Best Indie Sci-Fi 1997-2022: The Omissions List
A list of films not deemed good enough to screen (comment if you think I'm wrong!), films unreleased in the U.S., and non-famous non-indie films
We begin with 81 films deemed inadequate. Fifteen of these have user responses good enough to warrant a second look.
We begin with 81 films deemed inadequate. Fifteen of these have user responses good enough to warrant a second look.
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- DirectorDean AliotoStarsBenz AntoineKristian AyreGillian BarberAfter a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow him and his brothers back to their home, all hell breaks loose.
- DirectorJeff AbugovStarsDavid Hyde PierceMackenzie AstinCarmen ElectraAn anthropologist from an alien planet provides voice-over commentary for a documentary at human courtship, mating, and reproduction.
- StarsMichael BrandonJonathan HydeGeorgina RylanceThe show serves as a sequel to Dinotopia (2002) and adds a new threat to the world of Dinotopia in the form of outlaws knows as the Outsiders, as well as more dinos.
- DirectorEllory ElkayemStarsThomas CalabroDean StockwellJohn SavageA Maine island becomes infested with lethal insects that root inside their victims, while a local doctor battles the bugs and incorrigible locals that don't believe him.
- DirectorBreck EisnerStarsNavi RawatJoe FlaniganPeter HortonFreya McAllister suddenly starts hearing voices in her head on the night of her High School Prom. From then on her future ends and she is diagnosed as a violent schizophrenic and committed to a mental hospital where she spends the next eight years of her life in mental madness. One night Dr Michael Welles arrives telling Freya that she isn't crazy but that her voices are the thoughts of everyone around her. He teaches her to turn her telepathic powers into a powerful gift. What he doesn't say is that he works for the National Security Agency...
- DirectorDavid van EyssenStarsSean AstinVinnie JonesIvana MilicevicA scientist goes to a bank to meet a pretty bank teller. His time machine allows him to go 10 minutes back in time and correct his approaches to her. He's shadowed by two FBI agents and the bank gets robbed.
- DirectorJohn PaizsStarsIris GrahamJonathan CherryPhilip GrangerIn an isolated small town in the Pacific Northwest, Sylvia's teenaged life of juggling two boyfriends and an overprotective father is turned upside down when she discovers she has a bizarre virus which has randomly plagued the women in her community for decades and shamefully forced those afflicted into hiding. Sylvia undergoes a horrifying physical transformation, and she finds herself drawn into a persecuted underworld where she begins an astonishing journey of freakish self-discovery. Marker is a classic coming-of-age tale with a horror twist, which pits its heroine against her oppressors - the town's non-afflicted - in a battle for self-determination--and survival.
- DirectorFrançois GirardStarsMichael PittKeira KnightleyKoji YakushoThe story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.
- DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowYuqi ZhangJiao XuA poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy.
- StarsBenjamin BrattChrista MillerLouis FerreiraA crack team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens of a small town and learn how this deadly contagion can be stopped.
- DirectorJohn Erick DowdleStarsJennifer CarpenterSteve HarrisColumbus ShortA television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
- DirectorOlatunde OsunsanmiStarsMilla JovovichElias KoteasWill PattonA thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.
- DirectorChris ConleeStarsEric Peter-KaiserTim ColceriSandra CortezAn alien bacterium resurrects the dead on Earth.
- DirectorXavier GensStarsLauren GermanMichael BiehnMilo VentimigliaSurvivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
- DirectorJamie BradshawAleksandr DuleraynStarsEd StoppardLeelee SobieskiJeffrey TamborIn future Moscow, where corporate brands have created a disillusioned population, one man's effort to unlock the truth behind the conspiracy will lead to an epic battle with hidden forces that control the world.
- DirectorScott StewartStarsKeri RussellJake BrennanJosh HamiltonAs the Barrett family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them, one which may have arrived from beyond the stars.
- DirectorBrian HoriuchiStarsFrank LangellaGena RowlandsRosario DawsonIn the midst of a manmade biological disaster and a terrible fate, three couples try to find meaning in their lives.
- DirectorJabbar RaisaniStarsAdrian PaulReiley McClendonBrandon AuretA documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion.
- DirectorShane AbbessStarsDaniel MacPhersonGrace HuangLuke HemsworthAn elite 'search and rescue' team transport onto an off-world mining-facility to rescue Whit Carmichael, the lone survivor of a biological outbreak.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsYuri LowenthalTravis WillinghamTroy BakerBlurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact-based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing persons case surrounding the infamous Phoenix Lights.
- DirectorMiguel Ángel VivasStarsMatthew FoxJeffrey DonovanQuinn McColganAnd suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
- DirectorChristian CantamessaStarsNorman ReedusDjimon HounsouSandrine HoltIn the near future, breathable air is nonexistent and two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind struggle to preserve their own lives while administering to their vital task at hand.
- DirectorNoel ClarkeStarsNoel ClarkeIan SomerhalderBrian CoxAn ex-soldier named Ryan Reeve is taken captive by the "Anomaly" organization where he learns that he only has 9:47 minutes/seconds to find out why they want him dead.
- DirectorGlenn PayneStarsTodd BarnettMeaghin BurkeJennifer Hamilton CollinsHumanity now lives on Mars. Each year a small number are sent back to aid in it's rehabilitation. We follow three individuals as they go home for the first time.
- DirectorRobbie PickeringStarsNicholas BraunMackenzie DavisJosh FademIn the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers - one human, one vampire, and one zombie - have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.