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Ten Popular Science Fiction Movies

1. “Blade Runner 2049” (2017)

• Plot: A young blade runner discovers a secret that could plunge what’s left of society into chaos, and sets out to find Rick Deckard, a former blade runner who’s been missing for 30 years.
• Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas
• IMDb rating: 8.0/10
• Collection: $260 million – Note: Collection figures are in millions of USD.

2. “The Matrix” (1999)

• Plot: A computer programmer discovers that the world around him is a simulated reality created by sentient machines and joins a rebellion to overthrow them.
• Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss
• IMDb rating: 8.7/10
• Collection: $463 million

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3. “Inception” (2010)

• Plot: A professional thief who enters people’s dreams to steal their secrets is given the chance to redeem himself by planting an idea in someone’s mind.
• Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• IMDb rating: 8.8/10
• Collection: $829 million

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4. “Interstellar” (2014)

• Plot: A group of astronauts travel through a wormhole to find humanity’s new home as Earth’s resources are depleted.
• Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain
• IMDb rating: 8.6/10
• Collection: $677 million

5. “The Terminator” (1984)

• Plot: A cyborg assassin travels back in time to kill Sarah Connor, the mother of a future leader of the human resistance against machines.
• Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton
• IMDb rating: 8.0/10
• Collection: $78 million

6. “Minority Report” (2002)

• Plot: A police officer in a future where crime can be predicted and prevented finds himself accused of a murder he has yet to commit.
• Cast: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton
• IMDb rating: 7.7/10
• Collection: $358 million

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7. “War of the Worlds” (2005)

• Plot: A man and his children try to survive an alien invasion as they journey across a war-torn America.
• Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin
• IMDb rating: 6.5/10
• Collection: $591 million

8. “Avatar” (2009)

• Plot: A paraplegic marine is sent to Pandora, a moon with a rich biosphere, to gain control of its resources, but ends up siding with the indigenous people.
• Cast: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver
• IMDb rating: 7.8/10
• Collection: $2.8 billion

9. “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (1951)

• Plot: An alien and his giant robot land on Earth to deliver a message of peace, but are met with fear and mistrust.
• Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
• IMDb rating: 7.3/10
• Collection: $14 million

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10. “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” (1982)

• Plot: A young boy befriends an alien stranded on Earth and helps it find its way home while avoiding the government.
• Cast : Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote
• IMDb rating: 8.0/10
• Collection: $793 million