn, steal, or inherit more time. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their immortality. Will Salas lives life a minute at a time, until a windfall of time gives him access to the world of the wealthy. Though too late to help his mother from dying, he teams up with a beautiful young heiress to outrun a police force known as the 'time keepers' and destroy the corrupt system once and for all.

Director: Andrew Niccol
Writer: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried and Cillian Murphy
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/

Another Earth (2011)

Rhoda Williams, a bright young woman accepted into MIT's astrophysics program, aspires to explore the cosmos. A brilliant composer, John Burroughs, has just reached the pinnacle of his profession and is about to have a second child with his loving wife. On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, tragedy strikes and the lives of these strangers become irrevocably intertwined. Estranged from the world and the selves they once knew, the two outsiders begin an unlikely love affair and reawaken to life. But when one is presented with the chance of a lifetime opportunity to travel to the other Earth and embrace an alternative reality, which new life will they choose?

Director: Mike Cahill
Writers: Brit Marling and Mike Cahill
Stars: Brit Marling, William Mapother and Matthew-Lee Erlbach
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549572/

Ink (2009)

As the light fades and the city goes to sleep, two forces emerge. They are invisible except for the power they exert over us in our sleep, battling for our souls through dreams. One force delivers hope and strength through good dreams; the other infuses the subconscious with desperation through nightmares. John and Emma, Father and Daughter are wrenched into this fantastical dream world battle, forced to fight for John's soul and to save Emma from an eternal nightmare. Separate in their journey, they encounter unusual characters that exist only in their subconscious. Or do they?

Director: Jamin Winans
Writer: Jamin Winans
Stars: Christopher Soren Kelly, Quinn Hunchar and Jessica Duffy
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071804/

The Mist (2007)

Everyone thinks of it as a harmless lightning storm. When Dave Drayton notices a strange mist on the lake, he thinks nothing of it. When he, his son, Billy Drayton, and his neighbor Brent Norton travel to the supermarket, the unthinkable happens. When a thick fog descends upon a rural community and claims the lives of anyone unfortunate enough to be caught outside, a small band of survivors seeks refuge in a local grocery store. Now trapped in a darkened cloud of pure horror, the frightened denizens of the town are forced to fend off an advancing horde of murderous monsters.

Director: Frank Darabont
Writers: Frank Darabont (screenplay) and Stephen King (novel)
Stars: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden and Laurie Holden
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884328/

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

When an investigation is launched, Polly Perkins, reporter for the prestigious Chronicle, and Sky Captain, resident flying ace, are at the forefront of the case. Though the mission's perks include traveling around the world, the stout-hearted duo are nonetheless risking their lives with each passing moment, as the culprit is none other than the nefarious Dr. Totenkopf, and his goal, from what they can gather, is to destroying the earth in its entirety. Luckily, Sky Captain and Polly are not alone -- Franky Cook, the commander of an all-female amphibious squadron, and Dex, an unparalleled technical genius, have joined them in hopes of saving the planet before it's too late.

Director: Kerry Conran
Writer: Kerry Conran
Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law and Angelina Jolie
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/

Franklyn (2008)

Set between contemporary London and the dystopic Meanwhile City, where the separation between church and state has been obliterated to make way for a religion-dominated society. Atheist vigilante Jonathan Preest prepares to seek revenge against Meanwhile City's powerful leader, privileged artist Emilia finds her cynicism and depression accelerated by the difficult relationship she shares with her mother. Meanwhile, sensitive Milo attempts to recover from a recent heartache, just as deeply religious Peter arrives in London to search for his missing son, a haunted Gulf War veteran. As the narrative shifts between the real and imaginary worlds, McMorrow explores the complex relationships between fantasy, faith, and love.

Director: Gerald McMorrow
Writer: Gerald McMorrow
Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Eva Green and Bernard Hill
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0893402/

The Man from Earth (2007)

The story concerns Professor John Oldman, a scientist who summons a group of associates to a cabin one freezing night, and strikes them with a fantastic revelation: he is not a traditional human, but a 14,000 year-old immortal, who has survived centuries of evolution from the Cro-Magnon Era to the present. In the hours to follow, Professor Oldman's earth-shaking assertion about himself challenges the men on spiritual, scientific and historical levels. But the most incredible is yet to come - an even more astonishing truth in which the men's discussions culminate.

Director: Richard Schenkman
Writer: Jerome Bixby
Stars: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd and John Billingsley
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/

City of Ember (2008)

 

The City of Ember was built over 200 year ago, deep below the earth, where the destruction of a mass-scale disaster couldn't reach it. Equipped with a massive generator and vast supplies, the people of Ember have thrived happily for generations -- but the city wasn't meant to be lived in forever. The generator is breaking down and the supplies are running out, but two centuries in isolation have robbed the Emberites of their knowledge -- nobody knows how the electric lights work anymore, and nobody understands that there's something beyond the city besides darkness. Nobody, that is, besides Lina and Doon, two teenagers who still have the hope that everyone else has lost to ignorance and apathy -- not to mention a sheet of instructions left by the Builders themselves explaining how to leave the city. But the 200-year-old paper is falling apart, and pieces are missing. So with the lights threatening to flicker out for the last time and leave Ember in darkness forever, Lina and Doon set out on an adventure through the streets, sewers, and dark caverns of Ember to put the pieces back together. To solve the mystery, they'll have to get inside the Builders' heads, and avoid the grasp of corrupt Mayor Cole, who wants to keep Ember the way it is -- no matter what the cost.

Director: Gil Kenan
Writers: Caroline Thompson (screenplay) and Jeanne Duprau (book)
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Toby Jones and Bill Murray
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970411/

Melancholia (2011)

 

A meditation on depression and the end of the world. The first half of the film focuses on the emotionally troubled newlywed Justine as her sister, Claire, throws her a lavish wedding party. As her lack of emotional stability begins to take a toll on Justine's brand new marriage as well as the party -- and old wounds are exposed -- Claire's wealthy husband John knows a great deal about a planet that is on a possible collision course with Earth. The second half of the movie focuses on Claire, who ends up taking her sister in after the marriage collapses, and also begins to fear that John is hiding apocalyptically bad news.

Director: Lars von Trier
Writer: Lars von Trier
Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Kiefer Sutherland
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1527186/

Children of Dune (2003)

 

Follows Dune (2000). Officially based on two of Frank Herbert's science fiction novels, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. The story was set in the year 10,103: Having deposed the evil emperor of the desert planet Arrakis, the messianic Paul Atreides was firmly installed as the planet's supreme "Muad'Dib," as well as the guardian of Arrakis' life-enhancing spice supply. Unfortunately, Paul's efforts to unify his kingdom have had the residual consequences of bloodshed and tyranny. It fell to Paul's twin children, Ghanima and Leto II, to thwart the villainous machinations of the planet's deposed matriarch, Princess Wensicia, and the beautiful but insane Princess Alia.

Director: Greg Yaitanes
Writers: John Harrison (screenplay) and Frank Herbert (novels)
Stars: Alec Newman, Julie Cox and Ian McNeice
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287839/

Æon Flux (2005)

400 years in the future, set in the year 2415, Aeon Flux is a mysterious assassin. Four centuries after a virus nearly annihilated the human race, leaving only five million survivors in a utopian city called Bregna. Aeon is struggling to destroy the Goodchild regime led by its namesake, Trevor Goodchild, the ruler of Bregna and a descendant of the man who found a cure for the deadly virus. As instructed by the Handler, Aeon is assigned to assassinate Goodchild, but there are deeper secrets to be discovered, and conspiracies to be foiled.

Director: Karyn Kusama
Writers: Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi
Stars: Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand and Sophie Okonedo
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402022/

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

 

Arthur Dent is a very ordinary man who is having a truly unusual day -- after discovering that one of his best friends, Ford Prefect, is actually an alien, Ford tells him that the planet Earth is going to be destroyed so that otherworldly forces can make room for construction of a hyperspace bypass. Since Arthur accidentally saved Ford's life years ago, Ford does him a favor -- he first gets him a ride on a spaceship passing by, and then presents him with a guidebook that will tell a beginner everything he needs to know as he hitchhikes through outer space. Along the way, Arthur encounters such interstellar notables as sleazy Galaxy president Zaphod Beebelbrox, the girl of his dreams Tricia McMillan, perpetually glum robot Marvin, interplanetary construction magnate Slartibartfast, and cult leader Humma Kavula.

Director: Garth Jennings
Writers: Douglas Adams
Stars: Martin Freeman, Mos Def and Sam Rockwell
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/

The Fountain (2006)

 

Three stories - one each from the past, present, and future - about men in pursuit of eternity with their love. A conquistador in Mayan country searches for the tree of life to free his captive queen; a medical researcher, working with various trees, looks for a cure that will save his dying wife; a space traveler, traveling with an aged tree encapsulated within a bubble, moves toward a dying star that's wrapped in a nebula; he seeks eternity with his love. The stories intersect and parallel; the quests fail and succeed.

Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writers: Darren Aronofsky
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Ellen Burstyn
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414993/

Attack the Block (2011)

 

A gang of tough inner-city kids rob Sam as she is walking home in a scary South London tower block. She flees when the gang is attacked by a small alien creature which falls from the sky. While Sam and the police hunt for the gang, a second wave of creatures falls. The gang grabs weapons, mount bikes, and set out to defend their turf. But this time, the creatures are much bigger. Savage and bestial, nothing will stand in their way. And the bunch of no-hope kids who just attacked Sam are about to become her only hope.

Director: Joe Cornish
Writer: Joe Cornish
Stars: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and Nick Frost
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478964/

Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011)

 

Follows Quarantine (2008). Earlier tonight, a bizarre disease was unleashed in a run-down Los Angeles tenement... and no one got out alive. Yet something escaped. Now, aboard Flight 318, the first symptoms begin to show. As the infection begins to take root, innocent passengers suddenly transform into terrifying, bloodthirsty killers. Forced to land at an isolated terminal, and surrounded by armed government agents, the crew and passengers grow increasingly desperate. The only question now is how far they will go to survive. 

Director: John Pogue
Writer: John Pogue
Stars: Mercedes Masöhn, Josh Cooke and Mattie Liptak
More info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1699231/