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Theme: Alien Artefacts

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

26 April 200123 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Stargate/Amok AI/Human Evolution/Space Mission

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rains
Category: Science Fiction

2010 (1984)

5 May 200126 April 2019

Rating: ★★★★

2001: A Space Odyssey Sequel

Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, …
Category: Science Fiction

The 27th Day (1957)

19 January 201617 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Aliens Give Selected People Doomsday Capsules

Director: William Asher
Actors: Gene Barry, Valerie French, George Voskovec, Stefan Schnabel, …
Category: Science Fiction

Alien (1979)

2 May 199920 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Alien Nasty on a Spaceship

Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto, …
Category: Science Fiction

Alien Arsenal (1999)

8 December 20007 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Power-Suit Superhero Kids

Director: David DeCoteau
Actors: Chris Olivero, Riley Smith, William Vogt, Robert Donavan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Alien Hunter (2003)

18 February 201329 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Unearthed in the Antarctic

Director: Ron Krauss
Actors: James Spader, Janine Eser, John Lynch, Roy Dotrice, …
Category: Science Fiction

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)

18 June 200921 September 2019

Rating: 0­

Gonzo Animation

Director: Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis
Actors: Carey Means, Dana Snyder, Dave Willis, Mike Schatz, …
Category: Fantasy

The Avengers (2012)

4 May 20123 October 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Joss Whedon
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

10 August 20196 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, …
Category: Science Fiction

Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

3 November 201812 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team-Up

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Josh Brolin, Chris Hemsworth, Benedict Cumberbatch, …
Category: Science Fiction

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)

4 October 20045 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien/Predator Series’ Crossover

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Sanaa Lathan, Lance Henriksen, Ewen Bremner, Raoul Bova, …
Category: Science Fiction

Battle Earth (2012)

17 June 20144 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Alien Invasion/Behind Enemy Lines

Director: Aaron Kurmey
Actors: Kevin Johnson, Adam Munro, Ryan Hatt, Joe MacBurnie, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Box (2009)

14 November 200926 February 2020

Rating: ★

Mysterious Stranger Offers Couple a Terrible Choice

Director: Richard Kelly
Actors: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Holmes Osborne, …
Category: Science Fiction

Captain Marvel (2019)

8 June 201922 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Marvel Comics Superheroine

Director: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Actors: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Jude Law, …
Category: Science Fiction

Color Out of Space (2019)

24 January 202027 February 2021

Rating: ★★★½

H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation/Mutations from Space

Director: Richard Stanley
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Brendan Meyer, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Creepshow (1982)

6 July 200022 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Ted Danson, Stephen King, Fritz Weaver, …
Category: Horror

Crystal Skulls (2014)

22 September 201531 May 2020

Rating: ★

Alien Artefacts/Disaster Movie

Director: Todor Chapkanov
Actors: Richard Burgi, Wendy Glenn, Sam Redford, David Rintoul, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Day Time Ended (1980)

19 October 200327 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Extraterrestrial Phenomena

Director: John 'Bud' Cardos
Actors: Jim Davis, Chris Mitchum, Dorothy Malone, Marcy Lafferty, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dead Space: Downfall (2008)

9 April 201424 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Videogame Adaptation/Spaceship of Mutated Dead

Director: Chuck Patton
Actors: Nika Futterman, Jim Cummings, Keith Szarabajka, Kevin Michael Richardson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Detention (2011)

6 November 201327 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Gonzo High School Film/Slasher Parody/Time Travel/Bodyswap

Director: Joseph Kahn
Actors: Shanley Caswell, Josh Hutcherson, Spencer Locke, Dane Cook, …
Category: Horror

Doors (2021)

2 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Anthology/Mysterious Alien Portals Appear

Director: Jeff Desom, Saman Kesh, Dugan O’Neal
Actors: Josh Peck, Lina Esco, Kyp Malone, Kathy Khanh, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dude, Where’s My Car? (2000)

17 December 200028 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Stoner Film

Director: Danny Leiner
Actors: Ashton Kutcher, Seann William Scott, Jennifer Garner, Marla Sokoloff, …
Category: Science Fiction

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)

15 July 200110 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Alien Soul Devourers

Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi, Motu Sakakibara
Actors: Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, …
Category: Science Fiction

Forbidden Planet (1956)

20 June 200211 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Alien Artefacts/Monster from the Subconscious

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

Galaxis (1995)

21 May 201130 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Alien Warrior Woman

Director: William Mesa
Actors: Brigitte Nielsen, Richard Moll, John H. Brennan, Fred Asparagus, …
Category: Science Fiction

Galaxy of Terror (1981)

19 October 20021 April 2021

Rating: ★★½

Enigmatic Alien Planet

Director: Bruce D. Clark
Actors: Edward Albert, Erin Moran, Ray Walston, Zalman King, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Gracefield Incident (2017)

20 November 201716 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

UFO Found Footage Film

Director: Mathieu Ratthe
Actors: Mathieu Ratthe, Kimberly Laferierre, Victor Andres Trelles-Turgeon, Juliette Gosselin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Green Lantern (2011)

17 June 201115 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, …
Category: Science Fiction

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)

15 October 201315 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Tales of the Green Lantern Corps

Director: Christopher Berkeley, Lauren Montgomery, Jay Oliva
Actors: Nathan Fillion, Elisabeth Moss, Jason Isaacs, Michael Whitfield, …
Category: Science Fiction

Green Lantern: First Flight (2009)

14 February 201014 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Animation/DC Comics Superhero

Director: Lauren Montgomery
Actors: Christopher Meloni, Victor Garber, Tricia Helfer, Michael Madsen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

2 August 20146 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Marvel Comics Adaptation/Space Opera

Director: James Gunn
Actors: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Dave Bautista, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Guyver (1991)

14 June 20031 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Power-Suit Superhero

Director: Screaming Mad George, Steve Wang
Actors: Mark Hamill, Vivian Wu, Jeffrey Combs, Jack Armstrong, …
Category: Science Fiction

Guyver: Dark Hero (1994)

22 July 202022 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Power-Suit Superhero

Director: Steve Wang
Actors: David Hayter, Kathy Christopherson
Category: Science Fiction

Halo Legends (2010)

30 March 201222 January 2020

Rating: ★★½

Compilation of Anime Shorts/Videogame Adaptation/Space War

Director: Hideki Futamura, Keiichi Sugiyama, Takahiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Yamazaki, …
Category: Science Fiction

Heavy Metal (1981)

3 May 200013 February 2021

Rating: ★★½

Adult Animation Anthology

Director: Gerald Potterton
Actors: John Candy, Jackie Burroughs, Eugene Levy, John Vernon, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)

8 October 20008 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Adult Animation/Space Opera

Director: Michael Coldewey, Michel Lemire
Actors: Julie Strain, Michael Ironside, Billy Idol, Rick Jones
Category: Science Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

25 May 200813 August 2020

Rating: ★★

High Adventure/Alien Artefacts

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, …
Category: Science Fiction

John Carter (2012)

9 March 20121 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Planetary Adventure/Edgar Rice Burroughs Adaptation

Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Dominic West, Samantha Morton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Justice League (2017)

30 December 201725 March 2021

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction

Lifeforce (1985)

25 May 20039 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Soul-Sucking Alien Vampires

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, …
Category: Science Fiction

Lunopolis (2009)

7 June 201230 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Found Footage/Grand Conspiracy Mashup

Director: Matthew J. Avant
Actors: Matthew J. Avant, Hal Maynor IV, Dave Potter, Ray Blum, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (2012)

28 April 201314 January 2020

Rating: ★½

Anime/Videogame Adaptation

Director: Atsushi Takeuchi
Actors: Freddie Prinze Jr
Category: Science Fiction

Masters of the Universe (1987)

12 May 200413 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Intergalactic Sword-and-Sorcery

Director: Gary Goddard
Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox, Billy Barty, …
Category: Science Fiction

Men in Black II (2002)

29 July 200229 July 2019

Rating: ★

Alien Coverup Conspiracy Agency

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Actors: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Lara Flynn Boyle, Rosario Dawson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Men in Black: International (2019)

3 August 201917 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Coverup Conspiracy Agency

Director: F. Gary Gray
Actors: Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Message from Space (1978)

6 March 200022 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Space Opera

Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Actors: Vic Morrow, Sonny Chiba, Mikio Narita, Philip Casnoff, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mission to Mars (2000)

10 March 200020 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Mars Landing/Alien Artefact

Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, …
Category: Science Fiction

My Science Project (1985)

6 January 200630 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Teenagers Activate Time Vortex Device

Director: Jonathan R. Betuel
Actors: John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens, Dennis Hopper, Rafael Sbarge, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Night Caller (1965)

21 June 201626 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Aliens Abduct Models

Director: John Gilling
Actors: John Saxon, Maurice Denham, Patricia Haines, Alfred Burke, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ow (2014)

7 October 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Alien Object

Director: Yohei Suzuki
Actors: Iida Kaoru, Kihara Masatoshi, Ikeda Shu, Kaneko Sari, …
Category: Science Fiction

P.G. Psycho Goreman (2020)

30 January 202130 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Kids Befriend Evil Intergalactic Tyrant

Director: Steven Kostanski
Actors: Nita-Josee Hanna, Owen Myre, Matthew Ninaber, Steven Vlahos, …
Category: Science Fiction

Power Rangers (2017)

24 June 201729 August 2019

Rating: ★

Teen Power-Suit Superheroes

Director: Dean Israelite
Actors: Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, R.J. Cycler, Ludi Lin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)

3 November 200128 April 2019

Rating: ½

Teen Power-Suit Superheroes

Director: Bryan Spicer
Actors: Jason Frank, Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, John Yong Bosch, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Predator (2018)

26 January 201926 January 2019

Rating: ★★½

Alien Huntsman Comes to Earth

Director: Shane Black
Actors: Boyd Holbrook, Olivia Munn, Jacob Tremblay, Trevante Rhodes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Prisoners of the Sun (2013)

12 November 201412 July 2020

Rating: ★½

Egyptian Tomb-Raiding Adventure/Ancient Astronauts

Director: Roger Christian
Actors: John Rhys-Davies, Carmen Chaplin, David Charvet, Joss Ackland, …
Category: Science Fiction

Prometheus (2012)

9 June 201213 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Prequel

Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, …
Category: Science Fiction

Quatermass (1979)

26 February 200125 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Alien Megalithic Artefacts Reactivated

Director: Piers Haggard
Actors: John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale, Barbara Kellerman, Brewster Mason, …
Category: Science Fiction

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

26 February 200324 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Alien Artefact

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover
Category: Science Fiction

Radius (2017)

9 March 201824 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Amnesiac Man Wakes Up With Killing Power

Director: Caroline Labreche, Steeve Leonard
Actors: Diego Klattenhoff, Charlotte Sullivan, Brett Donahue, Kristen Sawatzky
Category: Science Fiction

Roboshark (2015)

2 May 20161 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Robot Shark Amok/Deliberately Bad Film

Director: Jeffrey Lando
Actors: Alexis Peterman, Matt Rippy, Nigel Barber, Vanessa Grasse, …
Category: Science Fiction

Savage (1995)

17 February 20039 January 2020

Rating: ½

Alien-Altered Neanderthal Superman

Director: Avi Nesher
Actors: Olivier Gruner
Category: Science Fiction

Scavengers (2013)

15 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Space Opera

Director: Travis Zariwny
Actors: Sean Patrick Flanery, Roark Critchlow, Louise Linton, Kelley Whilden, …
Category: Science Fiction

Shorts (2009)

20 October 200916 July 2019

Rating: ★★½

Magic Wishing Stone

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: James Spader, Leslie Mann, William H. Macy, Jimmy Bennett, …
Category: Fantasy

Sky Bandits (1985)

3 February 200221 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Flyer Adventure/Alien Artefacts

Director: Colin Eggleston
Actors: John Hargreaves, Max Phipps, Bill Hunter
Category: Science Fiction

Solarbabies (1986)

20 January 200520 July 2019

Rating: 0­

Post-Holocaust Teen Sports Team

Director: Alan Johnson
Actors: Jason Patric, Jami Gertz, Lukas Haas, James Le Gros, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

7 October 201723 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Jon Watts
Actors: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr, Jon Favreau, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spriggan (1998)

14 October 20011 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Alien Artefact/Psychic Kid Amok

Director: Hirotsugu Kawasaki
Category: Science Fiction

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)

2 February 20118 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Space Opera

Director: Steven Hahn
Actors: Joe Colligan, Carmen Argenziano, Noelle North, Anthony Delongis, …
Category: Science Fiction

Stargate (1994)

26 April 200113 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Intergalactic Portal/Planetary Adventure

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: James Spader, Kurt Russell, Jaye Davidson, Mili Avital, …
Category: Science Fiction

Stonehenge Apocalypse (2010)

13 November 201024 November 2019

Rating: ★

Stonehenge Triggers the End of the World

Director: Paul Ziller
Actors: Misha Collins, Torri Higginson, Peter Wingfield
Category: Science Fiction

Super Buddies (2013)

3 June 201416 February 2021

Rating: 0­

Talking Dogs with Superpowers

Director: Robert Vince
Actors: Trey Loney, John Ratzenberger, Michael Teigen, Jason Earles, …
Category: Science Fiction

Supergirl (1984)

5 July 200015 June 2020

Rating: 0­

Comic-Book Superheroine

Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Actors: Helen Slater, Faye Dunaway, Hart Bochner, Peter O'Toole, …
Category: Science Fiction

Supernova (2000)

15 January 20008 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Spaceship Rescues Mutated Killer

Director: Walter Hill
Actors: James Spader, Angela Bassett, Peter Facinelli, Wilson Cruz, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tarzan (2013)

1 August 201414 February 2021

Rating: ★★½

Jungle Hero/Animation

Director: Reinhard Klooss
Actors: Kellan Lutz, Spencer Locke, Les Bubb, Joe Cappelletti, …
Category: Fantasy

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

12 June 201628 May 2019

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Dave Green
Actors: Noel Fisher, Alan Ritchson, Jeremy Howard, Pete Plozek, …
Category: Science Fiction

Terminus (2015)

18 August 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Alien Artefact/Prophecy of Nuclear War

Director: Marc Furmie
Actors: Jai Koutrae, Kendra Appleton, Todd Lasance, Bren Foster, …
Category: Science Fiction

Thor: The Dark World (2013)

9 November 20136 August 2019

Rating: ★★½

Marvel Comics Norse God Superhero

Director: Alan Taylor
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins, …
Category: Fantasy

Time Walker (1982)

4 January 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Mummy from Outer Space

Director: Tom Kennedy
Actors: Ben Murphy, Nina Axelrod, Robert Random, Kevin Brophy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers (2007)

3 July 200720 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Rachael Taylor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

28 June 201419 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Stanley Tucci, Jack Reynor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)

23 September 201712 August 2019

Rating: ★½

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Haddock, Josh Duhamel, …
Category: Science Fiction

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (1997)

30 January 20051 May 2020

Rating: 0­

Teen Power-Suit Superheroes

Director: Shuki Levy, David Winning
Actors: Jason David Frank, Catherine Sutherland, Nakia Burrise, Blake Foster, …
Category: Science Fiction

Under the Mountain (2009)

22 September 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Twins vs Alien Nasties

Director: Jonathan King
Actors: Sam Neill, Oliver Driver, Tom Cameron, Sophie McBride, …
Category: Science Fiction

Within the Rock (1996)

18 May 199930 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Alien Nasty

Director: Gary J. Tunnicliffe
Actors: Xander Berkeley, Caroline Barclay, Barbara Patrick, Michael Zelniker, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Wizard of Mars (1965)

5 May 200915 June 2020

Rating: ★★

The Wizard of Oz on Mars

Director: David L. Hewitt
Actors: Roger Gentry, John Carradine, Vic McGee
Category: Science Fiction

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

27 March 202127 March 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, …
Category: Science Fiction

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