Subgenre Sampler
Science Fiction > Futurism: 133 Films to Buy & Rent
- It's All About Love (2003)
- Dir. Thomas Vinterberg
Feat. Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn…
- A wacky, overambitious, though not unendearing flop for dir. Vinterberg (FESTEN), in which young couple Danes and Phoenix attempt to resolve the…
- Matrix Revolutions (2003)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving…
- The 'Matrix Trilogy' concludes in a green–tinged maelstrom of CGI–enhanced action and conceptual confusion.
Trinity (Moss) and…
- Natural City (2003)
- Dir. Byung-chun Min
Feat. Ji-tae Yoo, Jae-un Lee, Rin Seo
- A stylised high–tech thriller set in 2080 – after global war has destroyed much of civilisation – where an isolated metropolis has…
- Paycheck (2003)
- Dir. John Woo
Feat. Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman…
- Action–orientated version of a typically complex Phillip K Dick sci–fi story, in which hero Affleck must contend with wiped memories,…
- Planetes (TV Series) (2003)
- The year is 2075 AD. The dream of working and living in the vast openness of space is now a reality. However, a new threat has arisen and if left…
- Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines (2003)
- Dir. Jonathan Mostow
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes…
- The final, belated chapter of the TERMINATOR series, minus the original director and most of the original cast, Schwarzanegger excluded.
In many…
- Adventures of Pluto Nash, The (2002)
- Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson…
- Sci–fi comedy set in 2080 and following a lunar nightclub owner and ex–convict (Eddie Murphy) who is trying to keep the mafia out of his…
- Cypher (2002)
- Dir. Vincenzo Natali
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu
- A striking, coolly managed thriller, where future corporations mount elaborate espionage missions against each other using specially trained…
- Demonlover (2002)
- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Connie Nielsen, Charles Berling, Chloe Sevigny…
- An insinuating future–shock Euro–thriller, with Connie Neilsen as an attractive corporate executive caught in the…
- Matrix Reloaded, The (2002)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss…
- Not called "reloaded" for no reason, the video–game influence presides over this second chapter of the Matrix trilogy – a sequel…