Released between 2008-01-01 and 2008-12-31, Sci-Fi (Sorted by US Box Office Descending)

1. Iron Man (2008)

PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

7.9

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79 Metascore

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

Director: Jon Favreau | Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges

Votes: 945,026 | Gross: $318.41M

2. WALL·E (2008)

G | 98 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

8.4

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95 Metascore

In the distant future, a small waste-collecting robot inadvertently embarks on a space journey that will ultimately decide the fate of mankind.

Director: Andrew Stanton | Stars: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard

Votes: 1,005,643 | Gross: $223.81M

3. The Incredible Hulk (2008)

PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

6.7

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61 Metascore

Bruce Banner, a scientist on the run from the U.S. Government, must find a cure for the monster he turns into whenever he loses his temper.

Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt

Votes: 436,593 | Gross: $134.52M

4. Bedtime Stories (2008)

PG | 99 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

6.0

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33 Metascore

A hotel handyman's life changes when the lavish bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew start to magically come true.

Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Adam Sandler, Keri Russell, Courteney Cox, Guy Pearce

Votes: 88,606 | Gross: $110.10M

5. Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

PG | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Family

5.8

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57 Metascore

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

Director: Eric Brevig | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem, Seth Meyers

Votes: 114,048 | Gross: $101.70M

6. Jumper (2008)

PG-13 | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

6.1

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35 Metascore

A teenager with teleportation abilities suddenly finds himself in the middle of an ancient war between those like him and their sworn annihilators.

Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Bell, Rachel Bilson

Votes: 287,273 | Gross: $80.17M

7. Cloverfield (2008)

PG-13 | 85 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

7.0

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64 Metascore

A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.

Director: Matt Reeves | Stars: Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, T.J. Miller

Votes: 374,184 | Gross: $80.05M

8. The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

5.5

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40 Metascore

A remake of the 1951 classic science fiction film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.

Director: Scott Derrickson | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith

Votes: 163,879 | Gross: $79.37M

9. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

PG-13 | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

7.0

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78 Metascore

A prince of the mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, and Hellboy his team must fight to stop him from locating the all-powerful Golden Army.

Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Alexander

Votes: 256,277 | Gross: $75.75M

10. The Happening (2008)

R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

5.0

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34 Metascore

A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Ashlyn Sanchez

Votes: 196,224 | Gross: $64.51M

11. Speed Racer (2008)

PG | 135 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

6.0

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37 Metascore

A young driver, Speed Racer, aspires to be champion of the racing world with the help of his family and his high-tech Mach 5 automobile.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Matthew Fox, Christina Ricci, Nicholas Elia

Votes: 69,164 | Gross: $43.95M

12. Death Race (2008)

R | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

6.4

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43 Metascore

Ex-con Jensen Ames is forced by the warden of a notorious prison to compete in our post-industrial world's most popular sport: a car race in which inmates must brutalize and kill one another on the road to victory.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane

Votes: 198,332 | Gross: $36.32M

13. Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

PG | 98 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

5.9

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35 Metascore

After the Republic's victory on Christophsis, Anakin and his new apprentice Ahsoka Tano must rescue the kidnapped son of Jabba the Hutt. Political intrigue complicates their mission.

Director: Dave Filoni | Stars: Matt Lanter, Nika Futterman, Tom Kane, Ashley Eckstein

Votes: 58,990 | Gross: $35.16M

14. Space Chimps (2008)

G | 81 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

4.5

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36 Metascore

Three chimps are sent into space to explore the possibility of alien life when an unmanned space shuttle crash lands on an uncharted planet.

Director: Kirk DeMicco | Stars: Andy Samberg, Stanley Tucci, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines

Votes: 10,860 | Gross: $30.11M

15. Superhero Movie (2008)

PG-13 | 75 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

4.5

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33 Metascore

Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.

Director: Craig Mazin | Stars: Drake Bell, Leslie Nielsen, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 63,799 | Gross: $26.64M

16. Babylon A.D. (2008)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

5.6

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26 Metascore

Veteran-turned-mercenary Toorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Mélanie Thierry, Gérard Depardieu

Votes: 93,352 | Gross: $22.53M

17. The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

PG-13 | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

5.9

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47 Metascore

Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

Director: Chris Carter | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet

Votes: 88,773 | Gross: $20.98M

18. Shorts (2008)

PG | 89 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

4.7

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53 Metascore

A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.

Director: Robert Rodriguez | Stars: Jimmy Bennett, James Spader, Kat Dennings, Jake Short

Votes: 6,885 | Gross: $20.92M

19. The Ruins (2008)

R | 90 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Horror

5.9

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44 Metascore

A leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when a group of friends and a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.

Director: Carter Smith | Stars: Shawn Ashmore, Jena Malone, Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey

Votes: 70,634 | Gross: $17.43M

20. Disaster Movie (2008)

PG-13 | 87 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

1.9

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15 Metascore

Over the course of one evening, an unsuspecting group of twenty-somethings find themselves bombarded by a series of natural disasters and catastrophic events.

Directors: Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer | Stars: Carmen Electra, Vanessa Lachey, Nicole Parker, Matt Lanter

Votes: 87,282 | Gross: $14.19M

21. Meet Dave (2008)

PG | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family

5.0

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43 Metascore

A crew of miniature aliens operate a spaceship that has a human form. While trying to save their planet, the aliens encounter a new problem, as their ship becomes smitten with an Earth woman.

Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Scott Caan

Votes: 38,660 | Gross: $11.80M

22. Doomsday (2008)

R | 105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

6.0

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51 Metascore

A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.

Director: Neil Marshall | Stars: Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Alexander Siddig, Caryn Peterson

Votes: 73,612 | Gross: $10.96M

23. City of Ember (2008)

PG | 90 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

6.5

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58 Metascore

For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.

Director: Gil Kenan | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Toby Jones, Bill Murray, David Ryall

Votes: 62,984 | Gross: $7.87M

24. Blindness (2008)

R | 121 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

6.6

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45 Metascore

A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.

Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael García Bernal, Yûsuke Iseya

Votes: 70,394 | Gross: $3.07M

25. Six Reasons Why (2008)

R | 88 min | Sci-Fi, Western

2.7

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In a desolate place called the Badlands, four men stand off with guns drawn, their fingers ready at the trigger.

Directors: Jeff Campagna, Matthew Campagna | Stars: Dan Wooster, Mads Koudal, Christopher Harrison, Colm Feore

Votes: 260 | Gross: $2.70M

26. The Objective (2008)

Not Rated | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

5.5

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26 Metascore

A military special operations team, led by a CIA case officer, are on a mission in the harsh and hostile terrain of Afghanistan where they find themselves in a Middle Eastern "Bermuda Triangle" of ancient evil.

Director: Daniel Myrick | Stars: Jonas Ball, Matthew R. Anderson, Jon Huertas, Michael C. Williams

Votes: 7,820 | Gross: $2.25M

27. CJ7 (2008)

PG | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

6.4

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46 Metascore

A poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy.

Director: Stephen Chow | Stars: Stephen Chow, Yuqi Zhang, Jiao Xu, Lei Huang

Votes: 14,609 | Gross: $0.21M

28. Outlander (2008)

R | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

6.2

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40 Metascore

During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking's Iron Age weaponry.

Director: Howard McCain | Stars: Jim Caviezel, Sophia Myles, Ron Perlman, Jack Huston

Votes: 72,025 | Gross: $0.16M

29. Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

R | 98 min | Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi

6.6

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32 Metascore

A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.

Director: Darren Lynn Bousman | Stars: Paul Sorvino, Anthony Head, Alexa PenaVega, Sarah Brightman

Votes: 23,673 | Gross: $0.14M

30. Sleep Dealer (2008)

PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

6.0

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59 Metascore

The near future. Like tomorrow. In a world marked by closed borders, corporate warriors, and a global computer network, three strangers risk their lives to connect, break through the barriers of technology, and unseal their fates.

Director: Alex Rivera | Stars: Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Metztli Adamina

Votes: 6,300 | Gross: $0.08M

31. Mutant Chronicles (2008)

R | 111 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery

5.2

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28th century soldier Mitch Hunter leads a fight against an army of underworld Mutants.

Director: Simon Hunter | Stars: Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki, Sean Pertwee

Votes: 25,632 | Gross: $0.01M

32. Deadlands 2: Trapped (2008)

Unrated | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

3.4

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When the US gov't tests a highly secret nerve gas on the residents of Hagerstown, MD the side effects bring down a world of horrors for 6 strangers trapped inside a movie theater.

Director: Gary Ugarek | Stars: Jim Krut, Joseph D. Durbin, Chris L. Clark, Josh Davidson

Votes: 319 | Gross: $0.00M

33. Fall of Hyperion (2008 TV Movie)

PG | 86 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

4.1

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A NASA scientist discovers that their manned space station has been struck by a meteor. The station is now hurtling towards Los Angeles, carrying with it a secret nuclear reactor, putting million of lives at risk.

Director: Rex Piano | Stars: Johnny Hotel Albergo, Jon Briddell, Traber Burns, Thomas Calabro

Votes: 229 | Gross: $0.00M

34. Star Trek Enterprise: Der Zeitspiegel (2008)

31 min | Animation, Short, Sci-Fi

6.7

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When captain Archer and the crew of the Enterprise tests a new drive, they were transferred into a parallel universe. There they make acquaintance with the Red Empire, which consists of ... See full summary »

Director: Jürgen Kaiser | Stars: Jürgen Kaiser, Thomas Zeug, Meelah Adams, Valentin Gagarin

Votes: 6