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Theme: Lost Worlds and Cities

30,000 Leagues Under the Sea (2007)

10 June 20141 September 2020

Rating: ★

Jules Verne Modernisation

Director: Gabriel Bologna
Actors: Lorenzo Lamas, Sean Lawlor
Category: Science Fiction

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

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)

12 February 20057 July 2019

Rating: ½

Lost City Adventure

Director: Gary Nelson
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, James Earl Jones, Robert Donner, …
Category: Fantasy

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

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

Atlantis, The Lost Continent (1961)

3 September 200026 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Adventures in Atlantis

Director: George Pal
Actors: Anthony Hall, Joyce Taylor, John Dall, Edward Platt, …
Category: Science Fiction

Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)

15 June 20015 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Disney Animation/The Quest for Atlantis

Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Actors: Michael J. Fox, Cree Summer, James Garner, Phil Morris, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Bird People in China (1998)

17 October 200416 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Lost Culture

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Renji Ishibashi, Mako
Category: Fantasy

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 City Under the Sea (1965)

12 July 200021 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Lost Underwater City

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Actors: Vincent Price, Tab Hunter, David Tomlinson, John Le Mesurier
Category: Science Fiction

Congo (1995)

30 June 200110 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Lost City of Intelligent Apes/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Director: Frank Marshall
Actors: Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dinosaur Island (1994)

17 February 201622 April 2020

Rating: ★

Prehistoric Lost Island/Softcore Comedy

Director: Fred Olen Ray, Jim Wynorski
Actors: Ross Hagen, Richard Gabai, Antonia Doran, Griffin Drew, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dinotopia (2002)

1 September 200715 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Lost World of Intelligent Dinosaurs

Director: Marco Brambilla
Actors: Wentworth Miller, Tyron Leitso, David Thewlis, Jim Carter, …
Category: Science Fiction

Future Hunters (1986)

5 January 20215 January 2021

Rating: ★★★

Action Adventure/Time Travel/Quest for a Mystical Object

Director: Cirio H. Santiago
Actors: Robert Patrick, Linda Carol, Bruce Li
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)

10 April 202110 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Giant Monster Bash

Director: Adam Wingard
Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Kaylee Hottle, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla vs Megalon (1973)

6 December 20023 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Jun Fukuda
Actors: Hiroyuki Kawase, Katsuhiko Sasaki
Category: Science Fiction

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)

12 November 20026 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Gordon Hessler
Actors: John Philip Law, Tom Baker, Caroline Munro, Douglas Wilmer, …
Category: Fantasy

Gwendoline (1984)

28 May 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Lost City Quest/Softcore Fetishism/Comic Strip Adaptation

Director: Just Jaeckin
Actors: Tawny Kitaen, Brent Huff, Zabou, Bernadette Lafont, …
Category: Fantasy

The H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival – North (1999)

18 June 199917 December 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Festival of H.P. Lovecraft Short Films

Category: Horror

The Incredible Petrified World (1960)

3 February 201510 December 2020

Rating: 0­

Lost World Adventure

Director: Jerry Warren
Actors: John Carradine, Robert Clarke, Phyllis Coates, Allen Windsor, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Island (1980)

20 August 200329 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Lost Society of Pirate Descendants

Director: Michael Ritchie
Actors: Michael Caine, David Warner, Frank Middlemass, Colin Jeavons, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Island at the Top of the World (1974)

29 August 201028 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Lost World

Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Donald Sinden, David Hartman, Jacques Marin, David Gwillim, …
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 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

Jungle Book (1942)

1 April 200322 April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Jungle Boy

Director: Zoltan Korda
Actors: Sabu, Joseph Calleia, Patricia O'Rourke, Rosemary De Camp, …
Category: Fantasy

The Jungle Book (1994)

19 July 200018 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Jungle Hero

Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Sam Neill, John Cleese, …
Category: Fantasy

Jungle Boy (1996)

25 May 200824 August 2019

Rating: ★½

Jungle Boy

Director: Allan A. Goldstein
Actors: Asif Mohammed Seth, Lee Moreno, David Fox, Jeremy Roberts, …
Category: Fantasy

Jungle Moon Men (1955)

11 June 200530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Jungle Adventure/Immortal Queen

Director: Charles S. Gould
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, Helene Stanton, Bill Henry, …
Category: Fantasy

Killer Mountain (2011)

12 January 201622 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Monsters on a Mountainside

Director: Sheldon Wilson
Actors: Aaron Douglas, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Andrew Airlie, Paul Campbell, …
Category: Science Fiction

King Kong (1933)

12 November 20009 April 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

Giant Ape

Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsak
Actors: Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot, Robert Armstrong, Frank Reicher
Category: Science Fiction

King Kong (1976)

6 November 200110 April 2021

Rating: ★

Giant Ape

Director: John Guillermin
Actors: Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, Rene Auberjonois, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

King Kong (2005)

15 December 200510 April 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

Giant Ape

Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, …
Category: Science Fiction

King Solomon’s Mines (1985)

8 June 20035 January 2021

Rating: 0­

Adventure Film

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, John Rhys-Davies, Herbert Lom
Category: Fantasy

Kong, King of Atlantis (2005)

28 January 202010 April 2021

Rating: 0­

Animation/King Kong vs the Lizard People of Atlantis

Director: Patrick Archibald
Actors: Scott McNeil, Saffron Henderson
Category: Science Fiction

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

15 April 20179 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Giant Ape

Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Actors: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C. Reilly, …
Category: Science Fiction

Land of the Lost (2009)

11 June 200929 March 2021

Rating: 0­

TV Series Comedy Remake/Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Brad Silberling
Actors: Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Leonard Nimoy
Category: Science Fiction

The Land That Time Forgot (1974)

6 May 200024 March 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Doug McClure, Susan Penhaligon, John McEnery, Keith Barron, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Land That Time Forgot (2009)

18 August 201026 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: C. Thomas Howell
Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Timothy Bottoms, Scott Subiono, Lindsay McKeon, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Land Unknown (1957)

2 August 20014 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Virgil Vogel
Actors: Jock Mahoney, Shawn Smith, Henry Brandon, William Reynolds, …
Category: Science Fiction

Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)

31 October 200830 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Lost Floating City

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Dinosaur (1977)

11 July 20178 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Alex Grasshoff, Tom Kotani
Actors: Richard Boone, Joan Van Ark, Steven Keats
Category: Science Fiction

L’Atlantide (1992)

5 June 200025 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Lost City

Director: Bob Swaim
Actors: Tcheky Karyo, Victoria Mahoney, Christopher Thompson, Anna Galiena, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lost Continent (1968)

18 June 20159 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Sargasso Sea of Lost Ships

Director: Michael Carraeras
Actors: Eric Porter, Hildegard Knef, Tony Beckley, Suzanna Leigh, …
Category: Science Fiction

Lost Horizon (1937)

4 June 20018 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Hidden Valley Paradise/The Secret of Longevity

Director: Frank Capra
Actors: Ronald Colman, Jane Wyatt, H.B. Warner, Edward Everett Horton, …
Category: Fantasy

Lost Horizon (1973)

4 April 20094 May 2020

Rating: ★

Hidden Valley Paradise/The Secret of Longevity/Musical

Director: Charles Jarrott
Actors: Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullman, Michael York, …
Category: Fantasy

The Lost World (1925)

3 July 200026 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Lost Plateau of Dinosaurs

Director: Harry O. Hoyt
Actors: Wallace Beery
Category: Science Fiction

The Lost World (2001)

4 February 20214 February 2021

Rating: ★★★

Lost Plateau of Dinosaurs

Director: Stuart Orme
Actors: Bob Hoskins, James Fox, Tom Ward, Elaine Cassidy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Missing Link (2019)

27 July 20198 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Bigfoot Comedy/Stop-Motion Animation

Director: Chris Butler
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Zach Galifianakis, Zoe Saldana, Timothy Olyphant, …
Category: Fantasy

The Mummy (1999)

11 May 199930 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Revived Mummy/Adventure

Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, …
Category: Horror

The Mummy Returns (2001)

6 May 20013 February 2019

Rating: ★

Revived Mummy/Adventure

Director: Stephen Sommers
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, Freddie Boath, Arnold Vosloo, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror

The People That Time Forgot (1977)

21 April 200815 March 2019

Rating: ★★★

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Patrick Wayne, Sarah Douglas, Doug McClure, Thorley Walters, …
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 Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997)

5 July 200423 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Jungle Boy

Director: Duncan McLachlan
Actors: Bill Campbell, Roddy McDowall, Jamie Williams, Gulshan Grover, …
Category: Fantasy

She (1935)

29 October 200025 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Lost City/Immortal Queen

Director: Lansing C. Holden, Irving Pichel
Actors: Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Nigel Bruce, Gustav von Seyffertitz, …
Category: Fantasy

She (1965)

31 July 200127 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Lost City/Immortal Queen/Hammer Film

Director: Robert Day
Actors: John Richardson, Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, …
Category: Fantasy

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

15 July 200213 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Arabian Nights Adventure

Director: Sam Wanamaker
Actors: Patrick Wayne, Jane Seymour, Taryn Power, Patrick Troughton, …
Category: Fantasy

Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000)

2 February 201128 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Arabian Nights Adventure/Animation

Director: Allan Jacobs, Evan Ricks
Actors: Brendan Fraser, Jennifer Hale, Leonard Nimoy, John Rhys-Davies
Category: Fantasy

Siren of Atlantis (1948)

6 July 20165 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Lost City/Impossibly Desirable Queen

Director: Gregg G. Tallas
Actors: Maria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Dennis O'Keefe, Henry Daniell, …
Category: Fantasy

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

12 February 20051 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Retro SF Adventure/Flying Ace Hero

Director: Kerry Conran
Actors: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Son of Kong (1933)

8 May 200010 April 2021

Rating: ★★½

King Kong Sequel

Director: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Actors: Robert Armstrong, Helen Mark, Frank Reicher, Victor Wong
Category: Science Fiction

Tarzan and the Amazons (1945)

26 June 201414 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Jungle Hero

Director: Kurt Neumann
Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, Johnny Sheffield, Henry Stephenson, …
Category: Fantasy

Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)

28 November 200423 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Jungle Hero

Director: Carl Schenkel
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Jane March, Steve Waddington, Winston Ntshona, …
Category: Fantasy

Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)

22 May 201414 February 2021

Rating: ★★

Jungle Hero

Director: Lee Sholem
Actors: Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown, Arthur Shields, Robert Alda, …
Category: Fantasy

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966)

20 April 199927 July 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Jungle Hero

Director: Robert Day
Actors: Mike Henry, Nancy Kovack, David Opatoshu, Manuel Padilla Jr, …
Category: Fantasy

Tarzan’s Magic Fountain (1949)

1 February 201315 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Jungle Hero/Fountain of Youth

Director: Lee Sholem
Actors: Lex Barker, Brenda Joyce, Albert Dekker, Evelyn Ankers, …
Category: Fantasy

Unknown Island (1948)

31 May 201022 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Jack Bernhard
Actors: Virginia Grey, Richard Denning, Philip Reed, Barton MacLane, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

3 May 20017 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Dinosaur Discovered

Director: James O'Connolly
Actors: James Franciscus, Lawrence Naismith, Richard Carlson, Freda Jackson
Category: Science Fiction

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

31 August 200515 March 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Lost World Adventure

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Doug McClure, Peter Gilmore, Shane Rimmer, Lea Brodie, …
Category: Science Fiction

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