Fantastic movies about a hard life

List of the best science fiction films about a hard life according to the audience: Waterworld, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Real Steel, Dark City, The Hunger Games, Surrogates, X-Men, The Island, I Am Legend, A Clockwork Orange.

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

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration02:14

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland' – which is tattooed on Enola's back.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
Duration01:45

Scientist Will Rodman is determined to find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease which has slowly consumed his father. Will feels certain he is close to a breakthrough and tests his latest serum on apes, noticing dramatic increases in intelligence and brain activity in the primate subjects – especially Caesar, his pet chimpanzee.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, action, drama, family, sport
CountryUSA, India
Duration02:07

    In the near-future, Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After Charlie's robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son Max to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:40

    A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:22

      Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The world will be watching.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Two mutants, Rogue and Wolverine, come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team, the X-Men, must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:16

      In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

        Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.

        Markimdb: 8.3
        Genrefantastic, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:17

        Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the mercy of the state and its brainwashing experiment designed to take violence off the streets.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

          On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.

          Markimdb: 7.8
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:30

            Following the events of Age of Ultron, the collective governments of the world pass an act designed to regulate all superhuman activity. This polarizes opinion amongst the Avengers, causing two factions to side with Iron Man or Captain America, which causes an epic battle between former allies.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:53

            Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Doctor Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

            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: 7.2
            Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
            CountryDenmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
            Duration02:10

            Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.

            Markimdb: 8
            Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:01

              Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Ronan the Accuser.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
              CountryFrance, USA
              Duration01:34

              Follows the history of two robots, the members of Daft Punk, on their quest to become human.

              Markimdb: 8.3
              Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
              CountryUSA

              Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, Greece, France, Netherlands, USA
              Duration01:36

                In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.

                Markimdb: 6.8
                Genrefantastic, action
                CountryUSA

                A retired special forces officer is trapped in a never-ending time loop on the day of his death.

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:47

                  In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

                  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: 7.9
                  Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
                  CountrySouth Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada
                  Duration01:52

                    Aliens land in South Africa and, with their ship totally disabled, have no way home. Years later, after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the 'Non-Humans' are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United (MNU).

                    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: 7.2
                    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: 7.3
                    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: 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: 6.8
                      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA, South Africa
                      Duration02:17

                      Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from any one else: he is a robot.

                      Markimdb: 6.8
                      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
                      CountryFrance, USA
                      Duration01:38

                      Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all over town, attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. He eventually penetrates the secret organization and must confront them.

                      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: 8
                      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
                      CountryUSA, Canada
                      Duration02:59

                        Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

                        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: 6.1
                        Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration02:57

                        In 2013 there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the Unites States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.

                        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: 6.5
                        Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, music
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:31

                        In a post-apocalyptic world where the Russians have taken over a nuked USA and Elvis is king of Lost Vegas, Buddy is a '50s rocker and wandering warrior rolled into one, too-cool package. Armed with his six-string in one hand and his sword in the other, Buddy is on his way to Vegas to succeed Elvis as King. Along the way, he saves an orphan who decides to tag along.

                        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: 8
                          Genrefantastic, action, drama
                          CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
                          Duration02:05

                          Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

                          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: 8.4
                          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, crime
                          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                          Duration02:45

                          Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

                          Markimdb: 7.4
                          Genrefantastic, action, thriller
                          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

                          Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

                          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: 7.7
                          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: 8.1
                          Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:57

                          In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

                          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: 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: 8.6
                          Genrefantastic, action, thriller
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration02:17

                          Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.

                          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: 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: 6.7
                            Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration01:40

                            A prototype enhanced human, on the run from Chinese-hired hit men, hooks up with a dread-locked bystander, and the two of them elude their pursuers narrowly each time.

                            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.




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