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Sci-Fi Thrillers on Netflix

Last updated May 14, 2024

The Avengers

2012 | NR | 4.5 out of 5 Stars

An all-star lineup of superheroes -- including Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk and Captain America -- team up to save the world from certain doom. Working under the authority of S.H.I.E.L.D., can our heroes keep the planet at peace?
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The Hunger Games

2012 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 Stars

In a dystopian future ruled by a totalitarian regime, resourceful Katniss and her partner, Peeta, represent their district in the lethal Hunger Games, a televised survival competition in which teenage contestants fight each other to the death.
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Donnie Darko

2001 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 Stars

Writer-director Richard Kelly's trippy, mind-bending feature debut stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a troubled Midwestern teenager plagued by incessant sleepwalking, family drama and visions of a menacing 6-foot-tall, doomsday-prophesying rabbit. Drew Barrymore, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze and Noah Wyle also star in this dark and intriguing psychological fantasy that swiftly earned a cult following.
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Stargate

1994 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 Stars

Dr. Daniel Jackson, a scholar of ancient hieroglyphics, signs on to help the Air Force unlock the mystery of a stone archway that's really a portal to another universe. There, they encounter a primitive culture and some not-so-nice creatures.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day

1991 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 Stars

In this sequel, director James Cameron delivers scene after scene of action-packed thrills. A bigger, better Terminator is gunning for a shape-shifting T-1000 who's out to kill John Connor, the son of Sarah, the original Terminator's nemesis.
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Equilibrium

2002 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with an emotion-suppressing drug, and "sense offenses" are punishable by death. When an enforcer skips a dose of the medication, it stirs in him a desire to revolt.
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The Host

2013 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

When an alien race implants a parasite soul named Wanderer into Melanie Stryder's body, she resists the takeover. Soon, Melanie and Wanderer become reluctant allies as they go on a quest to track down the men they love in this sci-fi thriller.
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Super 8

2011 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 Stars

With a nod toward producer Steven Spielberg's landmark sci-fi films of the 1970s and '80s, writer-director J.J. Abrams crafts a supernatural tale about six kids who witness something incredible while shooting a movie with their Super 8 camera.
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WarGames

1983 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 Stars

After unwittingly hacking into a supercomputer at North American Aerospace Defense Command, David moves his piece in a seemingly innocent video game -- and tells the computer to start preparing a real nuclear strike.
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The Andromeda Strain

1971 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 Stars

When a satellite crashes in New Mexico, it unleashes a deadly alien virus that kills all but two residents of a small town. Scientists descend on the area to try to stop the microbe from spreading, but they're in for the fight of their lives.
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Shuffle

2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 Stars

Desperate to solve the mystery behind his wife's death, Lovell Milo is trapped living his life out of order. He is forced to piece together clues while waking up every day at a different age, on a different day of his life.
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The Moment After 2: The Awakening

2006 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 Stars

Set in the chaotic days following the Rapture, this sequel picks up with ex-FBI agent Adam escaping from prison and joining Jacob's band of Christians. Global Alliance forces close in on the group, leading both sides into a battle for their souls.
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Stake Land

2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 Stars

This genre-bending thriller combines vampires, religious fanatics and post-apocalyptic horrors with a coming-of-age tale that finds drifter Mister training young Martin to survive the nightmare that America has become as they journey to New Eden.
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Unforgettable

1996 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 Stars

Accused of killing his wife but freed on a technicality, forensic pathologist David Krane is obsessed with learning the truth. Hoping to see the killer's face, Krane injects himself with a chemical cocktail that makes memory transfer possible.
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The Manhattan Project

1986 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 Stars

Teenager Paul learns that Dr. Mathewson is building nuclear bombs. To expose the secret, Paul and his girlfriend steal plutonium, build a bomb and enter it in a science fair. But the military finds out Paul's plan and pursues him with lethal force.
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Extracted

2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 Stars

Thomas Jacobs can enter a person's mind and view their memories, until a freak accident leaves him trapped inside the mind of a criminal. For four years, Jacobs fights to break free, until he makes a desperate bargain with the convict's own thoughts.
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The Road

2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 Stars

Set in a postapocalyptic future, this end-of-days tale follows two survivors, a father and son, who navigate an ash-covered wasteland in search of a better life -- with only a sliver of hope that salvation awaits them at the end of their journey.
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Repeaters

2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 Stars

After recovering drug addicts Michael (Richard de Klerk), Kyle (Dustin Milligan) and Sonia (Amanda Crew) spend a tough day outside their rehab clinic trying -- and failing -- to make amends to their families, a time loop forces them to relive the wretched day over and over again. But is their predicament a golden opportunity to hone their apologies, or a chance to freely indulge their addictions? Carl Bessai directs this provocative thriller.
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Pi

1998 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 Stars

Darren Aronofsky's jarring black-and-white brain-bender is a haunting examination of one man's numerical obsession. The story follows a fragile number theorist who's on the trail of a 216-digit number that could unlock the secrets of the universe.
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The Fourth Kind

2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 Stars

When Alaskan psychiatrist Dr. Abigail Tyler begins videotaping her therapy sessions with clients, she uncovers petrifying evidence that they have experienced the fourth level of alien encounter: abduction.
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The Core

2003 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 Stars

The Earth's inner core has stopped spinning, and scientist Josh Keyes must discover why -- before the world literally falls apart -- by burrowing into the planet's center in a vessel piloted by Maj. Beck Childs and Col. Robert Iverson.
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The Forgotten

2004 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 Stars

A desperate mother tries to prove the existence of her missing child in this chilling psychological thriller. Reeling from the loss of her 8-year-old son, she seeks counsel from a therapist -- who claims the boy was a figment of her imagination.
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Impostor

2001 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 Stars

In 2079, a well-respected scientist with the perfect life wakes up one morning to find himself suspected of being a replicant planted by aliens. Now, he must do everything in his power to prove his identity and his innocence.
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Aeon Flux

2005 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 Stars

Aiming to hasten an uprising, the leader of an underground rebellion (Frances McDormand) dispatches acrobatic assassin Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron) to eliminate the government's top leader in this futuristic thriller based on the popular animated MTV show. It's the 25th century, and a rampaging virus has forced the remnants of humanity into seclusion. But political conflict swirls within, and the climate is ripe for revolution.
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