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English-language science fiction action films

  • Captain America: Civil WarIn 1991, a brainwashed super-soldier named James Barnes intercepted an automobile carrying a case of super-soldier serum in Siberia.
  • Avengers: EndgameIn October 2014, Marvel Studios announced a two-part sequel to Avengers: Age of Ultron. The plan was to film both parts back-to-back under the working title…
  • Justice League (film)Warner Bros. Pictures began developing a live-action Justice League film in February 2007 with husband-and-wife duo Michele and Kieran Mulroney hired to…
  • Avengers: Age of UltronIn October 2011, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige announced that the studio was beginning to look at their Phase Two films.
  • Star Wars (film)Star Wars opened on the 25th of May 1977, in just 32 theaters across the United States. The cast and crew believed it would be a failure.
  • The Avengers (2012 film)The Avengers opened on the 4th of May 2012, in the United States, and within 19 days it had passed $1 billion in ticket sales, matching a record previously…
  • The TerminatorThe Terminator arrived in American cinemas on the 26th of October 1984, and it began with a nightmare. Director James Cameron had fallen ill in Rome during…
  • RoboCopRoboCop arrived in American theaters on the 17th of July 1987, and it was not what anyone expected. The title alone put people off.
  • Deadpool & WolverineDevelopment on a third Deadpool film began at 20th Century Fox by November 2016. David Leitch was hired to direct Deadpool 2 in November 2016 after Tim…
  • Transformers: Dark of the MoonTransformers: Dark of the Moon opens with a secret. In 1962, according to the film's premise, a spacecraft called the Ark crash-lands on the far side of the…
  • Mad Max 2Mad Max 2 opened in Australian cinemas on the 24th of December 1981, a release date that gave holiday audiences something far removed from seasonal cheer.
  • InceptionInception begins with a question that Christopher Nolan first put to paper around 2001: what if someone could steal your secrets while you slept?
  • Star Wars: The Last JediIn October 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm and announced a new trilogy of Star Wars films. J.J. Abrams directed the first installment, The Force Awakens…
  • The Empire Strikes BackThe Empire Strikes Back opens with a single haunting image: probe droids scattered across the galaxy, hunting. It was the 21st of May 1980, and audiences…
  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom MenaceGeorge Lucas returned to the Star Wars franchise in 1993 after a long hiatus that began with the release of Return of the Jedi in 1983.
  • Rogue OneIn 2003, visual effects supervisor John Knoll pitched a story called Destroyer of Worlds during the production of Episode III in Sydney.
  • Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerA year after the Battle of Crait, Emperor Palpatine sends a message of revenge to the galaxy. Kylo Ren obtains a Sith wayfinder that leads him to the hidden…
  • Flash Gordon (serial)Alex Raymond launched the Flash Gordon comic strip in 1934, introducing readers to a hero who would soon conquer cinema.
  • Star Wars: The Force AwakensStar Wars: The Force Awakens arrived in theaters on the 18th of December 2015, carrying a weight that almost no film in history had to bear.
  • Mad Max (film)Mad Max, the 1979 Australian film directed by George Miller, was made for roughly A$400,000 and went on to earn more than US$100 million worldwide.
  • Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the ClonesGeorge Lucas began writing the script for Attack of the Clones in March 2000, just three months before principal photography started.
  • Everything Everywhere All at OnceEvelyn Quan Wang stands in a laundromat in Simi Valley, California, staring at an IRS audit notice that threatens to destroy her family's life.
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)Star Wars: The Clone Wars opened not in a galaxy far, far away, but in a boardroom decision that surprised nearly everyone involved.
  • Men in Black 3Men in Black 3 began as a conversation between two men stuck on a film they weren't sure they wanted to make again. Will Smith pitched the idea for a third…
  • Solo: A Star Wars StoryGeorge Lucas began developing a Han Solo prequel in 2012. He commissioned Lawrence Kasdan to write the screenplay for what would become Solo: A Star Wars…
  • Alita: Battle AngelIn 2003, James Cameron confirmed he would direct a film version of Yukito Kishiro's manga series Battle Angel Alita. The domain name battleangelalita.com was…