Sometimes, these stories are set on unique, often futuristic versions of Earth.

Some other times, however, they bring audiences to a different spot in space entirely.

There, oppressed humanoids rebel against their machine-like leaders.

The Draag and Om together in Fantastic Planet.

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InWay of Water,Pandora feels grander, more lived-in, and more alive than ever before.

6’Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

3, coincidentally, may just be the best in the series.

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3is the perfect way to close off what may be Marvel Studios' best trilogy.

It’s set decades after the Nostromo incident from the original.

As expected, violence ensues.

Vin Diesel as Riddick takes his goggles off to look up at the sky in Pitch Black

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They only find two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.

Along came exceptional Canadian filmmakerDenis Villeneuveand proved the naysayers wrong.

It’s a sprawling, epic odyssey through the richly-constructed desert planet of Arrakis.

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Jim and Long John Silver stand on the bow of a spaceship. Silver points far ahead

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Rocket Raccoon piloting a ship in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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Newt (Carrie Henn) standing in chest deep water while a xenomorph emerges behind her in ‘Aliens’

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The chestburster comes out of John Hurt’s chest while the rest of the crew tries to help in ‘Alien’ (1979).

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The Fremen ride the Sandworm into battle in Dune: Part Two (2024).

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C-3PO walks down a corridor next to R2-D2 in ‘Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope’ (1977)

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