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Akira
D: Katsuhiro Otomo (1988) 124m

Violent cartoon version of Otomo's comic book series is largely responsible for the current worldwide popularity of Japanese animation. A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by two teenagers and a group of psychics. A mind-boggling climax brings change on a universal scale.

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Ghost in the Shell
D: Mamoru Oshii (1995) 83m

In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster.

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The Iron Giant
D: Brad Bird (1999) 86m

During the Cold War in October 1957, an object from space crashes in the ocean just off the coast of Maine, then enters the forest near the town of Rockwell. Nine-year-old Hogarth Hughes investigates and finds a giant robot attempting to eat the transmission lines of an electrical substation. Hogarth eventually befriends the Giant, finding it docile and curious, but needs help.

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A Scanner Darkly
D: Richard Linklater (2006) 100m

The United States has lost the war on drugs. Substance D, a powerful and dangerous drug that causes bizarre hallucinations, has swept the country. Approximately 20% of the population is addicted. In response, the government has developed an invasive, high-tech surveillance system and a network of undercover officers and informants. From the mind of Philip K. Dick.

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WALL•E
D: Andrew Stanton (2008) 98m

After spending lonely centuries performing his waste allocation duties on a devastated Earth, robot WALL•E finally meets the mech of his dreams - the sleek search robot EVE. Pixar films rarely miss the mark, but this one is even a few notches above most of their other impressive output. There is an almost overpowering environmental message for young and old alike.

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Summer Wars
D: Mamoru Hosoda (2009) 114m

Kenji Koiso, a young student at Kuonji High School with a gift for mathematics, tries to fix a problem he accidentally caused in OZ. He is a part-time Gamemaster in the massive computer-simulated virtual reality world OZ. Meanwhile, he pretends to be the fiancé of his friend at her grandmother's 90th birthday. Director Mamoru Hosoda shows off his eye for detail in this one.

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Avatar
D: James Cameron (2009) 162m

Director James Cameron uses state-of-the-art 3D technology to produce visually convincing 'live action animation'. A wheelchair-bound Marine is sent to the planet Pandora where a corporate consortium is stomping all over the rights of the indigenous people in order to obtain a rare mineral. He infiltrates the Na'vi through a genetically engineered avatar body… but soon has a change of heart.

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Candace Against the Universe
D: Bob Bowen (2020) 84m

Phineas and Ferb travel across the galaxy to rescue their older sister Candace, who has been abducted by aliens and taken to a utopia in a far-off planet, free of her pesky little brothers. Candace, however, kind of likes it where she is and considers staying. For the uninitiated, Phineas and Ferb are extremely polite genius stepbrothers with a knack for adventure.

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Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
D: Albert Calleros & John Rice (2022) 87m

Promoted as "The Dumbest Science Fiction Movie Ever Made", after accidentally burning down their high school's science fair, our not-so-likeable lads are sentenced to space camp at NASA by a judge who deems them to be at risk. Long story, but they end up in a black hole which sends them 24 years into the future where they wreak havoc and get into all sorts of trouble.