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- Galaxy Quest. Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman. 256 votes. In Galaxy Quest, a group of washed-up TV actors, led by Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), find themselves in an interstellar dilemma.
- Guardians of the Galaxy Franchise. Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper. 204 votes. Guardians of the Galaxy is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name.
- Back to the Future Franchise. Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson. 220 votes. The Back to the Future franchise is an American science fictioncomedy film series written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Bob Gale and Neil Canton for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and distributed by Universal Pictures.
- Men in Black. Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino. 184 votes. In the sci-fi comedy flick, Men in Black, we meet Jay (Will Smith), a New York City cop, and Kay (Tommy Lee Jones), a seasoned agent from a covert organization.
- 10 'The World's End'
- 9 'Men in Black 3'
- 8 'Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'
- 7 'Stranger Than Fiction'
- 6 'Don't Look Up'
- 5 'Idiocracy'
- 4 'Sorry to Bother You'
- 3 'Her'
- 2 'Wall-E'
- 1 'Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind'
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunited with Edgar Wright one last time in The World's End, the final entry of their acclaimed Cornetto Trilogy. The plot follows a group of youth friends who return to their hometown to attempt a pub crawl, only to realize they are amidst an alien invasion. RELATED: 10 Modern Sci-Fi Movies Destined To Become Classics Alt...
Barry Sonnenfeld returns to direct Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in Men in Black 3. The plot finds Agent J traveling back in time to stop an alien criminal from killing a young Agent K, an event that would have devastating consequences. A vast improvement over its disappointing predecessor, Men in Black 3 benefits from Will Smith's reliable comedi...
Jimmy Neutron (Debi Derryberry), one of Nickelodeon's undisputed stars, made his big-screen debut with the 2001 sci-fi animated comedy Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. The film follows the title character and his friends as they join forces against a race of egg-like aliens who kidnapped their parents. RELATED: 8 Best Nickelodeon Movies, Ranked By IMDb C...
Will Ferrell leads an impressive cast in the 2006 sci-fi comedy Stranger Than Fiction. The story revolves around Harold Crick, an IRS agent who begins hearing a voice narrating his life and revealing his death is coming and imminent. Featuring a career-best performance from Ferrell and a wildly original screenplay, Stranger Than Fiction is a hidden...
Adam McKay's divisive sci-fi catastrophe comedy Don't Look Up is among the all-time best Netflix original movies. Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrencestar as two astronomers attempting to warn humanity about a coming asteroid with the potential to destroy the Earth. Delivering a scathing and relentless look into humanity's incompet...
Sci-fi movies often have the unique power to predict the future, no matter how absurd it might seem; such is the case for 2006's Idiocracy. Luke Wilsonstars as a man who wakes up 500 years into the future following an unsuccessful hibernation experiment. Shocked, he finds himself in a society where humanity has become stupid thanks to the accelerat...
Lakeith Stanfield stars in Boots Riley's 2018 surreal sci-fi black comedy Sorry to Bother You. The plot revolves around a Black man who stumbles upon a dangerous conspiracy at his company, forcing him to choose between his greed and values. Uncompromising and offering a scathing takedown of capitalism, Sorry to Bother You is a sci-fi comedy for the...
Academy Award winner Joaquin Phoenix stars in Spike Jonze's brilliantly creative and foretelling sci-fi comedy Her. Phoenix plays Theodore, a writer who composes personal letters for a living and develops an intimate relationship with his AI virtual assistant, voiced by an alluring Scarlett Johansson. RELATED: 10 Best Joaquin Phoenix Movies, Accord...
Pixar has several great movies, but 2008's soulful sci-fi WALL-Emight be the studio's crowning jewel. The story revolves around the titular character, a waste disposal robot living alone on a heavily contaminated futuristic Earth. When an advanced robot named Eve arrives for mysterious reasons, WALL-E develops feelings he didn't know he could have ...
Director Michel Gondry and writer Charlie Kauffman created one of the best pictures in cinematic history with their 2004 sci-fi romantic comedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet deliver Oscar-worthy performances as a couple who undergo a procedure to forget each other, only to find themselves romantically involved a...
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Apr 10, 2021 · Based on Douglas Adams’ legendary sci-fi series, the movie follows an ordinary man who suddenly finds himself on an adventure across the galaxy after aliens destroy Earth to make way for an intergalactic highway. The absurdist comedy stars Martin Freema, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, Bill Nighy, John Malkovich, and Alan Rickman.
Aug 8, 2014 · With government agents, drug trips, UFOs, and more, Repo Man stands as one of the most unique comedies/sci-fi flicks ever made. 11. Men in Black. Following his transition from TV star to bona fide ...
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- Ghostbusters (1984) Inevitable, really. When considering such an elusive scientific anomaly like the sci-fi/comedy, Ghostbusters will be mentioned every single time.
- The Man With Two Brains (1983) Get that cat out of here! Catching Steve Martin at his comedy heights (Three Amigos and Little Shop of Horrors would follow three years later), The Man With Two Brains finds Martin playing a brilliant neurosurgeon stuck in a Mexican stand-off between two women he loves.
- Back to The Future Part II (1989) Perhaps not a comedy per-se (more like a lighthearted sci-fi with a fun disposition), but would be wrong not to include it here.
- Men In Black (1997) Will Smith has only lost his way over the last decade, but his star power knows no bounds in the cool-as-ice sci-fi film Men in Black, which would put his star on the map.
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Dec 15, 2022 · Spaceballs unapologetically makes fun of the sci-fi franchise, whether it's the look of Darth Vader or the soap opera-like family dynamics between the characters. Between Family Guy specials and other sci-fi comedies, tons of releases have parodied Star Wars over the past 45 years, but nothing beats the very original.
Mar 15, 2020 · Grabbers. It's time to leave big superhero blockbusters behind for a moment and focus on smaller, but still great films, such as this 2012 British and Irish sci-fi comedy. Its main hero Ciarán (Richard Coyle) works in a small fisherman city as a policeman and he spends most of his time drinking himself into oblivion.
