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1. Dune: Part Two (2024)
PG-13 | 166 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem
Votes: 371,318
2. Dune (2021)
PG-13 | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A noble family becomes embroiled in a war for control over the galaxy's most valuable asset while its heir becomes troubled by visions of a dark future.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac
Votes: 854,186 | Gross: $108.33M
3. Dune (1984)
PG-13 | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino
Votes: 179,356 | Gross: $30.93M
4. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
PG | 121 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness
Votes: 1,449,365 | Gross: $322.74M
5. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
PG | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Two Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their original glory.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd
Votes: 856,303 | Gross: $474.54M
6. Dune (2000)
Not Rated | 265 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A three-part miniseries on politics, betrayal, lust, greed and the coming of a Messiah. Based on Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel.
Stars: William Hurt, Alec Newman, Giancarlo Giannini, Uwe Ochsenknecht
Votes: 24,872
7. Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker (2019)
PG-13 | 141 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again in the conclusion of the Skywalker saga.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver
Votes: 493,238 | Gross: $515.20M
8. Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Thor enlists the help of Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to fight Gorr the God Butcher, who intends to make the gods extinct.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson
Votes: 400,841 | Gross: $343.26M
9. Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
As a new threat to the galaxy rises, Rey, a desert scavenger, and Finn, an ex-stormtrooper, must join Han Solo and Chewbacca to search for the one hope of restoring peace.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson
Votes: 973,606 | Gross: $936.66M
10. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
PG-13 | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire's ultimate weapon of destruction.
Director: Gareth Edwards | Stars: Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Alan Tudyk, Donnie Yen
Votes: 686,326 | Gross: $532.18M
11. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
PG-13 | 140 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Three years into the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi pursues a new threat, while Anakin Skywalker is lured by Chancellor Palpatine into a sinister plot to rule the galaxy.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Samuel L. Jackson
Votes: 845,243 | Gross: $380.26M
12. Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
PG | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
Director: Richard Marquand | Stars: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams
Votes: 1,121,245 | Gross: $309.13M
13. Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
PG | 142 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Ten years after initially meeting, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala, while Obi-Wan Kenobi discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi.
Director: George Lucas | Stars: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Lee
Votes: 758,800 | Gross: $310.68M
14. Spaceballs (1987)
PG | 96 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.
Director: Mel Brooks | Stars: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman
Votes: 206,504 | Gross: $38.12M
15. The Book of Boba Fett (2021–2022)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigate the underworld when they return to Tatooine to claim Jabba the Hutt's old turf.
Stars: Temuera Morrison, Ming-Na Wen, Frank Trigg, Collin Hymes
Votes: 186,091
16. The Dark Tower (2017)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 145,806 | Gross: $50.70M
17. Pitch Black (2000)
R | 109 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A transport ship crashes and leaves its crew stranded on a desert planet inhabited by bloodthirsty creatures that come out during an eclipse.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel, Keith David
Votes: 252,944 | Gross: $39.24M
18. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
PG | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
To save Earth from an alien probe, Admiral James T. Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to San Francisco in 1986 to retrieve the only beings who can communicate with it: humpback whales.
Director: Leonard Nimoy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan
Votes: 91,468 | Gross: $109.71M
19. Trigun (1998)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Vash the Stampede is the most infamous outlaw on the planet Gunsmoke and with a 60 billion double dollar price on his head the most sought after.
Stars: Masaya Onosaka, Hiromi Tsuru, Satsuki Yukino, Johnny Yong Bosch
Votes: 24,176
20. Sonic X (2003–2006)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A slight malfunction causes Chaos Control, and sends Sonic the Hedgehog to Earth. While there, Sonic meets Chris Thorndyke, who aids at collecting the Chaos Emeralds, so Sonic and friends can go home.
Stars: Gabriella Lewis, Jun'ichi Kanemaru, Sanae Kobayashi, Jason Griffith
Votes: 5,526
21. Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
R | 88 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
After surviving an invasion on her peaceful homeworld, a beautiful avenger must stop a powerful psychopath from gaining immortality and rescue her kidnapped sister.
Directors: Michael Coldewey, Michel Lemire | Stars: Michael Ironside, Julie Strain, Billy Idol, Pier Paquette
Votes: 9,321
22. Vicious Lips (1986)
R | 84 min | Horror, Music, Sci-Fi
Sometime in the distant future, a fledgling band gets an opportunity for a breakthrough, if they can make it in time to a faraway planet to perform in a very popular club.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Dru-Anne Perry, Gina Calabrese, Linda Kerridge, Shayne Farris
Votes: 1,913
23. Gor (1987)
PG | 94 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
American professor Tarl Cabot is transported via a magical ring to planet Gor, where he must help an oppressed country overthrow its evil king and his barbarian henchmen.
Director: Fritz Kiersch | Stars: Urbano Barberini, Rebecca Ferratti, Jack Palance, Paul L. Smith
Votes: 2,345
24. Gor II (1988)
PG-13 | 89 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
An Earthman returns to the planet Gor, and fights against tyranny.
Director: John 'Bud' Cardos | Stars: Urbano Barberini, Rebecca Ferratti, Jack Palance, Donna Denton
Votes: 2,062
25. Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010)
R | 76 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy
A squad of Ultramarines answer a distress call from an Imperial Shrine World. A full Company of Imperial Fists was stationed there, but there is no answer from them. The squad investigates to find out what has happened there.
Director: Martyn Pick | Stars: Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Sean Pertwee, Steven Waddington
Votes: 6,262
26. Kin-dza-dza! (1986)
PG-13 | 135 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Two Russians push the wrong button on a strange device and end up on the telepathic planet Pluke with its strange societal norms.
Director: Georgiy Daneliya | Stars: Stanislav Lyubshin, Evgeniy Leonov, Yuriy Yakovlev, Levan Gabriadze
Votes: 13,751
27. The Man Who Saved the World (1982)
91 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The adaptation of Star Wars.
Director: Çetin Inanç | Stars: Cüneyt Arkin, Aytekin Akkaya, Füsun Uçar, Hüseyin Peyda
Votes: 8,084
28. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
Director: Byron Haskin | Stars: Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West, The Woolly Monkey
Votes: 7,154
29. Message from Space (1978)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An embattled planet, which is on the edge of doom, sends an S.O.S. and an intergalactic team comes to its rescue.
Director: Kinji Fukasaku | Stars: Vic Morrow, Shin'ichi Chiba, Philip Casnoff, Peggy Lee Brennan
Votes: 1,647
30. Mutant Action (1993)
93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
In a future ruled by attractive people, mutant terrorists kidnap a rich man's daughter to claim rights for the ugly. Escaping police, the mutant leader crashes into a planet of crazy miners where no women live.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Antonio Resines, Álex Angulo, Frédérique Feder, Juan Viadas
Votes: 5,781
31. Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (1987–1988)
Not Rated | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the distant future, a team of four high-tech Star Sheriffs defends frontier space colony Yuma from outlaws, as well as Outriders, an army of humanoid alien beings called Vapors, led by mysterious Nemesis, who need Yuma's resources.
Stars: Rob Paulsen, Townsend Coleman, Pat Fraley, Pat Musick
Votes: 2,597
32. To the Stars by Hard Ways (1981)
148 min | Sci-Fi
A female creature created in space tries to live on earth and has special (and sometimes dangerous) powers.
Directors: Richard Viktorov, Nikolay Viktorov | Stars: Yelena Metyolkina, Nadezhda Sementsova, Vadim Ledogorov, Uldis Lieldidzs
Votes: 1,475
33. Hirokin: The Last Samurai (2012)
R | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A reluctant samurai with a dark past sets off on a mission to fulfill his destiny.
Director: Alejo Mo-Sun | Stars: Wes Bentley, Jessica Szohr, Angus Macfadyen, Laura Ramsey
Votes: 1,982
34. Bionicle: The Legend Reborn (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 80 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
The spirit of Mata Nui leaves to a faraway wasteland, when he and his people are conquered. There he helps unite 2 villages. They ask him to help defend the villages against the real enemy, the Skrall and Bone Hunters.
Director: Mark Baldo | Stars: Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Michael Dorn
Votes: 1,398
35. Emperor: Battle for Dune (2001 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Direct sequel to real time strategy game Dune 2000 (1998). When Emperor is killed, the 3 great houses, Atreides, Harkonnen and Ordos, start a secret war with one another on Arrakis for the seat and Spacing Guild hatches a sinister plot.
Director: Joseph D. Kucan | Stars: Michael Dorn, Michael McShane, Musetta Vander, Vincent Schiavelli
Votes: 257
36. Sith Wars: Episode II - Legacy of the Sith (2022)
106 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
After the defeat at Agamar, Darth Vader discovers that both Master Yoda and Master Vaal, are training a new apprentice who is rumored to be able to defeat the sith, now he takes a personal vendetta against the rest of the Jedi order.
Director: Rui Constantino | Stars: Rui Miguel Almeida, Miguel Sousa Alves, Caleb Angel, Ribeiro Antunes
Votes: 279
37. Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace (2011 TV Movie)
22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
A young boy named Ian, Commander Cody, and Yoda must go to rescue secret battle plans. However, when substitute teacher C-3PO and a class of padawans go too, things become more complicated.
Director: David Scott | Stars: Anthony Daniels, Nika Futterman, Phil LaMarr, Tom Kane
Votes: 2,076
38. BraveStarr: The Legend (1988)
PG | 91 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Marshal Bravestarr and a female judge are sent to New Texas, a frontier planet under attack by the evil cattle spirit Stampede, who, with his ruthless sidekick, Tex Hex, are vying for control of the universe, one planet at a time.
Director: Tom Tataranowicz | Stars: Charlie Adler, Susan Blu, Pat Fraley, Ed Gilbert
Votes: 1,310
39. Fatal Conflict (2000)
R | 92 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
An ex-star pilot must stop a mad criminal and his gang from destroying what is left of civilization.
Director: Lloyd A. Simandl | Stars: Kari Wuhrer, Jennifer Rubin, Leo Rossi, Miles O'Keeffe
Votes: 379
40. New Eden (1994 TV Movie)
R | 89 min | Action, Sci-Fi
Two fellow prisoners, one a renegade and another mild-mannered engineer, are released on a desert planet with barren resources. Repeatedly Kyne and Adams come into contact for a final showdown that will determine the communities fate.
Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Lisa Bonet, Tobin Bell, Michael Bowen
Votes: 387
41. Sith Wars: Episode I - The Return of the Sith (2021)
94 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Emperor Palpatine reigns the galaxy, along with his pupil Darth Vader. he is obsessed with destroying what remains of the Jedi, and gathers several Sith warriors to take revenge.
Director: Rui Constantino | Stars: Roy Almeida, Rui Miguel Almeida, Isaac Andrew, Caleb Angel
Votes: 333
42. Birth (1984)
80 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
Brother-and-sister heirs to a planetary kingdom face danger as they embark on a journey of self-discovery.
Director: Shin'ya Sadamitsu | Stars: Mîna Tominaga, Kazuki Yao, Ichirô Nagai, Kaneto Shiozawa
Votes: 174
43. The Trouble with Dick (1987)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Sci-Fi author is plagued by his publisher's demands to add more sex to his new novel, sexual advances of his girl's sexy best friend and her daughter and hallucinations in which the novel's hero faces desert parasites and alien vixens.
Director: Gary Walkow | Stars: Tom Villard, Susan Dey, Elaine Giftos, Elizabeth Gorcey
Votes: 147
44. Rogue Galaxy (2005 Video Game)
T | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Rogue Galaxy begins on the planet Rosa with the title hero, Jaster Rogue, a young man with avid dreams of exploring the galaxy. Unfortunately for him, Rosa, despite being a planet on the ... See full summary »
Director: Akihiro Hino | Stars: Will Friedle, Natalie Lander, Steve Blum, Kari Wahlgren
Votes: 210
45. One Day I'll Become (2017)
12 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
Galactic war, from the perspective of a little boy on a desert planet. He is having visions about the future and he wants to become a Jedi knight. But the war is coming and the Empire is looking for gifted child. Which side will he chose?
Director: Roman Gregoricka | Stars: Samuel Borcin, Samuel Michalik, Mya Javorkova, Martin Jancina
Votes: 60
46. Rockfish (2003)
TV-PG | 9 min | Animation, Sci-Fi, Short
A peaceful fishing trip on a remote desert planet turns out to not to be so peaceful after all.
Director: Tim Miller | Star: Greg Berg
Votes: 615
47. Troops (1997)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Stormtroopers on Tattooine show us what life is like patrolling and law-upholding on the sandy planet.
Director: Kevin Rubio | Stars: Dave Myers, Steven Melching, Matthew Myers, Paul Pistore
Votes: 2,636
48. Lego Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2 (2009 TV Short)
5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
During a space battle with the seperatists R2-D2 ends up blasting out of Anakins ship and end's up getting lost with precious data. Now the Jedi and the sith are hunting down the droid. Who will win?
Director: Peder Pedersen
Votes: 523
49. Aurora (1998)
87 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the 22nd century, seven explorers set out on a mission to Earth.
Director: Christopher Kulikowski | Stars: Christopher Stapleton, Michael Otis, David Jean Thomas, Christopher Heltai
Votes: 219
50. Lego Star Wars: Bombad Bounty (2010 TV Short)
5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A case of mistaken identity launches an unsuspecting gungan janitor into a chase of galactic proportions.
Director: Peder Pedersen
Votes: 385