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Questions tagged [science-fiction]

Do NOT use for ID questions or questions about individual movies. To be used on questions pertaining to the genre of science fiction in general. Science fiction, or sci-fi, is a broad genre of fiction and movies exploring imaginary but non-supernatural ideas.

Science fiction, or sci-fi, is a broad genre of fiction and movies exploring imaginary but non-supernatural ideas such as future settings, the impact of a technology, space flight, and alien worlds and creatures.

This tag is to be used on questions pertaining to the genre of science fiction in general, not for questions about individual movies. And in line with the meta discussion about genre tags in identification questions, this tag should not be used for identification questions.

Wikipedia Page: Science fiction

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Of all the movies and TV shows ever made, which of them is set furthest in the future?

Lately, I've been comparing how futuristic-set TV shows and movies have evolved over time, and while doing so, I became curious about the following… What's the furthest-forward-in-time time period that's ever been depicted, in either a TV show or…
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1990s sci-fi/horror film or episode where device lets women look into an underwater parallel dimension

I believe this was from 1990s because I recall the images being sleek, like the re-make of Outer Limits. Not grainy. Not cheap film. Not foreign either (like Italy); they spoke English. Pretty sure this was on a cable channel too. The production was…
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How can weightlessness be simulated on film?

How can the weightlessness of space be realistically simulated on film? Does it require CG or can a convincing simulation be achieved using wire fu and editing? (I'm happy to hear of good examples of weightlessness in movies and how the effects were…
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Name of this somewhat sci-fi but also fantasy movie based on people on bikes with walls coming out behind them?

There was this one movie I watched ages ago and here are the points of interest: Necessary points of detail not related to any plot: It was in colour It was in English The characters I believe were mostly caucasian It was based in a dark world I…
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Movie with augmented reality

I forgot the name of a movie. It was about a couple with a small daughter. The dad lived with the daughter and the mom was working somewhere else. The mother worked in a museum where she built a kind of artificial intelligence that could find out…
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Is there a specific name for a character that is a sacrificial "example"?

I was wondering if there is a title/role in movies, specifically horror or Sci-fi movies, for characters that are cast specifically to die as a way of being an example. This could be as a way to show the cast/party that things have turned horribly…
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Looking for a movie about a futuristic city and alien society

I am looking for this movie. I watched it maybe around 10-15 years ago. This is what I know about it: Year: I guess it's from late 80s to late 90s. It's not black and white. Genre: Sci-fi. Some comedy and action. Not animated. Plot: The movie sets…
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Man's wife turns back into a monster when he talks about it

I'd say it's a movie from the 80's or 90's. At one point the main character sees a monster in the street (I'd say at night, in an alley). It's quite a big monster and the monster can talk. They talk and the guy is frightened and the monster agrees…
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Movie involving a cute blonde woman that fights a dragon

I'm looking for a movie involving a beautiful blonde woman that fights a dragon. This is what I know about this movie: Year I watched this movie 2-3 years ago. Its CGI is amazing. I guess it's from 2005++ Genre A sci-fi movie. A little fantasy…
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Movie about frozen person who wakes up in the future

I know that there are lots of movies out there about frozen people waking up in the future, but I have looked far and wide for this and haven't been able to find it. (This may be a novel, but I remember seeing a movie poster for it, so it's probably…
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Who had "turbo lasers" first, Star Wars or Battlestar Galactica?

Most recently in Star Wars VII, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, they mention "turbo laser" turrets, but wasn't the idea of turbo lasers in Battlestar Galactica first? Given that a laser being turbo is far out enough, it would be really odd two…
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In science fiction films and anime, why do we see some planets are close in the sky?

It's very common to see this view but in reality, our earth doesn't have that one. We only have one Moon orbiting around our Mother planet. In sci-fi movies what is this term commonly called? Most western movies some Japanese sci-fi anime includes…
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Movie about robots from mid to early 2000's

There is a movie that I watched when I was very young (I'm talking around mid-early 2000's), though I can not remember it. But here is what I remember from it: There was a young man that was in this Science complex. In this science complex, there…
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What is the name of this movie with (intelligent?) ants?

I try to remember a movie I saw long time ago on TV. It must be at the beginning of the 90s, possibly the end of the 80s. The movie might be older though. It was something about a scientist researching and experimenting with ants. I think the ants…
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Kids that build some sort of space craft

This movie was about a bunch of kids that were building a type of space ship and they built something that projected a bubble around their craft and this bubble allowed them to travel great distances fast etc. I remember one scene, they fired…
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