Fantastic films about excavations

List of the best science fiction films about excavations according to visitors: Prometheus, Dune, Passengers, War for the Planet of the Apes, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Adjustment Bureau, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Inception, Arrival, Edge of Tomorrow.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:04

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada, Hungary

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Australia
Duration02:31

A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Canada, New Zealand
Duration02:01

Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA

An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman he's ever loved.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:59

    Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.

    Markimdb: 8.8
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:28

      Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada, India
      Duration02:32

      Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:53

        Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:44

        For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:16

          After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:48

          I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA, India
          Duration01:58

          When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
          CountryAustralia, USA
          Duration02:28

          A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrefantastic, drama
          CountryUSA

          On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.

          Markimdb: 8
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA

          Determined to ensure Superman's ultimate sacrifice was not in vain, Bruce Wayne aligns forces with Diana Prince with plans to recruit a team of metahumans to protect the world from an approaching threat of catastrophic proportions.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:26

          Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) - a competition that could change Panem forever.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:05

          Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a chain of events that forces him to question everything he knows and puts the fate of humanity in his hands.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrefantastic, action, melodrama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:49

          In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their immortality. A poor young man who comes into a fortune of time, though too late to help his mother from dying. He ends up on the run from a corrupt police force known as 'time keepers'.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
          CountryUSA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
          Duration02:52

          A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:08

            When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:46

              Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that K never told him - secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

              Markimdb: 8.6
              Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
              Duration02:49

                Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

                Markimdb: 7.9
                Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:53

                  Thor is on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the prophecy of destruction to his homeworld and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of an all-powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.

                  Markimdb: 6.5
                  Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
                  CountryUSA

                  In the not-too-distant future, an all-seeing surveillance state conducts “dream audits” to collect taxes on the unconscious lives of the populace. Mild-mannered government agent James Preble travels to a remote farmhouse to audit the dreams of Arabella “Bella” Isadora, an eccentric, aging artist. Entering Bella’s vast VHS archive, which contains a lifetime of dreams, Preble stumbles upon a secret that offers him a chance at love—and hope for escape.

                  Markimdb: 7
                  Genrefantastic, action, adventure
                  CountryUSA, Canada
                  Duration02:05

                  With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, with Pepper Potts and James 'Rhodey' Rhodes at his side, must forge new alliances – and confront powerful enemies.

                  Markimdb: 6.1
                  Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:57

                  The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star — the first totally believable synthetic actress.

                  Markimdb: 7.8
                  Genrefantastic, comedy, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:52

                  Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters it’s mad and controlling world of overtaking another human body.

                  Markimdb: 6.7
                  Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:57

                  When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

                  Markimdb: 7.5
                  Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
                  CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                  Duration02:06

                  The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.

                  Markimdb: 6.7
                  Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:31

                  When a chance encounter brings together the cynical Dell and the quick-witted Kimberly, the stage is set for a tempestuous love affair that unfolds like a puzzle. As the film zigzags back and forth in time-from a meteor shower in LA, to an encounter in a Paris hotel room, to a fateful phone call-an unforgettable portrait of a relationship emerges.

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
                  CountryUSA, Mexico, United Kingdom
                  Duration01:30

                  Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

                  Markimdb: 7.2
                  Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:11

                  When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents..

                  Markimdb: 7.5
                  Genrefantastic, fantasy, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:24

                  After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.

                  Markimdb: 7.1
                  Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
                  CountryUSA, Germany
                  Duration01:55

                  In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:42

                  In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

                  Markimdb: 6.7
                  Genrefantastic, action, adventure
                  CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom
                  Duration01:40

                  When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men and The Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organized under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.

                  Markimdb: 6.6
                  Genrefantastic, comedy, drama, family
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:38

                  After a lightning bolt zaps a robot named Number 5, the lovable machine starts to think he's human and escapes the lab. Hot on his trail is his designer, Newton, who hopes to get to Number 5 before the military does. In the meantime, a spunky animal lover mistakes the robot for an alien and takes him in, teaching her new guest about life on Earth.

                  Markimdb: 8
                  Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama
                  CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain
                  Duration02:26

                  Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has been missing for 30 years.

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genrefantastic, action, thriller, comedy, melodrama
                  CountryFrance, United Kingdom, USA
                  Duration02:06

                  In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genrefantastic, action, adventure
                  CountryUSA, Japan, Canada
                  Duration02:28

                  When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:29

                  The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage.

                  Markimdb: 6
                  Genrefantastic, action
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:42

                  An American soldier who had been killed during the Vietnam War is revived 25 years later by the military as a semi-android, UniSols, a high-tech soldier of the future. After the failure of the initiative to erase all the soldier's memories, he begins to experience flashbacks that are forcing him to recall his past.

                  Markimdb: 6.9
                  Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:47

                  Invisible forces exert power over us in our sleep. A mercenary named Ink, on a literal nightmare mission, captures the spirit of 8-year-old Emma in the dream world. To save her, the dream-givers marshal all their resources, focusing on saving the soul of Emma's tragically broken father.

                  Markimdb: 7.8
                  Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:50

                    Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

                    Markimdb: 7
                    Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, adventure, family
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:12

                    An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

                    Markimdb: 7.3
                    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
                    CountrySouth Korea, USA
                    Duration02:20

                    A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

                    Markimdb: 7.8
                    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                    Duration01:37

                    With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.

                    Markimdb: 6.4
                    Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:58

                    An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.




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