Movie Releases by Genre

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

May 16, 2002 | PG
Ten years after the invasion of Naboo, the galaxy is on the brink of civil war. Under the leadership of a renegade Jedi named Count Dooku, thousands of solar systems threaten to break away from the Galactic Republic. When an assassination attempt is made on Senator Padmé Amidala, the former Queen of Naboo, twenty-year-old Jedi apprentice Anakin Skywalker is assigned to protect her. In the course of his mission, Anakin discovers his love for Padmé as well as his own darker side. Soon, Anakin, Padmé, and Obi-Wan Kenobi are drawn into the heart of the Separatist movement and the beginning of the Clone Wars.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
6.1
Jason X

Jason X

April 26, 2002 | R
Jason Voorhees, iconic movie villain, returns to the screen after a nine-year absence in the 10th installment of the classic Friday the 13th film series. (New Line Cinema)
Metascore:
25
User Score:
7.4
Mutant Aliens

Mutant Aliens

April 19, 2002 | R
A wildly humorous yet poignant story about an astronaut, his daughter, and 5 violent, yet sympathetic, alien creatures who seek revenge against a space industry baron. (Bill Plympton)
Metascore:
39
User Score:
tbd
Frailty

Frailty

April 12, 2002 | R
The story of the FBI's search for the notorious "God's Hand" murderer. (Lion Gate Films)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.4
Clockstoppers

Clockstoppers

March 29, 2002 | PG
When Zak (Bradford) discovers a high-tech watch that speeds up his body's molecules so that the rest of the world seems frozen in time, it's like having the ultimate super power -- until he winds up in a true race against time! (Nickelodeon)
Metascore:
40
User Score:
6.3
Resident Evil

Resident Evil

March 15, 2002 | R
A secret experiment...a deadly virus...a fatal mistake. Based on the wildly popular video game series, Resident Evil is an action-packed thriller starring Milla Jovovich in a battle of good and evil, human versus computer, the living against the Undead. (Sony Pictures)
Metascore:
35
User Score:
7.2
The Time Machine

The Time Machine

March 8, 2002 | PG-13
A film version of the visionary novel by H.G. Wells in which a man in the 1890's builds a time machine that sends him into the future.
Metascore:
42
User Score:
6.7
Rollerball

Rollerball

February 8, 2002 | R
Set in 2005, this update of the classic 1975 film directed by Norman Jewison, focuses on the deadly sport that combines roller derby and basketball and packs arenas around the world.
Metascore:
14
User Score:
1.9
Metropolis

Metropolis

January 25, 2002 | TV-14
This Japanese anime, set in the future, depicts a grand city-state populated by humans and robots, the cohabitants of a strictly segmented society. (Sony)
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.1
Escaflowne: The Movie

Escaflowne: The Movie

January 25, 2002 | PG-13
Escaflowne follows Hitomi, a Japanese high school girl, who escapes her reverie of depression on Earth by traveling to the alternate world of Gaia. There, she meets Van, an enigmatic young King, who will determine the fate of countries with a mystical dragon armor named Escaflowne. [Bandai Entertainment]
Metascore:
55
User Score:
5.9
Hey, Happy!

Hey, Happy!

January 25, 2002
Set in a Winnipeg of the imagination, Hey, Happy! is a queer, contemporary fairy tale of handsome princes seeking each other amid a world of fairies, witches and trolls. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)
Metascore:
43
User Score:
8.2
Impostor

Impostor

January 4, 2002 | R
A psychological thriller from the future in which one man (Sinise) faces a disorienting nightmare as he becomes a fugitive from the law, as well as friends and family, all of whom believe he is a danger to humanity. (Dimension Films)
Metascore:
33
User Score:
7.6
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

December 21, 2001 | G
The inter-stellar saga of a super-intelligent pre-teen boy inventor and his robot dog Goddard. Together they undertake a daring rescue mission, battle evil aliens, save the Earth, and, perhaps most importantly, return home in time for dinner. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.5
Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky

December 14, 2001 | R
Snowboarding through life, David Aames (Cruise) appears to lead a charmed life. In one night David meets a girl of his dreams and loses her by making a small mistake. Thrust unexpectedly onto a roller-coaster ride of romance, comedy, suspicion, love, sex and dreams, David finds himself on a mind-bending search for his soul and discovers the precious, ephemeral nature of true love. (Paramount Pictures)
Metascore:
45
User Score:
8.2
Final

Final

December 7, 2001 | R
Bill wakes one morning to find himself imprisoned, his limbs numb, and his memory gone. In and out of sleep, he searches his dreams for scraps of truth as to where he is and what century he's in. With a blistering performance by Denis Leary, Final explores the boundary of memory and madness. (Cowboy Pictures)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
The One

The One

November 2, 2001 | PG-13
This supernatural action bonanza from director James Wong showcases martial arts expert Jet Li in a dual role as a police officer battling a sinister version of himself that has escaped from a parallel universe.
Metascore:
25
User Score:
7.0
K-PAX

K-PAX

October 26, 2001 | PG-13
A psychiatrist (Bridges) is baffled by a mysterious patient (Spacey) at a mental hospital who claims to be from a distant planet called K-PAX.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
7.5
Donnie Darko

Donnie Darko

October 26, 2001 | R
A genre-busting fable that blasts the American suburban drama into a wildly imaginative realm of time travel, alternative universes and the manipulation of one's fate. (IFC Films)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.9
Spriggan

Spriggan

October 12, 2001 | R
This Japanese anime centers on the discovery of Noah's Ark, a powerful artifact from an ancient civilization, and the subsequent battle for its possession.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
2.7
Werckmeister Harmonies

Werckmeister Harmonies

October 10, 2001
Based on László Krasznahorkai's novel "The Melancholy of Resistance," this is an uncanny fable about powerlessness and tyranny. Set in a small Hungarian village at a moment of great crisis, a mysterious circus comes to town with a giant whale and news of an appearance by a Prince known for his strange powers. Soon the locals' emotions are stirred to a fever pitch of anticipation. (Anthology Film Archives)
Metascore:
93
User Score:
7.5
The Strange Case of Señor Computer

The Strange Case of Señor Computer

October 5, 2001
Explores the quirky relationship between a robot and its creator, an antisocial, alcoholic computer scientist.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
tbd
Vampire Hunter D

Vampire Hunter D

September 21, 2001
Anime horror film follows the exploits of a half-human, half-vampire in a distant future.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.7
The American Astronaut

The American Astronaut

September 5, 2001
Follows the adventures of an interplanetary trader (McAbee) through his Homeric intergalactic journey to provide the all-female population of Venus with a suitable singular male, all the while being pursued by the cold-blooded and childish killer, Professor Hess (Sisto), an enigmatic figure from his past. (Commodore Films)
Metascore:
51
User Score:
7.7
Happy Accidents

Happy Accidents

August 24, 2001 | R
A tale of love and time travel set in contemporary New York.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
6.7
Ghosts of Mars

Ghosts of Mars

August 24, 2001 | R
A harrowing tale of rescue and escape from a colonized Mars 175 years into the future. (Columbia Tristar)
Metascore:
35
User Score:
7.5
Thomas in Love

Thomas in Love

August 3, 2001 | Open
A French comedy about an agoraphobic man who joins a dating club after spending the last eight years locked up in his apartment with his computer. The film is shot entirely from the man's point of view.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

July 27, 2001 | PG-13
Burton's Planet of the Apes begins with the famed original's premise - a pilot finds himself in a world turned upside down after landing on a strange planet - with the celebrated filmmaker's unique personal vision and style breaking new ground in story, design, makeup, and visual effects. (20th Century Fox)
Metascore:
50
User Score:
4.9
Jurassic Park III

Jurassic Park III

July 18, 2001 | PG-13
Adventure runs wild when renowned paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) agrees to accompany a wealthy couple (William H. Macy and Téa Leoni) on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen’s former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures. After they are terrifyingly stranded, Dr. Grant soon discovers that his hosts are not what they seem and the island’s native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer and more brutal than he ever imagined. [Universal]
Metascore:
42
User Score:
6.1
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within

July 11, 2001 | PG-13
Set on Earth in the year 2065, an invasion threatens to extinguish the remains of mankind and quite possibly every living creature on the planet. The fate of all life on Earth relies on one woman's determination. But time is running out. (Columbia Tristar)
Metascore:
49
User Score:
6.2
A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

June 29, 2001 | PG-13
Started by Stanley Kubrick and finished by Steven Spielberg, this project was adapted from Brian Aldiss's 1966 short story "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long." The film explores the idea of programming a child robot so that he is able to love.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.8
Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

June 8, 2001 | PG
A young adventurer named Milo Thatch (Michael J. Fox) joins a group of explorers in search of the lost continent of Atlantis.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
7.3
Evolution

Evolution

June 8, 2001 | PG-13
This comedy follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." (Dreamworks SKG)
Metascore:
40
User Score:
6.3
The Mummy Returns

The Mummy Returns

May 4, 2001 | PG-13
Deep within a shadowy chamber in the British Museum of London, an ancient force of terror is about to be reborn. It is 1933, the Year of the Scorpion. Eight years have passed since dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell (Fraser) and fearless Egyptologist Evelyn (Weisz) fought for their lives against a 3000-year-old enemy named Imhotep (Vosloo). (Universal Pictures)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
3.4
Mauvais Sang

Mauvais Sang

April 27, 2001 | Not Rated
Carax's 1986 film about a man who schemes to steal the cure for a new illness that only afflicts lovers who don't really care about each other.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.1
Spy Kids

Spy Kids

March 30, 2001 | PG
Prior to their retirement nine years ago, Gregorio (Banderas) and Ingrid (Gugino) were the two greatest secret agents the world had ever known. Now, as the two are called back to duty, their adventures put them into such danger that the only two people who can rescue them (and maybe the world) are their children! Sometimes the biggest heroes are the smallest ones. (Miramax)
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.9
Recess: School's Out

Recess: School's Out

February 16, 2001 | G
The school year is finally over, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to a fun-filled summer. Boredom quickly sets in, until T.J. uncovers a scheme to do away with summer vacation! (Disney)
Metascore:
43
User Score:
7.2
Left Behind

Left Behind

February 2, 2001 | R
In one chaotic moment, millions people around the world suddenly disappear. This is the rapture that God has planned as the first sign to begin the unraveling of the end of time. (Left Behind Productions)
Metascore:
22
User Score:
4.6
Dude, Where's My Car?

Dude, Where's My Car?

December 15, 2000 | PG-13
Last night, two party-hearty Dudes had an unbelievably sweet time. Too bad, they can't remember a thing, including where they parked their car. So, the Dudes embark on a mission: retrace their steps to find out what they did last night (and who they did it to), hoping it will lead them to the missing car. Little do the Dudes know, they're in for the ride of their lives. (20th Century Fox)
Metascore:
30
User Score:
6.0
The 6th Day

The 6th Day

November 17, 2000 | PG-13
A provocative, high-octane look at what happens when technology falls into destructive, corrupt hands -- and when one man refuses to be a pawn in the deadly conspiracy. (Columbia TriStar)
Metascore:
49
User Score:
6.2
Red Planet

Red Planet

November 10, 2000 | PG-13
Mission Commander Kate Bowman (Moss) is the pilot and commander of the most important mission of the 21st century: saving the human race. It's 2050, Earth is dying, and colonizing Mars is the only alternative to obliteration. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
34
User Score:
8.3
Highlander: Endgame

Highlander: Endgame

September 1, 2000 | R
Connor and Duncan Macleod (good immortals) join forces against Kell, an evil immortal, who has become too overpowering for anyone to face alone.
Metascore:
21
User Score:
5.8
Godzilla 2000

Godzilla 2000

August 18, 2000 | PG
Godzilla faces a formidable new foe in Orga (a.k.a. Giant Alien Millennian), a gigantic and lethal creature which is slowly transmuted from a UFO believed to be dormant for 6,000 years. [Columbia Tristar]
Metascore:
41
User Score:
7.1
The Cell

The Cell

August 18, 2000 | R
A child therapist enters the mind of a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
Metascore:
40
User Score:
8.8
Hollow Man

Hollow Man

August 4, 2000 | R
A government scientist (Bacon) discovers how to make people invisible. After a freak accident that makes him slowly disappear, he begins to go insane and seeks revenge on the other scientists on the project.
Metascore:
24
User Score:
4.9
Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

Nutty Professor II: The Klumps

July 28, 2000 | Unrated
A University Professor (Jackson) becomes the love interest of Klump (Murphy). Her research is helpful to Klump when his alter ego Buddy Love threatens their romance.
Metascore:
38
User Score:
5.7
X-Men

X-Men

July 14, 2000 | PG-13
Dr. Charles Xavier gathers children from all over the planet who were born with an added twist to their genetic code. Known as the "X-factor" these children can perform extraordinary feats. Dr. Xavier calls them his X-Men.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.5
Titan A.E.

Titan A.E.

June 16, 2000 | PG
The year is 3028 and mankind has conquered space. However, with new freedom comes new enemies, forcing Earth to prepare for an attack by the Drej, a vicious alien race. (20th Century Fox)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
8.3
Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000

Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000

May 12, 2000 | PG-13
In the year 3000, after the alien Psychlos conquer Earth, killing most of the humans so that they can strip the Earth of its resources, one man comes out of hiding in search of other surviving humans and hoping to overthrow the aliens.
Metascore:
9
User Score:
2.0
Frequency

Frequency

April 28, 2000 | PG-13
In this mind-bending thriller, director Gregory Hoblit presents a fresh and original take on time travel with the gripping human story of a father (Quaid) and a son (Caviezel) who reach out to one another across parallel universes to stop a terrible crime. (New Line Cinema)
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.6
Mission to Mars

Mission to Mars

March 10, 2000 | PG
The extraordinary story of the astronauts of the Mars Recovery Mission, the nearly insurmountable dangers that confront the heroic crew on their journey through space, and the amazing discovery they make when they finally reach Mars. (Touchstone Pictures)
Metascore:
34
User Score:
6.4
What Planet Are You From?

What Planet Are You From?

March 3, 2000 | R
An alien (Shandling) is assigned to Earth to save his planet. To do this he must breed with a woman on Earth; however, as an alien his "plumbing" isn't quite the same.
Metascore:
41
User Score:
6.6
Pitch Black

Pitch Black

February 18, 2000 | Unrated
A space transport crashes on an apparently deserted planet, leaving the crew to reckon with the likes of fellow passenger Riddick, a serial murderer. The true threat to the crew turns out to be a virtual sky full of flying, flesh-eating creatures who come out to play under the protection of darkness.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
8.5
Supernova

Supernova

January 14, 2000 | R
Supernova chronicles the lives of a six-man crew and their search and rescue mission in deep space in the early 22nd Century.
Metascore:
19
User Score:
5.5
Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest

December 25, 1999 | PG
Nearly twenty years after their hit TV seriers was canceled, the five stars of "Galaxy Quest" are still in costume, making appearances at science fiction conventions for their legions of die-hard fans. They unexpectedly find themselves back in action when a group of aliens arrive at a convention and whisk Commander Taggart (Allen) and his crew into space to help them in their all-too-real war against a deadly adversary. (Dreamworks)
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.2
Bicentennial Man

Bicentennial Man

December 17, 1999 | PG
Follows the life and times of Andrew (Williams), a robot purchased by the Martin family as a household appliance programmed to perform menial tasks. As Andrew begins to experience emotions and creative thought, the Martins soon discover they don't have an ordinary robot. (Touchstone Pictures)
Metascore:
42
User Score:
7.8
Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back!

Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back!

November 10, 1999 | G
A scientist genetically clones creatures from the Pokemon named Mew, creating Mewtwo, which begins cloning other Pokemons resulting in disastrous circumstances. The film ends with the message that fighting is futile and wrong.
Metascore:
35
User Score:
7.6
Last Night

Last Night

November 5, 1999 | R
The world isn't coming to an end just yet -- there are still six hours left! During the last day on planet Earth, everyone has his or her own unique way of preparing for the end. (Lions Gate Films)
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.0
The Sticky Fingers of Time

The Sticky Fingers of Time

October 8, 1999
After witnessing the first test of the atomic bomb, Tucker (Matthews), a 1950's mystery novelist, travels through time and meets Drew (Zaray), a lesbian writer in New York's East Village.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
tbd
New Rose Hotel

New Rose Hotel

October 8, 1999 | R
Criminals Fox (Walken) and X (Dafoe) use and Italian prostitute (Argento) to seduce a Japanese genetic scientist and learn his secrets.
Metascore:
31
User Score:
7.1
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

October 8, 1999 | R
A quirky, irreverent and unique "mockumentary" look at sexual attraction, love, single life, and dating in the late nineties as seen through the eyes of a misinformed, though completely authoritative extra-terrestrial narrator. (Welb Film Pursuits)
Metascore:
26
User Score:
7.9
The Astronaut's Wife

The Astronaut's Wife

August 27, 1999 | R
Spencer, an honored astronaut (Depp) and his beautiful school-teacher wife Jillian (Theron) face an inexplicable terror when Spencer loses total consciousness while on a routine space shuttle mission, returning home just barely alive and a bewildered, changed hero. (New Line Cinema)
Metascore:
38
User Score:
4.4
Universal Soldier: The Return

Universal Soldier: The Return

August 20, 1999 | R
Luc Deveraux (Van Damme), who has survived his experiences as a Universal Soldier, recovered, and is now retired and working as a technical advisor on a government project to revive and improve the Universal Soldier training program, creating stronger, smarter and more versatile cyborg Soldiers. When S.E.T.H., the supercomputer controlling the Soldiers, becomes discontent and takes over a la HAL, Luc is the only one who can battle this team of deadly warriors and save the human race.
Metascore:
24
User Score:
4.7
The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant

August 6, 1999 | PG
A giant metal machine falls to Earth in 1950s Maine, frightening townspeople. However, the robot befriends a nine-year-old boy named Hogarth who must save it from the predjudices of the townspeople and from a government agent intent on destroying the robot.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.8
Muppets from Space

Muppets from Space

July 14, 1999 | G
Gonzo is contacted by his alien family through his breakfast cereal. But when the men in black kidnap him, it's up to Kermit and the gang to rescue Gonzo and help him reunite with his long-lost family.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
6.1
Wild Wild West

Wild Wild West

June 30, 1999 | PG-13
A retro epic that mixes witty science fiction with hip-hop savoir-faire -- all set against a Western background. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
40
User Score:
6.7
The Thirteenth Floor

The Thirteenth Floor

May 28, 1999 | R
A sci-fi thriller that explores the ominous possibility of computer-simulated universes, where people only believe they are real. (Sony)
Metascore:
36
User Score:
2.8
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

May 19, 1999 | PG
Stranded on the desert planet Tatooine after rescuing young Queen Amidala from the impending invasion of Naboo, Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn discover nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker, a young slave unusually strong in the Force. Anakin wins a thrilling Podrace and with it his freedom as he leaves his home to be trained as a Jedi. The heroes return to Naboo where Anakin and the Queen face massive invasion forces while the two Jedi contend with a deadly foe named Darth Maul. Only then do they realize the invasion is merely the first step in a sinister scheme by the re-emergent forces of darkness known as the Sith.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
6.2
Idle Hands

Idle Hands

April 30, 1999 | R
Anton Tobias (Sawa) wakes up Halloween morning to discover-after watching some TV and perusing the contents of the fridge, oblivious to the pool of blood on the floor-that his parents have been turned into a couple of headless Halloween decorations. After hanging out with his equally irresponsible friends, Mick (Green) and Pnub (Henson), Anton discovers that his right hand has a very bloodthirsty mind of its own, and it's hell-bent on wreaking deadly havoc with or without him. [Sony]
Metascore:
31
User Score:
8.2
eXistenZ

eXistenZ

April 23, 1999 | R
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.1
The Matrix

The Matrix

March 31, 1999 | R
A computer hacker (Keanu Reeves) learns that his entire life has been a virtual dream, orchestrated by a strange class of computer overlords in the far future. He joins a resistance movement to free humanity from lives of computerized brainwashing.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.9
Baby Geniuses

Baby Geniuses

March 12, 1999 | PG
Two doctors (Turner and Lloyd) set out to dominate the world once they discover they can crack the code to a secret baby language.
Metascore:
7
User Score:
3.1
Wing Commander: Space Will Never Be the Same

Wing Commander: Space Will Never Be the Same

March 12, 1999 | PG-13
A futuristic outer space dogfight adventure starring Freddie Prinze Jr.
Metascore:
21
User Score:
5.1
My Favorite Martian

My Favorite Martian

February 12, 1999 | PG
A Martian lands on Earth and makes friends with a reporter.
Metascore:
33
User Score:
5.5
Virus

Virus

January 15, 1999 | R
A ghostly ship looms silently ahead as the crippled, ocean-going, salvage tug Sea Star approaches. The Sea Star crew, their ship slowly sinking, has sought refuge in the eerie calm of the eye of a typhoon to make repairs and hopefully avert disaster. (Universal Studios)
Metascore:
19
User Score:
3.1
The Faculty

The Faculty

December 25, 1998 | R
When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the students' bodies, it's ultimately up to the few who are left -- an unlikely collection of loners, leaders, nerds, and jocks -- to save the world from alien domination! [Buena Vista]
Metascore:
61
User Score:
8.6
Star Trek: Insurrection

Star Trek: Insurrection

December 11, 1998 | PG
The ninth film in the Star Trek series. A Federation investigation of a planet is actually a cover for an insidious plot to destroy its people and steal their secret for longevity. (Paramount)
Metascore:
64
User Score:
5.8
Orgazmo

Orgazmo

October 23, 1998 | NC-17
It's a comedy of a young Mormon's encounter with the porn industry. Joe Young (Parker) goes to spread the Word of God door-to-door, as Mormons do, and finds himself sharing the Word with some porn stars. When security starts hassling him he defends himself with some martial-arts moves that get the film director's attention. Soon, he's taking part in a porn flick in order to raise some money so he can marry his fiancée back in Utah, and the rest is his transformation into Captain Orgazmo. (OrgazmoDVD.com)
Metascore:
48
User Score:
7.6
Cube

Cube

September 11, 1998 | R
Six people wake up from their daily lives and find they are imprisoned in a deadly maze. Slowly they discover that each holds a key to unlocking this diabolical puzzle. But as a mathematical formula for escape begins to reveal itself, the enemy rises from within themselves and survival is threatened by the same human weaknesses that created the Cube. [Trimark Pictures]
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.4
Pi

Pi

July 10, 1998 | R
Max Cohen, a mathematician and computer genius, finds himself pursued by Wall Street traders and a Hasidic cabal in this award-winning film.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.5
Armageddon

Armageddon

July 1, 1998 | Unrated
When an asteroid the size of Texas is headed for Earth, the world's best deep core drilling team is sent to nuke the rock from the inside.
Metascore:
42
User Score:
6.3
The X Files

The X Files

June 19, 1998 | PG-13
With the dubious assistance of a paranoid doctor, Mulder and Scully risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be extraterrestrial in origin - and could destroy all life on earth! (Fox)
Metascore:
60
User Score:
8.2
Godzilla

Godzilla

May 19, 1998 | PG-13
Godzilla does Manhattan in this variation on the Japanese A-bomb monster movie classic.
Metascore:
32
User Score:
5.1
Deep Impact

Deep Impact

May 8, 1998 | PG-13
When a comet is on a collision course with earth, humans have to prepare for their survival.
Metascore:
40
User Score:
5.8
Species II

Species II

April 10, 1998 | R
A trio of American astronauts becomes instant heroes as they plant the Stars and Stripes on Mars before beginning the voyage home. But back on their ship, something else has set its sights on Earth...something whose relatives have already paid us a visit. [MGM]
Metascore:
19
User Score:
5.7
Lost in Space

Lost in Space

April 3, 1998 | PG-13
TV's Robinson family takes a galactic wrong turn with state-of-the-art visuals and effects.  (New Line Cinema)
Metascore:
43
User Score:
6.1
Dark City

Dark City

February 20, 1998 | Not Rated
Alex Proyas directs this futuristic thriller about a man (Sewell) waking up to find he is wanted for brutal murders he doesn't remember. Haunted by mysterious beings who stop time and alter reality, he seeks to unravel the riddle of his identity. [New Line]
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.6
Sphere

Sphere

February 13, 1998 | PG-13
A new dimension in thrills in the deep-water, deep-suspense sci-fi adventure centered on a spacecraft that plunged into the Pacific -- 300 years ago. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
35
User Score:
7.9
The Postman

The Postman

December 25, 1997 | R
Set in the year 2013, after a war has devastated America, the film focuses on a lone drifter who becomes the reluctant leader of the fight against the forces of destruction.  (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
29
User Score:
6.5
Alien: Resurrection

Alien: Resurrection

November 26, 1997 | R
Ellen Ripley (Weaver) died fighting the perfect predator. Two hundred years and eight horrific experiments later, she's back. A group of scientists has cloned her-along with the alien queen inside her-hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the resurrected Ripley must team up with a band of smugglers, including a mechanic named Call (Ryder), who holds more than a few surprises of her own. (20th Century Fox)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.8
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

November 21, 1997 | PG-13
In defiance of the Elder Gods, the evil Outworlders are back to wreak hell on Earth. Earth's last hope is the mighty Liu Kang and his explosive fighting friends. They're all that stand between life…and annihilation! (New Line)
Metascore:
11
User Score:
7.9
Starship Troopers

Starship Troopers

November 7, 1997 | R
From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming with shrieking, fire-spitting, brain-sucking special effects creatures, acclaimed director Paul Verhoven crafts a dazzling epic based on Robert A. Heinlein's classic sci-fi adventure. Courageous soldiers travel to the distant and desolate Klendathu system for the ultimate showdown between the species. (Sony)
Metascore:
52
User Score:
8.7
Gattaca

Gattaca

October 24, 1997 | PG-13
An engrossing sci-fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection.  [Sony]
Metascore:
64
User Score:
8.5
Mimic

Mimic

August 22, 1997 | R
A team of scientists discover a miracle cure that stops the spread of a deadly disease... only to find three years later that something has gone terribly wrong. Their creation has taken on a horrifying life of its own... able to mimic and destroy its every predator -- even man! And now, it threatens to wipe out an entire city... unless they stop it in time. [Miramax]
Metascore:
56
User Score:
8.1
Steel

Steel

August 15, 1997 | PG-13
A scientist for the military turns himself into a cartoon-like superhero when a version of one of his own weapons is being used against enemies.
Metascore:
28
User Score:
3.5
Event Horizon

Event Horizon

August 15, 1997 | R
The year is 2047. Years earlier, the pioneering research vessel Event Horizon vanished without a trace. Now a signal from it has been detected, and the United States Aerospace Command responds. Hurtling toward the signal's source are a fearless captain (Fishburne), his elite crew and the lost ship's designer (Neill). Their mission: find and salvage the state-of-the-art spacecraft. What they find is state-of-the-art interstellar terror. What they must salvage are their own lives, because someone or something is ready to ensnare them in a new dimension of unimaginable fear. (Paramount)
Metascore:
35
User Score:
8.0
Contact

Contact

July 11, 1997 | PG
Jodie Foster stars as headstrong visionary astronomer Ellie Arroway in Contact, a drama of discovery, based on the best-selling 1985 novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and noted astronomer Carl Sagan.  (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.8
Men in Black

Men in Black

July 2, 1997 | PG-13
Jones is K, a veteran of a government agency so secretive no one in power knows it exists; Smith is J, a former New York cop turned rookie operative. The two dress like the FBI but better, and drive a Ford that moves like the Stealth bomber. And, when not hanging out in their bachelor pad-cum-mission control, they flex muscle like the INS--albeit toward aliens with multiple, mutating heads. [M. Dargis]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
8.6
Face/Off

Face/Off

June 27, 1997 | R
FBI agent Sean Archer (Travolta) knows how to stop elusive terrorist Castor Troy (Cage). He'll become him. Archer undergoes a futuristic surgery and has Troy's face mapped onto his, then infiltrates the terrorist's world to discover his deadly secrets. But as much as Archer looks and acts like Troy, he doesn't really know him. He never figures Troy will retaliate and force doctors to transform him into Archer. Now the agent faces a shattering nightmare: his archrival is living with his family. (Paramount)
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.8
Batman & Robin

Batman & Robin

June 20, 1997 | TV-PG
Batman, Robin and new crime fighting comrade Batgirl face Gotham City's deadliest threat yet when cold-hearted Mr. Freeze and venomous Poison Ivy team for some lethal mischief. (Warner Bros.)
Metascore:
29
User Score:
5.8
The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

May 23, 1997 | PG-13
It has been four years since the disaster at Jurassic Park and two groups are in a race against time that will determine the fate of the remote island's prehistoric inhabitants. [Universal]
Metascore:
59
User Score:
7.1
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