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Rating: ★★★★½

A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) (2001)

29th June 200120th July 2019

Android Boy’s Quest

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

6th July 199921st August 2019

Virus from Space/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Director: Robert Wise
Actors: James Olson, Arthur Hill, Kate Reid, David Wayne, …
Category: Science Fiction

Anna M. (2007)

8th March 200830th August 2019

Female Stalker

Director: Michel Spinosa
Actors: Isabelle Carré, Gilbert Melki, Anne Consigny, Genevieve Mnich, …
Category: Horror

The Birds (1963)

6th March 200019th November 2019

Birds Attack Humanity

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Jessica Tandy, …
Category: Horror

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

6th January 201827th December 2018

Cyberpunk Future/Androids

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Sylvia Hoeks, Jared Leto, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cape Fear (1962)

2nd February 20008th February 2019

Ex-Con’s Revenge Thriller

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, …
Category: Horror

Carnival of Souls (1962)

20th December 20005th September 2019

Haunting/Deathdream

Director: Herk Harvey
Actors: Candace Hilligoss, Herk Harvey, Sidney Berger, Frances Feist, …
Category: Horror

Cat People (1942)

3rd May 200125th April 2019

Human-Feline Transformation/Psychological Ambiguity

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Actors: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Jane Randolph, Kent Smith
Category: Horror

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

3rd May 200113th May 2019

Future Thugs/Brainwashing

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, James Marks, …
Category: Science Fiction

Code 46 (2003)

31st December 200330th August 2018

Dystopian Future

Director: Michael Winterbottom
Actors: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri, David Fahm, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cosmopolis (2012)

11th July 201225th August 2019

Vision of Near-Future Collapse

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Sarah Gadon, Kevin Durand, …
Category: Science Fiction

Creator (1985)

2nd June 200330th August 2018

Cloning and the Meaning of Life

Director: Ivan Passer
Actors: Peter O'Toole, Vincent Spano, Mariel Hemingway, David Ogden Stiers, …
Category: Science Fiction

Day of the Dead (1985)

9th March 20019th February 2019

Zombies

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Lori Cardille, Joe Pilato, Richard Liberty, Terry Alexander, …
Category: Horror

The Day of the Triffids (1981)

3rd July 200727th June 2019

The Downfall of Civilisation/Lethal Plants Amok

Director: Ken Hannam
Actors: John Duttine, Emma Relph, Maurice Colbourne, David Swift, …
Category: Science Fiction

Don’t Look Now (1973)

27th March 20019th February 2019

Precognition

Director: Nicolas Roeg
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason, Clelia Matania, …
Category: Horror

Eraserhead (1977)

9th March 20012nd May 2019

Surrealist Weirdness

Director: David Lynch
Actors: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Allen Joseph, Jeanne Bates, …
Category: Fantasy

The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (1958)

20th September 201230th August 2018

Jules Verne Adaptation/Steampunk

Director: Karel Zeman
Actors: Lubor Tokos, Arnost Navratil, Miloslav Holub, Frantisek Slegr, …
Category: Science Fiction

Faraway, So Close! (1993)

16th December 200930th August 2018

Angels

Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Otto Sander, Willem Dafoe, Nastassja Kinski, Horst Buccholz, …
Category: Fantasy

The Fisher King (1991)

14th September 200211th June 2019

Modern-Day Grail Quest

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Robin Williams, Mercedes Ruehl, Amanda Plummer
Category: Fantasy

Forbidden Planet (1956)

20th June 200212th February 2019

Alien Artefacts/Monster from the Subconscious

Director: Fred McLeod Wilcox
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Warren Stevens, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Ghost and Mrs Muir (1947)

19th January 201030th August 2018

Ghost-Mortal Friendship

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Actors: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Edna Best, …
Category: Fantasy

Halloween (1978)

6th December 20022nd July 2019

Slasher Film

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, P.J. Soles, Nancy Loomis, …
Category: Horror

Ichi the Killer (2001)

7th January 200610th October 2019

Sadism and Ultra-Violence

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya Tsukamoto, Sabu, …
Category: Horror

The Innocents (1961)

20th August 200321st February 2019

Psychological Ghost Story

Director: Jack Clayton
Actors: Deborah Kerr, Pamela Franklin, Martin Stephens, Megs Jenkins, …
Category: Horror

Interstellar (2014)

8th November 201416th August 2019

Space Expedition

Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Matt Damon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

25th June 201030th August 2018

Alien Duplication and Takeover

Director: Philip Kaufman
Actors: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Veronica Cartwright, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Machinist (2004)

5th August 20053rd March 2019

Anorexia, Sleeplessness and Reality Blurrings

Director: Brad Anderson
Actors: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, John Sharian, Michael Ironside, …
Category: Fantasy

Mad Max 2 (1981)

10th June 200230th June 2019

Post-Holocaust Action

Director: George Miller
Actors: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Vernon Wells, Emil Minty, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

16th May 201530th January 2019

Post-Holocaust Action

Director: George Miller
Actors: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mighty Joe Young (1949)

11th June 20003rd January 2019

Giant Ape

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Actors: Robert Armstrong, Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Lora Lee Michel, …
Category: Fantasy

Nausicaa in the Valley of the Wind (1984)

12th December 20059th March 2019

Anime/Post-Holocaust Environmentalism

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Science Fiction

NEKRomantik (1987)

26th June 199921st November 2019

Necrophilia

Director: Jorg Buttgereit
Actors: Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice M.
Category: Horror

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

1st December 200016th October 2019

Zombies

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, Karl Hardman, Keith Wayne, …
Category: Horror

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

1st July 200112th March 2019

Disfigured Madman Beneath the Opera House

Director: Rupert Julian
Actors: Lon Chaney, Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Category: Horror

Poltergeist (1982)

5th September 200215th November 2019

Haunting

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Zelda Rubinstein, Heather O'Rourke, …
Category: Horror

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

6th August 200128th October 2019

Tomb Raiding Adventures

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, …
Category: Fantasy

Sea of Love (1989)

11th May 201530th August 2018

Psycho-Thriller/Romance

Director: Harold Becker
Actors: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Richard Jenkins, …
Category: Horror

The Sixth Sense (1999)

14th August 199921st August 2019

Child Medium

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, …
Category: Horror

Strings (2004)

15th December 20056th February 2019

World of Puppets

Director: Anders Rønnow-Klarlund
Actors: James McAvoy, Catherine McCormack, Derek Jacobi, David Harewood, …
Category: Fantasy

Superman (1978)

16th December 200027th March 2019

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Tree of Life (2011)

4th June 20114th February 2019

Lost American Childhood/The Evolution of Life on Earth

Director: Terrence Malick
Actors: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, …
Category: Fantasy

Twin Peaks (1990)

6th November 201030th August 2018

Smalltown Weirdness/Murder Mystery

Director: David Lynch
Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Michael Ontkean, …
Category: Horror

Ultraviolet (1998)

2nd May 19992nd October 2019

Vampire Hunters

Director: Joe Ahearne
Actors: Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker, Idris Elba, Philip Quast, …
Category: Horror

Up (2009)

12th September 200912th October 2019

Pixar Animation/Old Man Goes on an Adventure

Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Actors: Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson, …
Category: Fantasy

Vampyr (1932)

20th April 201130th August 2018

Vampire/Uncanny Dread

Director: Carl Dreyer
Actors: Julian West, Sybille Schmitz, Baron Nicholas de Gunzburg, Jan Hieronimko, …
Category: Horror

The Vanishing (1988)

23rd May 201027th September 2019

Psycho-Thriller/Unexplained Disappearance

Director: George Sluizer
Actors: Gene Bervoets, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Johanna Ter Steege, Gwen Eckhaus
Category: Horror

Videodrome (1983)

31st August 201030th August 2018

Reality-Manipulating TV

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Sonja Smits, …
Category: Science Fiction

Wall-E (2008)

9th October 20087th October 2019

Pixar Animation/Lonely Robot

Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Ben Burtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard, …
Category: Science Fiction

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