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Theme: Games

13 Demons (2016)

13 April 202113 April 2021

Rating: 0­

Evil Boardgame

Director: Daniel E. Falicki
Actors: Stephen Grey, Michael Cunningham, Daniel E. Falicki, Steve Taber, …
Category: Horror

13 Sins (2014)

5 June 201525 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Game of Deadly and Extreme Challenges

Director: Daniel Stamm
Actors: Mark Webber, Rutina Wesley, Ron Perlman, Devon Graye, …
Category: Horror

Adventures of a Teenage Dragonslayer (2010)

9 June 20136 June 2019

Rating: ½

Children’s Fantasy Adventure

Director: Andrew Lauer
Actors: Lea Thompson, Wendie Malick, Hunter Allan, Richard Sellers, …
Category: Fantasy

Alice (1988)

6 August 199910 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

Surreal Claymation Alice in Wonderland Adaptation

Director: Jan Svankmajer
Actors: Kristyna Kohoutova, Camilla Power
Category: Fantasy

Alice (2009)

17 February 20113 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

SF Version of Alice in Wonderland

Director: Nick Willing
Actors: Caterina Scorsone, Andrew Lee Potts, Matt Frewer, Kathy Bates, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Alice in Wonderland (1933)

1 June 200027 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Alice in Wonderland Adaptation

Director: Norman McLeod
Actors: Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields, Charlotte Henry, Edward Everett Horton, …
Category: Fantasy

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

7 January 200310 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/Alice in Wonderland Adaptation

Director: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske
Actors: Kathryn Beaumont, Verna Felton, Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway, …
Category: Fantasy

Alice in Wonderland (1999)

30 June 20033 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Alice in Wonderland TV Adaptation

Director: Nick Willing
Actors: Tina Majorino, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short, Christopher Lloyd, …
Category: Fantasy

Alice in Wonderland (2010)

9 March 20103 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Alice in Wonderland Adaptation/Epic Adventure

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, …
Category: Fantasy

Alice Through the Looking Glass (1987)

29 June 20083 September 2019

Rating: ★

Animation/Alice in Wonderland Film

Director: Andrea Presciani, Richard Slapczynski
Actors: Janet Waldo, Townsend Coleman, Phyllis Diller, George Gobel, …
Category: Fantasy

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1972)

6 May 199926 July 2019

Rating: ★★½

Alice in Wonderland Adaptation

Director: William Sterling
Actors: Fiona Fullerton, Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore, …
Category: Fantasy

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

26 June 19992 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: Richard A. Colla
Actors: Lorne Green, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Jane Seymour, …
Category: Science Fiction

Beyond the Gates (2016)

25 February 201925 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Deadly Video Boardgame

Director: Jackson Stewart
Actors: Graham Skipper, Chase Williamson, Brea Grant, Barbara Crampton, …
Category: Horror

Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)

1 June 20015 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Slackers in the Afterlife

Director: Peter Hewitt
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler, Joss Ackland, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

The Black Cat (1934)

4 December 200026 November 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Revenge and Satanism

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, David Manners
Category: Horror

The Card Player (2004)

27 January 200622 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Giallo Psycho-Thriller

Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Antonio Cantafora, Claudio Santamaria, …
Category: Horror

The Cat from Outer Space (1978)

5 July 200428 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Cat Alien Visitor/Disney Comedy

Director: Norman Tokar
Actors: Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Roddy McDowall, Ronnie Schell, …
Category: Science Fiction

Charlie Charlie (2016)

11 April 201929 October 2020

Rating: ★

Oracular Game

Director: Derek Presley
Actors: Tom Zembrod
Category: Horror

Cheap Thrills (2013)

7 March 201423 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Two Men in a Series of Extreme Bets

Director: E.L. Katz
Actors: Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, David Koechner, Sara Paxton, …
Category: Horror

The Cooler (2003)

5 July 200416 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Man with Very Bad Luck

Director: Wayne Kramer
Actors: William H. Macy, Maria Bello, Alec Baldwin, Ron Livingston, …
Category: Fantasy

Cry Wolf (2005)

2 April 200631 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Slasher Film

Director: Jeff Wadlow
Actors: Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jon Bon Jovi, Jared Padalecki, …
Category: Horror

The Dead Pool (1988)

12 September 200029 June 2020

Rating: ★

Dirty Harry vs a Psycho

Director: Buddy Van Horn
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Liam Neeson, Patricia Clarkson, Evan C. Kim
Category: Horror

Escape Room (2017)

12 December 201825 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Group Trapped in an Escape Room with a Demonic Force

Director: Peter Dukes
Actors: Skeet Ulrich, Christine Donlon, Randy Wayne, Matt McVay, …
Category: Horror

The Game (1997)

18 November 200719 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Reality Games

Director: David Fincher
Actors: Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn, …
Category: Fantasy

Hangman (2000)

19 December 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Serial Killer Thriller

Director: Ken Girotti
Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Mädchen Amick, Grant Nickalls, Robert Haley, …
Category: Horror

Hangman (2017)

8 January 201830 August 2018

Rating: ★

Serial Killer Thriller

Director: Johnny Martin
Actors: Al Pacino, Karl Urban, Brittany Snow, Sarah Shahi, …
Category: Horror

Intacto (2001)

8 August 200329 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Gambling on People’s Luck Quotient/Thriller

Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Actors: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Max Von Sydow, Eusebio Poncela, Antonio Dechent
Category: Fantasy

Jumanji (1995)

31 December 20012 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Chaos-Unleashing Boardgame

Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Robin Williams, Kirsten Dunst, Bonnie Hunt, Bradley Pierce, …
Category: Fantasy

Knight Moves (1992)

3 August 20003 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Chess-Playing Serial Killer

Director: Carl Schenkel
Actors: Christopher Lambert, Diane Lane, Tom Skerritt, Daniel Baldwin, …
Category: Horror

Knights of Badassdom (2013)

20 April 201417 March 2021

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Roleplayers Encounter a Demon

Director: Joe Lynch
Actors: Ryan Kwanten, Summer Glau, Steve Zahn, Peter Dinklage, …
Category: Fantasy

Mahabharat (1965)

6 June 200623 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Indian Epic Legend

Director: Babubhai Mistry
Actors: Abhi Bhattacharya, Pradeep Kumar, Padmini, Dara Singh, …
Category: Fantasy

Metegol (2013)

4 January 201824 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Table Football Team Come to Life

Director: Juan Jose Campanella
Category: Fantasy

Nemesis Game (2003)

31 December 200330 August 2018

Rating: ★

Enigmatic Game/Reality Bender

Director: Jesse Warn
Actors: Carly Pope, Adrian Paul, Ian McShane, Jay Baruchel, …
Category: Fantasy

Nerve (2016)

20 November 20163 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Internet Site That Offers Deadly Challenges

Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Actors: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, …
Category: Horror

One Spy Too Many (1966)

19 April 20172 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Film/Spy Film

Director: Joseph Sargent
Actors: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Rip Torn, Dorothy Provine, …
Category: Science Fiction

Onward (2020)

5 April 20204 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Pixar Animation/Alternate Present Inhabited by Magic Creatures

Director: Dan Scanlon
Actors: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, …
Category: Fantasy

A Pass from the Back (2004)

21 June 200630 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Toy Footballer Comes to Life

Director: Gil Mehmert
Category: Fantasy

The Prophet’s Game (1999)

31 December 199924 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Serial Killer Thriller

Director: David Worth
Actors: Dennis Hopper, Stephanie Zimbalist, Joe Penny, Robert Yocum, …
Category: Horror

Quintet (1979)

4 July 200317 May 2020

Rating: ★

Frozen Future/Enigmatic Game

Director: Robert Altman
Actors: Paul Newman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson, Vittorio Gassman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ready or Not (2019)

29 November 201918 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Deadly Game of Hide and Seek

Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Actors: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Henry Czerny, Andie McDowell, …
Category: Horror

Red Room: The Forbidden King Game (1999)

19 May 201527 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Torture and Degradation Reality TV Show

Director: Daisuke Yamanouchi
Actors: Hiroshi Kitasenju, Shiina Nagamori, Mayumi Ookawa, Yuuki Tsukamoto
Category: Horror

The Seventh Seal (1957)

20 January 20019 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Death Incarnate

Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Max Von Sydow, Gunnar Bjornstrand, Bibi Andersson, Åke Fridell, …
Category: Fantasy

Stay Tuned (1992)

17 August 20024 May 2019

Rating: ½

Hell as a TV Show Comedy

Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones, David Tom, …
Category: Fantasy

TAG: The Assassination Game (1982)

2 January 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Psycho in a Campus Mock Killing Game

Director: Nick Castle
Actors: Robert Carradine, Linda Hamilton, Bruce Abbott, Perry Lang, …
Category: Horror

To Your Last Death (2019)

20 November 202020 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Brutal Survival in an Office Building/Alien Game

Director: Jason Axinn
Actors: Morena Baccarin, Ray Wise, William Shatner, Bill Moseley, …
Category: Horror

Truth or Dare (2018)

15 March 202010 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Deadly Game/Demonic Curse

Director: Jeff Wadlow
Actors: Lucy Hale, Violett Beane, Tyler Posey, Landon Liboiron, …
Category: Horror

Would You Rather (2012)

26 May 201325 September 2020

Rating: ★½

Deadly Party Game

Director: David Guy Levy
Actors: Brittany Snow, Jeffrey Combs, Jonny Coyne, Enver Gjokaj, …
Category: Horror

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

29 April 20097 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, Lynn Collins, …
Category: Science Fiction

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie – Pyramid of Light (2004)

3 September 20155 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Playing Card Dueling

Director: Hatsuki Suji
Actors: Dan Green, Eric Stuart, Darren Dunstan, John Campbell, …
Category: Fantasy

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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