1990 |
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
Aftershock | Frank Harris | James Lew, Michael Standing, Elizabeth Kaitan | United States | [1] |
Back to the Future Part III | Robert Zemeckis | Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson | United States | |
Bride of Re-Animator | Brian Yuzna | Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Claude Earl Jones | United States | Science fiction horror[2] |
Circuitry Man | Steven Lovy | Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Jim Metzler | United States | [3] |
Class of 1999 | Mark L. Lester | Bradley Gregg, Traci Lind, Malcolm McDowell, Pam Grier | United States | |
Darkman | Sam Raimi | Liam Neeson, Frances McDormand, Colin Friels, Larry Drake | United States | Superhero film |
The Dark Side of the Moon | D. J. Webster | Robert Sampson, Will Bledsoe, Joe Turkel | United States | |
Dragon Ball Z: The World's Strongest | Daisuke Nishio | Masako Nozawa (voice), Mayumi Tanaka (voice), Tōru Furuya (voice) | Japan | Fifth anime film in the Dragon Ball franchise |
Dragon Ball Z: The Tree of Might | Daisuke Nishio | Masako Nozawa (voice), Kōji Nakata (voice), Kōji Yada (voice) | Japan | Sixth anime film in the Dragon Ball franchise |
Edward Scissorhands | Tim Burton | Vincent Price, Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Anthony Michael Hall | United States | [4] |
Fatal Sky | Frank Shields | Michael Nouri, Darlanne Fluegel, Maxwell Caulfield | United States, Australia, Yugoslavia | [nb 1][5] |
Frankenhooker | Frank Henenlotter | James Lorinz, Patty Mullen, Louise Lasser | United States | Sci-fi horror comedy[6] |
The Witches Cave | Yuri Moroz | Segej Zhigunov, Dmitrij Pevcov, Marina Levtova, Nikolaj Karachencov | Soviet Union Czechoslovakia | action |
Maroko | Mamoru Oshii | Masako Katsuki (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice), Kenichi Ogata (voice) | Japan | Comedy drama anime[7] |
The Handmaid's Tale | Volker Schlöndorff | Natasha Richardson, Robert Duvall, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn | United States | |
Hardware | Richard Stanley | Dylan McDermott, Stacey Travis, John Lynch | United Kingdom United States | |
I Come in Peace | Craig R. Baxley | Dolph Lundgren, Betsy Brantley, Brian Benben | United States | |
Martians Go Home | David Odell | Randy Quaid, Anita Morris, Margaret Colin, Vic Dunlop | United States | [8][9] |
Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor | Glenn Takajian | Tara Leigh, Tony Gigante, Dianna Flaherty, Katherine Romaine | United States | [10][11] |
Moon 44 | Roland Emmerich | Michael Paré, Malcolm McDowell, Lisa Eichhorn | Germany United States | |
Omega Cop | Paul Kyriazi | Adam West, Ronald L. Marchini | United States | |
Once Upon a Time... | Galina Barinova | Alla Pokrovskaya (voice) | Soviet Union | Animated short film. Russian title: Когда-то давно..., tr. Kogda-to davno...[12][13][14][15][16] |
Peacemaker | Kevin S. Tenney | Robert Forster, Lance Edwards, Hilary Shepard | United States | [17] |
Predator 2 | Stephen Hopkins | Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Kevin Peter Hall | United States | |
The Rift | Juan Piquer Simón | Jack Scalia, R. Lee Ermey, Ray Wise | Spain | [18] |
Rebel Storm | Franky Schaeffer | Zach Galligan, Wayne Crawford, June Chadwick | United States | [19] |
RoboCop 2 | Irvin Kershner | Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bauer | United States | |
Robot Jox | Stuart Gordon | Gary Graham, Anne-Marie Johnson, Paul Koslo | United States | |
Shadowzone | J. S. Cardone | Louise Fletcher, David Beecroft, James Hong | United States | |
Solar Crisis | Richard Sarafian | Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston, Peter Boyle | Japan | |
Spaced Invaders | Patrick Read Johnson | Douglas Barr, Royal Dano, Ariana Richards | United States | |
Steel and Lace | Ernest D. Farino | Clare Wren, Bruce Davison, David Naughton | United States | [20] |
Syngenor | George Elanjian Jr. | Jeff Doucette, Christopher Burgard, Melanie Shatner | United States | Sequel to Scared to Death (1980) |
A Taste for Flesh and Blood (a.k.a. Flesh Eaters from Outer Space) | Warren F. Disbrow | Greg Scott, Kathy Monks, Warren Disbrow Sr. | United States | filmed in 1989[21] |
Total Recall | Paul Verhoeven | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside | United States | [nb 2] |
Vaniusha the Newcomer | Vladimir Danilevich | Boris Novikov (voice), Svetlana Kharlap (voice), Aleftina Yevdokimova (voice) | Soviet Union | Stop-motion animation short film |
Watchers II | Thierry Notz | Marc Singer, Tracy Scoggins, Jonathan Farwell | United States Canada | |
A Wind Named Amnesia | Kazuo Yamazaki | | Japan | Anime[22] |
1991 |
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe | Damian Lee | Marjorie Bransfield, Sven-Ole Thorsen, James Belushi | United States Canada | |
And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird | Tony Cookson | Joshua John Miller, Edan Gross, Marcia Strassman | United States | |
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey | Peter Hewitt | Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler | United States | |
Captain America | Albert Pyun | Matt Salinger, Ronny Cox, Scott Paulin | United States Yugoslavia | |
Critters 3 | Kristine Peterson | Aimee Brooks, John Calvin, Katherine Cortez | United States | |
Delicatessen | Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro | Dominique Pinon, Marie-Laure Dougnac, Jean-Claude Dreyfus | France | Post-apocalyptic black comedy |
Dollman | Albert Pyun | Tim Thomerson, Jackie Earle Haley | United States | |
Dragon Ball Z: Lord Slug | Mitsuo Hashimoto | Masako Nozawa (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice), Kenji Utsumi (voice) | Japan | Seventh anime film in the Dragon Ball franchise |
Dragon Ball Z: Cooler's Revenge | Mitsuo Hashimoto | Masako Nozawa (voice), Ryūsei Nakao (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice) | Japan | Eighth anime film in the Dragon Ball franchise |
Eve of Destruction | Duncan Gibbins | Gregory Hines, Renée Soutendijk, Michael Greene | United States | |
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah | Kazuki Ōmori | Kenpachiro Satsuma, Richard Berger | Japan | |
The Guyver | Steve Wang | Mark Hamill, Jimmie Walker | United States | |
Naked Lunch | David Cronenberg | Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm | Canada United Kingdom Japan | |
Prayer of the Rollerboys | Rick King | Corey Haim, Patricia Arquette, Christopher Collet | Japan United States | |
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky | Lam Nai-choi | Fan Siu-wong, Fan Mei Sheng, Ho Ka-Kui | Hong Kong | Action film set in futuristic setting |
Robotrix | Jamie Luk | Chikako Aoyama, Hiu-Dan Hui, Amy Yip | Hong Kong | [23] |
The Rocketeer | Joe Johnston | Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino | United States | |
Roujin Z | Hiroyuki Kitakubo | | Japan | Anime |
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Nicholas Meyer | William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan | United States | [nb 3] |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze | Michael Pressman | Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, Kenn Scott, Mark Caso | United States | [24] |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day | James Cameron | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong | United States | [nb 4] |
The Terror Within II | Andrew Stevens | Andrew Stevens, Stella Stevens, Chick Vennera | United States | |
Trancers II | Charles Band | Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt | United States | |
Until the End of the World | Wim Wenders | William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Sam Neill | Germany Australia France | |
Urusei Yatsura: Always My Darling | Katsuhisa Yamada | Fumi Hirano (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice), Naoko Matsui (voice) | Japan | Sixth film in the Urusei Yatsura film series |
Vaniusha and the Space Pirate | Vladimir Danilevich | Boris Novikov (voice), Aleftina Yevdokimova (voice), Svetlana Kharlap (voice) | Soviet Union | Stop-motion animation short film |
Vegas in Space | Phillip R. Ford | Doris Fish, Timmy Spence | United States | |
Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees | David Blair | William S. Burroughs | United States | |
Wedlock | Lewis Teague | Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers | United States | |
Zeiram | Keita Amemiya | | Japan | |
1992 |
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
Alien 3 | David Fincher | Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann | United States United Kingdom | |
Bad Channels | Ted Nicolaou | Melissa Behr, Alex Bookston, Michael Caldwell | United States | |
Critters 4 | Rupert Harvey | Don Opper, Paul Whitthorne, Angela Bassett | United States | |
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler | Daisuke Nishio | Masako Nozawa (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice), Mayumi Tanaka (voice) | Japan | Ninth anime film in the Dragon Ball franchise |
Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! | Daisuke Nishio | Masako Nozawa (voice), Ryūsei Nakao (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice) | Japan | Tenth anime film in the Dragon Ball franchise |
Freejack | Geoff Murphy | Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Anthony Hopkins, Rene Russo | United States | |
Godzilla vs. Mothra | Takao Okawara | Tetsuya Bessho, Satomi Kobayashi | Japan | |
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Randal Kleiser | Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Lloyd Bridges | United States | |
The Lawnmower Man | Brett Leonard | Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Lewis, Dean Norris | United Kingdom, United States, Japan | Produced by Milton Subotsky Based loosely on the Stephen King novel |
The Lost World | Timothy Bond | John Rhys-Davies, Eric McCormack, David Warner, Tamara Gorski | United States | |
Memoirs of an Invisible Man | John Carpenter | Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah | United States | |
Mindwarp (a.k.a. Brain Slasher) | Steve Barnett | Marta Alicia, Angus Scrimm, Bruce Campbell | United States | [nb 5][26][27] |
Mom and Dad Save the World | Greg Beeman | Jon Lovitz, Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones | United States | [28] |
Nemesis | Albert Pyun | Olivier Gruner, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | United States | |
Neon City | Monte Markham | Michael Ironside, Vanity, Lyle Alzado, Nick Klar | United States | [29] |
Project Shadowchaser | John Eyres | Frank Zagarino, Martin Kove, Meg Foster, Paul Koslo | United States | |
Prototype X29A | Phillip J. Roth | Brenda Swanson, Robert Tossberg | United States | [30] |
Rain Without Thunder | Gary O. Bennett | Betty Buckley, Ali Thomas, Carolyn McCormick | United States | Drama |
Return to the Lost World | Timothy Bond | John Rhys-Davies, Eric McCormack, David Warner, Tamara Gorski | United States | |
Seedpeople | Peter Manoogian | Sam Hennings, Andrea Roth, Dane Witherspoon, David Dunard | United States | [31] |
Split Second | Tony Maylam | Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Neil Duncan | United Kingdom United States | |
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer | Shinya Tsukamoto | Tomoroh Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan | |
The Water Engine | Steven Schachter | Charles Durning, Patti LuPone, William H. Macy | United States | |
Trancers III | C. Courtney Joyner | Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt | United States | |
Universal Soldier | Roland Emmerich | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker | United States | |
The Wicked City | Leon Lai, Michelle Reis | Jacky Cheung, Leon Lai, Tatsuya Nakadai | Hong Kong | |
1993 |
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
Acción mutante | Álex de la Iglesia | Antonio Resines, Frederique Feder, Alex Angulo | Spain | |
Alien Intruder | Ricardo Jacques Gale | Billy Dee Williams, Melinda Armstrong, Maxwell Caulfield | United States | |
American Cyborg: Steel Warrior | Boaz Davidson | Joe Lara, Nicole Hansen, Yosef Shiloah | United States | [32] |
Arcade | Albert Pyun | Megan Ward, Peter Billingsley, John de Lancie | United States | |
Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman | Christopher Guest | Daryl Hannah, Daniel Baldwin, Victoria Haas | United States | Remake of the 1958 classic, Television movie |
Body Snatchers | Abel Ferrara | Gabrielle Anwar, Terry Kinney, Billy Wirth, Forest Whitaker, Meg Tilly | United States | Based on the Jack Finney novel |
Carnosaur | Adam Simon | Diane Ladd, Raphael Sbarge, Jennifer Runyon | United States | |
Coneheads | Steve Barron | Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Michelle Burke, Michael McKean | United States | |
Cyborg 2 | Michael Shroeder | Angelina Jolie, Elias Koteas, Jack Palance, Billy Drago | United States | |
Cyborg Cop | Sam Firstenberg | David Bradley, John Rhys-Davies, Alonna Shaw | United States | |
Demolition Man | Marco Brambilla | Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne | United States | |
Dragon Ball Z: Broly – The Legendary Super Saiyan | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Masako Nozawa (voice), Bin Shimada (voice), Hiroko Emori (voice) | Japan | Eleventh anime film in the Dragon Ball franchise |
Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound | Yoshihiro Ueda | Masako Nozawa (voice), Tesshō Genda (voice), Toshio Furukawa (voice) | Japan | Twelfth anime film in the Dragon Ball franchise |
Fire in the Sky | Robert Lieberman | D. B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer | United States | |
Fortress | Stuart Gordon | Christopher Lambert, Loryn Locklin, Kurtwood Smith | Australia United States | |
Freaked | Alex Winter, Tom Stern | Alex Winter, Randy Quaid, William Sadler | United States | Science fiction comedy[34] |
Ghost in the Machine | Rachel Talalay | Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Ted Marcoux | United States | |
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II | Takao Okawara | | Japan | |
Jurassic Park | Steven Spielberg | Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum | United States | [nb 6] |
Knights | Albert Pyun | Kris Kristofferson, Lance Henriksen, Kathy Long | United States | [35] |
Mandroid | Joakim Ersgard | Curt Lowens, Brian Cousins, Jane Caldwell, Michael Della Femina | United States | [36][37] |
The Meteor Man | Robert Townsend | Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin | United States | |
Patlabor: The Movie 2 | Mamoru Oshii | | Japan | Anime |
Philadelphia Experiment II | Stephen Cornwell | Brad Johnson, Gerrit Graham, Marjean Holden | United States | |
RoboCop 3 | Fred Dekker | Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn, Mako Iwamatsu | United States | |
Robot Wars | Albert Band | Don Michael Paul, Barbara Crampton, James Staley, Lisa Rinna | United States | [38] |
1994 |
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
A.P.E.X. | Phillip J. Roth | Richard Keats, Mitch Cox, Lisa Ann Russell | United States | [39] |
Automatic | John Murlowski | Olivier Gruner, John Glover, Daphne Ashbrook | United States | [40] |
Brainscan | John Flynn | Edward Furlong, Frank Langella, T. Ryder Smith | United Kingdom United States | |
Circuitry Man 2 | Robert Lovy, Steven Lovy | Vernon G. Wells, Deborah Shelton, Traci Lords | United States | [42] |
CyberTracker | Richard Pepin | Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Richard Norton, Stacie Foster | United States | [43] |
Darkside Blues | Yoshimichi Furukawa, Nobuyasu Furukawa | | Japan | Anime |
Death Machine | Stephen Norrington | Brad Dourif, Ely Pouget, William Hootkins | United Kingdom | |
Double Dragon | James Yukich | Robert Patrick, Mark Dacascos, Scott Wolf, Alyssa Milano | United States | |
Dragon Ball Z: Broly – Second Coming | Shigeyasu Yamauchi | Masako Nozawa (voice), Bin Shimada (voice), Takeshi Kusao (voice) | Japan | Thirteenth anime film in the Dragon Ball franchise |
Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly | Yoshihiro Ueda | Masako Nozawa (voice), Takeshi Kusao (voice), Bin Shimada (voice) | Japan | Fourteenth anime film in the Dragon Ball franchise |
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla | Kensho Yamashita | Jun Hashizume, Megumi Odaka, Akira Emoto | Japan | |
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Kenneth Branagh | Robert De Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, John Cleese | United Kingdom United States Japan | Produced by Francis Ford Coppola |
No Escape | Martin Campbell | Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson | United States | Sci-fi action |
Oblivion | Sam Irvin | Richard Joseph Paul, Jackie Swanson | United States | Sci-fi western[45] |
Project Metalbeast | Alessandro De Gaetano | Barry Bostwick, Kane Hodder, Kim Delaney, Musetta Vander | United States | |
Project: Shadowchaser 2 | John Eyres | Frank Zagarino, Bryan Genesse, Beth Toussaint | United States | [46] |
The Puppet Masters | Stuart Orme | Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Julie Warner | United States | |
Solar Force | Boaz Davidson | Michael Paré, Billy Drago, Walker Brandt | United States | [47] |
Stargate | Roland Emmerich | Kurt Russell, James Spader, Jaye Davidson | United States | [nb 7] |
Star Trek Generations | David Carson | Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Jonathan Frakes | United States | |
T-Force | Richard Pepin | Jack Scalia, Evan Laurie, Bobby Johnston | United States | [48] |
Guyver: Dark Hero | Steve Wang | Mark Hamill, David Hayter, Kathy Christopherson | United States | |
Timecop | Peter Hyams | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver | United States | |
Trancers 4: Jack of Swords | David Nutter | Tim Thomerson | United States | |
Trancers 5: Sudden Deth | David Nutter | Tim Thomerson | United States | |
Watchers 3 | Jeremy Stanford | Wings Hauser, Gregory Scott Cummins, Daryl Keith Roach | United States | Direct-to-Video Produced by Roger Corman Based on a novel by Dean Koontz Filmed in Peru[49] |
1995 |
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
Alien Terminator | Dave Payne | Maria Ford, Rodger Halston, Emile Levisetti | United States, Mexico | Filmed in Mexico[50] |
Alien Visitor (a.k.a. Epsilon) | Rolf de Heer | Ulli Birve, Syd Brisbane, Aletha McGrath | Australia Italy | Drama |
Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold | Fred Olen Ray | J.J. North, Ted Monte, Raelyn Saalman, Tim Abell | United States | Comedy film[51] |
Caged Heat 3000 | Aaron Osborne | Lisa Boyle, Kena Land, Bob Ferrelli | United States | [52][53] |
Carnosaur 2 | Louis Morneau | John Savage, Cliff De Young, Don Stroud, Arabella Holzbog | United States | Roger Corman executive producer[54] [55] |
The City of Lost Children | Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Marc Caro | Ron Perlman, Daniel Emilfork, Judith Vittet | France Spain Germany | |
Congo | Frank Marshall | Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Dylan Walsh | United States | |
Cyborg 3: The Recycler | Michael Shroeder | Zach Galligan, Malcolm McDowell | United States | |
Cyborg Cop II | Sam Firstenberg | David Bradley, Morgan Hunter, Jill Pierce | United States | |
The Demolitionist | Robert Kurtzman | Nicole Eggert, Richard Grieco, Susan Tyrrell | United States | [56] |
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde | David F. Price | Sean Young, Tim Daly, Lysette Anthony, Harvey Fierstein, Polly Bergen | Canada, United States, United Kingdom | Loosely based on a Robert Louis Stevenson novel [57] |
Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon | Mitsuo Hashimoto | Masako Nozawa (voice), Hiro Yuuki (voice), Ryou Horikawa (voice) | Japan | Sixteenth anime film in the Dragon Ball franchise |
Fist of the North Star | Tony Randel | Gary Daniels, Costas Mandylor, Chris Penn | United States Japan | Martial arts |
Galaxis (a.k.a. Terminal Force) | William Mesa | Craig Fairbrass, John Romualdi, Sam Raimi | United States | [58] |
Gamera: Guardian of the Universe | Shusuke Kaneko | Tsuyoshi Ihara, Akira Onodera, Ayako Fujitani | Japan | |
Ghost in the Shell | Mamoru Oshii | | Japan | Anime |
Godzilla vs. Destoroyah | Takao Okawara | Megumi Odaka, Momoko Kochi | Japan | |
GoldenEye | Martin Campbell | Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco | United Kingdom United States | |
Heatseeker | Albert Pyun | Keith Cooke | United States | |
Johnny Mnemonic | Robert Longo | Keanu Reeves, Dolph Lundgren, Takeshi Kitano | Canada | |
Judge Dredd | Danny Cannon | Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider | United States | |
Memories | Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Tensai Okamura | | Japan | Anime |
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie | Bryan Spicer | Karan Ashley, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas | United States Japan | |
Mosquito | Gary Jones | Gunnar Hansen, Ron Asheton, Steve Dixon | United States | |
Mutant Species | David A. Prior | Leo Rossi, Ted Prior, Denise Crosby, Grant Gelt | United States | [nb 8][59] |
Nemesis 2: Nebula | Albert Pyun | Sue Price, Chad Stahelski, Tina Cote | United States | |
Screamers | Christian Duguay | Ron White, Peter Weller | United States Canada | |
Species | Roger Donaldson | Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen | United States | |
Strange Days | Kathryn Bigelow | Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis | United States | |
Tank Girl | Rachel Talalay | Lori Petty, Ice-T, Naomi Watts, Malcolm McDowell | United States | |
Terminal Impact | Yossi Wein | Bryan Genesse, Frank Zagarino, Jennifer Millar | United States | [60][nb 9] |
Timemaster | James Glickenhaus | Jesse Cameron-Glickenhaus, Pat Morita, Joanna Pacula | United States | Direct-to-video |
12 Monkeys | Terry Gilliam | Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer | United States | [nb 10] |
Vampire Vixens from Venus | Ted A. Bohus | Leon Head, Michelle Bauer, Theresa Lynn | United States | [61] |
Village of the Damned | John Carpenter | Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski | United States | |
Virtuosity | Brett Leonard | Denzel Washington, Kelly Lynch, Russell Crowe | United States | |
Waterworld | Kevin Reynolds | Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tina Majorino | United States | [nb 11] |
White Dwarf | Peter Markle | Neal McDonough, Beverley Mitchell | United States | |
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies | Harry Bromley Davenport | Sal Landi, Andrew Divoff, Robert Culp | United States | [62] |
1996 |
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush | Albert Pyun | Christopher Lambert, Natasha Henstridge, Norbert Weisser | United States | |
The Arrival | David N. Twohy | Charlie Sheen, Ron Silver, Lindsay Crouse | United States | |
Barb Wire | David Hogan | Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison | United States | [nb 12] |
Carnosaur 3: Primal Species | Jonathan A. Winfrey | Scott Valentine, Janet Gunn, Rick Dean | United States | [63] |
Crossworlds | Krishna Rao | Rutger Hauer, Josh Charles, Stuart Wilson | United States | [64] |
Escape from L.A. | John Carpenter | Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi | United States | |
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion | Shusuke Kaneko | | Japan | |
Independence Day | Roland Emmerich | Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum | United States | [nb 13] |
The Island of Dr. Moreau | John Frankenheimer | Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, David Thewlis, Ron Perlman | United States | [nb 14] |
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace | Farhad Mann | Trever O'Brien, Ellis Williams, Castulo Guerra | United States | [citation needed] |
Mars Attacks! | Tim Burton | Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker | United States | |
Memory Run | Allan A. Goldstein | Karen Duffy, Matt McCoy | United States | [65] |
Multiplicity | Harold Ramis | Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell | United States | |
Nemesis 3: Prey Harder | Albert Pyun | Sue Price, Tim Thomerson, Xavier Declie | United States | |
Nemesis 4: Death Angel | Albert Pyun | Sue Price, Andrew Divoff, Norbert Weisser | United States | |
Omega Doom | Albert Pyun | Rutger Hauer, Shannon Whirry, Norbert Weisser | United States | |
Rubber's Lover | Shozin Fukui | | Japan | |
Sci-Fighters | Peter Svatek | Roddy Piper, Jayne Heitmeyer | United States | |
Solo | Norberto Barba | Mario Van Peebles, Barry Corbin, William Sadler | United States | |
Space Truckers | Stuart Gordon | Dennis Hopper, Stephen Dorff, Debi Mazar | United States Ireland | |
Star Trek: First Contact | Jonathan Frakes | Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Alice Krige | United States | [nb 15] |
Tykho Moon | Enki Bilal | Johan Leysen, Julie Delpy, Tchéky Karyo | France Germany | [66] |
Vampirella | Jim Wynorski | Talisa Soto, Roger Daltrey, Richard Joseph Paul | United States | Science fiction action-horror[67] |
Zone 39 | John Tatoulis | Carolyn Bock, Peter Phelps, William Zappa | Australia | [68][69] |
1997 |
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
Abre los ojos (a.k.a. Open Your Eyes) | Alejandro Amenábar | Eduardo Noriega, Penélope Cruz | Spain | |
Alien Resurrection | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Brad Dourif | United States | |
Contact | Robert Zemeckis | Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt | United States | [nb 16] |
Cube | Vincenzo Natali | Maurice Dean Wint, Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni | Canada | |
Dark Planet | Albert Magnoli | Paul Mercurio, Harley Jane Kozak, Michael York | United States | |
Deathline | Tibor Takacs | Rutger Hauer, Mark Dacascos | Canada | |
The End of Evangelion | Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | | Japan | Anime |
Event Horizon | Paul W. S. Anderson | Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan | United States | |
Face/Off | John Woo | John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen | United States | |
The Fifth Element | Luc Besson | Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm | France | |
Full Metal Yakuza | Takashi Miike | | Japan | |
Gattaca | Andrew Niccol | Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law | United States | |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park | Steven Spielberg | Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite | United States | |
Men in Black | Barry Sonnenfeld | Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino | United States | [nb 17] |
Mimic | Guillermo del Toro | Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin | United States | |
Nirvana | Gabriele Salvatores | Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono, Emmanuelle Seigner | Italy France | |
The Postman | Kevin Costner | Kevin Costner, Will Patton, Larenz Tate, Olivia Williams | United States | [nb 18] |
Sleeping Dogs | Michael Bafaro | Scott McNeil, C. Thomas Howell | Canada Czech Republic | |
Spaceman | Scott Dikkers | David Ghilardi, Frederick Husar, Deborah King | United States | |
Starship Troopers | Paul Verhoeven | Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards | United States | |
The Sticky Fingers of Time | Hilary Brougher | Terumi Matthews, Nicole Zaray, James Urbaniak | United States | [70] |
1998 |
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
Andromedia | Takashi Miike | Hiroko Shimabukuro, Eriko Imai, Kenji Harada | Japan | |
Armageddon | Michael Bay | Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler, Ben Affleck, Will Patton | United States | [nb 19] |
Dark City | Alex Proyas | Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt | United States | [nb 20] |
Deep Impact | Mimi Leder | Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman | United States | Disaster film |
Deep Rising | Stephen Sommers | Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Anthony Heald | United States | |
Disturbing Behavior | David Nutter | James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl | United States | |
The Faculty | Robert Rodriguez | Clea DuVall, Jordana Brewster, Laura Harris | United States | |
Godzilla | Roland Emmerich | Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo | United States Japan | [nb 21] |
Lost in Space | Stephen Hopkins | William Hurt, Heather Graham, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman | United States | |
Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture – Prince of Darkness | Tatsuo Satō | Yūji Ueda, Omi Minami, Houko Kuwashima | Japan | |
New Rose Hotel | Abel Ferrara | Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento | United States | |
Pi | Darren Aronofsky | Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman | United States | [nb 22] |
Six-String Samurai | Lance Mungia | Jeffrey Falcon, Justin McGuire, Stephane Gauger | United States | |
Skyggen (a.k.a. Webmaster) | Thomas Borch Nielsen | Lars Bom, Puk Scharbau, Jørgen Kiil | Denmark | |
Soldier | Paul W. S. Anderson | Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Connie Nielsen | United States | |
Species II | Peter Medak | Michael Madsen, Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger | United States | |
Sphere | Barry Levinson | Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson | United States | |
Spriggan | Hirotsugu Kawasaki | | Japan | Anime |
Star Kid | Manny Coto | Joseph Mazzello, Richard Gilliland, Corinne Bohrer | United States | |
Star Trek: Insurrection | Jonathan Frakes | Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Donna Murphy | United States | |
The Truman Show | Peter Weir | Jim Carrey | United States | Comedy-Drama |
The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (a.k.a. The Osiris Chronicles) | Joe Dante | | United States | |
The X-Files | Rob Bowman | David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau | United States | |
1999 |
Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
A.Li.Ce | Kenichi Maejima | | Japan | Animation[71] |
The Astronaut's Wife | Rand Ravich | Johnny Depp, Charlize Theron, Joe Morton, Donna Murphy | United States | |
Barren Illusion | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Shinji Takeda, Miako Tadano, Yutaka Yasui | Japan | [72] |
Beowulf | Graham Baker | Christopher Lambert, Rhona Mitra, Oliver Cotton | United States United Kingdom | |
Bicentennial Man | Chris Columbus | Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz | United States | |
Deep Blue Sea | Renny Harlin | Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson | United States | |
Escape from Mars | Neill L. Fearnley | Christine Elise, Peter Outerbridge, Kavan Smith | United States | |
eXistenZ | David Cronenberg | Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jude Law, Willem Dafoe | Canada United Kingdom | |
Furia | Alexandre Aja | Stanislas Merhar, Marion Cotillard, Wadeck Stanczak | France | [73] |
Galaxy Quest | Dean Parisot | Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub | United States | [nb 23] |
Gamera 3: Awakening of Irys | Shusuke Kaneko | Shinobu Nakayama, Ai Maeda, Ayako Fujitani | Japan | |
Godzilla 2000 | Takao Okawara | Takehiro Murata, Shiro Sano, Hiroshi Abe | Japan | [74] |
The Iron Giant | Brad Bird | | United States | Animation |
The Matrix | The Wachowskis | Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss | United States | [nb 24] |
Muppets from Space | Tim Hill | Andie MacDowell, F. Murray Abraham, Hulk Hogan | United States | |
My Favorite Martian | Donald Petrie | Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd, Daryl Hannah, Elizabeth Hurley | United States | |
Peut-être | Cédric Klapisch | Romain Duris, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Géraldine Pailhas | France | Time travel |
Progeny | Brian Yuzna | Arnold Vosloo, Jillian McWhirter, Brad Dourif, Lindsay Crouse | United States | |
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | George Lucas | Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz | United States | [nb 25] |
The Thirteenth Floor | Josef Rusnak | Craig Bierko, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gretchen Mol | United States | |
The Time Shifters (a.k.a. Thrill Seekers) | Mario Azzopardi | Casper Van Dien, Catherine Bell, Theresa Saldana | United States | |
Universal Soldier: The Return | Mic Rodgers | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White, Heidi Schanz | United States | |
Virus | John Bruno | Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland | United States | |
Wing Commander | Chris Roberts | Freddie Prinze Jr., Saffron Burrows, Matthew Lillard | United States | |