Starship Troopers (1997)

Alien (1979)

Summary: The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating an unknown transmission.

Release Date: June 22, 1979

Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Ridley Scott

Writers: Dan O'Bannon

Runtime: 1 h 57 min

MPAA: R

Production: Brandywine Productions

Distributor: CBS/Fox, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Alien

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 81,900,459

International: $ 24,385,063

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Summary: Luke 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 ...

Release Date: May 25, 1977

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: George Lucas

Writer: George Lucas

Runtime: 2 h 01 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Lucasfilm, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Video, CBS/Fox, Home Box Office (HBO), CBS, Disney Channel, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Star Wars

Movie budget: $ 11,000,000

Domestic: $ 460,998,507

International: $ 314,400,000

Aliens (1986)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: July 18, 1986

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: James Cameron

Writers: James Cameron

, David Giler

, Walter Hill

Runtime: 2 h 17 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Brandywine Productions, Pinewood Studios, SLM Production Group

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS/Fox, CBS, Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Tubi TV

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Franchise: Alien

Movie budget: $ 18,500,000

Domestic: $ 85,160,248

International: $ 45,900,000

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Summary: After the Empire overpowers the Rebel Alliance, Luke Skywalker begins his Jedi training with Yoda. At the same time, Darth Vader and bounty hunter Boba Fett pursue his friends across the galaxy.

Release Date: June 18, 1980

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: Irvin Kershner

Writers: Leigh Brackett

, Lawrence Kasdan

, George Lucas

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Lucasfilm, Lucasfilm, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: CBS/Fox, Home Box Office (HBO), National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Fox Video, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney+, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Star Wars

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 292,753,960

International: $ 257,262,126

Total Recall (1990)

Summary: When a man goes in to have virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars implanted in his mind, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or is he?

Release Date: June 01, 1990

Genres: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Writers: Philip K. Dick

, Dan O'Bannon

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

MPAA: R

Production: Carolco Pictures, Estudios Churubusco Azteca S.A.

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Artisan Entertainment, Avid Home Entertainment, Carolco Home Video, Image Entertainment, Lions Gate Entertainment, Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Live Entertainment, Live Home Video

Countries: United States, Mexico

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 65,000,000

Domestic: $ 119,412,921

International: $ 141,905,000

The Fifth Element (1997)

Summary: In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr. Zorg at bay.

Release Date: May 09, 1997

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Luc Besson

Writers: Luc Besson

, Robert Mark Kamen

Runtime: 2 h 06 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Gaumont, Pinewood Studios

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: France, United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 93,000,000

Domestic: $ 63,820,180

International: $ 200,100,000

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

Summary: Ten 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.

Release Date: May 16, 2002

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: George Lucas

Writers: George Lucas

, Jonathan Hales

Runtime: 2 h 22 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Lucasfilm, Recce & Production Services, Mestiere Cinema

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, IMAX, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Network, Amazon Instant Video, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Disney+, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Countries: United States, United Kingdom

Language: English

Franchise: Star Wars

Movie budget: $ 115,000,000

Domestic: $ 310,676,740

International: $ 343,103,984

Alien³ (1992)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: May 22, 1992

Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: David Fincher

Writers: Dan O'Bannon

, Vincent Ward

Runtime: 1 h 54 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Brandywine Productions

Distributor: CBS/Fox, Fox Video, Fox Network, Disney+, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Alien

Movie budget: $ 50,000,000

Domestic: $ 55,473,545

International: $ 104,340,953

Alien: Resurrection (1997)

Summary: Two centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.

Release Date: November 26, 1997

Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Writers: Dan O'Bannon

, Joss Whedon

Runtime: 1 h 49 min

MPAA: R

Production: Brandywine Productions, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Pay Per View, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Network, Disney+, HBO Max, VC2

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Alien

Movie budget: $ 75,000,000

Domestic: $ 47,795,658

International: $ 113,580,411

Independence Day (1996)

Summary: The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technology, mankind's best weapon is the will to survive.

Release Date: July 03, 1996

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director: Roland Emmerich

Writers: Dean Devlin

, Roland Emmerich

Runtime: 2 h 25 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Centropolis Entertainment

Distributor: Fox Video, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Fox Network, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Independence Day

Movie budget: $ 75,000,000

Domestic: $ 306,169,268

International: $ 511,231,623

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Summary: Three years into the Clone Wars, Obi-Wan pursues a new threat, while Anakin is lured by Chancellor Palpatine into a sinister plot to rule the galaxy.

Release Date: May 19, 2005

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: George Lucas

Writers: George Lucas

, John Ostrander

, Jan Duursema

Runtime: 2 h 20 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Lucasfilm, Mestiere Cinema, Pandora Films

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Home Box Office (HBO), Spike, Amazon Instant Video, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Disney+, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Countries: United States, Italy, Switzerland, Thailand

Language: English

Franchise: Star Wars

Movie budget: $ 113,000,000

Domestic: $ 380,270,577

International: $ 488,119,983

Bad Taste (1987)

Summary: The population of a small town disappears and is replaced by aliens that chase human flesh for their intergalactic fast-food chain.

Release Date: June 21, 1989

Genres: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Peter Jackson

Writers: Peter Jackson

, Tony Hiles

, Ken Hammon

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: WingNut Films, New Zealand Film Commission

Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment, FilmAnnex, Image Entertainment, Magnum Entertainment, Mill Creek Entertainment, SGL Entertainment, Substance Video, Synergy Entertainment

Country: New Zealand

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 200,000

Alien vs. Predator (2004)

Summary: During an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win.

Release Date: August 13, 2004

Genres: Action, Adventure, Horror

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Writers: Dan O'Bannon

, Jim Thomas

Runtime: 1 h 41 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Davis Entertainment, Brandywine Productions, Kut Productions, Studio Babelsberg, Inside Track Films, Charenton Productions Limited, Impact Pictures

Distributor: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, HBO Max

Countries: Czechia, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, United States, Czech Republic

Language: English

Franchise: Alien

Movie budget: $ 60,000,000

Domestic: $ 80,282,231

International: $ 97,144,859

Men in Black (1997)

Summary: A police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth.

Release Date: July 02, 1997

Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Writers: Lowell Cunningham

, Ed Solomon

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Columbia Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Men in Black

Movie budget: $ 90,000,000

Domestic: $ 250,690,539

International: $ 338,700,000

Avatar (2009)

Summary: 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.

Release Date: December 18, 2009

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Director: James Cameron

Writer: James Cameron

Runtime: 2 h 42 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Twentieth Century Fox, Dune Entertainment, Lightstorm Entertainment

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, Sea Movies, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Avatar

Movie budget: $ 237,000,000

Domestic: $ 785,221,649

International: $ 2,138,484,377

Predator 2 (1990)

Summary: The Predator returns to Earth, this time to stake a claim on the war-torn streets of a dystopian Los Angeles.

Release Date: November 21, 1990

Genres: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Writers: Jim Thomas

, John Thomas

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: R

Production: Davis Entertainment, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Silver Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox, CBS/Fox, 20th Television, Fox Network

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Predator

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 30,669,413

International: $ 26,450,905

Life of Brian (1979)

Summary: Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.

Release Date: August 17, 1979

Genre: Comedy

Director: Terry Jones

Writers: Graham Chapman

, John Cleese

, Terry Gilliam

Runtime: 1 h 34 min

MPAA: R

Production: HandMade Films, Python (Monty) Pictures

Distributor: Orion Pictures, Rainbow Releasing, Warner Bros., Anchor Bay Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Paragon Entertainment Corporation, Paramount Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Starmaker Entertainment, The Criterion Collection

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,000,000

Domestic: $ 20,206,622

International: $ 539,106