2010
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Subgenre/Notes
Altitude
Kaare Andrews
Jessica Lowndes , Julianna Guill , Ryan Donowho
Canada
Horror
Alien vs Ninja
Seiji Chiba
Shuuji Kashiwabara , Ben Hiura
Japan
Action
Arctic Blast
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Michael Shanks , Alan Andrews , Alexandra Davies
Australia Canada
Disaster thriller
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Brandon Vietti
Bruce Greenwood , Jensen Ackles , John DiMaggio
United States
Animated superhero film[1]
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Panos Cosmatos
Michael Rogers , Eva Allan
Canada
Mystery thriller
The Book of Eli
Albert Hughes , Allen Hughes
Denzel Washington , Gary Oldman , Mila Kunis
United States
Post-apocalyptic
The Crazies
Breck Eisner
Timothy Olyphant , Radha Mitchell , Joe Anderson
United States
Horror
Daybreakers
Peter Spierig , Michael Spierig
Ethan Hawke , Willem Dafoe , Sam Neill
United States
Vampire thriller
Denizen
J.A. Steel
J.A. Steel , Julie Corgill , Glen Jensen , Ben Bayless
United States
Action horror[2] [3]
Despicable Me
Pierre Coffin , Chris Renaud
Steve Carell (voice), Miranda Cosgrove (voice), Dana Gaier (voice), Elsie Fisher (voice), Jemaine Clement (voice), Jason Segel (voice)
United States
Family-oriented animated comedy
The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya
Tatsuya Ishihara , Yasuhiro Takemoto
Aya Hirano (voice), Tomokazu Sugita (voice), Minori Chihara (voice), Yūko Gotō (voice), Daisuke Ono (voice)
Japan
Anime drama
Downstream
Simone Bartesaghi , Philip Kim
Jonathon Trent , Jono Roberts
United States
Post-apocalyptic action[4]
Enthiran
S. Shankar
Rajinikanth , Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
India
Robot Uprising
Future X-Cops
Wong Jing
Andy Lau , Xu Jiao , Barbie Hsu
China Hong Kong Taiwan
Time travel
Growth
Gabriel Cowan
Mircea Monroe
United States
Horror
Hot Tub Time Machine
Sean Anders , John Morris
Rob Corddry , John Cusack
United States
Comedy
Hunter Prey
Sandy Collora
Clark Bartram , Damion Poitier , Isaac C. Singleton Jr.
United States
Thriller
Inception
Christopher Nolan
Leonardo DiCaprio , Ken Watanabe , Joseph Gordon-Levitt
United Kingdom United States
Action thriller[nb 1]
Iron Man 2
Jon Favreau
Robert Downey Jr. , Gwyneth Paltrow , Don Cheadle
United States
Superhero
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Lauren Montgomery , Sam Liu
William Baldwin , Mark Harmon , Chris Noth
United States
Animated superhero film[5]
Kaboom
Gregg Araki
Thomas Dekker , Juno Temple , Haley Bennett
France United States
Comedy mystery
Die kommenden Tage
Lars Kraume
Bernadette Heerwagen , Johanna Wokalek , Daniel Brühl , August Diehl
Germany
Near-future drama[6]
Manborg
Steven Kostanski
Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks, Meredith Sweeney
Canada
Action[7]
Mardock Scramble: The First Compression
Susumu Kudo
Japan
Anime film
Megamind
Tom McGarth
Will Ferrell (voice), Brad Pitt (voice), Tina Fey (voice), David Cross (voice), Jonah Hill (voice)
United States
Family-oriented action comedy
Monsters
Gareth Edwards
Scoot McNairy , Whitney Able
United Kingdom
Romantic drama
Mutant Girls Squad
Noboru Iguchi , Yoshihiro Nishimura , Tak Sakaguchi
Yumi Sugimoto , Yuko Takayama , Suzuka Morita
Japan
Action
Never Let Me Go
Mark Romanek
Keira Knightley , Carey Mulligan , Andrew Garfield
United Kingdom
Dystopian , romantic drama
Predators
Nimród Antal
Adrien Brody , Topher Grace , Laurence Fishburne
United States
Horror
Repo Men
Miguel Sapochnik
Jude Law , Liev Schreiber , Forest Whitaker
United States
Action thriller
Resident Evil: Afterlife
Paul W. S. Anderson
Milla Jovovich , Ali Larter , Spencer Locke
Germany United Kingdom United States
Action horror
Shank
Mo Ali
Adam Deacon , Bashy , Kaya Scodelario
United Kingdom
Action
Skyline
Colin Strause , Greg Strause
Donald Faison , Eric Balfour , Scottie Thompson
United States
Alien invasion thriller
Space Battleship Yamato
Takashi Yamazaki
Takuya Kimura , Koyuki , Hiroyuki Ikeuchi , Naoto Takenaka
Japan
Action adventure[nb 2]
Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
Lauren Montgomery
Kevin Conroy , Tim Daly , Summer Glau
United States
Animated superhero film[8]
Tron: Legacy
Joseph Kosinski
Jeff Bridges , Garrett Hedlund , Olivia Wilde
United States
Action adventure
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
John Hyams
Jean-Claude Van Damme , Dolph Lundgren
United States
Action[nb 3]
Womb
Benedek Fliegauf
Eva Green , Matt Smith
Germany
Romantic drama
2011
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Subgenre/Notes
51
Jason Connery
Bruce Boxleitner , John Shea
United States
Horror
7aum Arivu
A. R. Murugadoss
Surya Sivakumar , Shruti Haasan
India
Thriller
The Adjustment Bureau
George Nolfi
Matt Damon , Emily Blunt
United States
Romantic thriller
All-Star Superman
Sam Liu
James Denton , Christina Hendricks , Anthony LaPaglia
United States
[9]
All Superheroes Must Die
Jason Trost
Jason Trost, Lucas Till , James Remar
United States
Superhero film[10]
Another Earth
Mike Cahill
William Mapother , Brit Marling
United States
Drama
Apollo 18
Gonzalo López-Gallego
Lloyd Owen , Warren Christie
United States
Horror
Area Q
Gerson Sanginitto
Isaiah Washington , Murilo Rosa , Tania Khalill
Brazil United States
Thriller
Atlas Shrugged: Part I
Paul Johansson
Taylor Schilling , Grant Bowler
United States
Mystery drama
Attack the Block
Joe Cornish
John Boyega , Nick Frost , Jodie Whittaker , Luke Treadaway
United Kingdom
Action horror
Battle: Los Angeles
Jonathan Liebesman
Aaron Eckhart , Michelle Rodriguez , Michael Peña , Bridget Moynahan
United States
Alien invasion
Captain America: The First Avenger
Joe Johnston
Chris Evans , Hugo Weaving , Samuel L. Jackson
United States
Superhero
Cowboys & Aliens
Jon Favreau
Daniel Craig , Olivia Wilde , Harrison Ford , Sam Rockwell
United States
Western
The Darkest Hour
Chris Gorak
Olivia Thirlby , Emile Hirsch
United States
Action horror
Dear God No!
James Bickert
Jett Bryant, Madeline Brumby, Paul McComiskey
United States
Horror
Eva
Kike Maíllo
Daniel Brühl , Marta Etura , Alberto Ammann
Spain
Drama[11]
Extraterrestre
Nacho Vigalondo
Michelle Jenner , Carlos Areces , Julián Villagrán , Raúl Cimas
Spain
Drama[12] [13]
Gantz
Shinsuke Sato
Kazunari Ninomiya , Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Japan
Action horror
Gantz: Perfect Answer
Shinsuke Sato
Kazunari Ninomiya , Ken'ichi Matsuyama
Japan
Action horror
Green Lantern
Martin Campbell
Ryan Reynolds , Blake Lively , Peter Sarsgaard , Mark Strong
United States
Superhero
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
Christopher Berkeley
Nathan Fillion , Elisabeth Moss , Jason Isaacs
United States
Animated superhero film[14]
Hell
Tim Fehlbaum
Hannah Herzsprung , Lars Eidinger , Stipe Erceg
Germany Switzerland
Post-apocalyptic[15]
Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass
Pat Tremblay
Navin Pratap , Jamie Abrams , Paula Davis
Canada
Post-apocalyptic Comedy
O Homem do Futuro (The Man from the Future)
Cláudio Torres
Wagner Moura , Alinne Moraes
Brazil
Time travel /Comedy
I Am Number Four
D. J. Caruso
Timothy Olyphant , Alex Pettyfer , Teresa Palmer , Dianna Agron
United States
Action thriller
In Time
Andrew Niccol
Justin Timberlake , Olivia Wilde , Amanda Seyfried
United States
Thriller
Limitless
Neil Burger
Bradley Cooper , Abbie Cornish , Robert De Niro
United States
Mystery thriller
Love
William Eubank
Gunner Wright
United States
Drama
Mardock Scramble: The Second Combustion
Susumu Kudo
Japan
Anime film
Mars Needs Moms
Simon Wells
Seth Green (voice), Joan Cusack (voice), Elisabeth Harnois (voice)
United States
Animated action comedy
Melancholia
Lars von Trier
Kirsten Dunst , Kiefer Sutherland
Denmark
Drama
Paul
Greg Mottola
Simon Pegg , Nick Frost , Seth Rogen , Kristen Wiig
United Kingdom United States
Comedy
Phase 7
Nicolás Goldbart
Daniel Hendler , Jazmín Stuart , Federico Luppi
Argentina
Comedy thriller
Priest
Scott Stewart
Paul Bettany , Karl Urban , Lily Collins
United States
Action horror
The Prodigies
Antoine Charreyron
Jeffrey Evan Thomas (voice), Lauren Ashley Carter (voice), Moon Dailly (voice)
France
Animated[16]
Ra.One
Anubhav Sinha
Shah Rukh Khan , Arjun Rampal , Kareena Kapoor
India
Action superhero
Real Steel
Shawn Levy
Hugh Jackman , Evangeline Lilly
United States
Action
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rupert Wyatt
James Franco , Freida Pinto , John Lithgow , Andy Serkis
United States
Action drama
Source Code
Duncan Jones
Jake Gyllenhaal , Vera Farmiga , Michelle Monaghan , Jeffrey Wright
France United States
Thriller
Super 8
J. J. Abrams
Joel Courtney , Elle Fanning , Kyle Chandler
Canada United States
Mystery thriller
The Thing
Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Joel Edgerton
United States
Horror
Thor
Kenneth Branagh
Chris Hemsworth , Tom Hiddleston , Natalie Portman , Anthony Hopkins
United States
Superhero
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Michael Bay
Shia LaBeouf , Rosie Huntington-Whiteley , Josh Duhamel , Tyrese Gibson
United States
Action
X-Men: First Class
Matthew Vaughn
James McAvoy , Michael Fassbender , Jennifer Lawrence
United States United Kingdom
Superhero
2012
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Subgenre/Notes
009 Re:Cyborg
Kenji Kamiyama
Japan
Anime film
Alien Origin
Mark Atkins
Chelsea Vincent , Peter Pedrero , Philip Coc , Trey McCurley , Daniela Flynn
United States
Horror
The Amazing Spider-Man
Marc Webb
Andrew Garfield , Emma Stone , Rhys Ifans
United States
Superhero
The Avengers
Joss Whedon
Robert Downey Jr. , Chris Evans , Scarlett Johansson
United States
[nb 4] Superhero
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns , Part 1
Jay Oliva
Peter Weller , Ariel Winter , David Selby
United States
Animated superhero film[17]
Battleship
Peter Berg
Taylor Kitsch , Alexander Skarsgård , Liam Neeson
United States
Action thriller
Branded
Jamie Bradshaw , Alexander Doulerain
Ed Stoppard , Leelee Sobieski , Jeffrey Tambor , Max von Sydow
Russia United States
Chronicle
Josh Trank
Michael B. Jordan , Dane DeHaan , Michael Kelly , Alex Russell
United States
Action drama
Cloud Atlas
Tom Tykwer , The Wachowskis
Tom Hanks , Halle Berry , Hugh Grant , Susan Sarandon
Germany United States
[nb 5] 2 of the 6 stories are science fiction
Dredd
Pete Travis
Karl Urban , Olivia Thirlby , Lena Headey
United Kingdom United States
The Divide
Xavier Gens
Lauren German , Michael Biehn , Milo Ventimiglia , Rosanna Arquette
Canada Germany United States
Drama thriller
Grabbers
Jon Wright
Richard Coyle , Ruth Bradley , Russell Tovey
Ireland
The Hunger Games
Gary Ross
Jennifer Lawrence , Josh Hutcherson , Liam Hemsworth
United States
[nb 6] Action drama
Iron Sky
Timo Vuorensola
Julia Dietze , Götz Otto , Christopher Kirby, Udo Kier
Australia Finland Germany
Comedy
John Carter
Andrew Stanton
Taylor Kitsch , Lynn Collins , Willem Dafoe
United States
Action adventure
Justice League: Doom
Lauren Montgomery
Kevin Conroy , Tim Daly , Nathan Fillion
United States
Animated superhero film[18]
Lockout
James Mather , Stephen St. Leger
Guy Pearce , Maggie Grace , Peter Stormare
France
Action
Looper
Rian Johnson
Bruce Willis , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Emily Blunt
United States
Mardock Scramble: The Third Exhaust
Susumu Kudo
Japan
Anime film
Mars et Avril
Martin Villeneuve
Jacques Languirand , Caroline Dhavernas , Paul Ahmarani , Robert Lepage
Canada
Drama, Fantasy
Men in Black 3
Barry Sonnenfeld
Will Smith , Tommy Lee Jones , Josh Brolin
United States
Comedy
Prometheus
Ridley Scott
Noomi Rapace , Charlize Theron , Michael Fassbender
United States United Kingdom
Action, Horror
Resident Evil: Retribution
Paul W. S. Anderson
Milla Jovovich , Sienna Guillory , Michelle Rodriguez
France United States
Robot & Frank
Jake Schreier
Frank Langella , James Marsden , Peter Sarsgaard , Susan Sarandon
United States
Drama
Safety Not Guaranteed
Colin Trevorrow
Aubrey Plaza , Mark Duplass , Jake Johnson
United States
Comedy drama
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Lorene Scafaria
Steve Carell , Keira Knightley
United States
Comedy drama
Strange Frame
GB Hajim
Claudia Black (voice), Tim Curry (voice)
United States
Cut-out animation, Musical
Starship Troopers: Invasion
Shinji Aramaki
Japan United States
Computer animation
Storage 24
Johannes Roberts
Noel Clarke , Antonia Campbell-Hughes , Laura Haddock , Colin O'Donoghue
United Kingdom
[19]
Superman vs. The Elite
Michael Chang
George Newbern , Pauley Perrette , Robin Atkin Downes
United States
Animated superhero film[20]
Total Recall
Len Wiseman
Colin Farrell , Kate Beckinsale , Jessica Biel , Bryan Cranston
United States
Cyberpunk action
Thermae Romae
Hideki Takeuchi
Hiroshi Abe , Aya Ueto
Japan
Time travel comedy[21] [22]
Upside Down
Juan Diego Solanas
Jim Sturgess , Kirsten Dunst
Canada France
The Watch
Akiva Schaffer
Ben Stiller , Vince Vaughn , Jonah Hill
United States
Comedy
2013
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Subgenre/Notes
After Earth
M. Night Shyamalan
Will Smith , Jaden Smith
United States
Action adventure
The A.R.K. Report
Shmuel Hoffman
Katy Castaldi , Pascal Yen-Pfister , Ayden Crispe
Israel United States
Action
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns , Part 2
Jay Oliva
Peter Weller , Ariel Winter , David Selby
United States
Animated superhero film[23]
The Colony
Jeff Renfroe
Laurence Fishburne , Bill Paxton , Kevin Zegers
Canada
Post-apocalyptic
The Congress
Ari Folman
Robin Wright (voice), Harvey Keitel (voice), Jon Hamm (voice), Paul Giamatti (voice)
Israel Germany Poland Luxembourg Belgium
Live action/animation
The Cosmonaut
Nicolás Alcalá
Katrine De Candole , Leon Ockenden , David Barrass
Spain
Dark Skies
Scott Stewart
Keri Russell , Josh Hamilton
United States
Horror
Despicable Me 2
Pierre Coffin , Chris Renaud
Steve Carell (voice), Kristen Wiig (voice), Benjamin Bratt (voice), Miranda Cosgrove (voice), Dana Gaier (voice), Elsie Fisher (voice), Steve Coogan (voice)
United States
Animated comedy film
Dick Figures: The Movie
Ed Skudder , Zack Keller
Ed Skudder, Zack Keller, Eric Bauza , Mike Nassar
United States
Adult-animated film
Elysium
Neill Blomkamp
Matt Damon , Jodie Foster , Wagner Moura , Alice Braga , Sharlto Copley
United States
Action, Drama
Escape from Planet Earth
Cal Brunker
Brendan Fraser (voice), Jessica Alba (voice), Rob Corddry (voice), Sarah Jessica Parker (voice)
United States
Animated
Europa Report
Sebastián Cordero
Sharlto Copley , Michael Nyqvist , Daniel Wu
United States
Drama
Ender's Game
Gavin Hood
Asa Butterfield , Abigail Breslin , Harrison Ford
United States
Young adult space opera
Frankenstein's Army
Richard Raaphorst
Karel Roden , Joshua Sasse , Robert Gwilym
Netherlands
Sci-fi horror[24]
Frequencies
Darren Paul Fisher
Daniel Fraser , Eleanor Wyld , Owen Pugh
United Kingdom
Hard sf (different laws of physics)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Jon M. Chu
Dwayne Johnson , Channing Tatum , Bruce Willis
United States
Action
Gatchaman
Tōya Satō
Tori Matsuzaka , Gō Ayano , Ayame Goriki
Japan
Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón
Sandra Bullock , George Clooney
United Kingdom United States
Disaster film
Hard to Be a God
Aleksey German
Leonid Yarmolnik , Dmitriy Vladimirov , Laura Lauri , Aleksandr Ilin
Russia
Her
Spike Jonze
Joaquin Phoenix , Scarlett Johansson
United States
Drama, Romance
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Francis Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence , Josh Hutcherson , Liam Hemsworth
United States
Independence Daysaster
W.D. Hogan
Ryan Merriman , Emily Holmes
Canada
Action
The Host
Andrew Niccol
Saoirse Ronan , Diane Kruger , William Hurt
United States
Romantic drama
Iron Man 3
Shane Black
Robert Downey Jr. , Gwyneth Paltrow , Don Cheadle , Guy Pearce , Ben Kingsley
United States
Superhero
Krrish 3
Rakesh Roshan
Hrithik Roshan , Vivek Oberoi , Priyanka
India
Superhero
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
Jay Oliva
Justin Chambers , C. Thomas Howell , Michael B. Jordan
United States
Animated superhero film[25]
The Last Days
David Pastor , Àlex Pastor
Quim Gutiérrez , José Coronado , Marta Etura
Spain France
Thriller
The Last Days on Mars
Ruairí Robinson
Liev Schreiber , Romola Garai , Elias Koteas
Ireland United Kingdom
Thriller
The Machine
Caradog W. James
Caity Lotz , Toby Stephens
United Kingdom
Thriller
Man of Steel
Zack Snyder
Henry Cavill , Amy Adams , Michael Shannon
United States United Kingdom
Superhero
Oblivion
Joseph Kosinski
Tom Cruise , Andrea Riseborough , Olga Kurylenko , Morgan Freeman
United States
Post-apocalyptic
Pacific Rim
Guillermo del Toro
Idris Elba , Charlie Day , Charlie Hunnam
United States
Monster movie
The Purge
James DeMonaco
Lena Headey , Ethan Hawke
United States
Dystopian thriller
Riddick
David Twohy
Vin Diesel , Katee Sackhoff , Karl Urban
United States
[26]
Snowpiercer
Bong Joon-ho
Chris Evans , Song Kang-ho , Jamie Bell , Tilda Swinton , John Hurt , Ed Harris
South Korea United States France
Action thriller
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Shinji Aramaki
Japan
Computer animated
Star Trek Into Darkness
J. J. Abrams
Chris Pine , Benedict Cumberbatch , Zachary Quinto , Zoe Saldana
United States
Action adventure
Superman Unbound
James Tuker
Matt Bomer , Stana Katic , John Noble
United States
Animated superhero film[27]
Thor: The Dark World
Alan Taylor
Chris Hemsworth , Natalie Portman , Tom Hiddleston
United States
Superhero
The Wolverine
James Mangold
Hugh Jackman , Rila Fukushima
United Kingdom United States
Superhero
World War Z
Marc Forster
Brad Pitt , Mireille Enos , James Badge Dale
United Kingdom United States
Post-apocalyptic zombie horror
The World's End
Edgar Wright
Simon Pegg , Nick Frost , Martin Freeman
United Kingdom
Comedy
Young Ones
Jake Paltrow
Nicholas Hoult , Elle Fanning , Michael Shannon
United States
The Zero Theorem
Terry Gilliam
Christoph Waltz , Mélanie Thierry
United Kingdom Romania France
Drama, Fantasy[28]
2014
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Subgenre/Notes
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Marc Webb
Andrew Garfield , Emma Stone , Jamie Foxx
United States
Superhero
The Anomaly
Noel Clarke
Noel Clarke , Ian Somerhalder , Brian Cox
United Kingdom
Arachnicide
Paolo Bertola
Gino Barzacchi, Gabriel Cash, Riccardo Serventi Longhi
Italy
Television film[29]
Armor Hero Atlas
Zheng Guowei
Xu Feng, Cao Xiyue, Kenny Zeng
China
Science fiction action[30]
Army of Frankensteins
Ryan Bellgardt
Jordan Farris, Christian Bellgardt, Rett Terrell
United States
Science fiction horror[31]
Autómata
Gabe Ibáñez
Antonio Banderas , Melanie Griffith , Dylan McDermott
Spain United States
Beyond
Joseph Baker and Tom Large
Richard J. Danum, Gillian MacGregor, Paul Brannigan
United Kingdom
Independent psychological drama[32]
Big Hero 6
Don Hall
Ryan Potter (voice), Scott Adsit (voice), Jamie Chung (voice), Damon Wayans Jr. (voice), Genesis Rodriguez (voice), T. J. Miller (voice)
United States
Animation
Black Butler
Kentarō Ōtani , Keiichi Satō
Hiro Mizushima , Ayame Goriki , Yūka
Japan
Science fiction action[33]
Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace
Tatsuo Satō
Japan
Bugs
Yan Jia
Xia Zitong, Zhang Zilin , Eric Wang
China
Science fiction disaster thriller[34]
Calculator
Dmitriy Grachev
Evgeniy Mironov , Vinnie Jones
Russia
[35]
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Russo brothers
Chris Evans , Scarlett Johansson , Anthony Mackie , Emily VanCamp
United States
Superhero
Christmas Icetastrophe
Jonathan Winfrey
Victor Webster , Jennifer Spence
United States
Television film[36]
Coherence
James Ward Byrkit
Emily Baldoni , Maury Sterling , Nicholas Brendon
United States
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Matt Reeves
Jason Clarke , Kodi Smit-McPhee , Andy Serkis
United States
The Device
Jeremy Berg
Kate Alden , Angela DiMarco , Lorraine Montez
United States
[37]
Divergent
Neil Burger
Shailene Woodley , Theo James , Ansel Elgort
United States
Earth to Echo
Dave Green
United States
Edge of Tomorrow
Doug Liman
Tom Cruise , Emily Blunt , Bill Paxton
Australia United States
Time travel action
Ejecta
Chad Archibald , Matt Wiele
Lisa Houle , Julian Richings , Adam Seybold
Canada
Expelled from Paradise
Seiji Mizushima
Rie Kugimiya (voice), Shin-ichiro Miki (voice), Hiroshi Kamiya (voice)
Japan
Anime film
The Giver
Phillip Noyce
Brenton Thwaites , Jeff Bridges , Meryl Streep , Taylor Swift
United States
Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl
Johannes Grenzfurthner
Lukas Tagwerker, Sophia Grabner, Jeff Ricketts
Austria
Post-apocalyptic art house comedy
Godzilla
Gareth Edwards
Aaron Johnson , Elizabeth Olsen , Bryan Cranston
Japan United States
Monster movie
Guardians of the Galaxy
James Gunn
Chris Pratt , Dave Bautista , Zoe Saldana
United States
Superhero
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Francis Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence , Josh Hutcherson , Liam Hemsworth
United States
Young adult dystopia
Interstellar
Christopher Nolan
Matthew McConaughey , Anne Hathaway , Topher Grace , Michael Caine
United Kingdom United States
Action drama
Justice League: War
Jay Oliva
Alan Tudyk , Shemar Moore , Steve Blum
United States
Animated superhero film[38]
Lucy
Luc Besson
Scarlett Johansson , Morgan Freeman
France
Posthuman
The Maze Runner
Wes Ball
Dylan O'Brien , Will Poulter , Thomas Sangster , Aml Ameen
United States
Young adult action
Monsters: Dark Continent
Tom Green
Johnny Harris , Sam Keeley , Joe Dempsie
United Kingdon
Monster film
Outpost 37
Jabbar Raisani
Kenneth Fok , Stevel Marc , Joe Reegan
South Africa United Kingdom
Action thriller
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Rob Minkoff
Ty Burrell , Max Charles
United States
Parasyte: Part 1
Takashi Yamazaki
Japan
Horror[39]
Predestination
Peter Spierig , Michael Spierig
Ethan Hawke
Australia
Time travel
The Purge: Anarchy
James DeMonaco
Frank Grillo , Carmen Ejogo
United States
Dystopian thriller
The Quiet Hour
Stéphanie Joalland
Karl Davies , Brigitte Millar , Dakota Blue Richards
Ireland United Kingdom
[40]
RoboCop
José Padilha
Joel Kinnaman , Gary Oldman , Michael Keaton , Samuel L. Jackson
United States
Cyberpunk action
The Signal
William Eubank
Brenton Thwaites , Olivia Cooke , Laurence Fishburne , Sarah Clarke
United States
Mystery
Son of Batman
Ethan Spaulding
Jason O'Mara , Thomas Gibson , Stuart Allan
United States
Animated superhero film[41]
Space Station 76
Jack Plotnick
Patrick Wilson , Liv Tyler , Matt Bomer
United States
Retro comedy
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jonathan Liebesman
Megan Fox , Will Arnett , William Fichtner , Whoopi Goldberg
United States
Action comedy
Time Lapse
Bradley D. King
Danielle Panabaker , Matt O'Leary , George Finn
United States
Thriller
Transcendence
Wally Pfister
Johnny Depp , Paul Bettany , Rebecca Hall
United States
Posthuman
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Michael Bay
Mark Wahlberg , Jack Reynor , Nicola Peltz
United States
Action
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark
Japan
Anime film
Space Battleship Yamato 2199: A Voyage to Remember
Japan
Anime film
Spring
Aaron Scott Moorhead
Vanessa Bednar , Nadia Hilker , Lou Taylor Pucci
United States
Under the Skin
Jonathan Glazer
Scarlett Johansson , Kryštof Hádek , Robert J. Goodwin
United Kingdom
Art film
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Bryan Singer
Hugh Jackman , James McAvoy , Michael Fassbender , Jennifer Lawrence
United States
Superhero
2015
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Subgenre/Notes
Aliens: Zone-X
Thomas R. Dickens
David J. Burke , Chris Harper
United States
Ant-Man
Peyton Reed
Paul Rudd , Michael Douglas , Evangeline Lilly
United States
Superhero
Avengers: Age of Ultron
Joss Whedon
Robert Downey Jr. , Chris Evans , Scarlett Johansson
United States
Superhero
Chappie
Neill Blomkamp
Sharlto Copley , Watkin Tudor Jones , Yolandi Visser
United States
Circle
Aaron Hann
Michael Nardelli , Carter Jenkins , Lawrence Kao, Allegra Masters
United States
psychological horror-thriller
The Divergent Series: Insurgent
Robert Schwentke
Shailene Woodley , Theo James , Ansel Elgort
United States
The End of the World and the Cat's Disappearance
Michihiro Takeuchi
Izukoneko, Jun Aonami, Daisuke Nishijima
Japan
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Equals
Drake Doremus
Nicholas Hoult , Vernetta Lopez , Scott Lawrence
United States
Romantic drama
Ex Machina
Alex Garland
Domhnall Gleeson , Alicia Vikander , Oscar Isaac
United Kingdom
Posthuman
Fantastic Four
Josh Trank
Miles Teller , Kate Mara , Michael B. Jordan , Jamie Bell
United States
Superhero
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie
Japan
Hardcore Henry
Ilya Naishuller
Sharlto Copley , Tim Roth , Haley Bennett
Russia United States
Action adventure
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Francis Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence , Josh Hutcherson , Liam Hemsworth
United States
Infini
Shane Abbess
Daniel MacPherson , Grace Huang , Luke Hemsworth
Australia
Jupiter Ascending
The Wachowskis
Mila Kunis , Channing Tatum , Sean Bean , Eddie Redmayne
United States
Space opera
Jurassic World
Colin Trevorrow
Chris Pratt , Bryce Dallas Howard , Ty Simpkins , Nick Robinson
United States
Kung Fury
David Sandberg
David Sandberg, Jorma Taccone , Leopold Nilsson
Sweden
Short film
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller
Tom Hardy , Charlize Theron , Nicholas Hoult
Australia United States
Post-apocalyptic action
The Martian
Ridley Scott
Matt Damon , Jessica Chastain , Jeff Daniels
United States
Survival drama
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Wes Ball
Dylan O'Brien , Thomas Brodie-Sangster , Giancarlo Esposito
United States
Monsters: Dark Continent
Tom Green
Joe Dempsie , Johnny Harris , Sofia Boutella
United Kingdom
Monster movie
On Line
Li Changxin
Liu Mengmeng, Li Ning, Kang Enhe
China
Action[43]
Pixels
Chris Columbus
Adam Sandler , Kevin James , Michelle Monaghan , Peter Dinklage
United States
Action comedy
Project Almanac
Dean Israelite
Jonny Weston , Sofia Black D'Elia , Amy Landecker
United States
Psycho-Pass: The Movie
Naoyoshi Shiotani
Japan
Anime film
Self/less
Tarsem Singh
Ryan Reynolds , Ben Kingsley
United States
Mystery thriller
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
J. J. Abrams
Adam Driver , Daisy Ridley , John Boyega , Oscar Isaac
United States
Space opera
Terminator Genisys
Alan Taylor
Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jason Clarke , Emilia Clarke , Jai Courtney
United States
Time travel action
Tomorrowland
Brad Bird
Britt Robertson , George Clooney
United States
Vice
Brian A. Miller
Bruce Willis , Thomas Jane , Ambyr Childers
United States
2016
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Subgenre/Notes
The 5th Wave
J Blakeson
Chloë Grace Moretz , Nick Robinson , Alex Roe , Liev Schreiber
United States
10 Cloverfield Lane
Dan Trachtenberg
Mary Elizabeth Winstead , John Goodman , John Gallagher Jr. , Bradley Cooper
United States
Psychological thriller
24
Vikram Kumar
Suriya , Samantha Ruth Prabhu
India
Time Travel
Approaching the Unknown
Mark Elijah Rosenberg
Mark Strong , Luke Wilson , Sanaa Lathan
United States
Arrival
Denis Villeneuve
Amy Adams , Jeremy Renner , Forest Whitaker
United States
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Zack Snyder
Henry Cavill , Ben Affleck , Amy Adams , Laurence Fishburne , Gal Gadot
United States
Superhero
Captain America: Civil War
Russo brothers
Chris Evans , Robert Downey Jr. , Scarlett Johansson
United States
Superhero
Cell
Tod Williams
John Cusack , Stacy Keach , Samuel L. Jackson
United States
Colossal
Nacho Vigalondo
Anne Hathaway , Dan Stevens , Jason Sudeikis , Austin Stowell , Tim Blake Nelson
Canada Spain
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
Robert Schwentke
Shailene Woodley , Theo James
United States
Doctor Strange
Scott Derrickson
Benedict Cumberbatch , Chiwetel Ejiofor , Tilda Swinton
United States
The Girl with All the Gifts
Colm McCarthy
Gemma Arterton , Paddy Considine , Glenn Close
United Kingdom
Independence Day: Resurgence
Roland Emmerich
Liam Hemsworth , Jessie Usher , Jeff Goldblum
United States
Disaster film
Kill Command
Steven Gomez
Thure Lindhardt , Vanessa Kirby
United Kingdom
Max Steel
Stewart Hendler
Ben Winchell , Ana Villafañe , Andy García
United States
Midnight Special
Jeff Nichols
Michael Shannon , Joel Edgerton , Kirsten Dunst
United States
Supernatural drama
Morgan
Luke Scott
Kate Mara , Anya Taylor-Joy , Paul Giamatti
United States
The Purge: Election Year
James DeMonaco
Frank Grillo , Elizabeth Mitchell , Mykelti Williamson
United States
Dystopian thriller
Passengers
Morten Tyldum
Jennifer Lawrence , Chris Pratt , Michael Sheen
United States
Romantic drama
Ratchet & Clank
Kevin Munroe
James Arnold Taylor , David Kaye , Paul Giamatti , John Goodman
United States
Animated action comedy
Rogue One
Gareth Edwards
Felicity Jones , Diego Luna , Riz Ahmed
United States
Space opera
Rupture
Steven Shainberg
Noomi Rapace , Peter Stormare , Kerry Bishé
United States Canada
Shin Godzilla
Hideaki Anno , Shinji Higuchi
Hiroki Hasegawa , Yutaka Takenouchi , Satomi Ishihara
Japan
Monster movie
Spectral
Nic Mathieu
James Badge Dale , Max Martini , Emily Mortimer , Bruce Greenwood
United States
Military science fiction
Star Trek Beyond
Justin Lin
Chris Pine , Idris Elba , Zachary Quinto , Zoe Saldana
United States
Action adventure
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Dave Green
Megan Fox , Stephen Amell , Will Arnett , Tyler Perry , Laura Linney
United States
Action comedy
Terra Formars
Takashi Miike
Japan
Action horror
X-Men: Apocalypse
Bryan Singer
James McAvoy , Michael Fassbender , Jennifer Lawrence , Oscar Isaac
United States
Superhero
2017
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Subgenre/Notes
24 Hours to Live
Brain Smrz
Ethan Hawke , Xu Qing , Paul Anderson
South Africa United States
Action thriller[44]
Alien: Covenant
Ridley Scott
Michael Fassbender , Katherine Waterston
United Kingdom United States
Attraction
Fyodor Bondarchuk
Russia
Beyond Skyline
Liam O'Donnell
Frank Grillo , Bojana Novakovic , Iko Uwais
United States
Blade Runner 2049
Denis Villeneuve
Harrison Ford , Ryan Gosling , Robin Wright , Dave Bautista , Ana de Armas
United States
Blame!
Hiroyuki Seshita
Japan
Bokeh
Geoffrey Orthwein , Andrew Sullivan
Maika Monroe , Matt O'Leary , Arnar Jónsson
United States
Drama
The Circle
James Ponsoldt
Tom Hanks , Emma Watson , Patton Oswalt
United States
Despicable Me 3
Pierre Coffin , Kyle Balda
Steve Carell (voice)
United States
Downsizing
Alexander Payne
Matt Damon , Christoph Waltz
United States
Comedy-drama
Geostorm
Dean Devlin
Gerard Butler , Abbie Cornish
United States
Disaster film
Ghost in the Shell
Rupert Sanders
Scarlett Johansson , Pilou Asbæk
United States
1995 anime remake
Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
Kōbun Shizuno Hiroyuki Seshita
Japan
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
James Gunn
Chris Pratt , Dave Bautista , Zoe Saldana
United States
Superhero
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
John Cameron Mitchell
Elle Fanning , Alex Sharp , Nicole Kidman , Ruth Wilson , Matt Lucas
United Kingdom United States
Romantic comedy
Kill Switch
Tim Smit
Dan Stevens , Bérénice Marlohe , Tygo Gernandt , Charity Wakefield , Bas Keijzer , Mike Libanon , Mike Reus
United States
Justice League
Zack Snyder
Henry Cavill , Ben Affleck , Gal Gadot , Jason Momoa , Ezra Miller , Ray Fisher
United States
The Last Scout
Simon Phillips
Blaine Grey , Simon Phillips , Peter Woodward
United Kingdom
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Life
Daniel Espinosa
Ryan Reynolds , Rebecca Ferguson , Jake Gyllenhaal , Hiroyuki Sanada
United States
Horror thriller
Logan
James Mangold
Hugh Jackman , Patrick Stewart , Dafne Keen
United States
Superhero drama
The Man from Earth: Holocene
Richard Schenkman
David Lee Smith , William Katt , Vanessa Williams , Michael Dorn , Sterling Knight , Brittany Curran , Carlos Knight , Akemi Look , John Billingsley
United States
Sequel to The Man from Earth (2007)
The Man with the Magic Box
Bodo Kox
Olga Bołądź , Piotr Polak , Sebastian Stankiewicz
Poland Italy
Dystopian thriller, time travel
OtherLife
Ben C. Lucas
Jessica De Gouw , T.J. Power , Thomas Cocquerel, Clarence Ryan, Tiriel Mora , Adriane Daff
Australia
Thriller
Power Rangers
Dean Israelite
Naomi Scott , Becky G , RJ Cyler , Dacre Montgomery , Ludi Lin
United States
Superhero Coming-of-age
The Recall
Mauro Borrelli
Wesley Snipes , RJ Mitte
United States Canada
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Paul W. S. Anderson
Milla Jovovich , Ali Larter , Shawn Roberts
United States France
Horror action
Revolt
Joe Miale
Lee Pace , Bérénice Marlohe
United States
The Space Between Us
Peter Chelsom
Asa Butterfield , Britt Robertson , Gary Oldman
United States
Romantic drama
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Rian Johnson
Adam Driver , Daisy Ridley , John Boyega , Oscar Isaac
United States
Space opera
Thor: Ragnarok
Taika Waititi
Chris Hemsworth , Tom Hiddleston , Cate Blanchett
United States
Superhero
Time Trap
Ben Foster and Mark Dennis
Brianne Howey , Cassidy Erin Gifford , Olivia Draguicevich , Andrew Wilson , Reiley McClendon
United States
Adventure
Transformers: The Last Knight
Michael Bay
Mark Wahlberg , Isabela Moner , Josh Duhamel , Tyrese Gibson
United States
Action
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Luc Besson
Dane DeHaan , Cara Delevingne , Clive Owen , Rihanna , Ethan Hawke
France
War for the Planet of the Apes
Matt Reeves
Andy Serkis , Steve Zahn , Woody Harrelson
United States
Werewolves of the Third Reich
Andrew Jones
Annabelle Lanyon, Lee Bane, Derek Nelson
United Kingdom
Horror[46]
What Happened to Monday
Tommy Wirkola
Noomi Rapace , Willem Dafoe , Glenn Close
United Kingdom United States France Belgium
2018
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Subgenre/Notes
2.0
S. Shankar
Rajinikanth , Amy Jackson
India
Action
Annihilation
Alex Garland
Natalie Portman , Jennifer Jason Leigh , Tessa Thompson
United States
Horror
Anon
Andrew Niccol
Clive Owen , Amanda Seyfried
United States
Thriller
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Peyton Reed
Paul Rudd , Evangeline Lilly , Michael Douglas
United States
Superhero
Avengers: Infinity War
Russo brothers
Robert Downey Jr. , Josh Brolin , Chris Evans , Scarlett Johansson
United States
Superhero
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler
Chadwick Boseman , Lupita Nyong'o , Michael B. Jordan
United States
Superhero[47]
Bumblebee
Travis Knight
Hailee Steinfeld , John Cena
United States
Action
The Cloverfield Paradox
Julius Onah
David Oyelowo , Gugu Mbatha-Raw
United States
Horror
Deadpool 2
David Leitch
Ryan Reynolds , Josh Brolin
United States
Superhero
Extinction
Ben Young
Michael Peña , Lizzy Caplan
United States
Action
The First Purge
Gerard McMurray
United States
Dystopian action thriller
Forsaken
Alexander Kulikov
Alexander Kulikov
Russia
Freaks
Adam Stein , Zach Lipovsky
Emile Hirsch , Bruce Dern , Grace Park ,
United States
Canada
Science fiction thriller film
Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle
Kōbun Shizuno , Hiroyuki Seshita
Japan
Animated kaiju
Godzilla: The Planet Eater
Kōbun Shizuno , Hiroyuki Seshita
Japan
Animated kaiju
High Life
Claire Denis
Robert Pattinson , Mia Goth , Juliette Binoche
United Kingdom France Germany
Horror
His Master's Voice
György Pálfi
Kate Vernon , Marshall Williams , Eric Peterson
Hungary Canada
Hotel Artemis
Drew Pearce
Jodie Foster , Sterling K. Brown , Sofia Boutella , Jeff Goldblum
United States
Dystopian tech noir thriller
The Humanity Bureau
Rob W. King
Nicolas Cage , Sarah Lind
Canada
Thriller
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Juan Antonio Bayona
Chris Pratt , Bryce Dallas Howard
United States
Adventure
Kin
Jonathan Baker, Josh Baker
Jack Reynor , James Franco
United States
Crime drama
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Wes Ball
Dylan O'Brien
United States
Dystopian
Mortal Engines
Christian Rivers
Robert Sheehan , Hera Hilmar , Leila George, Ronan Raftery , Hugo Weaving , Stephen Lang
United States
Post-apocalyptic action adventure
Mute
Duncan Jones
Alexander Skarsgård , Paul Rudd , Justin Theroux
United Kingdom Germany
Neo-noir
Nekrotronic
Kiah Roache-Turner
Ben O'Toole, Monica Bellucci , Caroline Ford
Australia
Comedy horror[48]
Occupation
Luke Sparke
Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison, Stephany Jacobsen
Australia
Action
Overlord
Julius Avery
Jovan Adepo , Wyatt Russell , Mathilde Ollivier
United States
War horror[49]
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Steven S. DeKnight
John Boyega , Cailee Spaeny , Scott Eastwood
United States
Action
The Predator
Shane Black
Boyd Holbrook , Olivia Munn , Trevante Rhodes
United States
Action
Prospect
Zeek Earl, Christopher Caldwell
Sophie Thatcher, Pedro Pascal
United States
Ready Player One
Steven Spielberg
Tye Sheridan , Olivia Cooke
United States
Action-adventure
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ron Howard
Alden Ehrenreich , Donald Glover , Emilia Clarke , Woody Harrelson
United States
Space Western
Tau
Frederico D'Alessendro
Maika Monroe , Ed Skrein , Gary Oldman
United States
thriller
The Titan
Lennart Ruff
Sam Worthington , Taylor Schilling
United Kingdom Spain United States
Thriller
Upgrade
Leigh Whannell
Logan Marshall-Green
Australia
Cyberpunk action body horror
Venom
Ruben Fleischer
Tom Hardy , Michelle Williams , Riz Ahmed
United States
Superhero
2019
Title
Director
Cast
Country
Subgenres/Notes
3022
John Suits
Omar Epps , Kate Walsh , Miranda Cosgrove , Angus Macfadyen
United States
Ad Astra
James Gray
Brad Pitt , Tommy Lee Jones
United States
Psychological drama
Alita: Battle Angel
Robert Rodriguez
Rosa Salazar , Mahershala Ali , Christoph Waltz
United States
Cyberpunk
Aniara
Pella Kågerman , Hugo Lilja
Emelie Jonsson , Bianca Cruzeiro , Arvin Kananian
Sweden
Avengers: Endgame
Russo brothers
Robert Downey Jr. , Josh Brolin , Chris Evans , Scarlett Johansson
United States
Superhero
Brightburn
David Yarovesky
Elizabeth Banks , David Denman
United States
Superhero horror
Captain Marvel
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck
Brie Larson , Samuel L. Jackson , Jude Law
United States
Superhero
Captive State
Rupert Wyatt
John Goodman , Vera Farmiga , Ashton Sanders , Jonathan Majors
United States
Crime thriller
Cargo
Arati Kadav
Vikrant Massey , Shweta Tripathi ,
India
Code 8
Jeff Chan
Robbie Amell , Stephen Amell , Sung Kang
Canada
Action
Crazy Alien
Ning Hao
Huang Bo , Shen Teng , Matthew Morrison
China
Comedy
Dark Phoenix
Simon Kinberg
James McAvoy , Michael Fassbender , Jennifer Lawrence
United States
Superhero
Gemini Man
Ang Lee
Will Smith , Mary Elizabeth Winstead
United States
Action thriller
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Michael Dougherty
Millie Bobby Brown , Kyle Chandler , Vera Farmiga
United States
Monster
I Am Mother
Grant Sputore
Clara Rugaard , Rose Byrne , Hilary Swank
Australia
Thriller
In the Shadow of the Moon
Jim Mickle
Boyd Holbrook , Cleopatra Coleman , Michael C. Hall
United States
Thriller
Io
Jonathan Helpert
Margaret Qualley , Anthony Mackie
United States
Iron Sky: The Coming Race
Timo Vuorensola
Julia Dietze , Udo Kier , Tom Green
Finland
Comic action
Men in Black: International
F. Gary Gray
Chris Hemsworth , Tessa Thompson
United States
Action comedy
Project Ghazi
Nadir Shah
Humayun Saeed , Sheheryar Munawar , Syra Shehroz , Adnan Jaffar , Talat Hussain , Amir Qureshi, Nusrat Hidayutullah, Raza Hyder
Pakistan
Action
Replicas
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Keanu Reeves , Alice Eve
United States
Thriller
Rim of the World
McG
Jack Gore , Miya Cech, Benjamin Flores Jr. , Alessio Scalzotto
United States
Shanghai Fortress
Teng Huatao
Lu Han , Shu Qi
China
Action
Short Circuit
Faisal Hashmi
Dhvanit Thaker , Kinjal Rajpriya
India
Comedy-drama
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
J. J. Abrams
Adam Driver , Daisy Ridley , John Boyega , Oscar Isaac
United States
Epic space opera
Terminator: Dark Fate
Tim Miller
Arnold Schwarzenegger , Linda Hamilton
United States
Action
The Wandering Earth
Frant Gwo
Wu Jing , Qu Chuxiao , Li Guangjie
China
Action