Upcoming Sci Fi and Fantasy Movies 2017
by bachthang | created - 10 Mar 2017 | updated - 10 Mar 2017 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. What Happened to Monday (2017)
TV-MA | 123 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
In a world where families are limited to one child due to overpopulation, a set of identical septuplets must avoid being put to a long sleep by the government and dangerous infighting while investigating the disappearance of one of their own.
Director: Tommy Wirkola | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe, Marwan Kenzari
Votes: 134,555
Currently no U.S. release date
Why I want to see it: Director of the very funny Dead Snow. This story is actually similar to some ideas that I have had. Starring Noomi Rapace, and William Dafoe can only help as well.
2. How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017)
R | 102 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
An alien touring the galaxy breaks away from her group and meets two young inhabitants of the most dangerous place in the universe: the London borough of Croydon.
Director: John Cameron Mitchell | Stars: Elle Fanning, Alex Sharp, Nicole Kidman, Matt Lucas
Votes: 12,396 | Gross: $0.08M
Currently no U.S. release date.
3. The Circle (I) (2017)
PG-13 | 110 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A woman lands a dream job at a powerful tech company called the Circle, only to uncover an agenda that will affect the lives of all of humanity.
Director: James Ponsoldt | Stars: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Ellar Coltrane
Votes: 100,390 | Gross: $20.50M
Release Date: April 28th 2017
I remember seeing in an interview a few years ago Tom Hanks talked about how much he loves Sci Fi movies. It made me wonder why he isn't in more Sci Fi movies. Well here he is with John Boyega from Star Wars the Force Awakens. Looks like this could be a good one although I've heard very little buzz about it so far.
4. Colossal (2016)
R | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.
Director: Nacho Vigalondo | Stars: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Austin Stowell, Tim Blake Nelson
Votes: 69,192 | Gross: $3.02M
release date: April 7th
the director of the amazing Time Crimes who hasn't made anything that great since. Hoping this one gets him back on track.
5. The Dark Tower (2017)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A boy haunted by visions of a dark tower from a parallel reality teams up with the tower's disillusioned guardian to stop an evil warlock known as the Man in Black who plans to use the boy to destroy the tower and open the gates of Hell.
Director: Nikolaj Arcel | Stars: Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Dennis Haysbert
Votes: 145,847 | Gross: $50.70M
Release Date: July 28th 2017. Expectations are huge for this one from me. Potential to be a new amazing series. Big fan of Idris Elba, and this is one of the bigger series in Stephen King's career. Lets hope for the best for this one.
6. King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Robbed of his birthright, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword from the stone, he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy - whether he likes it or not.
Director: Guy Ritchie | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Jude Law, Djimon Hounsou
Votes: 232,634 | Gross: $39.18M
Release Date: May 12th 2017. Big fan of Guy Ritchie. If I am going to be perfectly honest I wish he would go back to movies like Lock Stock, Snatch, and Rocknrolla, but I suppose he can only do things like that so many times. Even though I don't like his recent efforts nearly as much as the movies I mentioned but I still find them enjoyable so I'm expecting the same here.
7. Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)
PG-13 | 152 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Rey develops her abilities with the help of Luke Skywalker, as the Resistance prepares for battle against the First Order.
Director: Rian Johnson | Stars: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher
Votes: 672,203 | Gross: $620.18M
Release Date: December 15th 2017. Huge Star Wars fan. loved the Force Awakens, and really look forward to Rogue One, and of course Episode 8.
8. The Shape of Water (2017)
R | 123 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.
Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Doug Jones
Votes: 447,798 | Gross: $63.86M
Currently no U.S. release date.
9. The Winged Boy
Drama, Family, Fantasy | Announced
When a young boy living in a small Irish village mysteriously grows wings and learns to fly, he and his family struggle to embrace his unique destiny.
Currently no U.S. release date.
10. 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: 304,105 | Gross: $74.26M
Release date: May 19th Takes place after Prometheus, but before the first Alien. I actually really enjoyed Prometheus even though I seem to be in the minority. Actually like all the Alien movies with the exception of the 3rd one. Hope this one does well, because that would mean more Alien movies.
11. Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
R | 164 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista
Votes: 665,708 | Gross: $92.05M
Release date: October 6th Blade Runner is my favorite movie of all time, and I really look forward to going back to that story. Really enjoyed the directors last movie Scicario, and really look forward to his next movie Arrival which with be followed by this.
12. Ghost in the Shell (2017)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In the near future, Major Mira Killian is the first of her kind: A human saved from a terrible crash, who is cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Director: Rupert Sanders | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Juliette Binoche
Votes: 227,954 | Gross: $40.56M
Release date: March 31st Based on the great Anime, staring Scarlett Johansson. Directed by the (in my opinion not great) Snow White and the Huntsman director. Like Dark Tower lots of potential for a big new franchise here.
13. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
A dark force threatens Alpha, a vast metropolis and home to species from a thousand planets. Special operatives Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the marauding menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Director: Luc Besson | Stars: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna
Votes: 196,964 | Gross: $41.19M
Release date: July 21st Still early but super excited about this one from Luc Besson the director of 5th Element. another one with huge potential for a new franchise. Really hope this one lives up to it's potential because this could become a new favorite if it does.
14. Okja (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun, Jake Gyllenhaal
Votes: 132,193
release date: June 28th
15. Annihilation (I) (2018)
R | 115 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Director: Alex Garland | Stars: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Benedict Wong
Votes: 361,754 | Gross: $32.73M
Currently no U.S. release date.
16. The Cloverfield Paradox (2018)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Orbiting a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis, and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Director: Julius Onah | Stars: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Brühl, John Ortiz
Votes: 113,049
U.S. Release date: October 27th Not familiar with the director, but Produced by J.J. Abrams. Astronauts fighting for survival. Look forward to the trailer for this, but that is enough to keep me interested for now.
17. Life (I) (2017)
R | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens all life on Earth.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada
Votes: 254,018 | Gross: $30.23M
U.S. release Date: March 24h 2017 Jake Gyllenhaal, and Ryan Reynolds find life on Mars from this Swedish director. Could be a good one here.
18. Bright (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 117 min | Action, Fantasy, Thriller
A detective must work with an Orc to find a powerful wand before evil creatures do.
Director: David Ayer | Stars: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Edgar Ramírez
Votes: 201,705
Currently no U.S. release date.
19. Death Note (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A high school student named Light Turner discovers a mysterious notebook that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written within its pages, and launches a secret crusade to rid the world of criminals.
Director: Adam Wingard | Stars: Nat Wolff, LaKeith Stanfield, Margaret Qualley, Shea Whigham
Votes: 90,496
Currently no U.S. release date.
20. Mute (II) (2018)
TV-MA | 126 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A mute bartender goes up against his city's gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner.
Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Rudd, Justin Theroux, Levi Eisenblätter
Votes: 38,172
Currently no U.S. release date.
21. IO (2019)
TV-14 | 96 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
As a young scientist searches for a way to save a dying Earth, she finds a connection with a man who's racing to catch the last shuttle off the planet.
Director: Jonathan Helpert | Stars: Margaret Qualley, Anthony Mackie, Danny Huston, Tom Payne
Votes: 36,384
Currently no U.S. release date
22. The Osiris Child (2016)
Not Rated | 95 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monsters that live inside us all.
Director: Shane Abbess | Stars: Kellan Lutz, Daniel MacPherson, Isabel Lucas, Luke Ford
Votes: 9,241
Currently no U.S. release date.
23. Geostorm (2017)
PG-13 | 109 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When the network of satellites designed to control the global climate starts to attack Earth, it's a race against the clock for its creator to uncover the real threat before a worldwide Geostorm wipes out everything and everyone.
Director: Dean Devlin | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara
Votes: 118,525 | Gross: $33.70M
Release Date: October 20th
24. Kong: Skull Island (2017)
PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
After the Vietnam war, a team of scientists explores an uncharted island in the Pacific, venturing into the domain of the mighty Kong and must fight to escape a primal Eden.
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly
Votes: 348,465 | Gross: $168.05M
U.S. Release date: March 10th
25. Reset (2017)
105 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
When her son is kidnapped, the inventor of a time machine teams up with multiple versions of her future self to rescue him.
Director: Hong-Seung Yoon | Stars: Mi Yang, Wallace Huo, Shih-Chieh King, Chang Liu
Votes: 1,430
Currently no U.S. release date.
26. The Three-Body Problem: I
Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Post-production
Nanomaterials scientist sees countdown, investigated by military. Enters VR game "Three Body" by secret ETO group. Uncovers truth behind scientists' deaths, Cultural Revolution tragedy. Explores connection between events.
Director: Fanfan Zhang | Stars: Shaofeng Feng, Jingchu Zhang, Gang Wu, Yan Tang
Currently no U.S. release date
27. Future World (2018)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
Directors: James Franco, Bruce Thierry Cheung | Stars: James Franco, Suki Waterhouse, Jeff Wahlberg, Margarita Levieva
Votes: 6,881 | Gross: $1.28M
Currently no U.S. release date.
28. Down a Dark Hall (2018)
PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A troubled teen named Kit Gordy is forced to join the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School, just to find herself trapped by dark forces around its mysterious headmistress, Madame Duret.
Director: Rodrigo Cortés | Stars: AnnaSophia Robb, Uma Thurman, Isabelle Fuhrman, Victoria Moroles
Votes: 14,924
Currently no U.S. release date.
29. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
PG-13 | 129 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Captain Jack Sparrow is pursued by old rival Captain Salazar and a crew of deadly ghosts who have escaped from the Devil's Triangle. They're determined to kill every pirate at sea...notably Jack.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Javier Bardem, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 346,117 | Gross: $172.56M
Release Date: May 26th
30. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
The Guardians struggle to keep together as a team while dealing with their personal family issues, notably Star-Lord's encounter with his father, the ambitious celestial being Ego.
Director: James Gunn | Stars: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel
Votes: 759,945 | Gross: $389.81M
Release Date: May 5th
31. Anon (I) (2018)
TV-MA | 100 min | Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
In a world without anonymity or crime, a detective meets a woman who threatens their security.
Director: Andrew Niccol | Stars: Clive Owen, Afiya Bennett, Morgan Allen, Jeffrey Men
Votes: 48,769
Currently no U.S. release date
32. Future Man (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Josh Futturman, a janitor by day and a gamer by night, is recruited by mysterious visitors to travel through time to prevent the extinction of humanity.
Stars: Josh Hutcherson, Eliza Coupe, Derek Wilson, Haley Joel Osment
Votes: 28,706
Currently no U.S. release date.
33. The Bad Batch (2016)
R | 118 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
In a desert dystopia, a young woman is kidnapped by cannibals.
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour | Stars: Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jayda Fink, Keanu Reeves
Votes: 35,525 | Gross: $0.18M
release date: June 23rd
34. Blame! (2017)
TV-14 | 106 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In the distant future, humans are declared "illegal residents" and hunted to near extinction by murderous robots. One day, a group of human scavengers come across a strange man named Killy, who may be the key to humanity's survival.
Director: Hiroyuki Seshita | Stars: Takahiro Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa, Sora Amamiya, Mamoru Miyano
Votes: 9,065
Release Date: May 20th
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