Director Steven Spielberg made a long-awaited return to the sci-fi genre recently with Disclosure Day, starring Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor. The movie opened to a divisive audience response but earned mostly positive reviews. It has passed the $100 million mark domestically and the $200 million mark worldwide, but the movie hasn’t been as successful as most of Spielberg’s earlier sci-fi projects. One of them is currently available to stream domestically on Peacock, and if Disclosure Day left you wanting, you might want to check it out before it’s removed from the service.
The movie in question was released in 2005, the third in a streak of sci-fi projects that also included A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Minority Report. The movie remains Spielberg’s highest-grossing hit of the 21st century, and the only one that managed to gross more than $600 million worldwide. His other major hit of the last two decades is another sci-fi title,Ready Player One, which grossed around $580 million worldwide in 2018. The 2005 film, however, was received positively by both critics, who praised it for its allegorical narrative about living in post-9/11 America, and audiences.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
07
Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Watch Steven Spielberg’s Sci-Fi Movie on Peacock
We’re talking, of course, about War of the Worlds. Adapted from the classic H.G. Wells novel of the same name, the movie was headlined by Tom Cruise, with Dakota Fanning appearing in a major supporting role. War of the Worlds followed Cruise’s character as he tried to protect his children in the aftermath of an alien invasion. The movie currently holds a “Certified Fresh” 76% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of War of the Worlds delivers on the thrill and paranoia of H.G. Wells’ classic novel while impressively updating the action and effects for modern audiences.” Over time, however, the film’s audience score on the aggregator website has dropped to a disappointing 42%. It’s a similar case with Disclosure Day, which has an 80% critics’ score and a 70% audience score on the aggregator. You can watch War of the Worlds on Peacock until August 1, and stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
