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A scientist learns the world is soon to face a global cataclysm that will wipe out the human race, but finds the US president has plans to secretly save a fraction of the population, leaving everyone else to die. A writer learns of this scheme, and as the world is devastated by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, he tries to get his family to the last safe refuge. Disaster epic, starring John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor

A chain of bizarre and deadly incidents in several countries leads scientists to the conclusion that the Earth's core has stopped spinning. As chaos erupts around the world, experts hatch a plan to halt the destruction and save the human race - but it involves venturing deep below the planet's surface to detonate a nuclear bomb. Sci-fi thriller, starring Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci and DJ Qualls

Teenager Marty McFly travels back to the 1950s in a time machine built by his eccentric inventor friend. The return journey proves tricky enough, but he also accidentally alters the sequence of events that led to his parents falling in love - and has to persuade his future dad to win his mother's heart, or he will never be born. Sci-fi comedy adventure, starring Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover

As the survivors of the human race make their last stand against the machines, freedom fighters Neo and Trinity undertake a desperate journey into the heart of the enemy stronghold seeking a way to end the war, while the rogue computer programme Smith sets about remaking the virtual world of the Matrix in his own image. Conclusion of the sci-fi trilogy, starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne and Hugo Weaving

To find out if his reality is a physical or mental construct, Mr Anderson - aka Neo - has to choose to follow the white rabbit once more. Neo already knows what he has to do, but what he doesn't yet know is that the Matrix is stronger, more secure and far more dangerous than ever before. Sci-fi sequel, starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

A spaceship crashes on a desolate alien planet inhabited by nocturnal predators. The creatures' fear of light seems to guarantee the survivors' safety - but when an eclipse takes place, they face a desperate struggle to survive. Their only hope lies with a convicted murderer, who is equally at home in the darkness - but is far from trustworthy. Sci-fi horror, starring Vin Diesel and Radha Mitchell

Fugitive Riddick evades capture by bounty hunters and steals their spacecraft, only to run into an even bigger threat - fanatical cult members on a sinister mission to kill or convert anyone who crosses their path as they seek galactic domination. Sci-fi adventure sequel, with Vin Diesel reprising his role from Pitch Black alongside Judi Dench, Alexa Davalos and Thandwie Newton.