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The Seeker: The Dark is Rising
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Serenity
2005
Written and directed by Joss Whedon
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, and Ron Glass
Preview: The Serenity crew tries to protect the doctor and his sister from the Alliance. This film ties up the loose ends in the television series Firefly.
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Seven Days
1998-2001
Created by Christopher Crowe and Zachary Crowe
Starring: Jonathan LaPaglia, Justina Vail, Nick Searcy, and Alan Scarfe
Preview: A secret government organization has the ability to send a man seven days into the past to correct mistakes that threaten the planet.
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Signs
2007
Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix
Preview: The appearance of crop circles forshadows an alien invasion.
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Silent Running
1972
Directed by Douglas Trumbull
Starring: Bruce Dern
Preview: The protector of a spaceship containing Earth's last nature preserve rebels when he is ordered to destroy his plants and return home.
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The Six Million Dollar Man
1974-78
Based on the novel Cyborg by Martin Caiden
Starring: Lee Majors and Richard Anderson

Preview: A test pilot survives a horrible crash by being rebuilt with powerful artificial legs, a new right arm, and a new left eye. With his new powers and speed he becomes a government agent.

Sequels include The Bionic Woman, a spin-off series, and two made-for-televison movies: The Return of the Six-Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987) and Bionic Showdown: The Six-Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989).

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The Sixth Sense
1999
Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Starring: Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment
Preview: A child psychologist tries to help a boy who sees dead people.
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

2004
Directed by Kerry Conran
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Giovanni Ribisi, and Angelina Jolie

The sets of this film are all completely computer-generated.

Preview: A reporter and a pilot who is also her ex-lover team up to investigate a series of attacks of gigantic robots.
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Smallville
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Soylent Green
1973
Based on the novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Starring: Charlton Heston and Leigh-Taylor Young
Preview: In the 21st century Earth is overpopulated and food is scarce. A detective uncovers the secret behind the mysterious food called Soylent.
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Space Cowboys
2000

Directed by Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner
Preview: Retired astraunauts are recruited to repair a failing space station.
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Spider-Man
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Spider-Man 2
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Spider-Man 3
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Stardust
2007
Directed by Matthew Vaughn
Starring Charlie Cox and Clair Danes. With Rupert Everett, Peter O'Toole, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Robert De Niro
Preview: A young man crosses a wall into a fairy universe to find a fallen star to give to the girl he loves but others are also after the star.
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Stargate
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Stargate: Atlantis
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Stargate: SG-1
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Starship Troopers
1997
Based on the novel by Robert A. Heinlein
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, and Neil Patrick Harris
Preview: A young man enlists in an interstellar war against an alien invasion.
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Star Trek
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Star Trek the Wrath of Khan
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Star Trek III: the Search for Spock
See Viewing Guide to the Star Trek Universe
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
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Star Trek V: the Final Frontier
See Viewing Guide to the Star Trek Universe
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
See Viewing Guide to the Star Trek Universe
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
See Viewing Guide to the Star Trek Universe
Star Trek : First Contact
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Star Trek Generations
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Star Trek Nemesis
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Star Trek: The Animated Series
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Star Trek: the Next Generation
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Star Trek the Wrath of Khan
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Star Trek: Voyager
See Viewing Guide to the Star Trek Universe
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Star Wars: Episode I--the Phantom Menace
See Viewing Guide to the Star Wars Trilogies
Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones
See Viewing Guide to the Star Wars Trilogies
Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith
See Viewing Guide to the Star Wars Trilogies
Star Wars: Episode IV--A New Hope
See Viewing Guide to the Star Wars Trilogies
Star Wars: Episode V--The Empire Strikes Back
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Star Wars: Episode VI--Return of the Jedi
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The Stepford Wives

Based on a novel by Ira Levin

1975
Directed by Bryan Forbes
Starring: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss

Remake 2004
Directed by Frank Oz
Starrring Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Glenn Close, Christopher Walken

Preview: A newcomer to Stepford discovers there is something odd about the women in the town.
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Stranger Than Fiction
2006
Directed by Marc Forster
Starring: Will Farrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman
Preview: Mild-mannnered accountant Harold Crick suddenly has a narrator in his head telling his life story; then the narrator decides to kill him off.
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Sunshine
2007
Directed by Danny Boyle
Starring Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Rose Byrne
Preview: A crew of astronauts on a journey to re-ignite a dying sun detour to visit the derelict ship that preceded them on this mission.
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Supergirl
See General Guide to the Superman Saga
Superman
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Superman II
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Superman III
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Superman IV: the Quest for Peace
See General Guide to the Superman Saga
Superman Returns
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