Action Sci-Fi & Fantasy on Netflix
Last updated May 12, 2024
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsTo escape his desk job, Adm. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) returns to the USS Enterprise, assisting Spock (Leonard Nimoy) in a training mission for Starfleet cadets. But the inexperienced crew is put to the test when escaped villain Khan (Ricardo Montalban) steals a powerful weapon and comes after the admiral seeking revenge. Now, Kirk must use all his wiles and whip the cadets into shape if they hope to defeat Khan's deadly traps.
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The Four
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsDuring the Song dynasty, four constables with special powers must do battle with a rival law enforcement agency, spies, a sinister villain and the undead to thwart a counterfeit currency plot that threatens to bring down the empire.
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Highlander
1986 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsDirector Russell Mulcahy's film became a paragon of modern action fantasy, giving rise to legions of warrior fans who follow the story of Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert), one of the few surviving members of a clan of immortals who've been battling for centuries. The evil Kurgan (Clancy Brown) wants to kill a forlorn but determined Connor for good in modern-day New York, but an immortal mentor (Sean Connery) provides help in flashbacks.
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Big Trouble in Little China
1986 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen a 2,000-year-old magician kidnaps his friend's fiancée, two-fisted trucker Jack Burton and sexy attorney Gracie Law must navigate a shadowy world filled with supernatural creatures and spectacular action to capture the culprit.
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Planet of the Apes
1968 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsBewildered astronaut George Taylor crash-lands on a strange planet ruled by intelligent apes who use primitive humans for experimentation and sport. Taylor finds himself among the hunted as he tries to escape the apes and uncover their dark secret.
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Woochi
2009 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsSpanning four centuries in Korea from the Chosun Dynasty to the modern day, this epic action-adventure concerns a powerful pipe and a trio of wizards who will do anything to protect it, even if it means sealing a hot-shot student inside a scroll.
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Death Race 2
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThis prequel to the 2008 sci-fi actioner Death Race tells the story of Carl "Luke" Lucas, a cop killer who is sentenced to infamous Terminal Island where his driving skills in the prison's car races earn him the nickname "Frankenstein."
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse
2004 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA virus is attacking the residents of Raccoon City, turning them into the undead. With the help of her colleague, Alice sets out to uncover the truth, even as she fends off an experimental weapon.
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The Sorcerer and the White Snake
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAfter herbalist Xu Xian weds a woman who saved him from drowning, he discovers that she's an incarnation of the 1,000-year-old Madame White Snake. Desperate to escape his monstrous new wife, Xu Xian turns to the demon-fighting sorcerer Fa Hai.
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Star Trek: Nemesis
2002 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWith longtime foes the Romulans at last willing to negotiate peace with the Federation, the Enterprise and its crew are dispatched on a diplomatic mission. But it's all a ruse that will pit them against a wily villain with a sinister agenda.
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Hellboy: Animated: Blood & Iron
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen a vampire destroyed decades ago by professor Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm is resurrected, supernatural agents Hellboy, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien must pool their resources to stop a demon uprising. As the team battles hordes of ghosts and hellhounds, a showdown brews between Hellboy and Hecate, queen of the witches. Ron Perlman, Selma Blair and John Hurt lend their voices to this animated adventure based on Mike Mignola's comic-book series.
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The Final Countdown
1980 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhat if a 1980s American aircraft carrier (with its modern firepower) time-warped back to Pacific waters just outside Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941? That's the intriguing premise behind this sci-fi adventure that stars Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen.
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Arena
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsKellan Lutz stars in this direct-to-video thriller about a young firefighter who's abducted, tortured and forced to fight for his life in a series of gladiatorial contests masterminded by a sadistic entrepreneur.
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Hellboy
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBased on Mike Mignola's cult comic book series, this fast-paced live-action film tells the dark story of Hellboy, a charismatic demon who's put on Earth by the Nazis to terrorize the rest of the world. But Hellboy has other plans. Deciding to fight for good instead of evil, he vows to rid the world of supernatural monsters and the powers that rule them.
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The One
2001 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn director James Wong's sci-fi actioner, Los Angeles police officer Gabriel Yulaw is pursued by a sinister doppelgänger -- an escapee from an advanced parallel universe -- who's on a mission to kill the lawman.
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Star Trek: Insurrection
1998 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsCapt. Picard and the Enterprise crew head to a mysterious world where metaphasic radiation has halted the aging process of its citizens. There, they work to unravel a conspiracy that would harness the planet's power.
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDespite triumphing over the evil Khan, Admiral Kirk's victory is a hollow one -- McCoy (DeForest Kelley) is going insane, and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) is dead. Or is he? Kirk (William Shatner) jeopardizes his career by commandeering the U.S.S. Enterprise for a mission to the Genesis Planet. If he and his aging crew can defeat a deadly crew of Klingons, they may just be able to rescue their absent friend.
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Star Trek: Generations
1994 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsCapt. Jean-Luc Picard commands the newest incarnation of the U.S.S. Enterprise, investigating a disaster at an outlying settlement. The catastrophe's sole survivor is Dr. Tolian Soran, who has malevolent plans to use an energy field called the Nexus.
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Dante's Inferno
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsTraveling beyond death to rescue his love, Beatrice, from evil Lucifer, Dante enters the nine circles of hell, battling the vicious demons and monsters he encounters in this spectacular animated retelling of Dante Alighieri's classic morality tale.
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Lockout
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA former government agent wrongly accused of a crime gets a shot at freedom -- if he can engineer a high-risk mission to outer space in order to rescue the president's daughter from a prison where the inmates are in control.
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Conan the Barbarian
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsBased on the pulp fiction of Robert E. Howard, this action-driven adventure breathes new life into the story of Conan the Barbarian, a warrior who rises to defend the people of Hyboria after evil forces slaughter his family and fellow villagers.
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Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis first Star Trek film reunites the U.S.S. Enterprise's original crew from the 1960s television show. Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) -- now an admiral -- and his former crew must save humanity from a giant alien ship steadily approaching Earth. There's conflict on the ship as well as in the universe, as displaced Cmdr. Decker (Stephen Collins), the Enterprise's new captain, becomes Kirk's assistant. Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley co-star.
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The Invincible Iron Man
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this animated adventure, inventor Tony Stark digs up more than he bargained for when he unearths an evil entity buried for centuries in an ancient Chinese ruin. To protect himself from the destructive force, Tony designs a high-tech suit of armor.
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Day Watch
2006 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsTo protect his son, who has come under the dark side's control, Anton (Konstantin Khabensky) seeks an ancient artifact that threatens to upset an uneasy peace with the light side -- putting Moscow at risk for a devastating cataclysm. Anton finds himself in the middle of a mythic conflict between the forces of light and dark in this sequel to Night Watch, the surprise supernatural hit thriller from Russia.
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Black Lightning
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen he unexpectedly receives a rusty old clunker as a gift, Moscow college student Dima (Grigoriy Dobrygin) nearly ditches it out of embarrassment. But after discovering that the car can fly, Dima takes advantage of this special weapon to become a real crime fighter. This specialeffects-laden action film about accepting responsibility for one's deeds also stars Ekaterina Vilkova, Viktor Verzhbitskiy and Valeriy Zolotukhin.
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