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1. Starship Troopers (1997)
R | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Humans, in a fascist militaristic future, wage war with giant alien bugs.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey
Votes: 321,166 | Gross: $54.81M
2. Predestination (I) (2014)
R | 97 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
As his last assignment, a temporal agent is tasked to travel back in time and prevent a bomb attack in New York in 1975. The hunt, however, turns out to be beyond the bounds of possibility.
Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Noah Taylor, Madeleine West
Votes: 304,712 | Gross: $0.07M
3. Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)
R | 89 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
A black op has gone terribly wrong. Now, Captain Carmen Ibanez and a hardcore trooper famed as Major Henry "Hero" Varro must lead a team of battle-weary troopers to find the missing ship and discover what went wrong.
Directors: Shinji Aramaki, Steven Foster | Stars: Luci Christian, David Matranga, Justin Doran, David Wald
Votes: 11,919
4. The Puppet Masters (1994)
R | 109 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Earth is invaded by stingray-shaped alien "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds.
Director: Stuart Orme | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner, Keith David
Votes: 9,707 | Gross: $8.64M
5. Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
PG | 778 min | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
The missions of a Mobile Infantry squad as they participate in a war of survival against a ferocious alien insectoid invader.
Stars: Nicholas Guest, Bill Fagerbakke, Alexander Polinsky, James Horan
Votes: 2,276
6. Destination Moon (1950)
Not Rated | 92 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
"Destination Moon", tells the tale of when Doctor Charles Cargraves and retired General Thayer approach Jim Barnes, the head of his own aviation construction firms to help build a rocket that will take them to the moon.
Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson
Votes: 4,692 | Gross: $5.00M
7. Starship Troopers (1988)
150 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Mysterious monstrous alien creatures attack Earth's colonies. This six-part OVA focuses on Juan "Johnnie" Rico who joins the army because of Carmen, a girl he likes, his days in boot camps, his losses and Earth's first counterattack.
Stars: Yasunori Matsumoto, Kazuhiko Inoue, Show Hayami, Hirohiko Kakegawa
Votes: 326
8. Project Moon Base (1953)
Approved | 63 min | Sci-Fi
A saboteur posing as a scientist strives to destroy the world's first space station.
Director: Richard Talmadge | Stars: Donna Martell, Hayden Rorke, Ross Ford, Larry Johns
Votes: 1,381
9. The Door Into Summer (2021)
118 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An inventor of robotics technology is robbed by his girlfriend and business partner and sent to the future via cryogenic sleep. But when he awakes 30 years later, he is assisted by a humanoid robot originally his own creation.
Director: Takahiro Miki | Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Kaya Kiyohara, Natsuna, Naohito Fujiki
Votes: 1,176
10. The Brain Eaters (1958)
Approved | 61 min | Sci-Fi, Horror
The inhabitants of a small Illinois town begin disappearing after a strange cone is found sticking out of the ground nearby.
Director: Bruno VeSota | Stars: Ed Nelson, Alan Jay Factor, Cornelius Keefe, Joanna Lee
Votes: 1,804
11. Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
42 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"Masters of Science Fiction" was a 2007 hosted science fiction anthology series, hosted by Stephen Hawking.
Stars: Stephen Hawking, Jason Diablo, Paul Herbert, Malcolm McDowell
Votes: 2,190
12. StarCraft (1998 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In 2499 in the Koprulu sector, a ferocious collective race known as the Zerg arrives to massacre the exiled human colonies while a highly advanced race, the Protoss, intervenes to exterminate the Zerg.
Directors: Matt Samia, Mark Schwarz, Duane Stinnett, Chris Metzen, Glenn Stafford | Stars: Glynnis Talken, Michael Gough, Paul Eiding, Lani Minella
Votes: 5,505
13. Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1950–1955)
15 min | Action, Adventure, Family
Four centuries into the future, Cadets Tom Corbett, Roger Manning and Astro are training to become Solar Guards. Their ship, the "Polaris" took them to numerous adventures, usually natural catastrophes rather than villains.
Stars: Frankie Thomas, Al Markim, Jan Merlin, Jack Grimes
Votes: 113
14. Starship Troopers: Deleted Scenes (1998 Video)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Action, Fantasy
Deleted scenes cut from the movie 'Starship Troopers'.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Casper Van Dien
Votes: 87
15. Red Planet (1994– )
TV-Y7 | 66 min | Animation, Short, Action
On the distant mining world of New Aries, a young colonist, Jim Marlowe, has acquired a native pet, a "roundhead" he names Willis, which can parrot speech and record visual information. As ... See full summary »
Stars: Mark Hamill, Roddy McDowall, Nick Tate, Pat Fraley
Votes: 142
16. Starship Troopers
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Announced
Young military recruits train to fight a war on a bug-infested alien planet.
17. Stranger in a Strange Land (TV Movie)
Sci-Fi | Announced
An earthling born on Mars returns home and influences the culture around him.
18. The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Announced
A man, who suddenly realizes that he has no memory of what he does during the day, hires a husband and wife detective agency to follow him. The truth takes a dark turn as their investigation leads to a series of frightening revelations.
Director: Alex Proyas
19. Out There (1951–1952)
30 min | Sci-Fi
Innovative anthology series was one of the first adult-oriented science fiction series of the early-fifties and probably suffered for it. Teleplays were adapted from the best science ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Webber, Casey Allen, Arthur Batanides, Logan Field
Votes: 31
20. All You Zombies: Bringing 'Predestination' to Life (2015 Video)
76 min | Documentary
This multi-part Making-of documentary offers notes from writers/directors Michael and Peter Spierig, producers Paddy McDonald and Tim McGahan, director of photography Ben Nott, special ... See full summary »
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Peter Spierig, Paddy McDonald
Votes: 11
21. Life-Line (2022)
Unrated | 29 min | Short, Sci-Fi
An obscure scientist creates a machine that can tell the exact date of someone's death, but clashes with life insurance companies trying to discredit him.
Director: Zack Dodson | Stars: Scott Maddox, Russell Zavalla, Alex Crouse, Kevin Cawood
Votes: 5
22. X Minus One (1955 Podcast Series)
Sci-Fi
X Minus One Podcast is an anthology radio program featuring science fiction dramas. It features adaptations of science fiction stories by leading writers of the field.
Stars: Fred Collins, Wendell Holmes, Joe De Santis, Bob Hastings
Votes: 15
23. Uprising (II)
Sci-Fi | Announced
A colony on the moon stages a revolution against the governing powers on Earth. Based on Robert Heinlein's "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress".
24. Dimension X (1950 Podcast Series)
Sci-Fi
Dimension X is an anthology radio program featuring science fiction dramas. It features dramatized adaptations of science fiction stories by leading writers of the field.
Stars: Norman Rose, Santos Ortega, Wendell Holmes, Alexander Scourby
Votes: 9
25. City at Night (1949– )
News
Stars: Warner Anderson, John Archer, Chesley Bonestell, Robert Brower
29. Dver v leto (1992 TV Movie)
154 min | Sci-Fi
Director: Valeriy Obogrelov | Stars: Anna Aleksakhina, Ivan Latyshev, Ernst Romanov
30. Rabid Love (2012)
10 min | Short, Horror, Thriller
A woman fights for survival against her closest friends on a camping trip after her boyfriend is infected by a strange virus that turns him into a killing machine.
Director: Paul J. Porter | Stars: Hayley Derryberry, Brandon Stacy, Josh Hammond, Hannah Landberg
31. Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy (2000 Video Game)
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Taking place around the movie's storyline, you are a lieutenant (male or female) leading a squad of troopers. You first start at Klendathu (as in the movie, except you are at the "safer" ... See full summary »
Director: Lex Lang | Star: Peter Kepler
Votes: 75
32. Blüm (2011)
7 min | Short, Sci-Fi
Director: Paul J. Porter | Stars: Hayley Derryberry, Rob Luke, Nick Kincaid, Sarah Effinger
33.
Out There (1951–1952)
Episode:
Misfit
(1951)
Sci-Fi
Stars: Arthur Batanides, Thomas Cole, Ray Danton, Eddie Hyans
34.
Out There (1951–1952)
Episode:
Ordeal in Space
(1951)
Sci-Fi
A man has had to retire from his job on a spaceship because of an accident which has given him a fear of heights. Depressed and unhappy, he eventually finds that rescuing a cat from a skyscraper ledge restores his "balance".
Stars: John Ericson, William A. Lee, Joe Mantell, Edward Maroney
35.
Out There (1951–1952)
Episode:
The Green Hills of Earth
(1951)
Sci-Fi
Stars: Jay Barney, Harry Cooke, Logan Field, Eddie Hyans
36.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Requiem
(2000)
PG | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
The bugs have tunnels underneath San Francisco. Military Intelligence wants to blow up the city to get the bugs, but that would also kill all the civilians in the area. The Roughnecks and ... See full summary »
Directors: Alan Caldwell, Vincent Edwards, Sean Song | Stars: Irene Bedard, Elizabeth Daily, R. Lee Ermey, Bill Fagerbakke
Votes: 23
37.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Spirits of the Departed
(2000)
PG | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
The Roughnecks are assigned to protect Oahu. They get 2 new members to their squad. Max Brutto, SGT Brutto's son, and SGT Zimm. Rico's not sure about his abilities as a leader. Soon he'll ... See full summary »
Director: Vincent Edwards | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Daily, David DeLuise
Votes: 27
38.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Freefall
(1999)
TV-Y7 | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
Rico, Flores and Jenkins go Pluto and discover dangerous plasma-shooting alien bugs who threaten nearby research outposts.
Directors: Christopher Berkeley, Audu Paden | Stars: Elizabeth Daily, David DeLuise, R. Lee Ermey, Bill Fagerbakke
Votes: 61
39.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Basic Training
(1999)
TV-Y7 | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
Rico must train a reporter so that he can defend himself in combat. Meanwhile, the Roughnecks must defend themselves from a new kind of flying bug.
Director: Jay Oliva | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Elizabeth Daily, David DeLuise, Bill Fagerbakke
Votes: 39
40.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Deep Trouble
(1999)
TV-Y7 | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
Dizzy suffers from an attack of claustrophobia when the Roughnecks go under Pluto's surface to locate the bug army's hatchery.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Elizabeth Daily, David DeLuise, Bill Fagerbakke
Votes: 38
41.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Handle with Care
(1999)
TV-Y7 | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
The Roughnecks are sent to assist an intelligence officer in capturing a live plasma bug.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Elizabeth Daily, David DeLuise, Bill Fagerbakke, Nicholas Guest
Votes: 44
42.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Missing in Action
(1999)
TV-Y7 | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
The Roughnecks are sent down to Hydora to find two squads that have vanished into thin air.
Director: Andre Clavel
Votes: 30
43.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Plasma Bugs of Navarone
(1999)
TV-Y7 | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
Rico and the Roughneck risk their safety in order to save pilots Ibanez and Barcalow at a research outpost.
Director: David Hartman | Stars: Elizabeth Daily, David DeLuise, Bill Fagerbakke, Nicholas Guest
Votes: 42
44.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Search & Destroy
(1999)
TV-Y7 | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
The Roughnecks search for the nest and end up scrambling some eggs.
Director: David Hartman | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Elizabeth Daily, David DeLuise, Bill Fagerbakke
Votes: 31
45.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Sole Survivor
(1999)
TV-Y7 | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
The Roughnecks discover Lt. Ross, commander of Delta Squad, wandering on Hydora, his long-term memory wiped out, and his entire squad missing.
Director: Sam Liu | Star: Michael Chiklis
Votes: 30
46.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Swarm
(1999)
TV-Y7 | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
Rico is reunited with Carmen when a retrieval mission goes wrong. What starts as a minor operation on Hydora develops into a full blown battle as Bug numbers turn out to be far higher than expected.
Director: Vincent Edwards | Stars: Max Brooks, Elizabeth Daily, David DeLuise, Bill Fagerbakke
Votes: 32
47.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Water, Water Everywhere
(1999)
TV-Y7 | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
The Roughnecks are ordered to the planet Hydora after a transport bug is seen leaving Pluto. The Roughnecks mission is to establish if Hydora is the bug home world or not. While there they receive an extremely disturbing message.
Director: David Hartman | Stars: Elizabeth Daily, David DeLuise, Bill Fagerbakke, Nicholas Guest
Votes: 34
48.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Hot Ice
(1999)
TV-Y7 | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
The Roughnecks are crashed on a barren asteroid.
Director: Andre Clavel | Star: Nicholas Guest
Votes: 25
49.
Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
Episode:
Jerry Was a Man
(2007)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A wealthy couple come into possession of an anthropoid named Jerry. Based on a story by Robert Heinlein.
Director: Michael Tolkin | Stars: Stephen Hawking, Malcolm McDowell, Anne Heche, Russell Porter
Votes: 373
50.
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999–2000)
Episode:
Metamorphosis
(2000)
PG | Sci-Fi, Animation, Action
Aboard the Valley Forge on a long trip to their next campaign, the Roughnecks have drawn watch as most of the ship's crew rests in suspended animation.
Directors: David Hartman, Christopher Berkeley, Alan Caldwell | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Irene Bedard, Clancy Brown, Elizabeth Daily
Votes: 26