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District 9

TMDB7.5

2009·10.4K votes

Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by Multi-National United, which is unconcerned with the aliens' welfare but will do anything to master their advanced technology. When a company field agent contracts a mysterious virus that begins to alter his DNA, there is only one place he can hide: District 9.

Rakka

TMDB7.0

2017·347 votes

A story of broken humanity following the invasion of a technologically superior alien species. Bleak, harrowing, and unrelenting, the humans must find enough courage to go on fighting.

Zygote

TMDB7.0

2017·187 votes

The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.

Alive in Joburg

TMDB6.7

2005·108 votes

A documentary-style short film about the arrival of an alien spaceship over Johannesburg, South Africa.

Gran Turismo

TMDB7.7

2023·3.4K votes

The ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won him a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver.

3000 Miles to Graceland

TMDB5.9

2001·708 votes

It was an ingenious enough plan: rob the Riviera Casino's count room during an Elvis impersonator convention. But Thomas Murphy decided to keep all the money for himself and shot all his partners, including recently-freed ex-con Michael Zane. With $3.2 million at stake, the Marshals Service closing in, Michael must track down Murphy.

Demonic

TMDB4.8

2021·296 votes

A young woman unleashes terrifying demons when supernatural forces at the root of a decades-old rift between mother and daughter are ruthlessly revealed.

Elysium

TMDB6.5

2013·9.6K votes

In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.

Chappie

TMDB6.8

2015·8.5K votes

Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

Ash

TMDB5.2

2025·449 votes

On the mysterious planet of Ash, Riya awakens to find her crew slaughtered. When a man named Brion arrives to rescue her, an ordeal of psychological and physical terror ensues while Riya and Brion must decide if they can trust one another to survive.

Firebase

TMDB6.7

2017·166 votes

Set during the Vietnam war, Firebase follows American soldier Hines through an ever-deepening web of science fiction madness.

God: Serengeti

TMDB6.6

2017·100 votes

God presides over a prehistoric tribe.