Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "22nd-century"

1. The Matrix (1999)

R | 136 min | Action, Sci-Fi

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

Votes: 2,051,877 | Gross: $171.48M

2. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)

PG-13 | 192 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Jake Sully lives with his newfound family formed on the extrasolar moon Pandora. Once a familiar threat returns to finish what was previously started, Jake must work with Neytiri and the army of the Na'vi race to protect their home.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang

Votes: 493,810 | Gross: $659.68M

3. Aliens (1986)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Decades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Carrie Henn, Paul Reiser

Votes: 762,647 | Gross: $85.16M

4. Avatar (2009)

PG-13 | 162 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez

Votes: 1,385,945 | Gross: $760.51M

5. Starship Troopers (1997)

R | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Humans, in a fascist militaristic future, wage war with giant alien bugs.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey

Votes: 320,966 | Gross: $54.81M

6. Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.

Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Votes: 59,068

7. Alien: Covenant (2017)

R | 122 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride

Votes: 303,797 | Gross: $74.26M

8. Alien³ (1992)

R | 114 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann

Votes: 319,258 | Gross: $55.47M

9. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

PG-13 | 146 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.

Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards

Votes: 322,919 | Gross: $78.62M

10. Vanilla Sky (2001)

R | 136 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Romance

A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.

Director: Cameron Crowe | Stars: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell

Votes: 285,595 | Gross: $100.61M

11. The Black Hole (1979)

PG | 98 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole.

Director: Gary Nelson | Stars: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms

Votes: 27,962

12. Bicentennial Man (1999)

PG | 132 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

An android endeavors to become human as he gradually acquires emotions.

Director: Chris Columbus | Stars: Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill, Oliver Platt

Votes: 124,631 | Gross: $58.22M

13. Judge Dredd (1995)

R | 96 min | Action, Crime, Sci-Fi

In a dystopian future, Joseph Dredd, the most famous Judge (a police officer with instant field judiciary powers), is convicted for a crime he did not commit and must face his murderous counterpart.

Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Rob Schneider, Jürgen Prochnow

Votes: 124,879 | Gross: $34.69M

14. Supernova (I) (2000)

PG-13 | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A deep space rescue and recovery spaceship with a crew of 6 receives a distress call from a mining operation 3432 light years away. A rescue operation via dimension jump is made. Bad idea.

Directors: Walter Hill, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Sholder | Stars: James Spader, Peter Facinelli, Robin Tunney, Angela Bassett

Votes: 19,397 | Gross: $14.22M

15. Dark Star (1974)

G | 83 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Dan O'Bannon, Dre Pahich, Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm

Votes: 27,226

16. Ghosts of Mars (2001)

R | 98 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

In 2176, a Martian police unit is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find that the post has become a charnel house.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Ice Cube, Pam Grier, Jason Statham

Votes: 57,956 | Gross: $8.43M

17. Rendezvous with Rama

Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Announced

A team of astronauts are sent on a mission to explore a giant interstellar spaceship hurtling toward the sun. Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke.

Director: Denis Villeneuve

18. Mass Effect 2 (2010 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

After being revived from death and having to join a pro-human organization without a choice, Commander Shepard must assemble a team, battle a new threat, and make tough choices in order to save the galaxy from total annihilation once more.

Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Maggie Baird, Adam Baldwin, Michael Beattie

Votes: 21,469

19. Earth 2 (1994–1995)

TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi

Colonists, crash-landed on an alien planet, begin the long trek to their originally designated landing place, facing alien and human threats.

Stars: Debrah Farentino, Clancy Brown, Sullivan Walker, Jessica Steen

Votes: 5,519

20. Jung_E (2023)

TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

On an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, the outcome of a civil war hinges on cloning the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary.

Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Kang Soo-youn, Kim Hyun-joo, Ryu Kyung-Soo, Park So-yi

Votes: 10,691

21. Sleeper (1973)

PG | 89 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory

Votes: 44,811 | Gross: $2.91M

22. Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)

R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

In the 22nd century, a scientist attempts to right the wrong his ancestor created: the puzzle box that opens the gates of Hell and unleashes Pinhead and his Cenobite legions.

Director: Kevin Yagher | Stars: Bruce Ramsay, Valentina Vargas, Doug Bradley, Charlotte Chatton

Votes: 24,568 | Gross: $16.68M

23. Transformers: Animated (2007–2009)

TV-Y7 | 20 min | Animation, Action, Family

Transformers crash land on present day Earth and inadvertently cause a technological revolution. They wake up 50 years later in a world where robots are used in everyday life. StarScream arrives looking for their AllSpark.

Stars: David Kaye, Jeff Bennett, Bumper Robinson, Tom Kenny

Votes: 2,585

24. Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987–1988)

Not Rated | 30 min | Action, Sci-Fi

A group of guerrilla fighters battles the evil machine forces that dominate a future Earth.

Stars: Tim Dunigan, Peter MacNeill, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Maurice Dean Wint

Votes: 1,457

25. Planet Earth (1974 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A man awakens from suspended animation and finds himself in the 22nd century, where women rule the world and men are slaves called Dinks. He is captured and sold as a slave, but escapes and hooks up with a male rebel movement.

Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: John Saxon, Janet Margolin, Ted Cassidy, Christopher Cary

Votes: 891

26. Space Battleship Yamato (2010)

TV-14 | 138 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

In 2199, the crew of the space battleship Yamato embark on a dangerous journey to the planet Iskandar to acquire a device that will rejuvenate the war-ravaged Earth.

Director: Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Takuya Kimura, Meisa Kuroki, Toshirô Yanagiba, Naoto Ogata

Votes: 6,381

27. Dark Planet (2008)

TV-PG | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A space traveler from the Earth of the 22th century - without wars, poverty and oppression - crashes on an unknown planet. Politically and economically that planet similar to the totalitarian human states of the 20th century.

Director: Fedor Bondarchuk | Stars: Vasiliy Stepanov, Yulia Snigir, Pyotr Fyodorov, Sergey Garmash

Votes: 5,784

28. 3022 (2019)

R | 91 min | Sci-Fi

A group of astronauts living in the haunting emptiness of deep space awake to find Earth has suffered an extinction level event.

Director: John Suits | Stars: Omar Epps, Kate Walsh, Angus Macfadyen, Jorja Fox

Votes: 5,977

29. Genesis II (1973 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 74 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley, Ted Cassidy, Percy Rodrigues

Votes: 1,119

30. Doraemon (1979–2005)

TV-PG | 25 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Doraemon is a robotic cat that comes from the 22nd century. He comes to 20th century and stays with Nobi Family. The Nobis love Doraemon very much. So Doraemon always help the Nobis with the devices from 22nd century.

Stars: Nobuyo Ôyama, Noriko Ohara, Kazuya Tatekabe, Kaneta Kimotsuki

Votes: 5,115

31. Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper (2017)

5 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi

The main crew of the Covenant and their android Walter enjoy a final meal before cryosleep on their way to a remote planet.

Director: Luke Scott | Stars: Demián Bichir, Billy Crudup, Nathaniel Dean, Carmen Ejogo

Votes: 4,905

32. Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963)

81 min | Sci-Fi

The year is 2163. Starship Ikarie XB 1 embarks on a long journey across the universe to search for life on the planets of Alpha Centauri.

Director: Jindrich Polák | Stars: Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Smolík, Dana Medrická, Irena Kacírková

Votes: 2,955

33. Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)

Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi

Dr. Who and his companions arrive on Earth in the year 2150 AD, only to discover that the planet has been invaded and its population enslaved by the dreaded Daleks.

Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Ray Brooks, Andrew Keir

Votes: 4,540

34. Space Battleship Yamato (1974–1975)

30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the year 2199, the space battleship Yamato embarks on a voyage to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a device that will rejuvenate a war-ravaged Earth.

Stars: Kei Tomiyama, Gorô Naya, Shûsei Nakamura, Yôko Asagami

Votes: 701

35. Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (2012–2013)

TV-14 | Animation, Action, Adventure

In the year 2199, the space battleship Yamato embarks on a voyage to the planet Iscandar, to retrieve a device that will rejuvenate a war-ravaged Earth.

Stars: Mallorie Rodak, Monica Rial, Jamie Marchi, Mike McFarland

Votes: 1,175

36. Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007 Video)

Unrated | 85 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Highlander Colin MacLeod must choose between confronting the immortal who killed his lover centuries ago, or saving the survivors of a ravaged New York City.

Directors: Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Takuji Endo | Stars: Alistair Abell, Debi Mae West, Nolan North, Scott McNeil

Votes: 4,015

37. When Women Rule the World (2020)

87 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Four young people get sucked into a time bending vortex to an apocalyptic future where women rule the earth.

Director: Sheldon Silverstein | Stars: Anna Hera, Chris Gooch, Francisco DeCun, Sandra Glagla

Votes: 190

38. Stand by Me Doraemon (2014)

TV-PG | 95 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

What will happen to Nobita's life after Doraemon leaves?

Directors: Tony Oliver, Ryuichi Yagi, Takashi Yamazaki | Stars: Wasabi Mizuta, Megumi Ôhara, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yumi Kakazu

Votes: 9,336

39. Project X (1968)

Unrated | 97 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi

A spy is brought back from cryogenic suspension after being almost killed in a plane crash returning from a mission to learn about a deadly new weapon being developed in the East. But the ... See full summary »

Director: William Castle | Stars: Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones, Monte Markham

Votes: 606

40. Star Trek: Horizon (2016)

102 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

In a time prior to the United Federation of Planets, a young coalition of worlds led by Earth battle the Romulan Star Empire for their very survival.

Director: Tommy Kraft | Stars: Paul Lang, Marc Bowers, Ryan Webber, Callie Bussell

Votes: 672

41. Beyond White Space (2018)

Not Rated | 93 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller

The USS Essex is travelling in the furthest reaches of the known Universe when it encounters a gigantic creature. After pirates steal their cargo and most of their supplies the crew decide to capture the creature.

Director: Ken Locsmandi | Stars: Holt McCallany, Zulay Henao, Dave Sheridan, James Devoti

Votes: 2,251

42. Doom 3 (2004 Video Game)

M | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

A demonic invasion at Union Aerospace Corporation's Mars Research Facility has left only you and a handful of survivors with the chance to fight your way to safety.

Stars: J. Grant Albrecht, Dee Bradley Baker, Michael Bell, Steve Blum

Votes: 4,455

43. Wonderful Days (2003)

Unrated | 86 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

2142: Pollution and climate change wiped out most of Earth's population. Ecoban city is built to withstand this. Suppression results in revolt. A childhood couple find each other as adults on opposing sides.

Director: Moon-saeng Kim | Stars: Andrew Ableson, Cathy Cavadini, Joon-ho Chung, Mark Lindsay

Votes: 9,445 | Gross: $0.03M

44. The Spirit of '76 (1990)

PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

In 2176, a magnetic storm erases all recorded history, including the U.S. Constitution, so, three time travelers are sent back to July 4, 1776, to retrieve the heritage, but end up in 1976's Bicentennial, while being perceived as aliens.

Director: Lucas Reiner | Stars: Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale, Carl Reiner, Nancye Ferguson

Votes: 837

45. The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981)

48 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

Zoologist professor Steel, his small daughter Christine and captain Green leave Earth in search for rare space animals. The journey turns into adventurous and dangerous mission involving space pirates and a missing captain of a ship.

Directors: Roman Kachanov, Glenn Stanton | Stars: Olga Gromova, Vsevolod Larionov, Yuriy Volyntsev, Vasiliy Livanov

Votes: 3,576

46. Aire, Just Breathe (2024)

91 min | Romance, Sci-Fi

In a nearby future a conservation biologist battles extinction with the help of an A.I., but after the arrival of an enigmatic traveler with a hidden past, the tension in this ménage à trois will be as toxic as the world they live in.

Director: Leticia Tonos | Stars: Paz Vega, Sophie Gómez, Jalsen Santana, Camila Cosio

Votes: 28

47. Red Faction: Origins (2011 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 88 min | Action, Sci-Fi

On a Mars colony in the year 2145, an officer in a rebel militia discovers that his sister, who was abducted a dozen years before, is still alive and has been raised as a soldier whose goal is to bring about the destruction of her brother's faction.

Director: Michael Nankin | Stars: Brian J. Smith, Danielle Nicolet, Kate Vernon, Tamzin Merchant

Votes: 3,856

48. Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century (1999–2001)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A defrosted Holmes teams with a robotic Watson and a female Inspector Lestrade to stop the criminal rampage of Moriarty's clone.

Stars: Jason Gray-Stanford, John Payne, Akiko Morison, Viv Leacock

Votes: 539

49. Lilac Ball (1988)

77 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Alisa Seleznyova and her father professor Seleznyov are traveling in space. They meet their old friend archaeologist Gromozeka, who's just discovered a planet all inhabitants of which died.... See full summary »

Director: Pavel Arsenov | Stars: Natalya Guseva, Aleksandr Gusev, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Boris Shcherbakov

Votes: 403

50. Star Trek: Legacy (2006 Video Game)

E10+ | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

All five Captains must face T'Uerell, a brilliant female Vulcan Captain gone insane, in their own eras in order to save the Alpha Quadrant.

Stars: William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew

Votes: 337