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- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsCasper Van DienDenise RichardsDina MeyerHumans, in a fascist militaristic future, wage war with giant alien bugs.Here for the thumbnail, the list proper begins below:
- DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsWalter PidgeonAnne FrancisLeslie NielsenA starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.Future War Stories describes why this fits: " I was impressed that in an era of popcorn cheesy space movies that Forbidden Planet featured a real spacefaring military organization, not just some Buck Rogers-type space hero or adventurer, but with ranks and military thinking. Forbidden Planet could be the first sci-fi film to have a military sci-fi element."
It is tricky pinning down the earliest such film*, The Day the Earth Stood Still has the army confronting aliens and there are other various films that are in the crossover between war and science fiction, but (until I can think of another example) this seems a good bet and was influential on later sci-fi like Star Trek (the majority of which I won't be including as, despite the military ranks, the franchise's main thrust is exploration, with some ass-kicking as a last resort - although I do make one exception below).
* There is this blog post: A Brief History Of Classic Military Sci Fi Films, which does mentions earlier films like Battle In The Clouds (1909) (viewing links here), S.O.S Coast Guard (1937), Invisible Agent (1942) and The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951). However, I'd tend to class them as science fiction war film or even, as I mention in the previous paragraph, science fiction films with a military element. - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsKenji SaharaYumi ShirakawaMomoko KôchiShortly after a giant robot destroys a village, aliens from outer space arrive offering friendship. Will the people of Earth tie these two events together?aka The Mysterians
The aliens turn up and unleash havoc upon us, so Japan and eventually the world bring their military might to bear on the threat. - DirectorIshirô HondaStarsRyô IkebeKyôko AnzaiMinoru TakadaThe nations of the Earth unite in a common cause to fight off an invader from outer space.aka Battle in Outer Space
A sequel to The Mysterians but this time the fight is taken into space. - DirectorIshirô HondaShûe MatsubayashiStarsTadao TakashimaYôko FujiyamaYû FujikiWhen an ancient underground civilization and their snake-like guardian plots to reclaim the surface world, those of the surface fights back.aka Atragon
One of the most nationalistic of these early Japanese sci-fi films, as the creator of the super sub (which also flies) is hoping to restore the Empire but instead his invention proves critical in the battle with the inhabitants of the sunken continent of Mu. - DirectorGerd OswaldStarsLloyd NolanMichael AnsaraTim O'ConnorA crossfire of energies accidentally sends two warring soldiers from the 38th Century into the distant past of 1964.Based on Harlan Ellison's "The Soldier From Tomorrow" the short story that would 'inspire' the Terminator films, although the famously litigious Ellison only got a credit after getting the lawyers involved. I won't include the Terminator franchise, as it is more about freedom fighters against the robots (and if you go down that road you'd start dragging in Dune and its ilk).
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.I hadn't really thought about it in this context until I started bringing my thoughts together to sketch out the first draft of this list (and it isn't in the list on Wikipedia), but there are obvious military tones throughout and each film usually features a large battle (although it is balanced well with character development and mixed in with a big dose of science fantasy). In the first three films only TESB doesn't end in a climatic battle, and it starts with one. The prequels are more obvious in the tone and feature conflict throughout including the massing of large armies. The video games are usually more explicitly military sci-fi.
I watched Star Wars (as it was then called) in the cinema when I was a nipper and it left me with a life-long love of sci-fi (especially military sci-fi - I've seen most of the released works on this list). - DirectorJun FukudaIshirô HondaToshio MasudaStarsKensaku MoritaYûko AsanoRyô IkebeEarth is attacked by alien spacecraft from Venus. But a Japanese scientist has constructed a space craft, the Gohten, with which he may save humanity.aka The War in Space (which in now way shows this was designed as a Star Wars cash-in, despite being initially devised as a sort-of sequel to Battle in Outer Space).
- DirectorRichard A. CollaAlan J. LeviStarsRichard HatchDirk BenedictLorne GreeneAfter the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
- DirectorPeter BaldwinStarsWilliam PhippsFred WillardLarry BlockThe comic adventures that befall a crew of astronauts assigned to a remote military space station.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsLorne GreeneRichard HatchDirk BenedictAfter the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
- DirectorVince EdwardsChristian I. Nyby IIStarsRichard HatchDirk BenedictLorne GreeneRunning low on fuel, the Battlestar Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylons.
- DirectorIrvin KershnerStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter the Rebel Alliance are overpowered by the Empire, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda, while his friends are pursued across the galaxy by Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett.
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonStarsKent McCordBarry Van DykeRobyn DouglassWhen the Battlestar Galactica finally arrives at Earth, they find they must subtly raise its tech level while protecting it from the Cylons.
- DirectorRichard MarquandStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherAfter rescuing Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt, the Rebel Alliance attempt to destroy the second Death Star, while Luke struggles to help Darth Vader back from the dark side.
- DirectorWolfgang PetersenStarsDennis QuaidLouis Gossett Jr.Brion JamesDuring a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades 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.The first film was space horror, but the sequel is pure military science-fiction (and horror - a three way we'd like to see more of). I was already a fan of the first film when I saw it on VHS (back in the day when it was a real chore to see anything - it was one of the first two films I saw on home media, along with Dark Star) and this made me a fan of the franchise (which helped get me through the future sequels) - I still have the Aliens ZX Spectrum game and a working machine to play it on too.
And where Alien converted me to horror, so Aliens planted the flag for MSF deep in my heart. - DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerCarl WeathersKevin Peter HallA team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.A film that (along with Predators, The Objective and, to a lesser degree, Resident Evil) forms one of the edges of the MSF envelope as it is a modern, fairly standard, if over-muscled, military unit with conventional weapons (if a little implausible when it comes to Jesse Ventura's minigun) going up against a science-fictional threat. It is clearly on a continuum with Aliens and Stargate but those two firmly fall within MSF (nearish future and slightly fancier weapons for the former and, although present-day, the latter keeps incorporating advanced technology until you have epic space battles). Just beyond the Predator-esque films lies Zone Troopers and I'm going to draw the line just before that film because of its WWII setting.
- CreatorGary GoddardTony ChristopherStarsTim DuniganPeter MacNeillSven-Ole ThorsenA group of guerrilla fighters battles the evil machine forces that dominate a future Earth.
- StarsYasunori MatsumotoKazuhiko InoueShow HayamiMysterious monstrous alien creatures attack Earth's colonies. This six-part OVA focuses on Juan "Johnnie" Rico who joins the army because of Carmen, a girl he likes, his days in boot camps, his losses and Earth's first counterattack.Japanese Starship Troopers animated series pre-dating the more famous movie adaptation.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsJean-Claude Van DammeDolph LundgrenAlly WalkerSoldiers who were killed in action are brought back to life in a top secret military experiment that creates superhuman warriors.
- DirectorRichard ComptonStarsMichael O'HareTamlyn TomitaJerry DoyleThe opening of a crucial space station is put in jeopardy when the commanding officer is accused of the attempted murder of a diplomat.
- CreatorRick BermanMichael PillerStarsAvery BrooksRene AuberjonoisCirroc LoftonIn the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, the Federation space station Deep Space Nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy.Took the franchises general themes (exploration, etc.) off in a more military direction. Interestingly there is also a conspiracy theory that DS9 was a rip-off of JMS' Babylon 5 (he originally pitched the series to Paramount who eventually turned it down, but announced DS9 weeks after Warner Bros revealed they were picking it up), the latter most certainly being MSF. If this was ever proved (and there have been suggestions a smoking phaser had been found) it'd certainly explain the tone of the series.
- CreatorRockne S. O'BannonStarsJonathan BrandisDon FranklinTed RaimiIn the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.
- CreatorJeff SegalStarsStevie VallanceCampbell LaneRobby BensonSet in the beginning of the 22nd century, an interplanetary war wages between humanity and the Neosapiens.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsKurt RussellJames SpaderJaye DavidsonAn interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.MSF with a big fat dose of the ancient astronaut theory and the start of a successful franchise.
- CreatorJ. Michael StraczynskiStarsMira FurlanRichard BiggsStephen FurstIn the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.Blew my mind, in the same way Star Wars did and really opened up what you could do with story-telling in TV shows. Intriguing this was later revealed to have ancient astronauts in the history of its fictional universes (interestingly some of the conspiracy theories about MSF is that they are training us for future war, which is the actual back story here), clearly Von Däniken's ideas had had enough time to percolate into the collective unconsciou.
- DirectorChristian DuguayStarsPeter WellerRoy DupuisJennifer RubinA military commander stationed off planet during an interplanetary war travels through the devastated landscape to negotiate a peace treaty, but discovers that the primitive robots they built to kill enemy combatants have gained sentience.
- DirectorPhillip J. RothStarsKen OlandtKristen DaltonAdam BaldwinAn out-of-control robot is inadvertently set loose in a small community, and a crack squad of soldiers are sent to hunt it down. Gradually, the members of the squad begin to suspect that some of them are robots.
- DirectorTroy CookStarsStephen NicholsBrad DourifBilly DragoA group of elite space marines are sent to a mining colony in order to eliminate an android rebellion.
- CreatorGlen MorganJames WongStarsMorgan WeisserKristen ClokeRodney RowlandThe Earth is embroiled in a desperate war against alien invaders, and this series focuses on one squadron of Marine pilots involved in it.
- DirectorBrad TurnerStarsRobert PatrickNicole de BoerMark McCrackenMajor John Skokes has been captured and imprisoned by enemy aliens. He finds he is not alone in his cell, however, but with a cadet, Bree Tristan, from the Europa base. She believes three months have gone by since her imprisonment and she has a skin graft on her arm which she believes is the aliens' attempt to transform her into one of them. Skokes believes the war is over for them and their only job now is to find away to escape. As the aliens continue their experiments on Bree, the two prisoners develop a tenderness for one another. When they realize their attempts at escape are futile, John gives her hope for the future of mankind, which she desperately wants to hear.
- DirectorRoland EmmerichStarsWill SmithBill PullmanJeff GoldblumThe aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.Another tricky one, like War of the Worlds or The Day the Earth Stood Still, it shows an ultimately futile military fight back against alien invaders but this (unlike the stricter WotW adaptations) stays focused on their less overt plan to take down the aliens. All the flashy widescreen combat comes at the start of the film though.
This shows more extensive combat than the Predator-esque movies (as mentioned above) but the concerns are similar (it is just that the size of the military force is larger and utilises vehicles). Other films that fall into the same general area are Battle Los Angeles and Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon, but the former has a very MSF feel to it and they are opposing another military force. So I'm drawing the line to include these films but exclude WotW adaptations and TDtESS, as well as films like Skyline, as they might show the military responding to the sci-fi threat but the focus stays on the civilians (with the military being more of a presence at the start or in the middle, rather than at the end). - DirectorJohn WeidnerStarsBilly WirthCady HuffmanJohn Pyper-FergusonSpace pirates, led by diabolical Colonel Fraser, take over a cargo ship carrying anti-matter explosive and an important official. Space marines, led by Captain Gray, must stop their evil plans.Does what it says on the tin.
I do have to wonder if this was designed to cash-in on the release of Starship Troopers, although that'd just be down to the name. - DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsWarwick DavisBrent JasmerJessica CollinsOur deadly leprechaun is in space to woo a beautiful princess who is impressed with his gold and desires to separate him from it.An Aliens spoof with space marines facing off against an outer space Leprechaun - terrible, but personally worth it for the eye-opening take on the chestburster scene.
- StarsMark HamillTom WilsonMalcolm McDowellThe dramatic adventures of a group of space cadets on the Terran carrier Tiger's Claw in total war against a hostile, alien, lion-looking warrior race, the Kilrathi.
- DirectorMichael KeuschStarsRobert PatrickGraham GreeneWil WheatonFormer POW John Skokes, a chief weapons officer and a glory seeking cadet obsessed with the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade" try to drop a doomsday weapon on the aliens' homeworld and win the war.A sequel to "Quality of Mercy", with Jason Patrick's character returning from the first series, joined by Wil Wheaton (so we get a sort of crossover between two franchises I've avoided including here).
- CreatorJonathan GlassnerBrad WrightStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael ShanksAmanda TappingA secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsKurt RussellJason Scott LeeJason IsaacsA soldier trained from birth is deemed obsolete and dumped on a waste planet where he is reluctantly taken in by a community of defenseless, stranded wayfarers.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsBruce BoxleitnerMira FurlanRichard BiggsEmperor Londo Mollari of the Centauri Republic tells the story of the Earth-Minbari War that almost destroyed humanity and later inspired its last best, hope for peace.
- DirectorJanet GreekStarsJerry DoyleTracy ScogginsJeff ConawayA group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.
- DirectorJesús Salvador TreviñoStarsBruce BoxleitnerClaudia ChristianMira FurlanThe crew of Babylon 5 discover an ancient artifact floating in hyperspace.
- DirectorJeff WoolnoughStarsMatt BattagliaAndrew JacksonEric BrysonThe Universal Soldiers are used to smuggle diamonds for a CIA Director, but Luc Deveraux continues to cause him problems.
- DirectorBrad TurnerStarsChristine EliseMiguel FernandesDylan WalshSoldiers are on a mission to kill aliens on a distant planet to protect a mineral necessary and profitable for Earth. The soldiers are injected with a drug to enhance their abilities which has consequences when the drug wears off.1998 was the year The Outer Limits started cranking out MSF.
- DirectorKen GirottiStarsMelissa GilbertJeremy RatchfordTim GuineeA survey team searching for resources for Earth lands on a promising planet which appears to be uninhabited. However, they soon come under attack and must decide how to respond.
- DirectorHelen ShaverStarsAdam BaldwinBarbara Eve HarrisGordon CurrieThe Earth has suffered a planet-wide catastrophe. The crews of two rival Mars bases suspect each other of being responsible. Tensions mount and threaten to get out of hand.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsEwan McGregorLiam NeesonNatalie PortmanTwo Jedi escape a hostile blockade to find allies and come across a young boy who may bring balance to the Force, but the long dormant Sith resurface to claim their original glory.
- DirectorChris RobertsStarsFreddie Prinze Jr.Matthew LillardSaffron BurrowsBlair, a fighter pilot, joins an interstellar war to fight the evil Kilrathi who are trying to destroy the universe.
- DirectorMic RodgersStarsJean-Claude Van DammeBill GoldbergHeidi SchanzThe "universal soldiers" must fight the whole army, when the military's supercomputer S.E.T.H gets out of control.
- DirectorPierre ToressonStarsPierre ToressonJoel VemdalLeo JacobssonJust including this as it is under the "space marine" keyword and it is so obscure it isn't easy to find any information on it.
- DirectorMichael VejarStarsBruce BoxleitnerJerry DoyleJeff ConawayThe Drakh, allies of the Shadows, seek revenge against humanity after the Second Shadow War.
- DirectorJeff WoolnoughStarsRichard McMillanRoger PeriardLayton MorrisonThe Return Luc Deveraux and Veronica Roberts continue their attempts to expose the Universal Soldier unit.
- CreatorDuane CapizziJeff KlineRichard RaynisStarsNicholas GuestBill FagerbakkeAlexander PolinskyThe missions of a Mobile Infantry squad as they participate in a war of survival against a ferocious alien insectoid invader.
- CreatorJ. Michael StraczynskiStarsGary ColeTracy ScogginsDaniel Dae KimSet right after the events of Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999), a team of soldiers and scientists led by Capt. Matthew Gideon have five years to find a cure for an alien plague decimating Earth.
- CreatorRockne S. O'BannonStarsBen BrowderClaudia BlackAnthony SimcoeThrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.Slightly pushing the envelope, but still.. it is my list and I enjoyed it. However, I tend to agree with Future War Stories that Farscape and Andromeda are essentially space opera with military elements but they do include a fair number of battles (unlike something like Lexx, another of the "motley crew in giant space ship farting around the galaxy" series) and often focus on the futility of war (often with more militaristic elements trying to push them into becoming more deeply involved), so I'm including them as limit of the list.
- DirectorDavid DouglasTim DouglasStarsDean CainThomas Ian GriffithJustin WhalinEarth is in a state of constant war and two colonies of humans have been sent to a far away world. The colonists create a new civilization but have inherited the worst traits of their forebears and war breaks out again.
- DirectorDon BluthGary GoldmanStarsMatt DamonDrew BarrymoreBill PullmanA young man learns that he has to find a hidden Earth ship before an enemy alien species does in order to secure the survival of humanity.
- CreatorGene RoddenberryRobert Hewitt WolfeStarsKevin SorboLisa RyderLaura BertramCaptain Dylan Hunt and the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant set out on a mission to rebuild the Systems Commonwealth 300 years after its fall.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsHayden ChristensenNatalie PortmanEwan McGregorTen years after initially meeting, Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala, while Obi-Wan Kenobi discovers a secret clone army crafted for the Jedi.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsMilla JovovichMichelle RodriguezRyan McCluskeyA special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.Although the main focus is on the zombie/mutant horror, there are a lot of sci-fi elements (very much like Aliens really). The sequels are less MSF, more the usual survival horror, so I won't include them.
- 20021h 30mNot Rated6.0 (4.4K)TV MovieDirectorMichael VejarStarsDylan NealAndreas KatsulasAlex ZaharaA disgraced Ranger takes command of an old, possibly haunted, ship on an escort mission that encounters deadly peril from a new enemy civilization.
- StarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellKatee SackhoffFollowing the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a rag-tag fugitive fleet of the last remnants of mankind flees the pursuing Cylons while simultaneously searching for their true home: Earth.
- CreatorCathy JonesBurnie BurnsStarsGustavo SorolaMatt HullumBurnie BurnsAfter the Halo event of 2552, there is a brief but violent period of civil war among the humans. Two armies on opposite sides of a canyon, the Reds and Blues, fight in the most worthless piece of real estate in the galaxy.Halo-based web series.
Red vs Blue #1-5. - DirectorChristian VielStarsAndy BradshawKevin KelsallPatrick SabonguiAfter radioactive devastation destroys the Earth in 2020, the Galactic Marine Infantry is formed to protect the remaining human race, struggling for survival on a distant star.aka Recon 2020
Released in the same year as Starship Troopers 2, conspiracy theorists would suggest its only function was so people could say "ST2 was awful, but at least it wasn't as bad as Recon 2020." - DirectorPhil TippettStarsBilly BrownRichard BurgiKelly CarlsonIn the sequel to Paul Verhoeven's loved/reviled sci-fi film, a group of troopers taking refuge in an abandoned outpost after fighting alien bugs, failing to realize that more danger lays in wait.
- DirectorAbram CoxStarsJames MarshallMichelle GohJohn SavageAfter an experiment to make the ultimate weapon goes wrong, a team of commandos is sent into a genetic research lab and end up getting stalked by a creature that looks a lot like the Predator
- CreatorGlen A. LarsonRonald D. MooreStarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellJamie BamberWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
- CreatorRobert C. CooperBrad WrightStarsJoe FlaniganRachel LuttrellDavid HewlettAn international team of scientists and military personnel discover a Stargate network in the Pegasus Galaxy and come face-to-face with a new, powerful enemy: The Wraith.
- StarsBen BrowderClaudia BlackAnthony SimcoeWhen the evil Scarran Empire initiates a great war, the Peacekeeper Alliance has only one hope: to reunite human astronaut John Crichton, once absorbed by the Peacekeeper galaxy through a wormhole.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsHayden ChristensenNatalie PortmanEwan McGregorThree years into the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi pursues a new threat, while Anakin Skywalker is lured by Chancellor Palpatine into a sinister plot to rule the galaxy.
- DirectorAndrzej BartkowiakStarsKarl UrbanRosamund PikeDwayne JohnsonSpace Marines are sent to investigate strange events at a research facility on Mars but find themselves at the mercy of genetically enhanced killing machines.
- DirectorRob CohenStarsJosh LucasJessica BielJamie FoxxDeeply ensconced in a top-secret military program, three pilots struggle to bring an artificial intelligence program under control before it initiates the next world war.
- DirectorNeil JohnsonStarsEve ConnellyBlake EdgertonPaul DarrowA futuristic sci-fi adventure begins after the destruction of their Universe. With a militaristic race of modified humans in hot pursuit Colonel Mara Shryyke finds herself stranded on an inhospitable planet and discovers a weapon of mass destruction set to destroy her home planet in less then 42 hours!
- CreatorRonald D. MooreStarsDominic ZamprognaAaron DouglasMichael HoganBattlestar Galactica: The Resistance is an online series that aims to fill in the gaps between seasons two and three of the Re-imagined Series. The webisodes can be viewed through the official web portal at Syfy.com. The webisode series was written by Battlestar Galactica veterans Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, and directed by Wayne Rose. The entire series is 27 minutes long in total, divided into 10 episodes. While the Webisodes are included in the Region 1 DVD boxset of Season 3, they are not included in the Region 2 version. They are, however, included on all Blu-ray releases. In particular, the Webisodes chronicle Duck's and Jammer's motivations to become suicide-bomber and collaborator, respectively.
- DirectorRuairi RobinsonStarsDon WycherleyGarvan McGrathCillian MurphyThree soldiers try to reach a city far away in a post-apocalyptic world while facing opposition on their way.
- DirectorAristomenis TsirbasStarsEvan Rachel WoodLuke WilsonJustin LongThe peaceful alien planet Terra faces annihilation, as the homeless remainder of the human race sets its eyes on it. Mala, a rebellious Terrian teenager, will do everything she can to stop it.
- DirectorChristian VielStarsAndy BradshawHeidi HawkinsDeke RichardsAfter the gruesome events on Caprini, Sharp (Anderson Bradshaw) and his elite team of tough, witty and trigger happy space Marines must now head out to the icy planet Mezzo to investigate further Ma'har activities. What they will encounter will defy their imaginations as they tackle giant man eating snow worms, an underground city of Cyborgs, a slew of murderous alien entities and maybe, finally, the ever elusive Ma'hars
- DirectorJesse V. JohnsonStarsDon WilsonKatee SackhoffPeter AllasNo emotion. No fear. No pain. They were the perfect soldiers to protect mankind - until the drone police became the perfect enemy. Tallis, a cyber-enhanced soldier, rescues a rebel beauty and teach her to fight and think like a machine.Low grade attempt, with more padding than I can remember seeing in a film for a while (they might as well have reused the same scenes a few times, rather than go to the trouble of shooting more of the same).
- DirectorFumihiko SoriStarsMeisa KurokiShôsuke TaniharaYasuko MatsuyukiJapan, 2077: A female agent named Vexille is dispatched to Tokyo to investigate whether Japanese are developing robotic technology, which has been banned by the U.N. due to its potential threat to humankind.
- CreatorJ. Michael StraczynskiStarsBruce BoxleitnerTracy ScogginsPeter WoodwardIt's the tenth anniversary of the Interstellar Alliance, and President Sheridan is on his way to Babylon 5 for the celebration. However, he must first deal with a threat from the future, while Lochley handles a case of demonic possession.
- DirectorEdward NeumeierStarsCasper Van DienJolene BlalockStephen HoganJohnny Rico is called back into action to defeat the bugs.
- DirectorFélix Enríquez AlcaláStarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellKatee SackhoffA two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica.
- CreatorRonald D. MooreStarsNico CortezBen CottonJacob BlairA series of webisodes that tell the story of William Adama who as a youth uncovers a Cylon experiment while serving in the first Cylon War.
- DirectorSimon HunterStarsThomas JaneRon PerlmanDevon Aoki28th century soldier Mitch Hunter leads a fight against an army of underworld Mutants.
- DirectorDaniel MyrickStarsJonas BallMatthew R. AndersonJon HuertasA military special operations team, led by a CIA case officer, are on a mission in the harsh and hostile terrain of Afghanistan where they find themselves in a Middle Eastern "Bermuda Triangle" of ancient evil.Granted that the alien menace are more like ancient astronauts but it still fits, although those expecting a big firefight will be disappointed as (possibly more realistically) it shows them struggling to even really comprehend the enemy. So, while worth a watch, it isn't one for someone looking for a cheap MSF fix.
- DirectorGreg AronowitzStarsZack WardMonica MayColleen SmithCaptain Strider, Special Forces Officer in the New World Alliance, has been double-crossed when he accepts to use a government issued experimental suit as protection. It is an experiment to test the suit, which he cannot take off.
- DirectorPhillip HudsonStarsBeau BallingerBronston DeLoneVance HarveyThe year: 3037. Earth is at war with aliens called Mendax. They have remarkable mental abilities and are determined to wipe out all mankind. In retaliation, a military team is sent to the Mendax homeworld. Their mission: To deliver the Devorga Strain, a powerful virus engineered to attack the Mendax immune system, exterminating them from their planet. One of the team members is terribly injured when their ship crash lands on the Mendax homeworld. Will they leave a member of their team behind, or risk being slowed by the burden? When the secret of Homeworld is discovered, they must find the truth within themselves or all is lost. But how can you learn the truth when everything you see and feel may be an illusion?
- DirectorHuân VuStarsBenjamin Ade-ThurowGünther ArnulfErnst BamertFan movie based on Warhammer 40k universe. A holy Inquisitor is sent to a distant planet to inspect rumors of heresy. A band of mercenaries is hired to find the heretics' base in an abandoned industrial complex, but something awakens.A Warhammer 40K fan film that ran into a bit of a problem with copyright, but it was leaked on YouTube (German language only). The website is still up and running, so perhaps one day they'll sort this all out and release it with subs.
There are other fan films in the pipeline - The Lord Inquisitor (another German animated film, but this has got the green light from Games Workshop) and Exterminatus (this one French and live action). Both of which look quite a bit slicker than the first official WH40K movie that got released in 2010. Hopefully, GW can look into getting one of these teams involved in a future project on the visual front. - DirectorRobert C. CooperStarsBen BrowderAmanda TappingChristopher JudgeSG-1 search for an Ancient artifact called the Ark of Truth to finally defeat the Ori. However, the Ark is in the Ori's galaxy.
- DirectorMartin WoodStarsBen BrowderAmanda TappingChristopher JudgeBa'al travels back in time and prevents the Stargate program from being started. SG-1 must somehow restore history.
- DirectorAndrew BellwareStarsRebecca KushSteve DeighanAmelia Randolph CampbellA suspected prisoner uprising brings Marines to the prison planet of Rove 12, but nothing is what it seems. The few surviving prisoners are hiding from a ruthless, blood thirsty creature. Now the prisoners and the marines must fight together to get off the planet ALIVE!
- CreatorRonald D. MooreStarsAlessandro JulianiGrace ParkJessica HarmonThe 10 webisodes, entitled "The Face of the Enemy," tell a story that takes place between seasons 4.0 and 4.5 of Battlestar and follow Lt. Gaeta when he is sent off in a Raptor with a handful of strangers and one of them mysteriously dies. The psychological human-vs.-Cylon struggle is played out in the restrictive confines of a Raptor as everyone is a suspect, and paranoia sets in among the group.
- DirectorBurnie BurnsMatt HullumStarsBurnie BurnsJoel HeymanMatt HullumAfter the events at Blood Gulch and Recovery One, Agent Washington reassembles both teams to uncover a conspiracy behind Project Freelancer, and discover a shocking secret about a certain team member.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverA 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.
- DirectorJohn HyamsStarsDolph LundgrenJean-Claude Van DammeAndrei ArlovskiTerrorists kidnap the Russian Prime Minister's 2 kids, take Chernobyl nuclear power plant and threaten to blow up a reactor. 4 Universal Soldiers go in but are no match to a Next Gen. UniSol Luc (Jean-Claude Van Damme) goes in but faces 2 NGUs.
- DirectorSheldon WilsonStarsGina HoldenJana PallaskeLance HenriksenA group of humans arrive on Sirius 6-B to investigate an SOS signal sent out from the planet, which has been supposedly deserted since the destruction of the man-made weapons known as "screamers." Once the squad arrives, they find a group of human survivors eking out an existence in an old military outpost, but more important, they discover that the threat of the screamers has become even more insidious, now that they're able to morph into human form.
- CreatorRemi AubuchonRonald D. MooreStarsEric StoltzEsai MoralesPaula MalcomsonTwo families, the Graystones and the Adamas, live together on a peaceful planet known as Caprica, where a startling breakthrough in artificial intelligence brings about unforeseen consequences.
- CreatorRobert C. CooperBrad WrightStarsRobert CarlyleLouis FerreiraBrian J. SmithTrapped on an Ancient spaceship billions of light-years from home, a group of soldiers and civilians struggle to survive and find their way back to Earth.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossThe human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.