| CAPTIVESTATE | New science fiction thriller about an extraterrestrial force that enslaves humanity: 2 wds. |
| AMAZONANT | Insect that enslaves the young of other species (6,3) |
| BEACON | New science fiction psychological thriller starring Lena Headey, _ 23 (6) |
| TRISHAYEARWOOD | Country singer who along with her husband helps build houses for Habitat for Humanity: 2 wds. |
| RICKYGERVAIS | English comedian and actor who has a comedy special on Netflix titled Humanity: 2 wds. |
| SOURCECODE | 2011 Jake Gyllenhaal thriller about an experimental program to relive the minutes before a train explosion: 2 wds. |
| DUNE | Expected to import new science fiction blockbuster |
| SEED | The Bad ___ (1956 thriller about an evil child) |
| ORK | Planet in the 1978 American sci-fi sitcom Mork & Mindy about an extraterrestrial who comes to Earth |
| ALF | '80s sitcom about an extraterrestrial |
| WAROFTHEWORLDS | 2005 science-fiction thriller starring Tom Cruise (3,2,3,6) |
| THETASYNDROME | Elleston Trevor's 1977 science fiction thriller (with "The") |
| SIGNS | Science fiction thriller written and directed by M Night Shyamalan |
| WIFE | The Astronaut's ---, science fiction thriller starring Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron (4) |
| REDPLANET | 2000 science fiction thriller film starring Val Kilmer and Carrie-Anne Moss (3,6) |
| COUNTERPART | Science fiction thriller set in Berlin and starring J.K. Simmons as Howard Silk (11) |
| OUTLAND | 1981 science fiction thriller film starring Sean Connery and Peter Boyle (7) |
| MICHAELCRICHTON | US author who wrote the science fiction thriller Jurassic Park (7,8) |
| GOODMAN | John, U.S. actor who starred in the 2016 science fiction thriller film 10 Cloverfield Lane (7) |
| HUGHJACKMAN | Star of the science fiction thriller film Reminiscence (4,7) |
