Best Indie Sci-Fi 1997-2022: The Omissions List
A list of films not deemed good enough to screen (comment if you think I'm wrong!), films unreleased in the U.S., and non-famous non-indie films
We begin with 81 films deemed inadequate. Fifteen of these have user responses good enough to warrant a second look.
We begin with 81 films deemed inadequate. Fifteen of these have user responses good enough to warrant a second look.
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- DirectorDean AliotoStarsBenz AntoineKristian AyreGillian BarberAfter a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow him and his brothers back to their home, all hell breaks loose.
- DirectorJeff AbugovStarsDavid Hyde PierceMackenzie AstinCarmen ElectraAn anthropologist from an alien planet provides voice-over commentary for a documentary at human courtship, mating, and reproduction.
- StarsMichael BrandonJonathan HydeGeorgina RylanceThe show serves as a sequel to Dinotopia (2002) and adds a new threat to the world of Dinotopia in the form of outlaws knows as the Outsiders, as well as more dinos.
- DirectorEllory ElkayemStarsThomas CalabroDean StockwellJohn SavageA Maine island becomes infested with lethal insects that root inside their victims, while a local doctor battles the bugs and incorrigible locals that don't believe him.
- DirectorBreck EisnerStarsNavi RawatJoe FlaniganPeter HortonFreya McAllister suddenly starts hearing voices in her head on the night of her High School Prom. From then on her future ends and she is diagnosed as a violent schizophrenic and committed to a mental hospital where she spends the next eight years of her life in mental madness. One night Dr Michael Welles arrives telling Freya that she isn't crazy but that her voices are the thoughts of everyone around her. He teaches her to turn her telepathic powers into a powerful gift. What he doesn't say is that he works for the National Security Agency...
- DirectorDavid van EyssenStarsSean AstinVinnie JonesIvana MilicevicA scientist goes to a bank to meet a pretty bank teller. His time machine allows him to go 10 minutes back in time and correct his approaches to her. He's shadowed by two FBI agents and the bank gets robbed.
- DirectorJohn PaizsStarsIris GrahamJonathan CherryPhilip GrangerIn an isolated small town in the Pacific Northwest, Sylvia's teenaged life of juggling two boyfriends and an overprotective father is turned upside down when she discovers she has a bizarre virus which has randomly plagued the women in her community for decades and shamefully forced those afflicted into hiding. Sylvia undergoes a horrifying physical transformation, and she finds herself drawn into a persecuted underworld where she begins an astonishing journey of freakish self-discovery. Marker is a classic coming-of-age tale with a horror twist, which pits its heroine against her oppressors - the town's non-afflicted - in a battle for self-determination--and survival.
- DirectorFrançois GirardStarsMichael PittKeira KnightleyKoji YakushoThe story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.
- DirectorStephen ChowStarsStephen ChowYuqi ZhangJiao XuA poor Chinese laborer learns important lessons after his son gets a strange new toy.
- StarsBenjamin BrattChrista MillerRicky SchroderA crack team of top scientists work feverishly in a secret, state-of-the-art laboratory to discover what has killed the citizens of a small town and learn how this deadly contagion can be stopped.
- DirectorJohn Erick DowdleStarsJennifer CarpenterSteve HarrisColumbus ShortA television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
- DirectorOlatunde OsunsanmiStarsMilla JovovichElias KoteasWill PattonA thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in Alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up.
- DirectorChris ConleeStarsEric Peter-KaiserTim ColceriSandra CortezAn alien bacterium resurrects the dead on Earth.
- DirectorXavier GensStarsLauren GermanMichael BiehnMilo VentimigliaSurvivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
- DirectorJamie BradshawAleksandr DuleraynStarsEd StoppardLeelee SobieskiJeffrey TamborIn future Moscow, where corporate brands have created a disillusioned population, one man's effort to unlock the truth behind the conspiracy will lead to an epic battle with hidden forces that control the world.
- DirectorScott StewartStarsKeri RussellJake BrennanJosh HamiltonAs the Barrett family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them, one which may have arrived from beyond the stars.
- DirectorBrian HoriuchiStarsFrank LangellaGena RowlandsRosario DawsonIn the midst of a manmade biological disaster and a terrible fate, three couples try to find meaning in their lives.
- DirectorJabbar RaisaniStarsAdrian PaulReiley McClendonBrandon AuretA documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion.
- DirectorShane AbbessStarsDaniel MacPhersonGrace HuangLuke HemsworthAn elite 'search and rescue' team transport onto an off-world mining-facility to rescue Whit Carmichael, the lone survivor of a biological outbreak.
- DirectorKeith AremStarsYuri LowenthalTravis WillinghamTroy BakerBlurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact-based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing persons case surrounding the infamous Phoenix Lights.
- DirectorMiguel Ángel VivasStarsMatthew FoxJeffrey DonovanQuinn McColganAnd suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
- DirectorChristian CantamessaStarsNorman ReedusDjimon HounsouSandrine HoltIn the near future, breathable air is nonexistent and two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind struggle to preserve their own lives while administering to their vital task at hand.
- DirectorNoel ClarkeStarsNoel ClarkeIan SomerhalderBrian CoxAn ex-soldier named Ryan Reeve is taken captive by the "Anomaly" organization where he learns that he only has 9:47 minutes/seconds to find out why they want him dead.
- DirectorGlenn PayneStarsTodd BarnettMeaghin BurkeJennifer Hamilton CollinsHumanity now lives on Mars. Each year a small number are sent back to aid in it's rehabilitation. We follow three individuals as they go home for the first time.
- DirectorRobbie PickeringStarsNicholas BraunMackenzie DavisJosh FademIn the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers - one human, one vampire, and one zombie - have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
- DirectorCathy ScorseseKenneth M. WaddellStarsJack FalaheeHannah HodsonAlice KremelbergSensing something amiss on their college campus, a group of students go on a quest where they must survive unknown forces to find answers. Battling Guards, Griefers and at times each other, they'll have to fight to make it out alive!
- DirectorThomas VerretteStarsJustice LeakRobert PralgoBeth KeenerWhen your memory lies, how do you find the truth?
- DirectorGlenn MillerStarsIone ButlerAndrew AsperLaLa NestorWhen a strange virus quickly spreads through a safari park and turns all the zoo animals undead, those left in the park must stop the creatures before they escape and zombify the whole city.
- DirectorSimon PummellStarsLachlan NieboerNora-Jane NooneNick BloodNone Of Us Are As Unique As We Think. Brand New-U is a highly unconventional romantic thriller: an obsessive love story stripped down and re-arranged into the looping logic of a nightmare.
- DirectorMark Elijah RosenbergStarsMark StrongLuke WilsonSanaa LathanA U.S. astronaut prepares for a mission to Mars.
- DirectorHenry JoostAriel SchulmanStarsSofia Black-D'EliaLio TiptonTravis TopeFollowing the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a young woman documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.
- DirectorMartin OwenStarsSophie WillisJules BrownElizabeth MorrisA vision of augmented reality.
- DirectorMichael J. GallagherStarsLogan PaulPeyton ListLia Marie JohnsonIn a future, overcrowded, dystopian society, students with the lowest test scores are culled. Two students discover errors with the test.
- DirectorSteven GomezStarsThure LindhardtVanessa KirbyDavid AjalaSet in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines.
- DirectorJeremy GillespieSteven KostanskiStarsAaron PooleKenneth WelshEllen WongShortly after delivering a patient to an understaffed hospital, a police officer experiences strange and violent occurrences seemingly linked to a group of mysterious hooded figures.
- DirectorSteven ShainbergStarsNoomi RapaceMichael ChiklisKerry BishéA single mom tries to break free from a mysterious organization that has abducted her.
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsSimon PeggKate BeckinsaleSanjeev BhaskarA group of eccentric aliens confers a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment.
- DirectorStanley JacobsStarsGrinnell MorrisSridhar MaruvadaPaul StatmanA university research scientist, about to lose funding and status, has a lab accident and discovers he can see people's true intentions -- making his situation even worse.
- DirectorJoon-Sung KimStarsSol Kyung-guGo SooKang Hye-jeongAfter searching for his abducted son for three years, a devastated father attempts to track down his missing child through lucid dreams.
- DirectorJohn PutchStarsDennis HopperPeter OnoratiFinola HughesAn underground city is built to save a cross-section of humanity as a comet hurtles toward Earth.
- DirectorAndrew FinniganStarsRussell HodgkinsonTony DoupePeter 'Drago' TiemannAn obliviously modern college student gets into a near-fatal bus accident, but is reborn through hybrid technology by her biotech father and his advanced lab.
- DirectorJohn StockwellStarsWesley SnipesAnne HecheDave AnnableA remote facility, built as a prison with a secret super lie detector, is compromised and the five guarding it are possibly dead. An armed team of six investigates what's wrong.
- DirectorAdam OrtonStarsDebra WilsonEd Begley Jr.Kate VernonWhen the husband of a dying woman is approached by a corporation pioneering a new program to extend life through robotics, they get caught in a public debate over human's relationship with technology.
- DirectorPeter HowittStarsGina CaranoRyan RobbinsJohn HannahA bounty hunter named Attica Gage tracks down criminals in a post-apocalyptic Earth.
- DirectorMitch GouldStarsSury PatelBorislav SarandevLouis Mandylor6 mercenaries are hired by CIA to abduct an heir to a republic and take out an arms dealer in Moscow. They get a followup mission in Chernobyl. Treason awaits them.
- DirectorYûichi FukudaStarsMasami NagasawaShun OguriMasaki SudaIn an era where aliens have invaded and conquered feudal Tokyo, a young samurai seeks work as he can.
- DirectorMatthew Charles SantoroStarsAustin StowellJordan DangerRon EldardWhen the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test subject of a maniacal scientist in a battle that could save the world, or destroy it.
- DirectorRichard LowryStarsBarry LynchTravis HammerChristine JoëlleIn five days the world changed. As a retired Intelligence agent turned UFO investigator races to discover the fate of the human race, an alien observer searches for the human woman he loves.
- DirectorJames FrancoBruce Thierry CheungStarsJames FrancoSuki WaterhouseJeff WahlbergA young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
- DirectorRichard LowryStarsHunter Alexes ParkerShane SamplesJustin LebrunThey came from a doomed world to save us from the same fate.
- DirectorShakti Soundar RajanStarsJayam RaviNivetha PethurajAaron AzizAfter discovering that an asteroid the size of a city is going to impact Earth in less than a month, India recruits a misfit team to save the country.
- DirectorFederico D'AlessandroStarsMaika MonroeEd SkreinGary OldmanA woman is held captive by a scientist in a futuristic smart house, and hopes to escape by reasoning with the Artificial Intelligence that controls the house.
- DirectorLeo ZhangStarsJackie ChanShow LoNa-Na OuYangA Special Forces Agent is assigned to protect a scientist and his creation from a sinister gang.
- DirectorDavid M. RosenthalStarsTheo JamesKat GrahamNancy SorelIn the midst of an apocalypse, a man struggles to reach his pregnant fiancé, who is thousands of miles away.
- DirectorOliver DalyStarsAlex NeustaedterBecky GAlex MacNicollA.X.L. is a top-secret, robotic dog who develops a special friendship with Miles and will go to any length to protect his new companion.
- DirectorSean OlsonStarsKelly HuAngus MacfadyenCandace Cameron BureWhen James needs a topic for his high-school science project or he'll fail his class, he finds an AI robot in the woods near home.
- DirectorChris MulStarsFrank DillaneDamson IdrisCatherine SteadmanA detached university student faces the consequences of astral projection when he uses it to reconnect with his dead mother.
- DirectorSvend Ploug JohansenDominic SmithApril WrightStarsSamuel D. EvansTaylor Gerard HartKelli Vonshay HendersonWhen a young man finds a time machine device, his life spins out of control.
- DirectorRodrigo H. VilaStarsHayden ChristensenHarvey KeitelMarco LeonardiKurt, combat veteran with PTSD and hallucinations, fortifies his home and builds a secret underground shelter due to doomsday like weather changes. He gets a security job to pay for it and his boss' cute daughter for company.
- DirectorBrandon SlagleStarsVivica A. FoxDaniel BaldwinStink FisherIn the near future, the President of the New United States of America hires a team of military veterans to retrieve an alien bio-weapon from a top secret research facility orbiting the Earth.
- DirectorDavid YaroveskyStarsElizabeth BanksDavid DenmanJackson A. DunnWhat if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
- DirectorMcGStarsJack GoreMiya CechBenjamin Flores Jr.Four misfit campers must band together and conquer their fears in order to save the world during an alien invasion.
- DirectorNicholas HumphriesStarsJames GallandersDeragh CampbellDaniel FathersA group of strangers awaken aboard an alien spacecraft. Divided they will die. Together, they can find a way home.
- DirectorJonathan HelpertStarsMargaret QualleyAnthony MackieDanny HustonAs 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.
- DirectorJeff ChanStarsKari MatchettRobbie AmellPenny EizengaA super-powered construction worker falls in with a group of criminals in order to raise the funds to help his ill mother.
- DirectorNick LyonStarsStacey OristanoRib HillisEd AmatrudoA stolen seismic weapon is activated in Yemen. A hostage freed there tries in vain to warn against its global effect. It starts seismic activity at the Californian fault line where her daughter and ex are monitoring it. Can they stop it?
- DirectorDee McLachlanStarsDavid ArquetteJackson GallagherKendal RaeMatt volunteers for an experiment that promises to return mobility to his legs but he does not know at what price.
- DirectorSandra SciberrasStarsJolene AndersonStef DawsonRichard DaviesOne by one the residents of a small, isolated town become infected by an insidious bug that turns them into violent, indiscriminate killing machines.
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsMark WahlbergChiwetel EjioforSophie CooksonA man discovers that his hallucinations are actually visions from past lives.
- DirectorPeter JosephStarsChris SilcoxChris GrabherShiah LunaIn a quest for a new, more humane society, a counter-culture revolution takes the world by storm. In the first of the InterReflections Trilogy, we look back to the modern world and wonder how it was we managed to survive as long as we had.
- DirectorDimitri LogothetisStarsAlain MoussiNicolas CageRaymond PinharryEvery six years, an ancient order of jiu-jitsu fighters joins forces to battle a vicious race of alien invaders. But when a celebrated war hero goes down in defeat, the fate of the planet and mankind hangs in the balance.
- DirectorJohn SuitsStarsCody KearsleyBruce WillisRachel NicholsOn the cusp of fatherhood, a junior mechanic aboard an interstellar ark to New Earth must outwit a malevolent cosmic terror intent on using the spaceship as a weapon.
- DirectorMark LundStarsPaul NoonanConor TimmisWendy HartmanWhen Air Force Space Command receives a signal from an alien satellite in Earth orbit an emergency meeting with the President reveals a government conspiracy.
- DirectorEdward DrakeStarsFrank GrilloBruce WillisBrandon Thomas LeeSeven rogue soldiers launch a preemptive strike against a newly discovered alien civilization in the hopes of ending an interstellar war before it starts.
- DirectorMarc MundenStarsJodie ComerArthur HughesLesley SharpSarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic hits.
- DirectorNeil BurgerStarsColin FarrellTye SheridanLily-Rose DeppA crew of astronauts on a multi-generational mission descend into paranoia and madness, not knowing what is real or not.
- DirectorMark RasoStarsGina RodriguezAriana GreenblattLucius HoyosAfter a devastating global event wiped out all electronics and eliminated people's ability to sleep, a former soldier may have found a solution with her daughter.
- DirectorSita LikitvanichkulJetarin RatanaserikiatApirak SamudkidpisanStarsPanisara RikulsurakanKay LertsittichaiSupanaree SutavijitvongFour insomniac med school students are lured into a neuroscience experiment that spirals out of control and must find a way out before it's too late.
- DirectorNia Di NataStarsAmanda RawlesMaizuraAsmara AbigailIn a country where dating is outlawed, three teenage girls in search of happiness decide to join a reclusive community led by a charismatic leader.
- DirectorJoe DanteStarsBeau BridgesJoanna CassidyPhil HartmanA simple immigration issue spins wildly out of control for those involved, ranging from the President of the United States, to a news producer.
- DirectorEddie AryaStarsZahlee MooreIzzy BridgerLily Brown GriffithsDisaster unfolds when a meteor strikes a small town, turning the environment uninhabitable and killing everything in the surrounding area.----
UNRELEASED - DirectorTetsuro TakeuchiStarsGuitar WolfDrum WolfBass WolfOnly legendary Japanese garage rock band Guitar Wolf can stand between a race of aliens from destroying earth with an army of zombies.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsShinji AoyamaShirô AtamiShingo IchizawaIn future Japan, a dangerous pollen falls upon Tokyo, endangering its populace. Two people volunteer to become tests subject for a drug that could possibly provide a cure.
- DirectorTakashi YamazakiStarsShingo KatoriMiki SakaiAnne Suzuki11-year-old Yusuke and his classmates camp in the woods and see a strange light. They discover a small metallic object like a robot which talks, calls himself Tetra and knows Yusuke's name. Tetra can create wonderful gadgets but actually has to save the world with Yusuke's help from extraterrestrials with bad intentions.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsMark Anthony FernandezDonita RoseJoel LamanganHesus Mariano is caught in a deadly match between his mentor Rebel Leader Miguel Reynante and military Colonel Arnold Simon. Drawing inspiration from his childhood sweetheart Hilda, Hesus decides to change the rules and take control of the game.
- DirectorÖmer Faruk SorakStarsCem YilmazÖzge ÖzberkOzan GüvenA slick young Turk kidnapped by extraterrestrials shows his great « humanitarian spirit » by outwitting the evil commander-in-chief of the planet of G.O.R.A.
- DirectorGregor SchnitzlerStarsPaula KalenbergFranz DindaHans-Laurin Beyerling"Die Wolke" (The Cloud) is about the breakdown of a nuclear-power station in Germany and the story of teenage lovers Hannah and Elmar, who take refuge. 38,000 people die and Hannah unfortunately becomes contaminated.
- DirectorQuentin DupieuxStarsEric JudorRamzy BediaJonathan LambertGeorge is the scapegoat of his classmates. One day he cracks and shoots them. His best and only friend Blaise is accused in his place and sentenced to 7 years in a psychiatric hospital. At the day of his release, Blaise realizes he only has one family: his best friend George. But he does not want to hear about his childhood friend, as he tries to integrate with the "Chivers" a gang whose members wear red jackets and boots, drink milk, drive sport trucks and play an incomprehensible and violent game that mixes cricket and mental arithmetic.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsHayato IchiharaMitsuki TanimuraKen'ichi EndôA set of twins -- one a hard-working student and the other a drifter -- team up with a dropout to unlock the secrets of the universe and to build one of their own.
- DirectorAnno SaulStarsMads MikkelsenJessica SchwarzValeria EisenbartA successful artist loses control of his life after his young daughter's death. A chance for a new start appears, but all is not what it seems.
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- DirectorShinsuke SatoStarsKazunari NinomiyaKanata HongôKen'ichi MatsuyamaAfter trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
- DirectorCláudio TorresStarsWagner MouraAlinne MoraesMaria Luísa MendonçaZero is a brilliant scientist. However, 20 years ago, he was publicly humiliated when he lost Helena, the love of his life. One day, an accidental experience with one of his inventions causes him to travel back in time to 1991. Having taken the opportunity to change history, Zero returns to own time to find totally changed.
- DirectorHideki TakeuchiStarsHiroshi AbeAya UetoKazuki KitamuraLucius, a Roman architect, is transported through time to modern-day Japan, where he learns about Japanese bathhouses and uses this to his gain back home.
- DirectorPawan KumarStarsSathish NeenasamSruthi HariharanAchyuth KumarA man suffering from insomnia is tricked into buying a drug, Lucia, that makes his desires come true in his dreams, blurring the line between fantasy and reality.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShôta SometaniNijirô MurakamiRyunosuke KamikiA group of high school students are forced to play a game of death without knowing who, why or how.
- DirectorFelix FuchssteinerKatharina SchödeLev L. SpiroStarsJosefine PreußFlorian BartholomäiKarl Walter SprungalaGwen has just discovered that she's the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. Now she must juggle with constant trips to the past, her relationships with Gideon, and figuring out dark secrets surrounding the Circle.
- DirectorSion SonoStarsKenji EndoYûto IkedaMegumi KagurazakaA feminine android delivers packages to the scattered humans in the galaxy. With years to spare the android and us have time to contemplate what it is to be human.
- DirectorR. RavikumarStarsVishnu VishalMiya GeorgeKarunakaranElango and his friend Pulivetti come into possession of a time machine and they start profiting from it. However, their meddling with time prevents the death of a gangster, who begins to wreak havoc in their lives.
- DirectorBurak AksakStarsHande DogandemirFatih ArtmanCengiz BozkurtThe story of a minibus driver and a fairytale princesss nestling under the wing of timeless friendship in an ordinary neighborhood.