17 Must-See Sci-Fi Movies For 2014

2013 was a bumper year for science fiction, but it was ultimately a let down in terms of quality. The likes of Star Trek: Into Darkness, After Earth and Oblivion all failed to deliver on many levels. But don't fear, 2014 is absolutely packed with exciting sci-fi movies, in fact it may be the best year the genre has seen in a long, long time. To make sure you don't miss a thing, we've assembled a guide to the very best 2014 has to offer, so get your calendars out and get ready to be entertained!

The Lego Movie - February 7th 2014

The Danish building blocks are finally making it to the big screen with the craziest cast of characters ever assembled. The Lego Movie features some incredible talent behind the whacky list of characters; Will Arnett plays Batman, Cobie Smulders is Wonder Woman, Channing Tatum is Superman and Morgan Freeman plays A WIZARD! As if the cast and characters wasn't enticing enough, the plot line sounds perfectly entertaining too with Will Ferrell playing a maniacal tyrant hell bent on gluing the lego universe together.

Robocop - February 12th 2014

The 1980's gets yet another 21st century reboot with Jose Padilha's reimagining of Robocop. Joel Kinnaman plays Alex Murphy, the unlucky family man/cop whose flame is snuffed out on the job. He isn't down for long though as Omnicorp start sniffing around looking for a suitable man for their new prototype cop project. Yes, Robocop 2014 should be very true to the 1987 original and most of the appeal for this one will come from the rebooted effects and cast. Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman Michael Keaton will provide the charisma here while Australian bombshell Abbie Cornish plays Mrs.Robocop. I'm on the fence as to whether this film will succeed, but hey, its Robocop so i'll give it a go.

Mr Peabody & Sherman - March 7th 2014

For those who don't remember, Mr Peabody was the time-travelling, bespectacled pooch who had the occasional segment on the Rocky and Bullwinkle show in the 50's and 60's. Now, almost 6 decades later Mr Peabody and his human companion, Sherman are getting their shot at the big screen in what looks to be a beautifully whacky adventure through time. Mr Peabody (Ty Burrell) and Sherman (Max Charles ) travel back in time to meet some of history's most prominent figures, but when they discover that their antics have drastically altered the future, they must once again travel back in time to undo all of their meddling. Dreamworks have an incredible record of creating top notch animated adventures and Mr Peabody & Sherman looks set to continue that trend.

Capatain America: The Winter Soldier - April 4th 2014

Cap is back in his second solo movie and this time he's struggling to get to grips with the modern world. Captain America finds himself feeling disenchanted by everything the 21st century has to offer and as his involvement with S.H.I.E.L.D deepens, he discovers they aren't necessarily the shining force of good he once thought. But when a face from his past turns up, Captain America's world is tipped upside down. Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow gets an expanded role in what will be a much darker tale than the original movie. Captain America: The Winter Soldier will give us one of our best big screen looks at the inner workings of S.H.I.E.L.D and there are bound to be tie-ins to the next round of Marvel Cinematic tales, so consider this one of your Spring 'Must-Sees'.

Under The Skin - April 4th 2014

It's a double load of Scarlett Johansson this weekend as the long awaited US release of Jonathan Glazer's 'Under the Skin' hits theaters. Adapted from Michael Faber's beautifully haunting book of the same name, Under the Skin sees Johansson playing an alien seductress sent to Earth to harvest human flesh, which is seen as a delicacy on her home planet. The alien abductor hits the roads of Scotland praying on unexpecting locals, almost all of whom are played by non-actors. Under the Skin looks set to be a trippy and haunting journey that offers so much more than just Scarlett Johansson in her under garments.

Transcendence - April 18th 2014

Johnny Depp stars as Will, a terminally ill scientist who downloads his brain into the world's most powerful computer. What happens next is known by many as Singularity, a point at which Artificial Intelligence becomes more powerful than the collective human intelligence. With his consciousness now in the digital world, Will has become more powerful than even he could have imagined and he soon becomes a danger to the entire human race. Transcendence will no doubt be a divisive movie because so many people have their own opinions about what will happen when Singularity aka Transcendence actually occurs. But if you can set your own personal theories aside, this should be a thoroughly entertaining movie and, boy does Johnny Depp need it after the disaster that was 'Lone Ranger'.

Earth to Echo - April 25th 2014

Disappointed by Super 8? Earth to Echo has the potential to right all of those wrongs. Set in a small desert town, Earth to Echo follows three kids who start receiving strange messages on their cell phones. When they mention the strange happenings with the authorities they find there's not an adult in town who is willing to believe them. As the trio of kids investigate further they discover that they had every right to be curious, because.....ALIENS!

Amazing Spider-Man 2 May 2nd 2014

Boy, Marc Webb's first 'Amazing Spider-Man' movie sure did divide fans didn't it? Personally, I can't wait for the next outing of Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man, mainly because of the crazy line-up of villains it has. Amazing Spider-Man 2 will see spidey fighting off a trio of classic Marvel villains, namely Green Goblin, Rhino and Electro all of whom have their own personal beef with the web-slinger. But there's an added level of intrigue with this sequel as it was recently announced that the Sinister Six would be getting their very own movie. The collective of Marvel villain's has had many members over the years, but it is expected that Marc Webb's Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be the first building block in what is likely to be a 2018 Sinister Six movie release.

Godzilla - May 16th 2014

Ah Godzilla. Everyone's favourite giant reptilian destroyer of cities is back with Gareth Edwards (Monsters) directing a great cast. 'Man of the moment' Bryan Cranston stars alongside the wonderful Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor Johnson as once again Godzilla emerges from the deep to cause havoc. There's not much else I can offer in terms of story-line, but you can pretty much imagine how this one will go. The success of this all depends on the visual effects, but with Gareth Edwards in the chair there shouldn't be too many concerns here. If you're not all giant monstered-out after Pacific Rim, Godzilla should be the perfect opening to the Summer blockbuster season.

X-Men: Days of Future Past - May 23rd 2014

I wouldn't normally expect to see an X-Men movie in this list, but Bryan Singer is back and 'Days of Future Past' looks like it is going to be incredible time-travelling adventure that features X-Men from both the original trilogy and the 'First Class' movie. That means we'll see both Sir Patrick Stewart's Professor Xavier alongside James McAvoy's and of course, Sir Ian McKellen's Magneto alongside Michael Fassbender's. Aside from this novelty, the story sounds pretty neat too. Wolverine is dispatched by Professor Xavier to travel back in time and try to prevent his younger self from setting in motion a chain of events that could prove devastating to both humans and mutants. Still not convinced? The production team produced a full-size Sentinel which will no doubt look incredible on screen.

Edge of Tomorrow - June 6th 2014

Based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka's brilliant novel 'All You Need Is Kill', Edge of Tomorrow is going to be a wild alien invasion movie with more than a few hints of groundhog day. Tom Cruise plays Lt. Bill Cage, a soldier fighting in a savage battle against a seemingly unstoppable force of terraforming aliens. When Cage is killed in battle, he wakes up the next day and is forced to relive his gruesome death over and over again. However, when he observes the bad-ass war veteran Rita Vrtaski he learns that by working with her, he can end his nightmare and swing the battle in the favor of humanity. Edge of Tomorrow has all the makings of a great summer blockbuster, but we've been fooled by Tom Cruise sci-fi novels before. Luckily, Sakurazaka's original tale is so good, Director Doug Liman and co should struggle to make this anything other than entertaining....at the very least.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - July 11th 2014

After the rather brilliant 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' we shoot forward a few years with the human race having been ravaged by the simian plague. While Caesar and his expanding force of apes are going from strength to strength, humans are reduced to small colonies of surviving without infrastructure and electricity. After a short period of peace between the two sides, war soon breaks out again as Caesar looks to ram home his dominance over the beings that once oppressed his people. This second movie will make or break the rebooted franchise and with Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) directing, there are high hopes that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes can achieve box-office success. Much of this success will depend on how Reeves and co. depict the post-virus civilization and of course, how much coverage is given to the ensuing war with the apes. But judging by the first trailer, there's no real need to worry about that!

Jupiter Ascending - July 18th 2014

Masters of Sci-Fi, Lana and Andy Wachowski (Cloud Atlas, The Matrix) are back with Jupiter Ascending, a wild space opera starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum. In a plot that sounds remarkably like Luc Besson's The Fifth Element, humans have found themselves at the bottom of the food chain in a universe ruled by an all powerful Queen. But when the Queen discovers that a lowly human girl named Jupiter (Mila Kunis) could threaten her claims to the throne, she dispatches assassins from all corners of her realm. Jupiter's only hope comes in the form of a young Janitor named Caine who offers to risk his life to save the true Queen of the Universe. Jupiter Ascending has all the hallmarks for a great space adventure, but the Wachowski's will have to be at their best if they are to pull this one off.

Guardians of the Galaxy - August 1st 2014

Marvel's big summer release for 2014 is arguably going to be their most interesting movie since Avengers. Guardians of the Galaxy is going to be the first major expansion of Marvel's cinematic universe and what will really grab the attention of fans will be the crazy array of characters being introduced. Chris Pratt plays Peter Quill, an American pilot who finds himself caught up in the middle of an intergalactic power struggle as the evil Ronan seeks to reclaim a powerful orb that accidentally fell into Quill's possession. If Quill is to survive, he must unite a rag-tag band aliens including Gamora, Rocket Raccoon, Drax the Destroyer and Groot. Guardians of the Galaxy is going to introduce a group of characters the likes of which we haven't seen in years.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - August 8th 2014

Jonathan Liebesman's reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles controversially portrays the famous 'heroes in a half shell' as alien beings inadvertently brought to Earth by an evil force of invaders. Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael meet familiar faces April O'Neil and Splinter, and rise up against the alien invaders. Sounds fine, but has this story been tampered with too much? It's the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, so it definitely goes down as a must see, but i'm still angry at the selection of Megan Fox to play April O'Neil.

Lucy - August 8th 2014

I'm not sure why Luc Besson's return to science fiction hasn't received much coverage to date. I mean, it has Scarlett Johansson playing a drug mule who inherits a whacky array of super powers that enable her to take on a powerful cartel. If that doesn't sound interesting enough, how about you throw in Morgan Freeman and Min-Sik Choi (Old Boy) for good measure? Lucy sounds like it is going to be an absolute hoot, but rumor has it that filming has been plagued with issues, so let's just hope it makes it to theaters on time.

Interstellar - November 7th 2014

Interstellar marks Christopher Nolan's return to the director's chair for the first time since his Dark Knight trilogy and I couldn't be more excited. Not just because he has been attaching IMAX cameras to Learjets, but because the story sounds incredible and he's assembled a cast that can do it justice. The plot sees a group of adventurers travelling into the depths of space after unlocking the power of a wormhole and rumor has it there's going to be interdimensional travel thrown in as well. Bringing this awesome tale to life will be Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain and her fellow Oscar winner Anne Hathaway. Could Interstellar be the Gravity of 2014? Let's hope so!

Sci-Fi fans should also keep an eye out for Zero Theorem too. Terry Gilliams dystopian satire stars Christoph Waltz as a computer genius on the hunt for the meaning of life, but the likes of Matt Damon and Tilda Swinton hope to make sure he never completes his quest.