Films based on science fiction novels

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 7.7

When 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains the ability to, quite literally, "leap" backwards through time, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. However, she soon r...

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Paprika

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 7.7

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it: Paprika.

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The Incredible Shrinking Man

Film Age rating: 9 Year: 1957 IMDB Rating: 7.6

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must su...

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2014 IMDB Rating: 7.6

A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 2011 IMDB Rating: 7.6

A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those...

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Contact

Film Age rating: 8 Year: 1997 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some...

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The Time Machine

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 7.5

A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.

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Cloud Atlas

Film Age rating: 15 Year: 2012 IMDB Rating: 7.4

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 t...

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K-PAX

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 2001 IMDB Rating: 7.4

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.

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