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Theme: Cryogenics and Suspended Animation

Cryogenics (sometimes referred to as cryonics) is the science of freezing the human body in a suspended state and then reviving it at a later period.

In science-fiction, cryogenics is used as a means of dealing with lengthy space voyages – there are a number of stories where astronauts wake from sleep to find things gone wrong.

Another popular story is of the cryogenic sleeper who wakes up in a changed future or the present-day, which includes popular characters like Buck Rogers and Captain America. Cryogenics is also seen as a popular means of punishing criminals.

Fantasy regularly deals with suspended animation as in the story of Cinderella pricking her finger and going to sleep for a hundred years. Also popular have been a series of films dealing with dinosaurs and cavemen revived after being frozen in ice.

For more detail and an overview of the genre see the Theme Essay Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation.


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

2019: After the Fall of New York (1983)

16 April 201524 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Post-Holocaust Action

Director: Sergio Martino
Actors: Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, Romano Puppo, Vincent Scalondro, …
Category: Science Fiction

The 7th Dwarf (2014)

8 February 201830 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Animation/Adventures of the Seven Dwarves

Director: Boris Aljinovic, Harald Siepermann
Category: Fantasy

AE: Apocalypse Earth (2013)

19 January 201410 December 2020

Rating: ★

The Asylum Mockbuster/Planetary Adventure

Director: Thunder Levin
Actors: Adrian Paul, Richard Grieco, Bali Rodriguez, Gary Hawks, …
Category: Science Fiction

Air (2015)

23 November 201517 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Cryogenic Sleepers Drama

Director: Christian Cantamessa
Actors: Norman Reedus, Djimon Hounsou, Sandrine Holt
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

Alien3 (1992)

4 June 19993 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Alien Sequel

Director: David Fincher
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Charles Dance, Charles S. Dutton, Brian Glover, …
Category: Science Fiction

Alien Cargo (1999)

14 April 200113 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Paranoia-Inducing Alien Virus

Director: Mark Haber
Actors: Jason London, Missy Crider, Elizabeth Allen, Alan Dale, …
Category: Science Fiction

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

The Amazing Captain Nemo (1978)

8 June 199923 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Captain Nemo’s Modern Day Adventures

Director: Alex March
Actors: Jose Ferrer, Burgess Meredith, Tom Hallick, Burr de Benning, …
Category: Science Fiction

An American Pickle (2020)

15 August 202015 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Man Preserved in a Vat of Pickles Awakes in the Present Comedy

Director: Brandon Trost
Actors: Seth Rogen, Sarah Snook, Molly Evensen, Eliot Glazer, …
Category: Science Fiction

Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery (1997)

1 May 19993 October 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Spy Movie Spoof

Director: Jay Roach
Actors: Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, …
Category: Science Fiction

Batman and Mr Freeze: SubZero (1997)

30 September 200030 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Director: Boyd Kirkland
Actors: Kevin Conroy, Michael Ansara, Loren Lester, Mary Kay Bergman, …
Category: Fantasy

Batman & Robin (1997)

30 September 200019 May 2020

Rating: 0­

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, …
Category: Fantasy

Batman vs. Robin (2015)

6 June 201615 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Director: Jay Oliva
Actors: Jason O'Mara, Stuart Allan, Jeremy Sisto, Robin Atkin Downes, …
Category: Fantasy

Blue Flame (1993)

14 November 200919 February 2020

Rating: ★★½

Alien Psychological Games in Dream Reality

Director: Cassian Elwes
Actors: Brian Wimmer, Melissa Behr, Cecilia Peck
Category: Science Fiction

Blue Remains (2000)

28 November 200419 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Underwater Post-Holocaust Environmentalism

Director: Hisaya Takabayashi, Toshifumi Takizawa
Category: Science Fiction

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

12 July 199920 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Space Opera/Man Unfrozen in the Future

Director: Daniel Haller
Actors: Gil Gerard, Pamela Hensley, Erin Grey, Tim O'Connor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Captain America (1990)

7 August 200221 March 2020

Rating: ★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Albert Pyun
Actors: Matt Salinger, Scott Paulin, Ronny Cox, Francesca Neri, …
Category: Science Fiction

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

14 May 201621 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

War Between Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr, Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

25 July 201121 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Chris Evans, Hayley Atwell, Hugo Weaving, Tommy Lee Jones, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)

13 March 201827 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Version of Sleeping Beauty

Director: Pearry Teo
Actors: Ethan Peck, India Eisley, Bruce Davison, Zach Ward, …
Category: Horror

Dark Star (1974)

9 June 200023 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Space Mission Gone Wrong Comedy

Director: John Carpenter
Category: Science Fiction

Dead Fire (1996)

31 December 199630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Space Station Action

Director: Bill Lee
Actors: Matt Frewer, Colin Cunningham, C. Thomas Howell, Monika Schnarre, …
Category: Science Fiction

Demolition Man (1993)

1 January 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Satirical Politically Correct Dystopia/Action

Director: Marco Brambilla
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock, Wesley Snipes, Nigel Hawthorne, …
Category: Science Fiction

Doom: Annihilation (2019)

6 October 20196 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Videogame Adaptation/Labyrinth of Monsters

Director: Tony Giglio
Actors: Amy Manson, Dominic Mafham, Luke Allen-Gale, James Weber Brown, …
Category: Science Fiction

Earth Star Voyager (1988)

2 July 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Space Expedition

Director: James Goldstone
Actors: Brian McNamara, Duncan Regehr, Julia Montgomery, Jason Michas, …
Category: Science Fiction

Encino Man (1992)

30 January 20006 October 2020

Rating: 0­

Revived Caveman/Teen Comedy

Director: Les Mayfield
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore, Sean Astin, Megan Ward, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

4 September 20023 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Hammer Frankenstein Film

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, Sandor Eles, Peter Woodthorpe, Kiwi Kingston, …
Category: Horror

Final (2001)

20 December 200922 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Psychiatric Patient/Reality Bender

Director: Campbell Scott
Actors: Denis Leary, Hope Davis, Maureen Anderman, Jim Gaffigan, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

9 October 20088 December 2020

Rating: ★

Martial Arts Adventure

Director: Rob Minkoff
Actors: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Collin Chou, …
Category: Fantasy

Forever Young (1992)

29 August 199918 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Cryogenic Sleeper Awakes

Director: Steve Miner
Actors: Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser, …
Category: Science Fiction

Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)

21 November 200019 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Hammer Frankenstein Film

Director: Terence Fisher
Actors: Peter Cushing, Susan Denberg, Thorley Walters, Derek Fowlds, …
Category: Horror

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)

27 March 201323 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Futuristic Military Action Team

Director: Jon M. Chu
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Adrianne Palicki, Byung-hun Lee, …
Category: Science Fiction

Galaxina (1980)

7 June 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★

Female Android

Director: William Sachs
Actors: Stephen Macht, Dorothy R. Stratten, Avery Schreiber, James David Hinton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gandahar (1988)

19 June 200527 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Planetary Adventure

Director: Rene Laloux
Actors: Jennifer Grey, Christopher Plummer, Glenn Close, Penn Jillette, …
Category: Science Fiction

Genesis II (1973)

30 December 201225 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Cryogenic Sleeper Awakes in a Post-Holocaust World

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Actors: Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley, Ted Cassidy, Percy Rodrigues, …
Category: Science Fiction

Grimm’s Fairy Tales for Adults (1970)

4 November 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Erotic Fairytale Adaptations

Director: Pierry Thiele
Actors: Marie Liljedahl, Gaby Fuchs, Walter Giller, Peter Hohberger, …
Category: Fantasy

Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn (2012)

29 October 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Videogame Adaptation/Military Recruits in Training

Director: Stewart Hendler
Actors: Tom Green, Anna Popplewell, Enisha Brewster, Daniel Cudmore, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

30 January 200523 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo SF

Actors: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Mark Wing-Davey, Sandra Dickinson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hologram Man (1995)

1 December 200930 August 2018

Rating: ½

Holographic Villain/Action

Director: Richard Pepin
Actors: Joe Lara, Michael Nouri, Evan Lurie, Arabella Holzbog, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ice Soldiers (2013)

16 April 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★½

Revived Soviet Super-Soldiers

Director: Sturla Gunnarsson
Actors: Dominic Purcell, Adam Beach, Gabriel Hogan, Michael Ironside, …
Category: Science Fiction

Iceman (1984)

3 May 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Revived Caveman

Director: Fred Schepisi
Actors: Timothy Hutton, John Lone, Lindsay Crouse, James Tolkan, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Iceman Cometh (1989)

19 January 201523 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Hong Kong Martial Arts/Warriors Thawed Out in the Present

Director: Huo Yao-Liang
Actors: Yuan Biao, Maggie Cheung, Yuan Hua
Category: Fantasy

Idiocracy (2006)

28 August 201013 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Future Ruled by Stupid People

Director: Mike Judge
Actors: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, …
Category: Science Fiction

Immortal (ad vitam) (2004)

14 December 201023 February 2020

Rating: ★★½

Future New York/Ancient Egyptian Gods Return

Director: Enki Bilal
Actors: Linda Hardy, Thomas Krestchmann, Thomas M. Pollard, Charlotte Rampling, …
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

Jason X (2001)

2 February 20037 June 2020

Rating: ★★½

Slasher in Space

Director: Jim Isaac
Actors: Kane Hodder, Peter Mensah, Lisa Ryder, Jonathan Potts, …
Category: Horror

Just Imagine (1930)

1 March 200414 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Future New York Musical-Comedy

Director: David Butler
Actors: El Brendel, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Garrick, Frank Albertson, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Airbender (2010)

3 July 20109 April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, …
Category: Fantasy

Late for Dinner (1991)

2 August 200012 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Cryogenic Sleepers Awake in the Present

Director: W.D. Richter
Actors: Peter Berg, Marcia Gay Harden, Brian Wimmer, Colleen Flynn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Lockout (2012)

5 May 201219 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Future Orbiting Prison/Action

Director: James Mather, Stephen Saint Leger
Actors: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Vincent Regan, Joseph Gilgun, …
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

Maleficent (2014)

31 May 20145 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Prequel to Disney’s Sleeping Beauty

Director: Robert Stromberg
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Sharlto Copley, Imelda Staunton, …
Category: Fantasy

Maleficent, Mistress of Evil (2019)

11 January 202010 July 2020

Rating: ★★★

Sleeping Beauty Continuation

Director: Joachim Rønning
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Harris Dickinson, …
Category: Fantasy

Matthew Blackheart (2002)

31 December 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Monster Hunter

Director: Erik Canuel
Actors: Robert Bogue, Christopher Heyerdahl, Jay Baruchel, Karen Elkin, …
Category: Horror

Merlin’s Apprentice (2006)

26 March 20076 March 2019

Rating: ★★

Arthurian Legends Adventure

Director: David Wu
Actors: Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, John Reardon, Meghan Ory, …
Category: Fantasy

Mr. Nobody (2009)

3 July 20105 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Alternate Life Pathways

Director: Jaco Van Dormael
Actors: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Rhys Ifans, …
Category: Science Fiction

Necronomicon (1993)

13 February 200914 May 2020

Rating: ★★

H.P. Lovecraft Anthology

Director: Brian Yuzna, Christophe Gans, Shusuke Kaneko
Actors: Jeffrey Combs, David Warner, Signy Coleman, Don Calfa, …
Category: Horror

Nick Fury, Agent of Shield (1998)

22 September 201325 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Marvel Comics TV Pilot/Spy Adventure

Director: Rod Hardy
Actors: David Hasselhoff, Sandra Hess, Lisa Rinna, Neil Roberts, …
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

Open Your Eyes (1997)

4 November 199924 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Reality Bender

Director: Alejandro Amenabar
Actors: Eduardo Noriega, Penelope Cruz, Chete Lara, Fele Martinez, …
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

The Perils of Pauline (1967)

2 May 200430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Heroine’s Campy Adventures

Director: Herbert B. Leonard, Joshua Shelley
Actors: Pamela Austin, Pat Boone, Terry-Thomas, Edward Everett Horton, …
Category: Fantasy

Pitch Black (2000)

19 February 200024 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Planetary Survival

Director: David Twohy
Actors: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith David, …
Category: Science Fiction

Planet of the Apes (1968)

17 April 200111 May 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Planet of Talking Apes

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Actors: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, …
Category: Science Fiction

Project: Shadowchaser (1992)

6 February 200023 February 2020

Rating: ★

Android Terrorist

Director: John Eyres
Actors: Martin Kove, Meg Foster, Frank Zagarino, Paul Koslo, …
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

Prometheus Trap (2012)

1 July 202018 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Space Expedition/Timeloop

Director: Andrew Bellware
Actors: Michael Shattner, Rebecca Kush, Andrew Langton, Sarah-Doe Osborne, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987)

1 June 201417 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Sherlock Holmes Unfrozen in the Present

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Michael Pennington, Margaret Colin, Nicholas Guest, Lila Kaye, …
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

Sleeping Beauties (2017)

9 January 201830 August 2018

Rating: ★

Erotic Fairytale Adaptation

Director: Dean McKendrick
Actors: Sarah Hardy, William F. Bryant, Andy Long, Jane Doux, …
Category: Fantasy

Sleeping Beauty (1959)

5 November 199911 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale

Director: Clyde Geronimi
Actors: Verna Felton, Eleanor Audley
Category: Fantasy

Sleeping Beauty (1988)

5 August 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Fairytale

Director: David Irving
Actors: Tahnee Welch, Kenny Baker, Morgan Fairchild, David Holliday, …
Category: Fantasy

The Sleeping Beauty (2010)

17 November 201010 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Fairytale

Director: Catherine Breillat
Actors: Diana Rudychenko
Category: Fantasy

Sleeping Beauty (2014)

19 August 20167 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Fairytale Adventure/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Casper Van Dien
Actors: Finn Jones, Grace Van Dien, Olivia D'Abo, Edward French, …
Category: Fantasy

Space Cop (2016)

7 February 201830 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Cop from the Future Comedy

Director: Jay Bauman, Mike Stoklasa
Actors: Rich Evans, Mike Stoklasa, Jocelyn Ridgely, Chike Johnson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)

17 May 20135 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Intergalactic Adventures

Director: J.J. Abrams
Actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch, Simon Pegg, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

4 April 200116 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Space Opera

Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

21 March 200119 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: Richard Marquand
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, …
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

Time Under Fire (1997)

9 June 20035 January 2021

Rating: ★

Time Travel/Action

Director: Scott Levy
Actors: Jeff Fahey, Jack Coleman, Brian Cranston, Linda Hoffman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transmorphers (2007)

9 December 201520 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Asylum Mockbuster/Alien Robot Invasion

Director: Leigh Scott
Actors: Griff Furst, Eliza Swenson, Elissa Dowling
Category: Science Fiction

Ultimate Avengers (2006)

6 June 20092 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Marvel Comics Superhero Team/Animation

Director: Bob Richardson, Curt Geda, Steven E. Gordon
Actors: Justin Gross, Michael Massee, Marc Worden, Olivia D'Abo, …
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

Vampirella (1996)

27 February 200323 February 2020

Rating: ★

Comic Book Adaptation/Alien Vampire Heroine

Director: Jim Wynorski
Actors: Talisa Soto, Roger Daltrey, Richard Joseph Paul, Lee de Broux, …
Category: Science Fiction

Vanilla Sky (2001)

14 December 200110 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Reality Bender

Director: Cameron Crowe
Actors: Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, …
Category: Science Fiction

Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)

4 February 201630 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Alien Visitors Musical Comedy

Director: James Fargo, Bob Giraldi
Actors: Pia Zadora, Craig Sheffer, Ruth Gordon, Tom Bolan, …
Category: Science Fiction

What Happened to Monday (2017)

3 September 201714 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Overpopulated Dystopian Future

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Actors: Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, Willem Dafoe
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

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

27 January 20062 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Space Opera Boardgame

Director: Jon Favreau
Actors: Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins
Category: Science Fiction

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  • Real-Life People in Fiction
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