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Theme: Centre of the Earth and Underground Adventures

Alien from L.A. (1988)

26 March 200717 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Adventures Underground

Director: Albert Pyun
Actors: Kathy Ireland, William R. Moses, Thom Mathews, Deep Roy, …
Category: Science Fiction

All-Star Superman (2011)

23 July 201215 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Director: Sam Liu
Actors: James Denton, Christina Hendricks, Anthony LaPaglia, Steve Blum, …
Category: Science Fiction

Arachnoquake (2012)

22 June 201724 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Giant Fire-Breathing Spiders

Director: Griff Furst
Actors: Bug Hall, Edward Furlong, Tracey Gold, Ethan Phillips, …
Category: Science Fiction

Artemis Fowl (2020)

20 June 20208 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Young Adult/Child Genius vs the Magical Underworld

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Actors: Ferdia Shaw, Lara McDonnell, Josh Gad, Judi Dench, …
Category: Fantasy

At the Earth’s Core (1976)

7 November 20017 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Lost World at the Centre of the Earth/Edgar Rice Burroughs Adaptation

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Peter Cushing, Doug McClure, Caroline Munro
Category: Science Fiction

Battle Beneath the Earth (1967)

26 April 19991 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Underground Communist Invasion

Director: Montgomery Tully
Actors: Kerwin Mathews, Martin Benson, Peter Arne, Edward Bishop, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Brain Eaters (1958)

17 November 20044 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Body Snatchers

Director: Bruno VeSota
Actors: Ed Nelson, Jack Hill, Joanna Lee, Leonard Nimoy
Category: Science Fiction

The Cave (2005)

3 July 20076 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Cave Monsters

Director: Bruce Hunt
Actors: Cole Hauser, Lena Headey, Morris Chestnut, Piper Perabo, …
Category: Horror

Caved In (2006)

2 August 201618 December 2019

Rating: ★½

Giant Bugs Underground

Director: Richard Pepin
Actors: Christopher Atkins, Colm Meaney, David Palffy, Angela Featherstone, …
Category: Horror

Children Who Chase Lost Voices from the Deep (2011)

19 March 201310 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Lost Underground Realm

Director: Makoto Shinkai
Category: Fantasy

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair (1990)

6 January 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld

Director: Alex Kirby
Actors: Tom Baker, David Thwaites, Camilla Power, Richard Henders, …
Category: Fantasy

City of Ember (2008)

13 August 200921 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Young Adult/Underground City

Director: Gil Kenan
Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Harry Treadaway, Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Core (2003)

9 June 200317 May 2020

Rating: ★

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Director: Jon Amiel
Actors: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Delroy Lindo, Tcheky Karyo, …
Category: Science Fiction

Creep (2004)

16 June 200621 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Deformed Creature in the London Underground

Director: Christopher Smith
Actors: Franka Potente, Vas Blackwood, Paul Rattray, Sean Harris, …
Category: Horror

Deadman Apocalypse (2016)

12 December 201724 November 2020

Rating: 0­

Post-Holocaust Action Underground

Director: Charlie Steeds
Actors: Costa Chard, Kate Marie Davies, Barrington de la Roche, Dylan Curtis, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Descent (2005)

13 November 20059 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Cave Creatures

Director: Neil Marshall
Actors: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Saskia Mulder, Alex Reid, …
Category: Horror

The Descent: Part 2 (2009)

13 November 201322 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Cave Creatures

Director: Jon Harris
Actors: Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Gavan O'Herlihy, Douglas Hodge, …
Category: Horror

Fungus the Bogeyman (2004)

26 February 200722 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Secret World of Filth-Loving Bogeys

Director: Stuart Orme
Actors: Martin Clunes, Fay Ripley, Alice Connor, William Todd Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

Fungus the Bogeyman (2015)

13 March 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Secret World of Filth-Loving Bogeys

Director: Catherine Morshead
Actors: Timothy Spall, Joanna Scanlan, Marc Warren, Keeley Hawes, …
Category: Fantasy

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)

17 July 20093 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Prehistoric Talking Animals

Director: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier
Actors: John Leguizamo, Ray Romano, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, …
Category: Fantasy

Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)

18 May 201915 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Nazi Moonbase/Alien Lizard People from the Centre of the Earth

Director: Timo Vuorensola
Actors: Lara Rossi, Udo Kier, Julia Dietze, Tom Green, …
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

12 April 200310 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Underground Adventures/Jules Verne Adaptation

Director: Henry Levin
Actors: James Mason, Pat Boone, Arlene Dahl, Thayer David, …
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1988)

21 October 200713 November 2019

Rating: 0­

Underground Adventures

Director: Rusty Lemorande, Albert Pyun
Actors: Nicola Cowper, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Jeremy Crutchley
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)

3 July 201011 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Underground Adventures/Jules Verne Adaptation

Director: George Miller (ii)
Actors: Treat Williams, Jeremy London, Bryan Brown, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

16 December 201310 April 2020

Rating: ★

Underground Adventures/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Davey Jones, Scott Wheeler
Actors: Greg Evigan, Dedee Pfeiffer
Category: Science Fiction

Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (2008)

9 October 20085 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Underground Adventures/Jules Verne Adaptation

Director: Eric Brevig
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem
Category: Science Fiction

The Matrix (1999)

11 May 199925 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Virtual Reality

Director: The Wachowskis
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

23 May 20035 May 2019

Rating: ★★★

Virtual Reality

Director: The Wachowskis
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Harold Perrineau, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Matrix Revolutions (2003)

11 November 20035 May 2019

Rating: ★★★

Virtual Reality

Director: The Wachowskis
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Ann Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, …
Category: Science Fiction

Monster Trucks (2016)

8 April 201722 July 2019

Rating: ★★½

Creatures Inhabit Vehicles

Director: Chris Wedge
Actors: Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Rob Lowe, Thomas Lennon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Nazis at the Center of the Earth (2012)

28 May 201224 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Nazis Under the Polar Icecap/Hitler with a Robot Body/Mad Science

Director: Joseph J. Lawson
Actors: Dominique Swain, Jake Busey, Christopher K. Johnson, Josh Allen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Patema Inverted (2013)

7 December 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Two Worlds With Gravity in Opposing Directions

Director: Yasuhiro Yoshiura
Category: Science Fiction

The Phantom Empire (1935)

1 May 20065 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Serial/Lost Underground City

Director: Otto Brower, Breezy Eason
Actors: Gene Autry, Frankie Darro, Betsy King Ross, Dorothy Christie, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Silence (2019)

21 June 201929 August 2019

Rating: ★

Creatures That Attack Anything That Makes a Sound

Director: John R. Leonetti
Actors: Stanley Tucci, Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto, Kate Trotter, …
Category: Science Fiction

Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)

1 June 20179 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Lee Sholem
Actors: George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey
Category: Science Fiction

A Troll in Central Park (1994)

4 May 20087 March 2019

Rating: ★

Animation/Troll’s Adventures in Human Civilisation

Director: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman
Actors: Dom de Luise, Philip Glasser, Cloris Leachman, Tawny Sunshine Glover, …
Category: Fantasy

Unknown World (1951)

26 January 20154 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Director: Terrell Morse
Actors: Marilyn Nash, Victor Kilian, Otto Waldis
Category: Science Fiction

Upworld (1991)

15 February 200112 June 2020

Rating: ½

Cop and Gnome Partner

Director: Stan Winston
Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Claudia Christian, Jerry Orbach, Robert Z'dar
Category: Fantasy

Us (2019)

1 June 201923 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Doppelgangers

Director: Jordan Peele
Actors: Lupita Nyong'o, Wilson Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Elisabeth Moss, …
Category: Horror

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Theme Essays

  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Nazis
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Sexual Fetishism in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Imaginary and Magical Lands
  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
  • Spy Films
  • Jekyll and Hyde Films
  • Films That Make Dubious Claims to Being Based on True Stories
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns

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