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Theme: Clones and Cloning


Cloning refers to the ability to create a genetic duplicate of another person. Cloning is essentially creating a twin of an individual – just one that doesn’t happen to be born at the same time as the original.

Cloning has been demonstrated in the real world, although has yet to be done with a human being.
Science-fiction however is awash with numerous depictions of clones – of identity puzzles where people find their lives being taken over by clone duplicates or the realisation they themselves are clones.

Other works depict armies built up out of cloned individuals or futures where cloned bodies are a commonplace means of the individual transferring their personality after death. There is also an assortment of comedies and deliberately ridiculous films based around cloning premises.


2001: A Space Travesty (2000)

14 June 200226 April 2019

Rating: 0­

Intergalactic Farce

Director: Allan A. Goldstein
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Opehlie Winter, Peter Egan, Damian Mason, …
Category: Science Fiction

The 6th Day (2000)

19 November 20005 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Cloned Man/Action

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tony Goldwyn, Robert Duvall, Michael Rooker, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)

1 April 200328 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Lunar Comedy-Thriller

Director: Ron Underwood
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Rosario Dawson, Randy Quaid, Joe Pantoliano, …
Category: Science Fiction

Aeon Flux (2005)

25 February 20065 February 2019

Rating: ★★

Dystopian Future/TV Series Remake

Director: Karyn Kusama
Actors: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Sophie Okonedo, Jonny Lee Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction

Alien: Resurrection (1997)

20 December 20096 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Alien Sequel

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, …
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

Anna to the Infinite Power (1982)

5 June 19993 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Child Genius/Cloning

Director: Robert Wiemer
Actors: Martha Byrne, Mark Patton, Jack Gilford, Donna Mitchell, …
Category: Science Fiction

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

19 October 20023 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Spy Movie Spoof

Director: Jay Roach
Actors: Mike Myers, Beyoncé Knowles, Michael Caine, Verne Troyer, …
Category: Science Fiction

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

14 June 19993 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Spy Movie Spoof

Director: Jay Roach
Actors: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Verne Troyer, Seth Green, …
Category: Science Fiction

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)

15 January 20114 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Space Opera

Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
Actors: Richard Thomas, George Peppard, Sybil Danning, John Saxon, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Boys From Brazil (1978)

4 June 200826 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Nazi Cloning Experiments

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Gregory Peck, James Mason, Steve Guttenberg, …
Category: Science Fiction

Children of Dune (2003)

8 October 200516 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: Greg Yaitanes
Actors: Alec Newman, James McAvoy, Alice Krige, Steven Berkoff, …
Category: Science Fiction

The City of Lost Children (1995)

19 October 200221 April 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Mad Scientist/Clones/Gonzo Comedy

Director: Marc Caro, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Actors: Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon, Daniel Emilfork, Jean-Louis Trintignant, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Clone Master (1978)

2 July 20208 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Scientist Creates Clones of Himself

Director: Don Medford
Actors: Art Hindle, Robyn Douglass, Ralph Bellamy, Ed Lauter, …
Category: Science Fiction

Clonehunter (2009)

20 June 201330 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Interstellar Detective Story

Director: Andrew Bellware
Actors: Ben Thomas, Angela Funk, David Ian Lee, Thomas Rowen, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Clones (1973)

13 March 20062 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Cloned Man Thriller

Director: Lamar Card, Paul Hunt
Actors: Michael Greene, Gregory Sierra, Otis Young, Stanley Adams
Category: Science Fiction

The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980)

19 July 20178 February 2020

Rating: ★

Clones of Martial Arts Star

Director: Joseph Velasco
Actors: Dragon Lee, Bruce Le, Bruce Lai, Bruce Thai
Category: Science Fiction

Cloud Atlas (2012)

24 October 201230 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Cross-Historical Epic

Director: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, The Wachowskis
Actors: Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent, Halle Berry, Doona Bae, …
Category: Science Fiction

Creator (1985)

27 October 200120 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Cloning and the Meaning of Life

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

Cybertech P.D. (1995)

12 April 20032 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Cyberpunk

Director: Rick King
Actors: Lorenzo Lamas, Kari Wuhrer, Chris Sarandon, Peter Coyote, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dahmer vs Gacy (2011)

20 September 20115 June 2020

Rating: ★

Cloned Serial Killers Showdown/Gonzo Horror

Director: Ford Austin
Actors: Ford Austin, Randal Malone, Ethan Phillips, Harland Williams, …
Category: Horror

Elizabeth Harvest (2018)

23 August 201923 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Cloned Woman

Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Actors: Abbey Lee, Ciaran Hinds, Matthew Beard, Carla Gugino, …
Category: Science Fiction

End of the World (1977)

14 November 20136 October 2020

Rating: ½

Aliens in a Convent/Looming End of the World

Director: John Hayes
Actors: Christopher Lee, Sue Lyon, Lew Ayres, Dean Jagger, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gemini Man (2019)

7 December 201914 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Assassin Fights a Clone of Himself

Director: Ang Lee
Actors: Will Smith, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, Benedict Wong, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godsend (2004)

5 September 20043 February 2019

Rating: ★

Cloning/Possible Haunting

Director: Nick Hamm
Actors: Greg Kinnear, Robert De Niro, Rebecca Romijn, Cameron Bright, …
Category: Horror, 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

Haphead (2015)

17 March 201727 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Life in a Post-Cyberpunk World

Director: Tate Young
Actors: Elysia White, David Straus, Joanne Jansen, Kwame Kyei-Boateng, …
Category: Science Fiction

The High Crusade (1994)

17 November 20002 March 2020

Rating: ★

Bumbling Crusaders in Space

Director: Klaus Knoesel, Holger Neuhauser
Actors: John Rhys-Davies, Rick Overton, Michael Des Barres, Debbie Lee Carrington
Category: Science Fiction

The Island (2005)

24 July 20051 December 2019

Rating: ★

Clones on the Run/Action

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jekyll (2007)

27 August 201314 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Modernised Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde/TV Mini-Series

Director: Matt Lipsey, Douglas Mackinnon
Actors: James Nesbitt, Gina Bellman, Denis Lawson, Paterson Joseph, …
Category: Horror

Judge Dredd (1995)

21 May 20017 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Adaptation/Future Law Enforcement Officer

Director: Danny Cannon
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Diane Ladd, Rob Schneider, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

1 December 201820 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Genetically-Engineered Dinosaurs Amok

Director: J.A. Bayona
Actors: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rafe Spall, Justice Smith, …
Category: Science Fiction

Machete Kills (2013)

12 October 20136 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Gonzo Action Film

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Demian Bachir, …
Category: Science Fiction

Monsters vs Aliens (2009)

4 April 200910 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Friendly Monsters vs Alien Invaders

Director: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon
Actors: Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, …
Category: Science Fiction

Moon (2009)

31 December 200930 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Man Isolated on The Moon/Cloning Mystery

Director: Duncan Jones
Actors: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Kaya Scodelario
Category: Science Fiction

Multiplicity (1996)

2 September 200315 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Cloning Comedy

Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Michael Keaton, Andie McDowell, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur, …
Category: Science Fiction

Neil (2005)

31 December 200530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Astral Projection Experiments

Director: Boris Mojsovski
Actors: Greg Bryk, Ingrid Veninger, Mary Krohnert, Barbara Gordon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Never Let Me Go (2010)

17 November 20104 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Organ-Harvesting Dystopia

Director: Mark Romanek
Actors: Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, Keira Knightley, Charlotte Rampling, …
Category: Science Fiction

Nightflyers (1987)

19 March 201919 March 2019

Rating: ★★★

Space Expedition Goes Wrong

Director: Robert Collector
Actors: Catherine Mary Stewart, Michael Praed, John Standing, Michael Des Barres, …
Category: Science Fiction

Oblivion (2013)

19 April 201319 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Post-Holocaust Deserted Earth/Conceptual Breakthrough

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Actors: Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Orbiter 9 (2017)

25 March 201925 March 2019

Rating: ★★

Lone Girl on a Space Mission Discovers the Real World

Director: Hatem Khraiche Ruiz-Zorrilla
Actors: Clara Lago, Alex Gonzalez, Andres Parra, Belen Rueda, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Other Me (2000)

31 December 200030 August 2018

Rating: ★½

Kid and His Clone/Children’s Film

Director: Manny Coto
Actors: Andrew Lawrence, Lori Hallier, Mark L. Taylor, Joe Grifasi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)

6 January 20162 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Secret Cloning Program

Director: Robert S. Fiveson
Actors: Peter Graves, Dick Sargent, Keenan Wynn, Lurene Tuttle, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pokemon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998)

10 April 20012 May 2020

Rating: ★

Animation/Cute Creatures

Director: Kunihiko Yuyama, Michael Haigney
Actors: Veronica Taylor, Rachel Lillis, Eric Stuart, Philip Bartlett, …
Category: Fantasy

Recreator (2012)

9 March 201623 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Cloning Film

Director: Gregory Orr
Actors: Stella Maeve, Alexander Paul Nifong, Jamal Mallory-McCree, John de Lancie, …
Category: Science Fiction

Repli-Kate (2002)

15 April 202016 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Cloning Comedy

Director: Frank Longo
Actors: Ali Landry, James Roday, Desmond Askew, Eugene Levy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Replicant (2001)

14 September 200211 March 2019

Rating: ★★★

Cloned Serial Killer

Director: Ringo Lam
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Rooker, Catherine Dent, Ian Robison, …
Category: Science Fiction

Replicas (2018)

17 March 201912 August 2019

Rating: 0­

Scientist Clones His Dead Family

Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Alice Eve, Thomas Middleditch, John Ortiz, …
Category: Science Fiction

Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

21 September 20105 December 2020

Rating: ★

Videogame Adaptation/Post-Holocaust Zombies

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Wentworth Miller, Boris Kodjoe, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

3 November 200714 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Videogame Adaptation/Post-Holocaust Zombies

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Oded Fehr, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

24 September 20125 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Videogame Adaptation/Complex of Zombies and Mutants

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Li Bingbing, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)

11 March 20175 December 2020

Rating: ★★½

Videogame Adaptation/Post-Holocaust Zombies

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler (1971)

7 May 20012 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Conspiracy Film/Cloning

Director: Bob Wynn
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Bradford Dillman, Angie Dickinson, Robert J. Wilke, …
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

The Sky Crawlers (2008)

7 August 201127 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Cloned Flyers

Director: Mamoru Oshii
Category: Science Fiction

Sleeper (1973)

30 August 200122 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Future Comedy

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck
Category: Science Fiction

Space Station 76 (2014)

4 January 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

1970s TV SF Parody

Director: Jack Plotnick
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler, Matt Bomer, Marisa Coughlan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

27 April 20031 February 2019

Rating: ★½

Intergalactic Adventures

Director: Stuart Baird
Actors: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy, Jonathan Frakes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

20 June 200218 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Christopher Lee, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

22 May 200518 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Space Opera

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, …
Category: Science Fiction

Superman: Doomsday (2007)

31 October 20082 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Director: Lauren Montgomery, Bruce Timm, Brandon Vietti
Actors: Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, James Marsters, Adam Wylie, …
Category: Science Fiction

Teknolust (2002)

17 October 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Woman Creates Copies of Herself

Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Actors: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak, John O'Keefe, …
Category: Science Fiction

Trump vs The Illuminati (2020)

23 October 202023 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Satire/Trump’s Clone Fight The Devil in Space

Director: B.C. Fourteen
Actors: Timothy Banfield, Marco Guzman, Sophia Woods Stevens, Wes Bruff, …
Category: Science Fiction

Underworld: Awakening (2012)

21 January 201223 February 2020

Rating: ★½

Vampire-Werewolf War

Director: Måns Mårlind, Bjorn Stein
Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Charles Dance, Michael Ealy, …
Category: Horror

Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)

23 March 201324 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Super-Soldiers/Action/Identity Bender

Director: John Hyams
Actors: Scott Adkins, Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Andrei The Pit Bull Arlovski, …
Category: Science Fiction

Warlords (1988)

20 January 200031 January 2019

Rating: ★★½

Post-Holocaust

Director: Fred Olen Ray
Actors: David Carradine, Dawn Wildsmith, Sid Haig, Fox Harris, …
Category: Science Fiction

What Planet Are You From? (2000)

4 March 20002 September 2020

Rating: ★

Alien Visitor Comedy

Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, John Goodman, Greg Kinnear, …
Category: Science Fiction

When Times Becomes a Woman (2012)

6 July 201320 October 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Conversation Between the Last Two People on Earth

Director: Ahmad Alyaseer
Actors: Zaid Baqaeen, Najwan Baqaeen
Category: Science Fiction

Womb (2010)

5 May 20205 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Cloning Film

Director: Benedek Fliegauf
Actors: Eva Green, Matt Smith, Hannah Murray, Lesley Manville, …
Category: Science Fiction

Xchange (2000)

6 November 200120 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Body-Swapping Future

Director: Allan Moyle
Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Kyle MacLachlan, Pascale Bussieres, Kim Coates, …
Category: Science Fiction

Yoga Hosers (2016)

26 November 201626 February 2019

Rating: ★★

Slacker Comedy/Cloned Miniature Nazi Soldiers

Director: Kevin Smith
Actors: Harley Quinn Smith, Lily-Rose Depp, Johnny Depp, Justin Long, …
Category: Horror

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