Sci-Fi & Fantasy on Netflix
Last updated December 21, 2024
Season of the Witch
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn 14th-century Europe, a courageous knight leads a group of weary warriors across impossibly treacherous terrain in order to transport a suspected witch believed to be responsible for spreading the devastating Black Plague.
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Predators
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRugged mercenary Royce (Adrien Brody) inherits command of an elite team of human fighters -- including dorky-but-dangerous Edwin (Topher Grace) and tough-but-beautiful Isabelle (Alice Braga) -- as they are hunted by a race of ruthless alien trackers known as Predators. Director Nimród Antal's sci-fi action explosion, which also stars Laurence Fishburne and an uzi-toting Danny Trejo, is a direct sequel to the 1987 blockbuster Predator.
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Gamer
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn 2034, humans can control and kill each other in a large-scale online gaming world. But Kable, a wrongfully convicted soldier forced to join the violent competition, tries to free himself by taking out its evil architect.
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Battle: Los Angeles
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsLed by their skillful staff sergeant, a platoon of gutsy Marines fights to protect all humankind from astonishingly powerful aliens who've suddenly invaded Los Angeles under the guise of a meteor shower.
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The Road
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSet 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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Arjun: The Warrior Prince
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis animated retelling of the classic Indian tale of Prince Arjun -- part of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharat -- begins during the prince's youth. As the film unfolds, Arjun acquires the maturity and education that allow him to accept his warrior soul.
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CJ7
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDicky (Jiao Xu) yearns for the hottest new toy -- a robotic dog -- but his poor father (Stephen Chow) gives him a strange, green ball he found in a junkyard instead. Turns out the unassuming present is actually an alien endowed with unearthly powers. Is Dicky ready for the responsibility of a pet that's capable of granting his every whim? Chow also directs, lending his off-kilter sensibility to this fable about being careful what you wish for.
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Green Lantern
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsHal Jordan, a talented test pilot, is chosen by an alien force of warriors to become their representative on Earth and use his new powers as the Green Lantern to promote order and justice before conflict destroys his world.
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Next
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsLas Vegas magician Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) can see a few minutes into the future, a talent he uses to enhance his shows -- and to win at blackjack. But when an FBI agent (Julianne Moore) wants his help thwarting a nuclear attack, Cris finds his psychic skills put to the test. Jessica Biel, Peter Falk and Thomas Kretschmann also star in this sci-fi thriller based on Philip K. Dick's short story "The Golden Man."
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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThe dauntless Sinbad (Kerwin Mathews) heads to the island of Colossa, where only the egg of a giant bird can restore a pea-sized princess (Kathryn Grant) to normal size. The evil magician Sokurah (Torin Thatcher) accompanies him -- with ulterior motives to retrieve a lamp and genie (Richard Eyer) he once lost. But before the group can return home, they must conquer a landscape of fantastic beasts, including a Cyclops that hungers for human flesh.
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Pi
1998 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDarren 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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Heavy Metal
1981 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis animated extravaganza -- a cult classic featuring a thumping heavy metal soundtrack -- revolves around a menacing meteorite thought to be the root of all evil. Celebrity voices include John Candy, Eugene Levy and Harold Ramis.
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFifteen years after outsmarting a sinister witch by pushing her into an oven, a now-grown Hansel and Gretel are pooling their wiles to take down witches as professional bounty hunters in this action-packed reimagining of the classic fairy tale.
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsEvil-intentioned extraterrestrials capable of replicating humans and assuming their identities invade the sleepy California hamlet of Santa Mira. It's up to the local doctor to sound the alarm and almost single-handedly battle the alien forces.
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis first Star Trek film reunites the U.S.S. Enterprise's original crew from the 1960s television show. Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) -- now an admiral -- and his former crew must save humanity from a giant alien ship steadily approaching Earth. There's conflict on the ship as well as in the universe, as displaced Cmdr. Decker (Stephen Collins), the Enterprise's new captain, becomes Kirk's assistant. Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley co-star.
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2004 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter learning that his ex-girlfriend had an experimental medical procedure to purge all memories of him, a man decides to do the same with her. But during the operation, he realizes he doesn't want to lose what's left of their relationship.
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Conan the Barbarian
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsBased on the pulp fiction of Robert E. Howard, this action-driven adventure breathes new life into the story of Conan the Barbarian, a warrior who rises to defend the people of Hyboria after evil forces slaughter his family and fellow villagers.
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Prometheus
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen scientific explorers unearth an artifact that points to the origins of humankind, they're pulled into the unexpected adventure of a lifetime. But if they falter, the very future of their species is at stake.
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The Covenant
2006 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen four boys tap into the supernatural powers they inherited from their fathers, they unknowingly release a malicious evil into the world. Several years later, their only hope for survival is to use their collective force to repair the damage. Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway, Chace Crawford and Taylor Kitsch co-star in this drama based on the comic book by Aron Coleite and Tone Rodriguez.
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Upstream Color
2013 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA woman is abducted and hypnotized with material harvested from a flower. When she falls for a man, the two realize they have been subjected to the same process. Together, they search for safety as they struggle to reassemble their wrecked lives.
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Event Horizon
1997 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSeven years after it went missing, a spaceship sends a garbled signal back to Earth that sounds a lot like a cry for help. A rescue ship is dispatched to investigate, but the crew soon realizes that something unimaginable has happened on board.
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RoboCop
1987 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn Paul Verhoeven's landmark sci-fi thriller, the monolithic corporation controlling a futuristic, crime-riddled Detroit transforms a dead cop into a cybernetic law-enforcement unit called RoboCop, and soon the streets are safe.
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Grabbers
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen alien monsters go on a murderous rampage on an Irish island, the only survivor is drunk -- because alcohol makes blood toxic to the aliens. Now, as a sober cop tries to stop the carnage, the rest of the town must get wasted in order to survive.
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The Fourth Kind
2009 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWhen 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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Chronicle
2012 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsSoon after three teens stumble upon an unidentified substance in the Pacific Northwest woods, they begin to exhibit powers beyond their wildest dreams. But harnessing their newfound abilities proves far more challenging than they ever imagined.
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