30 Thrilling Sci-Fi Adventures That Defined 2008

Day of the Dead

2008 • 86 min • Budget $18M

Action, Horror, Science Fiction

A tight-knit community in a Colorado town is suddenly besieged by a horde of the undead. Desperate for survival, a handful of residents embark on a perilous journey to escape the overwhelming threat.

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Before the Fall

2008 • 93 min

Crime, Science Fiction

As a meteorite hurtles towards Earth, the world descends into panic. In the small town of Laguna, residents listen to the news with growing fear. Ale intends to spend his final days isolating himself, drinking and listening to music. However,…

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Beyond Loch Ness

2008 • 91 min

Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery

James Murphey, a hardened cryptozoologist, carries the weight of a past tragedy. Thirty years ago, a fateful encounter with the legendary Loch Ness Monster in Scotland killed his father and left him with a disfiguring facial scar. Now, two decades…

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One-Eyed Monster

2008 • 84 min

Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction

In February 2007, a group of ten people traveled to a secluded mountain area in Northern California to film an adult film. What unfolded was unforeseen, yet inevitable.

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Lost City Raiders

2008 • 90 min

Adventure, Action, Thriller

In 2048, rising sea levels have submerged vast areas of the planet. A father and his two sons make their living scavenging valuable items from underwater ruins. They receive a crucial mission from the New Vatican.

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Journey to the Center of the Earth

2008 • 90 min

Family, Action, Adventure

In the late 1870s, a woman commissions an anthropologist and adventurer to find her husband. He vanished while searching for a hidden passage leading to the Earth's core.

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Living Hell

2008 • 92 min

Action, Horror, Science Fiction

During a highly classified Cold War experiment, a relentless, destructive organism is accidentally released. This creature consumes light and energy, posing an imminent threat to the entire world.

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Visioneers

2008 • 90 min

Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

In this darkly comedic, slightly futuristic story, George Washington Winsterhammerman leads a comfortable but predictable life. When people begin spontaneously combusting due to stress, and George experiences unsettling symptoms himself, he's compelled to re-evaluate his existence. Examining his stable job,…

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A.R.O.G

2008 • 127 min • Budget $8M • Box office $19M

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Comedy

Commander Logar tricks Arif into traveling 1,000,000 years into the past. His mission: guide humanity's development from that point to the present day.

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Alien Raiders

2008 • 85 min

Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

As closing time approaches at Hastings Supermarket in Buck Lake, Arizona, a group of masked, heavily armed militants storms the store, taking all the employees and shoppers hostage.

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Cyborg She

2008 • 120 min • Budget $8M • Box office $7M

Action, Comedy, Romance

A solitary college student falls in love with a captivating and intriguing woman. He soon discovers she is a cyborg originating from the future.

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Minutemen

2008 • 90 min • Budget $5M

Family, TV Movie, Comedy

Three high school friends build a time machine and decide to use it to go back and stop other young people from embarrassing themselves.

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WarGames: The Dead Code

2008 • 96 min

Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller

Hacker Will Farmer starts playing an online terrorist attack simulation game with a powerful government supercomputer called Ripley. Unbeknownst to Farmer, Ripley was created to attract potential terrorists, and software malfunctions have left the computer deeply paranoid.

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The Sky Crawlers

2008 • 121 min

Animation, Action, Adventure

The Kildren are young people who live forever as teenagers. Aware that each day could be their last, they fight a war – a conflict staged and controlled by adults for their amusement. However, accepting their fate, they make the…

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Stargate: The Ark of Truth

2008 • 101 min • Budget $7M • Box office $8M

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

SG-1 seeks an ancient weapon to combat the Ori, and their search leads them to a surprising location: the Ori's home galaxy. As the Ori prepare an attack on Earth, SG-1 journeys to the Ori galaxy aboard the Odyssey. However,…

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WALL·E

2008 • 98 min • Budget $180M • Box office $521M

Animation, Family, Science Fiction

After humanity abandons Earth, a lone robot named WALL•E continues his programmed work for centuries. His life changes when he encounters EVE, a sophisticated search robot. EVE discovers that WALL•E has found something vital for the future of the planet…

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Repo! The Genetic Opera

2008 • 98 min • Budget $8M • Box office $198K

Horror, Science Fiction, Music

In 2056, a global epidemic of organ failure has ravaged the world. The powerful corporation GeneCo offers transplants on a payment plan, reclaiming organs from those who default. A teenage boy, battling a debilitating illness, uncovers a startling truth about…

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Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow

2008 • 78 min • Box office $3M

Animation, Family, Action

The children of the Avengers learn to control their abilities and confront the force that caused their parents' deaths.

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Dead Space: Downfall

2008 • 74 min

Animation, Horror, Science Fiction

A deep space mining crew discovers an ancient religious relic on a remote planet – believed to be evidence of God. Bringing the artifact aboard their ship awakens a dormant alien race. The relic's visions of paradise twist the vessel…

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008 • 98 min • Budget $8M • Box office $68M

Animation, Action, Science Fiction

During the Clone Wars, Jedi Knights fight to keep peace in the galaxy as more worlds fall to the dark side. The Galactic Republic weakens under pressure from the Separatists and their droid army. Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka…

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Tokyo Gore Police

2008 • 110 min

Horror, Action, Science Fiction

In a futuristic Tokyo, a young officer in the private police force hunts for the person who murdered her father. Her investigation puts her at odds with a group of mutant rebels called engineers.

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Starship Troopers 3: Marauder

2008 • 105 min • Budget $20M

Adventure, Science Fiction, Action

The war against the Bugs continues! A Federation starship crashes on the alien planet OM-1, leaving Sky Marshal Anoke and others stranded, including pilot Lola Beck. Colonel/General Johnny Rico, the reluctant hero of the original Bug Invasion on Planet P,…

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Ben 10: Race Against Time

2008 • 67 min • Budget $18M

Action, Family, Science Fiction

Ben, Gwen, and Max have to prevent an alien from opening a portal that would start an invasion.

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The X Files: I Want to Believe

2008 • 104 min • Budget $30M • Box office $69M

Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

FBI agents Mulder and Scully are brought back to the case when a former priest contacts them, stating he's experiencing psychic visions connected to a missing agent.

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Meet Dave

2008 • 90 min • Budget $60M • Box office $50M

Comedy, Science Fiction, Adventure

A team of tiny aliens pilots a spaceship shaped like a human. While attempting to save their home world, the aliens face an unexpected complication: their ship develops feelings for an Earth woman.

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Resident Evil: Degeneration

2008 • 97 min • Box office $403K

Animation, Horror, Action

Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield fight to stop a vengeful warrior who has unleashed the dangerous G-Virus, all while a mutated creature causes widespread destruction.

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CJ7

2008 • 88 min • Budget $20M • Box office $47M

Comedy, Drama, Family

A struggling construction worker works tirelessly to provide his son with a private education. His life takes an unexpected turn when he discovers an unusual orb in a junkyard. What seems like a simple toy for his son quickly reveals…

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Cloverfield

2008 • 85 min • Budget $25M • Box office $170M

Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Five friends in New York City celebrate a friend's departure the night a colossal monster appears over the city. Filmed on a video camera, the story documents their struggle to survive this unbelievable and terrifying event.

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Babylon A.D.

2008 • 101 min • Budget $70M • Box office $72M

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

A former soldier now working as a mercenary is tasked with transporting a young woman harboring a secret from war-torn Eastern Europe to New York City.

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Death Race

2008 • 105 min • Budget $45M • Box office $76M

Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Terminal Island, New York: 2020. The United States prison system is overwhelmed. The government has contracted with the Weyland Corporation, a powerful company that views inmates as a chance for profit. They turn prisons into arenas for a televised sport:…

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