# List of science fiction films of the 2000s

This is a list of science fiction films released in the 2000s. These films include core elements of science fiction, but can cross into other genres. They have been released to a cinema audience by the commercial film industry and are widely distributed with reviews by reputable critics. Collectively, the science fiction films from the 2000s have received six Academy Awards, twenty Saturn Awards, two Hugo Awards, one Nebula Award, five BAFTA awards, and six Magritte Awards. However, these films also received 17 Golden Raspberry Awards.

## 2000

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| The 6th Day | Roger Spottiswoode | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rapaport | United States | Action thriller |
| Amazone | Philippe de Broca | Jean-Paul Belmondo, Arielle Dombasle, Patrick Bouchitey | France Spain | Adventure comedy |
| Battlefield Earth | Roger Christian | John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker | United States | Action |
| The Cell | Tarsem Singh | Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Escaflowne | Kazuki Akane | | Japan | Action anime |
| Godzilla vs. Megaguirus | Masaaki Tezuka | Misako Tanaka, Shosuke Tanihara, Masato Ibu | Japan | Monster movie |
| Happy Accidents | Brad Anderson | Marisa Tomei, Vincent D'Onofrio | United States | Romantic comedy |
| Hollow Man | Paul Verhoeven | Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin | United States | Action thriller |
| I.K.U. | Shu Lea Cheang | Aja | Japan | Adult film |
| Mission to Mars | Brian De Palma | Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle | United States | Adventure drama |
| Pitch Black | David N. Twohy | Radha Mitchell, Vin Diesel, Cole Hauser | United States | Thriller |
| Possible Worlds | Robert Lepage | Tilda Swinton, Tom McCamus, Sean McCann | Canada | Crime mystery |
| Red Planet | Antony Hoffman | Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss, Benjamin Bratt, Tom Sizemore | United States | Action thriller |
| Space Cowboys | Clint Eastwood | Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner | United States | Action adventure |
| Supernova | Thomas Lee | James Spader, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Lou Diamond Phillips | United States | Horror thriller |
| Titan A.E. | Don Bluth, Gary Goldman | Matt Damon (voice), Bill Pullman (voice), John Leguizamo (voice), Nathan Lane (voice), Drew Barrymore (voice) | United States | Animated adventure |
| Unbreakable | M. Night Shyamalan | Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson | United States | Superhero |
| What Planet Are You From? | Mike Nichols | Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, Greg Kinnear | United States | Comedy |
| X-Men | Bryan Singer | Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin | United States | Action |

## 2001

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Steven Spielberg | Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor | United States | Drama adventure |
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise | Michael J. Fox (voice), James Garner (voice), Leonard Nimoy (voice) | United States | Animation |
| Avalon | Mamoru Oshii | Małgorzata Foremniak, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Jerzy Gudejko | Japan | Fantasy drama |
| The American Astronaut | Cory McAbee | Rocco Sisto, Annie Golden | United States | Musical comedy |
| Cowboy Bebop:The Movie | Shin'ichirō Watanabe | Kôichi Yamadera, Unshô Ishizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Aoi Tada | Japan | Animation |
| Donnie Darko | Richard Kelly | Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Electric Dragon 80.000 V | Sogo Ishii | Masatoshi Nagase | Japan | Fantasy drama |
| Evolution | Ivan Reitman | David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott | United States | Comedy |
| Final | Campbell Scott | Denis Leary, Hope Davis, Maureen Anderman | United States | Drama thriller |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motonori Sakakibara | | United States | Animation |
| Ghosts of Mars | John Carpenter | Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham | United States | Action horror |
| Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack | Shusuke Kaneko | | Japan | Kaiju |
| Jason X | James Isaac | Kane Hodder | United States | Slasher film |
| Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | John A. Davis | | United States | Animation |
| Jurassic Park III | Joe Johnston | Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni | United States | Action adventure |
| K-PAX | Iain Softley | Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack | United States | Mystery drama |
| The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra | Larry Blamire | Larry Blamire, Fay Masterson, Brian Howe | United States | Comedy spoof |
| Metropolis | Rintaro | | Japan | Anime |
| Mimic 2 | Jean de Segonzac | Alix Koromzay, Bruno Campos, Will Estes, Jon Polito | United States | Horror |
| Mind Storm | Richard Pepin | Antonio Sabato, Jr., Emmanuelle Vaugier, Eric Roberts | United States | Horror mystery |
| Nabi | Moon Seung-wook | Kim Ho-jung, Kang Hye-jung, Jang Hyun-sung | South Korea | Psychological drama |
| The One | James Wong | Jet Li, Carla Gugino, Delroy Lindo | United States | Action thriller |
| Planet of the Apes | Tim Burton | Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter | United States | Action adventure |
| The Princess Blade | Shinsuke Sato | Hideaki Itō, Yumiko Shaku, Shiro Sano | Japan | Action |
| Replicant | Ringo Lam | Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker | United States | Action thriller |
| Vanilla Sky | Cameron Crowe | Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz | United States | Psychological thriller |

## 2002

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 28 Days Later | Danny Boyle | Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson | United Kingdom | Horror |
| 2009: Lost Memories | Lee Si-myung | Jang Dong-gun, Toru Nakamura | South Korea | Action thriller |
| The Adventures of Pluto Nash | Ron Underwood | Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson | United States | Comedy |
| Clockstoppers | Jonathan Frakes | Jesse Bradford, French Stewart | United States | Comedy |
| Cowboy Bebop: The Movie | Shinichiro Watanabe, Yoshiyuki Takei | | Japan | Anime crime action |
| Cube 2: Hypercube | Andrzej Sekuła | Kari Matchett, Geraint Wyn Davies, Grace Lynn Kung | Canada | Psychological thriller, horror |
| Cypher | Vincenzo Natali | Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu | United States | Thriller |
| Dead or Alive: Final | Takashi Miike | Show Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi | Japan | Cyberpunk |
| Eight Legged Freaks | Ellory Elkayem | David Arquette, Kari Wührer, Scott Terra | United States | Comedy horror |
| Equilibrium | Kurt Wimmer | Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs | United States | Action |
| Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla | Masaaki Tezuka | Yumiko Shaku, Kana Onodera, Shin Takuma | Japan | Kaiju |
| Happy Here and Now | Michael Almereyda | Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III | United States | Drama |
| Impostor | Gary Fleder | Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, Vincent D'Onofrio | United States | Action thriller |
| The Last Man | Harry Ralston | David Arnott, Jeri Ryan, Dan Montgomery | United States | Post apocalyptic comedy drama |
| Lilo & Stitch | Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois | Lilo Pelekai, Chris Sanders | United States | Animated family |
| Men in Black II | Barry Sonnenfeld | Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle, Rosario Dawson | United States | Action comedy |
| Minority Report | Steven Spielberg | Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton | United States | Action mystery |
| Project Viper | Jay Andrews | Theresa Russell, Patrick Muldoon, Tim Thomerson | United States | Action horror |
| Reign of Fire | Rob Bowman | Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco | United States | Action |
| Resident Evil | Paul W. S. Anderson | Milla Jovovich, Oscar Pearce, Indra Ové | United States | Horror |
| Returner | Takashi Yamazaki | Takeshi Kaneshiro, Anne Suzuki, Kirin Kiki | Japan | Action adventure |
| Rollerball | John McTiernan | Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J | United States | Action |
| Simone | Andrew Niccol | Al Pacino, Catherine Keener, Pruitt Taylor Vince | United States | Comedy |
| Science Fiction | Danny Deprez | Wendy Van Dijk, Koen De Bouw, Liesbeth Kamerling | Netherlands | Family adventure |
| Scorcher | James Seale | Mark Dacascos, John Rhys-Davies, Tamara Davies, Mark Rolston, Rutger Hauer | United States | Action adventure |
| Signs | M. Night Shyamalan | Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Cherry Jones | United States | Thriller |
| So Close | Corey Yuen | Shu Qi, Zhao Wei, Karen Mok | United Kingdom Hong Kong | Action |
| Solaris | Steven Soderbergh | George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies | United States | Psychological drama |
| Spider-Man | Sam Raimi | Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst | United States | Fantasy action adventure |
| Star Trek: Nemesis | Stuart Baird | Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Tom Hardy | United States | Action thriller |
| Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | George Lucas | Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz | United States | Space Adventure |
| Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat In Space | t. o. L. | | Japan | Anime |
| Teknolust | Lynn Hershman Leeson | Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak | United States | Drama |
| Treasure Planet | Ron Clements, John Musker | Joseph Gordon-Levitt (voice), Emma Thompson (voice), Brian Murray (voice) | United States | Animated family adventure |
| The Time Machine | Simon Wells | Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Mark Addy, Orlando Jones, Jeremy Irons | United States | Time travel |
| Timequest | Robert Dyke | Caprice Benedetti, Bruce Campbell, Vince Grant, Victor Slezak | United States | Time travel |
| Trancers 6 | Jay Woelfel | Zette Sullivan, Timothy Prindle | United States | |

## 2003

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| Absolon | David Barto | Christopher Lambert, Kelly Brook, Lou Diamond Phillips, Ron Perlman | United Kingdom | Action thriller |
| Alien Hunter | Ron Krauss | James Spader, Leslie Stefanson, Carl Lewis | United States Bulgaria | Action thriller |
| Beyond Re-Animator | Brian Yuzna | Jeffrey Combs, Jason Barry, Elsa Pataky | United States | Sci-fi horror |
| The Big Empty | Steve Anderson | Jon Favreau, Joey Lauren Adams, Kelsey Grammer | United States | Mystery comedy |
| Code 46 | Michael Winterbottom | Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Jeanne Balibar | United Kingdom | Romance |
| The Core | Jon Amiel | Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo | United States | Disaster film |
| Dragon Head | Jôji Iida | Satoshi Tsumabuki, Sayaka Kanda, Takayuki Yamada | Japan | Mystery drama |
| Dreamcatcher | Lawrence Kasdan | Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee | United States | Horror drama |
| Godzilla: Tokyo SOS | Masaaki Tezuka | Noboru Kaneko, Miho Yoshioka, Katsuya Onizuka | Japan | Giant Monster Film |
| Good Boy! | John Hoffman | Molly Shannon, Liam Aiken, Kevin Nealon | United States | Family comedy drama |
| Hulk | Ang Lee | Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott | United States | Superhero |
| Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem | Kazuhisa Takenouchi | | France Japan | Anime |
| It's All About Love | Thomas Vinterberg | Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Sean Penn | United States Denmark | Apocalyptic |
| Koi... Mil Gaya | Rakesh Roshan | Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Rekha | India | Hindi film; Fantasy drama |
| The Matrix Reloaded | The Wachowskis | Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne | United States | Action adventure |
| The Matrix Revolutions | The Wachowskis | Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne | United States | Action adventure |
| Mimic 3: Sentinel | J. T. Petty | Karl Geary, Alexis Dziena, Rebecca Mader, Lance Henriksen | United States | Horror |
| Moon Child | Takahisa Zeze | Gackt Camui, Hyde Takarai, Leehom Wang | Japan | Action drama |
| Natural City | Min Byeong-cheon | Yoo Ji-tae, Yoon Chan, Seo Rin | South Korea | Action drama |
| Paycheck | John Woo | Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman | United States | Action thriller |
| Robot Stories | Greg Pak | Tamlyn Tomita, James Saito, Wai Ching Ho | United States | Indie drama |
| Save the Green Planet! | Jang Joon-hwan | Shin Ha-kyun, Baek Yoon-sik | South Korea | Comedy horror thriller |
| Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines | Jonathan Mostow | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken | United States | Action |
| Timeline | Richard Donner | Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler | United States | Fantasy |
| Undead | Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig | Felicity Mason, Mungo McKay, Rob Jenkins | Australia | Zombie horror comedy |
| Wonderful Days | Sunmin Park, Kim Moon-saeng | | South Korea | Animation |
| WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 | Fumihiko Takayama | | Japan | Anime |
| X2 | Bryan Singer | Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin | United States | Superhero |

## 2004

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 2046 | Wong Kar-wai | Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Gong Li, Takuya Kimura | Hong Kong | Romantic drama |
| After the Apocalypse | Yasuaki Nakajima | | Japan | Drama |
| Alien vs. Predator | Paul W. S. Anderson | Sanaa Lathan, Raoul Bova, Lance Henriksen | United States | Action thriller |
| Appleseed | Shinji Aramaki | | Japan | Anime |
| The Butterfly Effect | Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Casshern | Kiriya Kazuaki | Yusuke Iseya, Kumiko Asō, Toshiaki Karasawa | Japan | Action |
| The Chronicles of Riddick | David N. Twohy | Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Thandie Newton | United States | Action adventure |
| Cube Zero | Ernie Barbarash | Zachary Bennett, Michael Riley | Canada | Horror |
| The Day After Tomorrow | Roland Emmerich | Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ian Holm | United States | Disaster film |
| Dead Leaves | Hiroyuki Imaishi | | Japan | Anime |
| Decoys | Matthew Hastings | Meghan Ory, Kim Poirier, Enis Esmer | Canada | Horror |
| District 13 | Pierre Morel | David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli, Dany Verissimo | France | Action |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Michel Gondry | Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet | United States | Romantic comedy |
| FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions | Carlos Atanes | Xavier Tort, Anne Celine Auche | Spain | Dystopia |
| The Final Cut | Omar Naim | Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, James Caviezel | United States | Thriller |
| The Forgotten | Joseph Ruben | Julianne Moore, Dominic West, Gary Sinise | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | Mamoru Oshii | Akio Ôtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Kôichi Yamadera, | Japan | Anime |
| Godsend | Nick Hamm | Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn, Cameron Bright, Robert De Niro | United States Canada | Horror |
| Godzilla: Final Wars | Ryuhei Kitamura | Masahiro Matsuoka, Rei Kikukawa | Japan | Kaiju |
| G.O.R.A. | Ömer Faruk Sorak | Cem Yılmaz, Özge Özberk, Şafak Sezer | Turkey | Comedy |
| I, Robot | Alex Proyas | Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk | United States | Action mystery |
| Immortel (ad vitam) | Enki Bilal | Charlotte Rampling, Thomas Kretschmann, Linda Hardy | France | Crime |
| Night Watch | Timur Bekmambetov | Konstantin Khabensky, Vladimir Menshov, Valery Zolotukhin | Russia | Horror |
| Paranoia 1.0 | Jeff Renfroe, Marteinn Thorsson | Jeremy Sisto, Deborah Kara Unger, Bruce Payne | United States Romania Iceland | Cyberpunk |
| Phil the Alien | Rob Stefaniuk | Rob Stefaniuk, Nicole de Boer, Graham Greene | Canada | Comedy |
| The Place Promised in Our Early Days | Makoto Shinkai | | Japan | Anime |
| Post Impact | Christoph Schrewe | Dean Cain, Bettina Zimmermann, Adrienne McQueen | Germany United States | Post-Impact |
| Primer | Shane Carruth | Shane Carruth, David Sullivan | United States | Drama |
| Resident Evil: Apocalypse | Alexander Witt | Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Oded Fehr | United States | Horror |
| Six: The Mark Unleashed | Kevin Downes | Stephen Baldwin, Eric Roberts | United States | Action drama |
| Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Kerry Conran | Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie | United States | Pulp adventure |
| Spider-Man 2 | Sam Raimi | Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco | United States | Superhero |
| Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation | Phil Tippett | Billy Brown, Richard Burgi, Kelly Carlson, Cy Carter | United States | Action Adventure Horror |
| The Stepford Wives | Frank Oz | Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler | United States | Black comedy |
| Thunderbirds | Jonathan Frakes | Bill Paxton, Anthony Edwards, Sophia Myles | United States | Adventure |

## 2005

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| Æon Flux | Karyn Kusama | Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller | United States | Action thriller |
| Allegro | Christoffer Boe | Ulrich Thomsen, Helena Christensen, Henning Moritzen | Denmark | Romantic drama |
| Alien Abduction | Eric Forsberg | Megan Lee Ethridge, Griff Furst, Marissa Morse | United States | Horror |
| The Cave | Bruce Hunt | Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian | United States | Horror |
| Chicken Little | Mark Dindal | | United States | Animated family comedy |
| The Dark Hours | Paul Fox | Kate Greenhouse, Aidan Devine, Gordon Currie | Canada | Psychological thriller |
| Doom | Andrzej Bartkowiak | Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Razaaq Adoti | Czech Republic Germany United Kingdom United States | Horror |
| Evil Aliens | Jake West | Emily Booth, Christopher Adamson, Norman Lovett | United Kingdom | Horror comedy |
| Fantastic Four | Tim Story | Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis | United States | Superhero |
| Final Fantasy VII Advent Children | Tetsuya Nomura, Takeshi Nozue | | Japan | Animation |
| The Girl from Monday | Hal Hartley | Bill Sage, Sabrina Lloyd, Tatiana Abracos | United States | Comedy |
| Headspace | Andrew van den Houten | Olivia Hussey, William Atherton, Sean Young | United States | Horror mystery |
| H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds | Timothy Hines | | United States | Action drama |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Garth Jennings | Martin Freeman, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell | United States United Kingdom | Comedy |
| The Island | Michael Bay | Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Sean Bean | United States | Thriller |
| The Jacket | John Maybury | Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh | United States | Psychological thriller |
| Man with the Screaming Brain | Bruce Campbell | Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi | United States | Slapstick |
| Meatball Machine | Yūdai Yamaguchi, Junichi Yamamoto | Issei Takahashi, Aoba Kawai | Japan | Horror |
| Puzzlehead | James Bai | Stephen Galaida, Robbie Shapiro | United States | Drama |
| Robots | Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha | | United States | Animation |
| Serenity | Joss Whedon | Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk | United States | Space Adventure |
| Slipstream | David Van Eyssen | Vinnie Jones, Sean Astin | United States | Time travel |
| A Sound of Thunder | Peter Hyams | Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, Ben Kingsley | United States | Time travel adventure |
| Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | George Lucas | Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Frank Oz | United States | Space Adventure |
| Stealth | Rob Cohen | Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard | United States | Action |
| Steamboy | Katsuhiro Otomo | | Japan | Anime |
| War of the Worlds | Steven Spielberg | Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning | United States | Alien invasion |
| The Wild Blue Yonder | Werner Herzog | Brad Dourif | United Kingdom France Germany | Documentary mashup |
| Zathura: A Space Adventure | Jon Favreau | Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard | United States | Fantasy adventure |

## 2006

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| A Scanner Darkly | Richard Linklater | Keanu Reeves (voice), Robert Downey Jr. (voice), Woody Harrelson (voice) | United States | Animation crime-drama |
| Aachi & Ssipak | Joe Bum-Jim | | South Korea | Animation |
| Alien Autopsy | Jonny Campbell | Ant McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Bill Pullman | Germany United Kingdom | Comedy |
| Altered | Eduardo Sanchez | Paul McCarthy Boyington, James Gammon, Brad William Henke | United States | Horror |
| Aziris Nuna | Oleg Kompasov | Aleksandr Filippenko | Russia | Action adventure |
| Children of Men | Alfonso Cuarón | Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine | United States | Adventure drama |
| The Cloud | Gregor Schnitzler | Paula Kalenberg, Franz Dinda, Hans-Laurin Beyerling | Germany | German title: Die Wolke. Drama thriller |
| Daft Punk's Electroma | Daft Punk | Peter Hurteau, Michael Reich | United States France | Drama |
| The Dark Hour | Elio Quiroga | Silke Hornillos Klein, Omar Muñoz, Pepo Oliva | Spain | Horror mystery |
| Day Watch | Timur Bekmambetov | Konstantin Khabensky, Maria Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov | Russia | Action fantasy |
| Dead and Deader | Patrick Dinhut | Dean Cain, Guy Torry, Susan Ward | United States | Action horror comedy |
| Déjà Vu | Tony Scott | Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Val Kilmer | United States | Action crime-thriller |
| Displaced | Martin Holland | Mark Strange, Malcolm Hankey, Stephanie Fend | United Kingdom | Action adventure |
| The Fountain | Darren Aronofsky | Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz | United States | Romantic drama |
| Gamera the Brave | Ryuta Tasaki | Ryo Tomioka, Kanji Tsuda, Kaho | Japan | Kaiju |
| The Girl Who Leapt Through Time | Mamoru Hosoda | Riisa Naka (voice), Takuya Ishida (voice), Mitsutaka Itakura (voice) | Japan | Anime |
| The Host | Bong Joon-ho | Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il | South Korea | Monster |
| Idiocracy | Mike Judge | Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard | United States | Satirical comedy |
| Japan Sinks | Shinji Higuchi | Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kou Shibasaki, Etsushi Toyokawa | Japan | Japanese title: Nihon Chinbotsu. Adventure drama |
| The Kovak Box | Daniel Monzón | Timothy Hutton, Lucía Jiménez, Annette Badland | Spain United Kingdom | Mystery thriller |
| Krrish | Rakesh Roshan | Hrithik Roshan, Priyanka Chopra, Naseeruddin Shah, Rekha | India | Hindi superhero film |
| Lifted | Gary Rydstrom | | United States | Animation |
| Paprika | Satoshi Kon | | Japan | Anime |
| The Prestige | Christopher Nolan | Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine | United Kingdom United States | |
| The Ugly Swans | Konstantin Lopushansky | Catherine Dussart, Gregory Hlady | Russia France | thriller |
| Renaissance | Christian Volckman | | France | Animation |
| Right at Your Door | Chris Gorak | Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane, Scotty Noyd, Max Kasch, Will McCormack | English | Drama Thriller |
| Southland Tales | Richard Kelly | Dwayne Johnson, Justin Timberlake, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mandy Moore | United States | Dark comedy drama |
| Slither | James Gunn | Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry | United States | Horror comedy |
| S.S. Doomtrooper | David Flores | Corin Nemec, Ben Cross, James Pomitcher | United States | Television film |
| Superman Returns | Bryan Singer | Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, Kevin Spacey, Parker Posey | United States | Superhero |
| Ultimate Avengers - The Movie | Curt Geda, Steven E. Gordon | Justin Gross, Grey Griffin, Michael Massee | United States | Animated film |
| Ultraviolet | Kurt Wimmer | Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright | United States | Action |
| Unidentified | Rich Christiano | Jonathan Aube, Josh Adamson, Rebecca St. James | United States | Supernatural |
| V for Vendetta | James McTeigue | Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving | United States | Dystopian thriller |
| Wrestlemaniac | Jesse Baget | Rey Misterio, Sr., Irwin Keyes, Leyla Milani | United States | Horror |
| X-Men: The Last Stand | Brett Ratner | Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart | United States United Kingdom | Superhero |
| Zerophilia | Martin Curland | Taylor Handley, Dustin Seavey | United States | Romantic comedy |

## 2007

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem | Greg Strause, Colin Strause | Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, Shareeka Epps | United States | Action horror |
| Appleseed Ex Machina | Shinji Aramaki | | Japan | Anime |
| 28 Weeks Later | Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner | Spain United States United Kingdom | Post-apocalyptic horror |
| Big Man Japan | Hitoshi Matsumoto | Hitoshi Matsumoto, Riki Takeuchi, Ua | Japan | Comedy |
| Chrysalis | Julien Leclercq | Albert Dupontel, Estelle Lefébure, Marie Guillard | France | Crime drama |
| Eden Log | Franck Vestiel | Clovis Cornillac, Vimala Pons, | France | Horror mystery |
| Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone | Hideaki Anno | Megumi Ogata (voice), Megumi Hayashibara (voice), Kotono Mitsuishi (voice) | Japan | Anime |
| Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer | Tim Story | Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis | United States | Action adventure |
| Flatland The Film | Ladd Ehlinger Jr. | | United States | Animation |
| I Am Legend | Francis Lawrence | Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson-Whitfield | United States | Post-apocalyptic thriller |
| Illegal Aliens | David Giancola | Joanie "Chyna" Laurer, Anna Nicole Smith, Dennis Lemoine | United States | Comedy |
| The Invasion | Oliver Hirschbiegel | Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam | United States | Thriller |
| The Last Mimzy | Bob Shaye | Chris O'Neil, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Timothy Hutton | United States | Family adventure |
| The Last Sentinel | Jesse V. Johnson | Don Wilson, Katee Sackhoff, Peter Allas | United States | Action |
| Meet the Robinsons | Stephen Anderson | | United States | Animation |
| The Mist | Frank Darabont | Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden | United States | Horror |
| Next | Lee Tamahori | Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel | United States | Action thriller |
| Paragraf 78, Punkt 1 | Mikhail Khleborodov | | Russia | Action thriller |
| Proxima | Carlos Atanes | Oriol Aubets, Anthony Blake, Arantxa Peña | Spain | Underground |
| Resident Evil: Extinction | Russell Mulcahy | Milla Jovovich, Oded Fehr, Ali Larter | United States | Action horror |
| Sex and Death 101 | Daniel Waters | Simon Baker, Winona Ryder, Leslie Bibb, Patton Oswalt | United States | Dark Comedy |
| Spider-Man 3 | Sam Raimi | Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco | United States | Superhero |
| Sunshine | Danny Boyle | Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne | United States United Kingdom | Thriller |
| Superman: Doomsday | Bruce Timm, Lauren Montgomery, Brandon Vietti | Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, James Marsters | United States | Animated superhero film |
| Timecrimes | Nacho Vigalondo | Karra Elejalde, Barbara Goenaga, Nacho Vigalondo | Spain | Time-travel mystery |
| TMNT | Kevin Munroe | Chris Evans (voice), Sarah Michelle Gellar (voice), Patrick Stewart (voice), Mako (voice) | United States Hong Kong | Animation |
| Transformers | Michael Bay | Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson | United States | Action thriller |
| The Man from Earth | | John Billingsley | United States | Drama |
| Underdog | Frederik Du Chau | Jason Lee (voice), Peter Dinklage (voice), James Belushi (voice) | United States | Animation |
| Vexille | Fumihiko Sori | | United States | Anime |

## 2008

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 20th Century Boys | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa | Japan | |
| Alien Raiders | Ben Rock | Carlos Bernard, Mathew St. Patrick, Courtney Ford, Rockmond Dunbar | United States | Horror |
| Babylon A.D. | Mathieu Kassovitz | Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh | France United States | Action adventure |
| Blindness | Fernando Meirelles | Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover | United States | Psychological thriller |
| City of Ember | Gil Kenan | Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Mackenzie Crook, | United States | Fantasy adventure |
| CJ7 | Stephen Chow | Stephen Chow, Kitty Zhang Yuqi | Hong Kong | Comedy |
| The Clone Returns Home | Kanji Nakajima | Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Eri Ishida, Hiromi Nagasaku, Kyûsaku Shimada | Japan | |
| Cloverfield | Matt Reeves | Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel, Odette Yustman | United States | Monster movie |
| Cyborg Soldier | John Stead | Rich Franklin, Tiffani Thiessen, Bruce Greenwood | United States | |
| Dance of the Dead | Gregg Bishop | Jared Kusnitz, Grayson Chadwick, Chandler Darby | United States | Horror comedy |
| Dante 01 | Marc Caro | Lambert Wilson, Dominique Pinon | France | Thriller |
| Dasavathaaram | K.S.Ravikumar | Kamal Haasan, Asin Thottumkal | India | Action disaster |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Scott Derrickson | Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates | United States | Drama thriller |
| Death Race | Paul W. S. Anderson | Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane | United States | Action |
| Doomsday | Neil Marshall | Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Malcolm McDowell | United Kingdom | Action thriller |
| Far Cry | Uwe Boll | Til Schweiger, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Craig Fairbrass | Canada | Action adventure |
| Franklyn | Gerald McMorrow | Ryan Phillippe, Eva Green, Sam Riley | United Kingdom | Fantasy drama |
| Ghost In The Shell 2.0 | Mamoru Oshii | Atsuko Tanaka (voice), Akio Otsuka (voice), Kôichi Yamadera (voice), Tesshô Genda (voice) | Japan | |
| The Happening | M. Night Shyamalan | Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo | United States | Thriller |
| The Inhabited Island | Fyodor Bondarchuk | Sergei Barkovsky, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov | Russia | Action adventure |
| The Incredible Hulk | Louis Leterrier | Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt | United States | Superhero |
| Iron Man | Jon Favreau | Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges | United States | Superhero |
| Jumper | Doug Liman | Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson | United States | Action adventure |
| Justice League: The New Frontier | Dave Bullock | David Boreanaz, Miguel Ferrer, Neal Patrick Harris | United States | Animated superhero film |
| Love Story 2050 | Harry Baweja | Priyanka Chopra, Harman Baweja | India | Action drama |
| Meet Dave | Brian Robbins | Eddie Murphy, Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms | United States | Family comedy |
| The Mutant Chronicles | Simon Hunter | Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki | United States | Action horror |
| Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow | Jay Oliva | Noah Crawford, Brenna O'Brien, Aidan Drummond, Dempsey Pappion (all voice) | United States | Adventure Action Family Animation |
| Outlander | Howard McCain | James Caviezel, Jack Huston, Sophia Myles | United States | Action adventure |
| Repo! The Genetic Opera | Darren Lynn Bousman | Alexa Vega, Anthony Stewart Head, Paris Hilton | United States | Musical film |
| Resident Evil: Degeneration | Makoto Kamiya | Paul Mercier, Alyson Court, Laura Bailey, Roger Craig Smith | Japan | Animation Action Horror Thriller |
| Sleep Dealer | Alex Rivera | Luis Fernando Peña, Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas | Mexico United States | Cyberpunk |
| Starship Troopers 3: Marauder | Edward Neumeier | Casper Van Dien, Jolene Blalock, Stephen Hogan, Boris Kodjoe | United States South Africa Germany | Action Adventure |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Dave Filoni | Matt Lanter (voice), James Arnold Taylor (voice), Ashley Eckstein (voice) | United States | Animation |
| Tokyo Gore Police | Yoshihiro Nishimura | Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Yukihide Benny | United States Japan | Gore |
| WALL-E | Andrew Stanton | Ben Burtt (voice), Elissa Knight (voice), Jeff Garlin (voice) | United States | Animation |
| The X-Files: I Want to Believe | Chris Carter | David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet | United States | Thriller |
| Zombie Strippers | Jay Lee | Robert Englund, Jenna Jameson, Penny Drake | United States | Horror comedy |

## 2009

| Title | Director | Cast | Country | Subgenre/Notes |
| 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa | Japan | |
| 20th Century Boys 3: Redemption | Yukihiko Tsutsumi | Naoto Takenaka, Teruyuki Kagawa, Takako Tokiwa | Japan | |
| 2012 | Roland Emmerich | John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson | United States | Disaster |
| 9 | Shane Acker | Elijah Wood (voice), Jennifer Connelly (voice), Christopher Plummer (voice) | United States | Animation |
| Alien Trespass | R. W. Goodwin | Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick | United States | Comedy |
| Astroboy | David Bowers | Nicolas Cage (voice), Donald Sutherland (voice), Freddie Highmore (voice) | Hong Kong United States | Animated |
| Avatar | James Cameron | Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang | United States | Action adventure |
| Battle for Terra | Keith Calder | Brian Cox (voice), James Garner (voice), Evan Rachel Wood (voice) | United States | Animated action |
| The Box | Richard Kelly | Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella | United States | Psychological horror |
| Cargo | Ivan Engler, Ralph Etter | Anna-Katharina Schwabroh, Martin Rapold | Switzerland | Mystery thriller |
| Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | Phil Lord, Christopher Miller | Bill Hader, Anna Faris | United States | Animated comedy |
| District 9 | Neill Blomkamp | Jason Cope, Robert Hobbs, Sharlto Copley | United States New Zealand South Africa | Thriller |
| Dragonball Evolution | James Wong | Justin Chatwin, Chow Yun-fat, Emmy Rossum | United States | Science fantasy, action adventure |
| Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance | Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hideaki Anno, Masayuki | Megumi Ogata (voice), Megumi Hayashibara (voice), Yūko Miyamura (voice) | Japan | Anime, mecha |
| Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel | Gareth Carrivick | Chris O'Dowd, Marc Wootton, Anna Faris | United Kingdom | Comedy |
| Gamer | Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor | Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall | United States | Thriller |
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Stephen Sommers | Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Dennis Quaid | United States | Action |
| Green Lantern: First Flight | Lauren Montgomery | Christopher Meloni, Victor Garber, Tricia Heifer | United States | Animated superhero film |
| Hulk vs | Frank Paur | Fred Tatasciore (voice), Matthew Wolf (voice), Graham McTavish (voice), Grey Griffin (voice) | United States | Fantasy Action Animation |
| Kenny Begins | Carl Åstrand, Mats Lindberg | Johan Rheborg, Bill Skarsgård | Sweden | Comedy |
| Knowing | Alex Proyas | Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury | United States | Disaster thriller |
| Land of the Lost | Brad Silberling | Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride | United States | Comedy |
| Metropia | Tarik Saleh | Vincent Gallo (voice), Juliette Lewis (voice), Udo Kier (voice) | Sweden | Animation |
| Mock-Up on Mu | Craig Baldwin | Stoney Burke, Jeri Lynn Cohen, David Cox, Ed Holmes, Damon Packard | United States | Comedy |
| Monsters vs. Aliens | Conrad Vernon, Rob Letterman | Reese Witherspoon (voice), Hugh Laurie (voice), Kiefer Sutherland (voice), Stephen Colbert (voice) | United States | Animated comedy |
| Moon | Duncan Jones | Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey | United Kingdom | Drama |
| Mr. Nobody | Jaco Van Dormael | Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Sarah Polley | Belgium Canada France Germany | Fantasy drama |
| Pandorum | Christian Alvart | Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet | United States Germany | Action thriller |
| Planet 51 | Jorge Blanco [fr] | Dwayne Johnson (voice), Justin Long (voice), Jessica Biel (voice) | Spain United States | Animation |
| Push | Paul McGuigan | Chris Evans, Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou | United States Hong Kong | Action thriller |
| Race to Witch Mountain | Andy Fickman | Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, AnnaSophia Robb | United States | Adventure |
| Redline | Takeshi Koike | Takuya Kimura (voice), Yū Aoi (voice), Tadanobu Asano (voice) | Japan | Anime |
| Robo-geisha | Noboru Iguchi | | Japan | Action |
| Screamers: The Hunting | Sheldon Wilson | Gina Holden, Jana Pallaske, Lance Henriksen | United States | Horror |
| Space Battleship Yamato: Resurrection | | | Japan | Anime |
| Splice | Vincenzo Natali | Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, David Hewlett | Canada United States | Horror |
| Star Trek | J. J. Abrams | Chris Pine, Eric Bana, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana | United States | Action adventure |
| Stingray Sam | Cory McAbee | Cory McAbee, Joshua Taylor | United States | Musical western comedy |
| Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Sam Liu | Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Clancy Brown | United States | Animated superhero film |
| Surrogates | Jonathan Mostow | Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell | United States | Action |
| Terminator Salvation | McG | Christian Bale, Sam Worthington | United States | Action |
| Tetsuo: The Bullet Man | Shinya Tsukamoto | Eric Bossick, Akiko Monō, Shinya Tsukamoto | Japan | Cyberpunk action |
| The Time Traveler's Wife | Robert Schwentke | Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston | United States | Time travel mystery drama |
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Michael Bay | Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson | United States | Action thriller |
| Watchmen | Zack Snyder | Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino | United States | Superhero |
| Wonder Woman | Lauren Montgomery | Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Alfred Molina, Rosario Dawson | United States | Animation Action Adventure Fantasy |
| Zone of the Dead | Milan Konjević, Milan Todorović | Ken Foree, Kristina Klebe, Emilio Roso | Serbia | Horror |