Timeline of Sci Fi Movies. History or Future of Sci Fi Movies Worlds. Alternate Universe or Sci Fi Movies Universe Timelines
Timeline of Sci Fi Movies. History or Future of Sci Fi Movies Worlds.
If a movie is set in multiple timelines then we will place it at the most important events time, and if the importance is not clear then we will place it at the futuristic Year that it features in, like The Time Machine features scenes from 1899 AD and 802701 AD, so we have placed it at 802701 AD.
Science fiction events set in the future, past or today. This list is a chronological collection of significant events from various such movies. It includes some events that were set in the future when the fiction containing them was first written but which have now been overtaken by real history, becoming a form of alternate history or failed prediction in the process.
We will not include any Comic Book Superhero movie in our list, because that is a genre in itself, and has so many movies that it needs a separate list.
There are many classic movies that don't specify the time period that they happen in, hence they are left out of our list. Although they are very few.
This is not a list of movies Built around actual Historical Events. For that check out History Timeline in Movies List :- [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/ls031345840/[/link]
If a movie is set in multiple timelines then we will place it at the most important events time, and if the importance is not clear then we will place it at the futuristic Year that it features in, like The Time Machine features scenes from 1899 AD and 802701 AD, so we have placed it at 802701 AD.
Science fiction events set in the future, past or today. This list is a chronological collection of significant events from various such movies. It includes some events that were set in the future when the fiction containing them was first written but which have now been overtaken by real history, becoming a form of alternate history or failed prediction in the process.
We will not include any Comic Book Superhero movie in our list, because that is a genre in itself, and has so many movies that it needs a separate list.
There are many classic movies that don't specify the time period that they happen in, hence they are left out of our list. Although they are very few.
This is not a list of movies Built around actual Historical Events. For that check out History Timeline in Movies List :- [link]http://www.imdb.com/list/ls031345840/[/link]
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- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.4,000,000 BC
At the very dawn of man, a mysterious alien monolith appears to teach us the marvels of science. And also that you can solve all your problems by clubbing them to death.
2001 AD
The spacecraft Discovery One arrives at Jupiter to investigate a mysterious alien monolith. The computer HAL 9000 goes crazy and astronaut Dave Bowman sees stars. - DirectorMichael BayStarsShia LaBeoufMegan FoxJosh DuhamelSam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.17,000 BC
The Transformer known as the Fallen's attempt to harvest our sun for Energon is thwarted and the villain is exiled. - DirectorHoward McCainStarsJim CaviezelSophia MylesRon PerlmanDuring the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry.550-790 AD
Outlander is a 2008 American science fiction action film directed by Howard McCain and starring James Caviezel. The plot is loosely based on Beowulf, adapted to a science-fiction backstory involving a spaceship crashing in Iron Age Norway. - DirectorJon FavreauStarsDaniel CraigHarrison FordOlivia WildeA spaceship arrives in 1873 Arizona to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. All that stands in their way: a posse of cowboys and natives.1873 AD
A band of cowboys and outlaws successfully beat back alien invaders who crave Earth's supply of gold. - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydMary SteenburgenStranded in 1955, Marty McFly learns about the death of Doc Brown in 1885 and must travel back in time to save him. With no fuel readily available for the DeLorean, the two must figure how to escape the Old West before Emmett is murdered.1885 AD
Marty McFly arrives via time machine in the Wild West to rescue Doc Brown and nearly winds up stranded after running out of Delorean fuel. - DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsKurt RussellJames SpaderJaye DavidsonAn interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.1928 AD
Egyptologist and linguist Daniel Jackson, Ph.D. (James Spader) is invited by Catherine Langford (Viveca Lindfors) to translate Egyptian hieroglyphs on cover stones that her father had unearthed in Giza, Egypt in 1928. Jackson is taken to a U.S. Air Force installation, and told the project is classified information by its commander Special Operations Colonel Jack O'Neil (Kurt Russell). Jackson determines that the hieroglyphs refer to a "stargate" which uses constellations as spatial coordinates. On this revelation, Jackson is shown that the base has this Stargate, also discovered by Langford's father. They use Jackson's coordinates to align the Stargate's metal ring with markings along its outside, and once all seven are locked in, a wormhole opens, connecting the Stargate with a distant planet. Jackson joins O'Neil and other soldiers as they pass through the wormhole, though expresses concern at a nuclear bomb they brought as a last resort. - DirectorDon TaylorStarsRoddy McDowallKim HunterBradford DillmanThe world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a U.S. spacecraft. They become the toast of society, but one man believes them to be a threat to the human race.1973 AD
The tables have turned. Three ape refugees arrive in one of the space capsules that departed a year earlier, telling a tale of the destruction of the Earth in the future. - DirectorBoris SagalStarsCharlton HestonAnthony ZerbeRosalind CashDr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe. A gang of homicidal mutants blame science for their condition and attempt to kill him.1977 AD
Charlton Heston is the last man on Earth after biological warfare wipes out humanity. Or is he?! - DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.1982 AD
A ship crammed with sickly alien refugees appears above Johannesburg. The aliens are moved to internment camps. Cue Apartheid metaphor. - DirectorMichael RadfordStarsJohn HurtRichard BurtonSuzanna HamiltonIn a totalitarian future society, a man, whose daily work is re-writing history, tries to rebel by falling in love.1984 AD
The all-seeing Big Brother and his Thought Police rule Oceania with an iron grip. Thoughtcrime is not tolerated. - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMichael J. FoxChristopher LloydLea ThompsonMarty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.1985 AD
Marty McFly learns about Doc Brown's time machine and embarks on a mind-bending series of time travel escapades.
1955 AD
Marty McFly accidentally arrives 30 years in the past — saving his family and inventing rock & roll. - DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsRoddy McDowallDon MurrayRicardo MontalbanIn a futuristic world that has embraced ape slavery, Caesar, the son of the late simians Cornelius and Zira, surfaces after almost twenty years of hiding out from the authorities, and prepares for a slave revolt against humanity.1991 AD
In a world where ape slave labor is the norm, a chimp named Caesar leads a revolt against the human oppressors. - DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDolph LundgrenAlly WalkerSoldiers who were killed in action are brought back to life in a top secret military experiment that creates superhuman warriors.1992 AD
Private Devereaux and Sergeant Scott are revived as genetically enhanced Universal Soldiers. Their rivalry hasn't cooled over the decades.
1969 AD
A private battles his depraved sergeant to the death in Vietnam, paving the way for both to be reanimated as super-soldiers of the future. - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff GoldblumA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.1993 AD
Genetics firm InGen unlocks the secret to cloning extinct dinosaurs and uses it to create a theme park. Opening night is somewhat less than a resounding success. - DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsWill SmithBill PullmanJeff GoldblumThe aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.1996 AD
A series of massive, alien spacecraft appear over various world landmarks and blow them up. The President leads a patriotic counterattack on July 4th.
1947 AD
An alien spacecraft crashes in Roswell, New Mexico, foretelling a larger invasion 50 years in the future and spawning the mother of all tourist traps. - DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyWith the assistance of the Enterprise crew, Admiral Kirk must stop an old nemesis, Khan Noonien Singh, from using the life-generating Genesis Device as the ultimate weapon.1996 AD
As the Eugenics Wars end — having cost the lives of some 30 million people — Khan Noonien Singh hightails it off Earth for a 300-year nap. - DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsKurt RussellLee Van CleefErnest BorgnineIn 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.1997 AD
Former soldier Snake Plissken is tasked with rescuing the President in Manhattan, which has been converted into a massive island prison. - DirectorJames CameronStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerLinda HamiltonEdward FurlongA cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.1997 AD
Artificial intelligence system Skynet goes live. Within a month it commits nuclear holocaust and the reign of the robots begins. - DirectorPaul BartelStarsDavid CarradineSylvester StalloneSimone GriffethIn a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.2000 AD
With America now a fascist police state, gladiatorial entertainment like the Annual Transcontinental Road Race is a TV ratings gold mine. - DirectorPeter HyamsStarsJean-Claude Van DammeMia SaraRon SilverMax Walker, an officer for a security agency that regulates time travel, must fend for his life against a shady politician who's intent on changing the past to control the future.2004 AD
The troubled Time Enforcement Commission Agent Max Walker fights to stop a senator from abusing the timestream for massive financial gain. The future is ultimately restored, better than ever.
1994 AD
In response to the recent invention of time travel technology, the Time Enforcement Commission is created. - DirectorMichael BayStarsShia LaBeoufMegan FoxJosh DuhamelAn ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager.2007 AD
Nerdy high-schooler Sam Witwicky becomes a person of interest for both the noble Autobots and the fiendish Decepticons as their war spreads to Earth. - DirectorPeter HyamsStarsRoy ScheiderJohn LithgowHelen MirrenA joint USA-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to learn exactly what happened to the "Discovery" and its H.A.L. 9000 computer.2010 AD
Nuclear war is narrowly averted by the return of the Star Child (no, not Paul Stanley) and the formation of a second sun where Jupiter once was. - DirectorRob BowmanStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonJohn NevilleMulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.2012 AD
The alien Colonists end decades of quiet conspiracy and begin their takeover of Earth. Can Mulder and Scully save us? - DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsWill SmithAlice BragaCharlie TahanYears after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.2012 AD
New York City, and apparently the world, is overrun by mutant vampires. But at least Will Smith still has his dog. - DirectorKevin CostnerStarsKevin CostnerWill PattonLarenz TateA nameless drifter dons a postman's uniform and bag of mail as he begins a quest to inspire hope to the survivors living in post-apocalyptic America.2013 AD
Society has collapsed after a nuclear war, but the Postman keeps on delivering the mail.