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Theme: Colonisation of Other Worlds

Alien: Covenant (2017)

9 July 201710 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Alien Prequel

Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, …
Category: Science Fiction

Aliens (1986)

1 June 199921 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Alien Sequel

Director: James Cameron
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, …
Category: Science Fiction

Avatar (2009)

20 December 200921 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

War Between Human Colonists and Aliens

Director: James Cameron
Actors: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, …
Category: Science Fiction

Battle for Terra (2007)

8 January 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Animation/War Between Human Colonists and Aliens

Director: Aristomenis Tsirbas
Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Brian Cox, David Cross, …
Category: Science Fiction

Christmas on Mars (2008)

31 December 200813 December 2019

Rating: ★

Colonists on Mars

Director: Wayne Coyne, Bradley Beesley, George Salisbury
Actors: Adam Goldberg, Fred Armisen, Josh Higgins, Steven Drozd, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ghosts of Mars (2001)

26 August 200114 February 2019

Rating: ★★

Resurrected Spirits on Mars

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Ice Cube, Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham, Joanna Cassidy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Interstellar (2014)

8 November 20145 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Space Expedition

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

The Martian Chronicles (1980)

12 August 201224 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Human Colonisation of Mars/Ray Bradbury Adaptation

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Rock Hudson, Darren McGavin, Fritz Weaver, Bernie Casey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Martian Land (2015)

8 January 201612 June 2020

Rating: ★★

The Asylum Mockbuster/Disaster on Mars

Director: Scott D. Wheeler
Actors: Lane Townsend, Jennifer Dorogi, Alan Pietruszewski, Arianna Afsar, …
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

On the Silver Globe (1988)

8 September 201319 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Colonisation of a Alien Planet

Director: Andrzej Zulawski
Actors: Michal Bajor, Maria Pakulnis, Krzysztof Kolberger
Category: Science Fiction

Outland (1981)

7 February 200124 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Action Set on One of Jupiter’s Moons

Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James B. Sikking, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pandorum (2009)

14 January 201024 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Space Mission Gone Wrong

Director: Christian Alvart
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet, Norman Reedus
Category: Science Fiction

Passengers (2016)

21 January 201730 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Cryogenic Sleepers Awake Aboard a Space Voyage

Director: Morten Tyldum
Actors: Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne
Category: Science Fiction

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child (2016)

29 September 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Planetary Adventure

Director: Shane Abbess
Actors: Kellan Lutz, Daniel MacPherson, Luke Ford, Isabel Lucas, …
Category: Science Fiction

Singularity (2017)

26 November 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★

Giant Robots Obliterate Humanity

Director: Robert Kouba
Actors: Julian Schaffner, Jeannine Wacker, John Cusack, Carmen Argenziano, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

31 August 200218 January 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Intergalactic Adventures

Director: Nicholas Meyer
Actors: William Shatner, Ricardo Montalban, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017)

24 November 201715 January 2020

Rating: ★★

War with Aliens/Anime

Director: Shinji Aramaki, Masaru Matsumoto
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Emily Neves
Category: Science Fiction

Terra Formars (2016)

18 November 201918 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Mutated Insects on Mars

Director: Takashi Miike
Category: Science Fiction

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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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