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9 Sci-Fi Movies Set In 2024

Science fiction has always been imagining the future ahead. As the calendar flips to 2024, it's interesting to see how movies envisioned the year.

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10 Best Sci-Fi Movies That Subverted The Genre’s Tropes

Sci-fi as a genre is full of standard practices and tropes for the genre on how to create stories, but these rules are made to be broken.

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10 Best Sci-Fi Movie Villains, Ranked

From Thanos to the Xenomorph, science fiction movies are packed with distinct and memorable villains. Here are the best sci-fi villains of all time.

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10 Promising Sci-Fi Shows That Were Cancelled Too Soon

Sci-fi can be one of the most compelling genres in TV with advanced technology, and the exploration of distant worlds, but some are canceled too soon.

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10 Least Scientifically Accurate Sci-Fi Movies That Were Still Great

Some sci-fi movies are still fun to watch even though they are scientifically inaccurate. These inaccuracies range from unlikely to simply absurd.

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15 Best TV Shows About Space, Ranked

The best sci-fi TV shows about space exploration continue to transform storytelling, inspire innovation, and even influence real-world science.

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10 Overused Sci-Fi TV Tropes (& Which Shows Did Them Best)

While certain sci-fi tropes tend to be overused, that doesn't stop certain shows from continuing to use them in creative and exciting ways.

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15 Best Sci-Fi TV Shows Of 2023

2023 was an amazing year for science fiction, with numerous series either making their premiere or enjoying a reinvigorating new season.

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20 Fastest Ships In Sci-Fi Movies & TV Shows

From Star Trek and Star Wars to The Expanse, sci-fi movies and TV shows are littered with iconic spaceships, but which one is actually the fastest?

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7 Most Iconic Sci-Fi Movie Sidekicks

The science fiction genre is full of iconic sidekick characters like Newt from Aliens, Fritz from Frankenstein, and Chewbacca from the Star Wars saga.

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10 Most Iconic Sci-Fi Movie Antiheroes

From Blade Runner's Rick Deckard to A Clockwork Orange's Alex DeLarge, the sci-fi genre has delivered some of cinema's most compelling antiheroes.

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10 Best Time Travel Comedies, Ranked

From classics like Back to the Future to underrated gems like Peggy Sue Got Married, time travel has provided a great vehicle for comedy in movies.

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9 Great Sci-Fi Movies That Deserved A Sequel (& Why They Didn’t Happen)

Many of the most iconic sci-fi movies evolved into multi-film series. However, some great sci-fi movies never got the sequels they deserved.

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This Sci-Fi Book Series Still Deserves A Movie Reboot, 12 Years After $150 Million Disappointment

Sci-fi book adaptations can be hit or miss, but one series deserves a reboot even after its $150 million box office disappointment back in 2011.

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10 Great Sci-Fi Movies That Were Way Ahead Of Their Time

Sci-fi films explore questions about a rapidly developing future and what the world could look like as technology progresses, often far in the future.

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10 Sci-Fi Movie Franchises That Hurt Themselves With Too Much Exposition

Sci-fi movies require some explanation due to the nature of the genre, but these 10 movie franchises went way too far, seriously hurting them.

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10 Sci-Fi Franchises That Peaked With The Very First Movie

Numerous incredible science-fiction franchises have produced sequels that could not recapture the first movie’s brilliance and effectiveness.

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10 Best Satirical Sci-Fi Movies, Ranked

From RoboCop to They Live, some of the greatest science fiction movies have used sci-fi tropes as a vehicle for biting satire and social commentary.

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11 Sci-Fi Movies That Completely Changed How We See Reality

Entertainment and media have a way of influencing people and changing public perception, such as how sci-fi expands audiences' imaginations.

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10 Amazing Sci-Fi Movies Set On Fictional Planets

Sci-fi pushes the boundaries of what's possible, but most keep the setting on Earth. These are great sci-fi stories set on fictional planets.

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