2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Stargate/Amok AI/Human Evolution/Space Mission
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rains
Category: Science Fiction
Akira (1988)
Anime/Psychic Powers Amok
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Category: Science Fiction
Alice (1988)
Surreal Claymation Alice in Wonderland Adaptation
Director: Jan Svankmajer
Actors: Kristyna Kohoutova, Camilla Power
Category: Fantasy
Alien (1979)
Alien Nasty on a Spaceship
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto, …
Category: Science Fiction
Aliens (1986)
Alien Sequel
Director: James Cameron
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, …
Category: Science Fiction
Angels in America (2003)
Surreal AIDS Drama/Angelic Visitations
Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Justin Kirk, …
Category: Fantasy
Arrival (2016)
First Contact with Aliens
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, …
Category: Science Fiction
Audition (1999)
Twisted Love Story/Sadism and Torture
Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Jun Kunimura
Category: Horror
Avatar (2009)
War Between Human Colonists and Aliens
Director: James Cameron
Actors: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, …
Category: Science Fiction
Babe (1995)
Talking Animals
Director: Chris Noonan
Actors: James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski, Christine Cavanaugh, Miriam Margolyes, …
Category: Fantasy
Bambi (1942)
Disney Animation/Talking Animals
Director: David C. Hand
Category: Fantasy
Batman (1989)
Comic-Book Superhero
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, …
Category: Fantasy
Batman Returns (1992)
Comic-Book Superhero
Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, Christopher Walken, …
Category: Fantasy
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Fairy-Tale
Director: Jean Cocteau
Actors: Jean Marais, Josette Day
Category: Fantasy
Beloved (1998)
African-American Ghost Story
Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie/Thandiwe Newton, Kimberly Elise, …
Category: Fantasy
Blade Runner (1982)
Cyberpunk Future/Hunt for Escaped Androids
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, …
Category: Science Fiction
Breaking the Waves (1996)
Religion and Miracles
Director: Lars von Trier
Actors: Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård, Katrin Cartlidge, Adrian Rawlins, …
Category: Fantasy
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
Hong Kong Supernatural Fantasy/Ghost Romance
Director: Ching Siu-Tung
Actors: Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, Wu Ma
Category: Fantasy
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
UFOs/Alien Contact
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, …
Category: Science Fiction
Crimes of the Future (2022)
Future Surgical Experiments
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Scott Speedman, …
Category: Science Fiction
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
Alternate History/The South Wins
Director: Kevin Willmott
Actors: Charles Frank
Category: Science Fiction
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
True-Life Serial Killer
Director: Jennifer Lynch, Carl Franklin, Gregg Araki, Clement Virgo, …
Actors: Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Niecy Nash, Michael Learned, …
Category: Horror
Dark City (1998)
Reality Manipulation
Director: Alex Proyas
Actors: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, …
Category: Science Fiction
The Dark Knight (2008)
Comic-Book Superhero
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, …
Category: Fantasy
Dead Ringers (1988)
Disturbed Twin Psychology
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Jeremy Irons, Genevieve Bujold, Heidi von Palleske
Category: Horror
Devs (2020)
Computer That Can Predict the Future
Director: Alex Garland
Actors: Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Alison Pill, …
Category: Science Fiction
Les Diaboliques (1955)
Psycho-Thriller
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Actors: Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Paul Meurisse, Michel Serrault
Category: Horror
Dr Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Nuclear War Black Comedy
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, …
Category: Science Fiction
Dreams (1990)
Japanese Ghost Story Anthology
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Akira Terao, Martin Scorcese
Category: Fantasy
Duel (1971)
Murderous Truck
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Dennis Weaver
Category: Horror
Dumbo (1941)
Disney Animation/Flying Elephant
Director: Ben Sharpsteen
Category: Fantasy
E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Cute Alien
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote
Category: Science Fiction
Edge of Darkness (1985)
Nuclear Power/Environmental Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker, Joanne Whalley, Charles Kay, …
Category: Science Fiction
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Memory Erasure/Reality Bender
Director: Michel Gondry
Actors: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood, …
Category: Science Fiction
Excalibur (1981)
Arthurian Legends
Director: John Boorman
Actors: Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, …
Category: Fantasy
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Family Saga/Ghosts
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Ewa Froling, Jan Malmsjo, Jalle Kulle, Pernilla Wallgren, …
Category: Fantasy
Fantasia (1940)
Disney Animation and Music Anthology
Director: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, …
Category: Fantasy
Faust (1926)
Pact with the Devil
Director: F.W. Murnau
Actors: Emil Jannings
Category: Fantasy
Field of Dreams (1989)
Mystical Baseball Field with Ghost Players
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Actors: Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Amy Madigan, Timothy Busfield, …
Category: Fantasy
Fight Club (1999)
Brawling Clubs/Anarchist Revolution/Split Personality
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, …
Category: Fantasy
A Ghost Story (2017)
Man Becomes a Ghost
Director: David Lowery
Actors: Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara
Category: Fantasy
Gravity (2013)
Astronaut Stranded in Orbit
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Actors: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney
Category: Science Fiction
The Haunting (1963)
Haunted House
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, …
Category: Horror
Her (2013)
Human-A.I. Romance
Director: Spike Jonze
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, …
Category: Science Fiction
Hero (2003)
Flying Swordsmen Fantasy
Director: Zhang Yimou
Actors: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi, …
Category: Fantasy
The Hitcher (1986)
Psycho Hitchhiker
Director: Robert Harmon
Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Category: Horror
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Deformity/Historical Romance
Director: William S. Dieterle
Category: Horror
Inception (2010)
Dream Espionage
Director: Christopher Nolan
Actors: Leonard DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page/Elliot Page, Tom Hardy, …
Category: Science Fiction
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Miniaturised Man
Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, William Schallert, Paul Langton
Category: Science Fiction
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Alien Duplication and Takeover
Director: Donald Siegel
Actors: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, …
Category: Science Fiction
The Invisible Man (1933)
Invisible Man/H.G. Wells Adaptation
Director: James Whale
Actors: Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, Henry Travers, Una O'Connor, …
Category: Science Fiction
It Happened Here (1965)
Alternate History/England Under Nazi Rule
Director: Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo
Actors: Pauline Murray, Sebastian Shaw
Category: Science Fiction
Jaws (1975)
Killer Shark
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton, …
Category: Horror
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
Anime/Young Witch’s Adventures
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy
King Kong (1933)
Giant Ape
Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsak
Actors: Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Robert Armstrong, Frank Reicher
Category: Science Fiction
King Kong (2005)
Giant Ape
Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, …
Category: Science Fiction
Lady and the Tramp (1955)
Disney Animation/Talking Animals
Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Actors: Verna Felton, Peggy Lee
Category: Fantasy
Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
Anime/Lost Floating City
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Science Fiction
Last Year in Marienbad (1961)
French New Wave/Time and Memory
Director: Alain Resnais
Actors: Delphine Seyrig, Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoeff
Category: Fantasy
Legend (1985)
Adult Fairytale
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, …
Category: Fantasy
Man Facing Southeast (1986)
Christ-like Alien Visitor in a Psychiatric Institution
Director: Eliseo Subiela
Actors: Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Sato, Ines Vernengo
Category: Science Fiction
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On (2021)
Stop-Motion Animation/Talking Shell
Director: Dean Fleischer Camp
Category: Fantasy
Martin (1976)
Deconstructed Vampire
Director: George A. Romero
Actors: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Tom Savini, Christine Forrest, …
Category: Horror
The Matrix (1999)
Virtual Reality
Director: The Wachowskis, Lilly/Andy Wachowski, Lana/Larry Wachowski
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, …
Category: Science Fiction
Monty Python’s The Life of Brian (1979)
Accidental Messiah Absurdist Comedy
Director: Terry Jones
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, …
Category: Fantasy
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
Anime/Children Befriend Mysterious Creature
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Children Pursued by Psycho Preacher
Director: Charles Laughton
Actors: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Peter Graves, …
Category: Horror
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Halloween Denizens Take Over Christmas/Stop-Motion Animation
Director: Henry Selick
Actors: Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, …
Category: Fantasy
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Dystopia
Director: Michael Radford
Actors: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack
Category: Science Fiction
Nosferatu (1922)
Silent Dracula Adaptation
Director: F.W. Murnau
Actors: Max Schreck, Gustav von Waggenheim
Category: Horror
The Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Unexplained Disappearance
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Rachel Roberts, Dominic Guard, John Jarratt
Category: Fantasy
Pinocchio (1940)
Disney Animation/Living Puppet Boy
Director: Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen
Category: Fantasy
The Plague Dogs (1982)
Animation/Talking Escaped Lab Animals
Director: Martin Rosen
Actors: John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam
Category: Fantasy
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Anime/Epic Fantasy
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Actors: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Minnie Driver, Gillian Anderson, …
Category: Fantasy
Psycho (1960)
Psycho-Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, …
Category: Horror
Rashomon (1950)
The Subjectivity of Perception
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Actors: Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura
Category: Fantasy
Repulsion (1965)
Portrait of Madness
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark
Category: Horror
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Satanic Impregnation
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon, Maurice Evans, …
Category: Horror
Salo or 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
Sadism, Torture and Depravity
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Category: Horror
Saw (2004)
Killer’s Sadistic Games
Director: James Wan
Actors: Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Leigh Whannell, Michael Emerson, …
Category: Horror
Se7en (1995)
Serial Killer Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, …
Category: Horror
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Death Incarnate
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max Von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bibi Andersson, Åke Fridell, …
Category: Fantasy
Sin City (2005)
Graphic Novel Adaptation/Ultra-Violent Film Noir Tales
Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Hartnett, …
Category: Horror
The Singing Detective (1986)
Meta-Fiction/Detective Story Daydreams
Director: Jon Amiel
Actors: Michael Gambon, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide, Bill Paterson, …
Category: Fantasy
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale
Director: David Hand
Actors: Adriana Caselotti
Category: Fantasy
Solaris (1972)
Enigmatic Alien Planet/Ghosts of Memory
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk
Category: Science Fiction
The Spirit of the Beehive (1974)
Spanish Childhood/Ghost of the Frankenstein Monster
Director: Victor Erice
Actors: Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleria, Fernan Gomez, Tersea Gimpera
Category: Fantasy
Spirited Away (2001)
Anime/Afterlife Bathhouse
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy
Stalker (1979)
Alien Affected Zone
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Category: Science Fiction
Star Wars (1977)
Space Opera
Director: George Lucas
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, …
Category: Science Fiction
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Space Opera
Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, …
Category: Science Fiction
Swiss Army Man (2016)
Castaway Befriends a Talking Corpse
Director: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Actors: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Richard Gross, …
Category: Fantasy
Taxi Driver (1976)
Urban Psychosis
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Peter Boyle, …
Category: Horror
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
Man-Machine Fusion
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Tomoroh Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto
Category: Science Fiction
The Thing (1982)
Shapechanging Alien Nasty
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, David Clennon, …
Category: Science Fiction
The Truman Show (1998)
Man’s Life as a TV Show
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, …
Category: Science Fiction
The War Game (1965)
Nuclear War Mockumentary
Director: Peter Watkins
Actors: Michael Aspel, Dick Graham
Category: Science Fiction
War of the Planet of the Apes (2017)
Planet of the Apes Sequel
Director: Matt Reeves
Actors: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction
Watership Down (1978)
Animation/Talking Rabbit Quest
Director: Martin Rosen
Actors: John Hurt, Richard Briers, Michael Graham-Cox, Zero Mostel, …
Category: Fantasy
The Well (1997)
Body in the Well/Psychological Horror
Director: Samantha Lang
Actors: Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto, Paul Chubb, Frank Wilson
Category: Horror