Sci-Fi Movies 2012 List

With Kazuya Murata

In the lost holy land of Milos, the Elrics search for the truth behind an unknown form of alchemy.

With Liam Neeson • Natalie Portman • Ewan McGregor • Kenny Baker • Anthony Daniels • Pernilla August • Jake Lloyd • Ian McDiarmid • Frank Oz • Ahmed Best

The Trade Federation begins an embargo around the planet Naboo. The Galactic Senate sends Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi to settle the issue, but events don't go according to the plan.

With Eva Green • Ewan McGregor • Connie Nielsen • Stephen Dillane • Ewen Bremner • David MacKenzie • Kim Fupz Aakeson

A story about two people who fall in love just as their worlds start falling apart.

With Stuart Beattie • Rachel Hurd-Wood

A band of Aussie teenagers fight off an enemy invasion and occupation of their homeland.

With Willem Dafoe • Taylor Kitsch • Thomas Haden Church • Bryan Cranston • Daryl Sabara • Samantha Morton • Lynn Collins • James Purefoy • Dominic West • Ciaran Hinds • Ehren Kruger • Mark Strong • Polly Walker • Andrew Stanton • Sean Daniel • Jim Jacks • Elizabeth Avellan • Harry Knowles • Mark Protosevich

A war-weary, former military captain John Carter (Taylor Kitsch) is inexplicably transported to Mars where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas (Willem Dafoe) and Princess Dejah Thoris (Lynn Collins). In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands.

With Willem Dafoe • Paul Hipp • Abel Ferrara • Natasha Lyonne

In a large apartment high above the city lives our couple. They're in love. She's a painter, he's a successful actor. Just a normal afternoon - except that this isn't a normal afternoon, for them or anyone else. Because tomorrow, at 4:44 am, give or take a few seconds, the world will come to an end far more rapidly than even the worst doomsayer could have imagined.

With Luc Besson • Tom Hollander • Peter Stormare • James Mather • Maggie Grace • Guy Pearce • Peter Schlessel • Graham King • Stephen St. Leger

Set in the near future, the movie stars Guy Pearce as a government agent who sets off to save the president's daughter, played by Maggie Grace, from rioting convicts in an outer-space maximum-security prison.

With Liam Neeson • Rihanna • Alexander Skarsgard • Taylor Kitsch • Peter Berg • Scott Stuber • Bennett Schneir • Brian Koppelman • Sarah Aubrey • Brian Goldner • Erich Hoeber • Jon Hoeber • Brooklyn Decker • David Levein

Aliens, known as The Regents, arrive on Earth to build a power source in the ocean when they come in contact with a navy fleet.

With Panos Cosmatos • Michael Rogers • Eva Allan • Scott Hylands • Marilyn Norry

Despite being under heavy sedation, Elena tries to make her way out of Arboria, a secluded, quasi-futuristic commune.

With Will Smith • Josh Brolin • Emma Thompson • Tommy Lee Jones • Alice Eve • Bill Hader • Jemaine Clement • David Koepp • Etan Cohen • Michael Stuhlbarg • Rip Torn • Barry Sonnenfeld • Walter F. Parkes

The MIB duo of Agent Jay (Will Smith) and Agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) are back in action. When the world is threatened by an evil alien, Agent Jay travels back in time to 1969, where he teams up with the younger Agent Kay to stop an evil villain named Boris (Jemaine Clement) from destroying the world in the future. Emma Thompson will play take-charge MIB operative Agent Oh, who is monitoring a prison breakout.

With Charlize Theron • Idris Elba • Ridley Scott • Patrick Wilson • Logan Marshall-Green • Rafe Spall • Michael Fassbender • Sean Harris • Kate Dickie • Noomi Rapace • Guy Pearce • Tony Scott • Jon Spaihts • Michael Costigan • Damon Lindelof

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

With Nacho Vigalondo • Michelle Jenner • Julian Villagran • Carlos Areces • Raul Cimas

When Julio wakes up in a strange apartment after a night of partying, he's pleasantly surprised to discover it belongs to a beautiful one-night-stand he can't remember--Julia. What's already an awkward situation is made even more so when they discover a giant flying saucer hovering above the city, which is now deserted. Now Julio must contend with a jealous ex-boyfriend, an eccentric neighbor--and very possibly the end of the world!

With Nacho Vigalondo • Michelle Jenner • Julian Villagran • Carlos Areces • Raul Cimas

When Julio wakes up in a strange apartment after a night of partying, he's pleasantly surprised to discover it belongs to a beautiful one-night-stand he can't remember--Julia. What's already an awkward situation is made even more so when they discover a giant flying saucer hovering above the city, which is now deserted. Now Julio must contend with a jealous ex-boyfriend, an eccentric neighbor--and very possibly the end of the world!

With Udo Kier • Timo Vuorensola

In 1945, on a secret base built in the Antarctic, Nazis launched spaceships to establish the military base Schwarze Sonne on the dark side of the Moon. They built a powerful invasion fleet in order to take over the Earth once the time was right. Now it’s 2018, the Nazi invasion is on its way and the world is goose-stepping towards its doom.

With Ben Stiller • Seth Rogen • Vince Vaughn • Jonah Hill • Shawn Levy • Billy Crudup • Will Forte • Richard Ayoade • Doug Jones • Rosemarie DeWitt • Evan Goldberg • R. Lee Ermey • Akiva Schaffer • Tom McNulty • Jared Stern • Billy Rosenberg

Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to save their neighborhood -- and the world -- from total extermination.

With Kate Beckinsale • Neal H. Moritz • Ethan Hawke • Bryan Cranston • Colin Farrell • Jessica Biel • Len Wiseman • John Cho • Will Yun Lee • Sam Dickerman • Mark Bomback • Kurt Wimmer • James Vanderbilt • Toby Jaffee

Welcome to Rekall Inc., the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), even though he's got a beautiful wife (Kate Beckinsale) who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.

With Shawn Ashmore • Dominic Monaghan • Cory Hardrict • Doug Aarniokoski • Ashley Bell • Michael Eklund • Shannyn Sossamon • Luke Passmore

A group of five survivors armed with shotguns, axes and machetes wander the back roads of a ravaged landscape looking for refuge in The Day, a look into a post-apocalyptic future. As war ravages humanity, destroying civilization and most of life on earth, the survivors realize they must do whatever it takes to stay alive. Lost, starving, and exhausted, they seek shelter in a seemingly safe abandoned farmhouse. However, while searching for food and resources, they unwittingly set off a trap signaling to their ruthless predators laying in wait to begin their deadly attack. With food and ammunition dwindling, the group must make a desperate final stand--over a 24 hour period--battling for their ultimate survival.

With Milla Jovovich • Kevin Durand • Michelle Rodriguez • Boris Kodjoe • Paul W.S. Anderson • Li Bingbing • Shawn Roberts • Oded Fehr • Robert Kulzer • Sienna Guillory • Johann Urb • Samuel Hadida • Jeremy Bolt • Don Carmody

The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, ALICE (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.

With Philip Winchester • James Purefoy • Mackenzie Crook • Max von Sydow • Michael J. Bassett

Captain Solomon Kane is a brutally efficient 16th Century killing machine. Armed with his signature pistols, cutlass and rapier, he and his men unleash their bloodlust as they fight for England in war after war on all continents.

As the story opens, Kane and his band of pillagers are carving a bloody path through hordes of defenders in an exotic city in northern Africa. But, when Kane decides to attack a mysterious nearby castle to plunder its rumored riches, his mission takes a fateful turn. One by one, Kane’s men are picked off by demonic creatures until he alone is left to face the Devil’s own Reaper -- dispatched from the depths of Hell to lay claim to his hopelessly corrupt soul. Though Kane at last manages to escape, he knows that he now must redeem himself by renouncing violence and devoting himself wholly to a life of peace and purity.

His newfound spirituality, however, is quickly put to the ultimate test when he begins his journey across an England ravaged by diabolical human Raiders controlled by a terrifying, masked Overlord. After Kane fails to thwart the brutal slaughter of the Crowthorns, a Puritan family that has befriended him, he vows to find and free their enslaved daughter Meredith -- even if it means jeopardizing his own soul by re-embracing his murderous talents for a higher cause. His determined search eventually brings him face to face with his family’s own deadly secrets as he attempts to save Meredith and all of England from the forces of evil.

With Drew Barrymore • Steven Spielberg • Peter Coyote • Henry Thomas • Dee Wallace • Robert MacNaughton

Follows the unforgettable journey of a lost alien (known as E.T.) and the 10-year-old boy he befriends. Join Elliot (Henry Thomas), Gertie (Drew Barrymore) and Michael (Robert MacNaughton) as they come together to help E.T. find his way back home.

With Jason Beghe • D.B. Sweeney • Esai Morales • Patrick Fabian • Richard T. Jones • Samantha Mathis • Harmon Kaslow • John Putch • John Aglialoro • Brian Patrick O'Toole • Kim Rhodes • Paul McCrane • Duke Sandefur • Duncan Scott

The second part of a planned trilogy that continues the Ayn Rand story.

With Tom Hanks • Ben Whishaw • Halle Berry • Jim Sturgess • Hugo Weaving • James D'Arcy • Philip Lee • Xun Zhou • Jim Broadbent • Hugh Grant • Susan Sarandon • Tom Tykwer • Lana Wachowski • Andy Wachowski • Grant HIll • Stefan Arndt • Uwe Schott • Wilson Qiu

Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Each member of the ensemble appears in multiple roles as the stories move through time.

With Steven Kunken • Steven Schneider • Barry Levinson • Jason Blum • Oren Peli • Christopher Denham • Michael Beasley • Lauren Cohn • Michael Wallach • Will Rogers • Kether Donohue • Frank Deal • Kristen Connolly

Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009 a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, but the harrowing story of what happened that Independence Day has never been told--until now. From Oscar(R)-winning director Barry Levinson and the producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious comes this nerve-shredding tale of a small town plunged into absolute terror. The authorities believed they had buried the truth about the tragedy that claimed over 700 human lives. Now, three years later, a reporter has emerged with footage revealing the cover-up and an unimaginable killer: a mysterious parasitic outbreak. Told from the perspective of those who were there and saw what happened, The Bay unfolds over 24 hours though people's iPhones, Androids, 911 calls, webcams, and whatever else could be used to document the nightmare in Claridge.