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Theme: Mars


Mars is the fourth planet of the Solar System. It has a long history in literary science-fiction, ranging from the Martian invaders of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds (1898) to the works of Ray Bradbury and the adventure stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Mars has produced alien visitors since the early days of silent cinema. 1950s SF cinema brought a plentiful supply of Martian invaders. The same period also began a number of works about the exploration of Mars. Subsequent to that, we have begun to see a number of films about the colonisation and a little later the depiction of Mars as a world inhabited by humanity.

From the late 1990s, we have seen a concerted move towards the depiction of a scientifically credible Mars and realistic attempts to land on or colonise it. That said, there are still a number of films that conduct throwbacks to a romantic vision of Mars as a world inhabited by little green men.


Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953)

6 June 200011 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Two Idiots Go to Venus

Director: Charles Lamont
Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mari Blanchard, Jack Kruschen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ad Astra (2019)

14 December 201912 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Mission to the Outer Reaches of the Solar System

Director: James Gray
Actors: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, …
Category: Science Fiction

Aelita (1924)

21 December 201120 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Soviet Science-Fiction/Expedition to Mars

Director: Yakov Protazanov
Category: Science Fiction

Alien Conquest (2021)

4 February 20254 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Alien Invasion/Modernised The War of the Worlds Adaptation

Director: Mario N. Bonassin
Actors: Emily Killian, Anthony Jensen, Tom Sizemore, Michael Devorzon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Alien Contamination (1980)

28 August 20102 July 2024

Rating: ★

Deadly Alien Eggs

Director: Luigi Cozzi
Actors: Ian McCulloch, Louise Marleau, Siegfried Rauch
Category: Science Fiction

The Angry Red Planet (1959)

9 June 200122 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Mission to Mars

Director: Ib Melchior
Actors: Nora Hayden, Gerald Mohr, Les Tremayne, Jack Kruschen
Category: Science Fiction

Approaching the Unknown (2016)

26 September 201620 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Expedition to Mars

Director: Mark Elijah Rosenberg
Actors: Mark Strong, Luke Wilson, Sanaa Lathan
Category: Science Fiction

Battle Beyond the Sun (1963)

21 October 200723 November 2024

Rating: ★★½

Space Expedition/Russian SF Film

Director: Francis Ford Coppola, M. Karzhukov, Aleksandr Kozyr
Category: Science Fiction

The Box (2009)

14 November 200930 June 2025

Rating: ★

Mysterious Stranger Offers Couple a Terrible Choice

Director: Richard Kelly
Actors: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Holmes Osborne, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (1997)

28 June 20026 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Talking Appliances

Director: Robert C. Ramirez
Actors: Deanna Oliver, Roger Kabler, Eric Lloyd, Tim Stack, …
Category: Fantasy

Capricorn One (1978)

4 May 200121 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Faked Mars Mission

Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: James Brolin, Elliott Gould, Hal Holbrook, Brenda Vaccaro, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Christmas Martian (1971)

21 November 20031 April 2021

Rating: 0­

Strange Alien Visitor/Children’s Film

Director: Bernard Gosselin
Actors: Marcel Sabourin
Category: Science Fiction

Christmas on Mars (2008)

15 October 20109 September 2022

Rating: ★

Colonists on Mars

Director: Wayne Coyne
Actors: Adam Goldberg, Fred Armisen, Josh Higgins
Category: Science Fiction

Colonials (2023)

8 August 20248 August 2024

Rating: ★★

Colonist Return to Post-Apocalyptic Earth

Director: Andrew Balek, Joe Bland
Actors: Greg Kriek, Jamie Bernadette, Sean Kanan, B.A. Tobin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Conquest of Space (1955)

1 June 19996 July 2022

Rating: ★★

Expedition to Mars

Director: Byron Haskin
Actors: Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy, Benson Fong, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Day Mars Invaded Earth (1962)

11 December 20008 September 2022

Rating: ★★★

Alien Infiltration

Director: Maury Dexter
Actors: Kent Taylor, Marie Windsor
Category: Science Fiction

Deus (2022)

9 July 20239 July 2023

Rating: ★

Space Expedition Finds Gateway to Heaven

Director: Steve Stone
Actors: Claudia Black, David O'Hara, Phil Davis, Richard Blackwood, …
Category: Science Fiction

Devil Girl from Mars (1954)

24 December 201321 September 2022

Rating: ★★

Female Alien Invader

Director: David MacDonald
Actors: Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Hazel Court, Joseph Tomelty, …
Category: Science Fiction

Doom (2005)

31 October 200525 August 2020

Rating: ★

Videogame Adaptation/Labyrinth of Monsters

Director: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Actors: Karl Urban, Dwayne Johnson, Rosamund Pike, Richard Brake, …
Category: Science Fiction

Doom: Annihilation (2019)

6 October 20193 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Videogame Adaptation/Labyrinth of Monsters

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

Earthrise (2014)

4 March 201630 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Hallucinations Aboard a Space Expedition

Director: Glenn Payne
Actors: Meaghin Burke, Greg Earnest, Casey Dillard, Jon W. Sparks, …
Category: Science Fiction

Escape from Mars (1999)

31 December 200813 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Expedition to Mars

Director: Neill Fearnley
Actors: Christine Elise, Peter Outerbridge, Kavan Smith, Allison Hossack, …
Category: Science Fiction

Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars (1938)

1 February 200115 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Serial/Space Opera

Director: Ford Beebe, Robert Hill
Actors: Larry Buster Crabbe, Frank Shannon, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton
Category: Science Fiction

Flight to Mars (1951)

9 March 200115 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Mission to Mars

Director: Lesley Selander
Actors: Arthur Franz, Cameron Mitchell, Margeurite Chapman, Virginia Huston, …
Category: Science Fiction

Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)

13 January 202113 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Serial/Alien Invader

Director: Fred C. Brannon
Actors: Walter Reed, James Craven, Gregory Gay, Lois Collier
Category: Science Fiction

Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (1964)

23 February 20089 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Monster Bash

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Akiko Wakabayashi, Yuriko Hoshi, Yosuke Natsuki, Yumi Ito, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ghosts of Mars (2001)

26 August 20016 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Resurrected Spirits on Mars

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

Heaven Ship (1918)

30 April 20143 April 2024

Rating: ★★½

Expedition to Mars

Director: Holger-Madsen
Category: Science Fiction

The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001)

19 December 20128 November 2021

Rating: ★★½

Anthology of H.G. Wells Stories/TV Mini-Series

Director: Robert Young
Actors: Tom Ward, Nicholas Rowe, Katy Carmichael, Eve Best, …
Category: Science Fiction

Invaders from Mars (1953)

28 May 200116 November 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Alien Body Snatchers

Director: William Cameron Menzies
Actors: Jimmy Hunt, Arthur Franz, Morris Ankrum, Leif Erickson
Category: Science Fiction

Invaders from Mars (1986)

9 June 200319 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Alien Body Snatchers

Director: Tobe Hooper
Actors: Hunter Carson, Karen Black, James Karen, Timothy Bottoms, …
Category: Science Fiction

Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)

18 May 20193 November 2022

Rating: ★★

Nazi Moonbase/Alien Lizard People from the Centre of the Earth

Director: Timo Vuorensola
Actors: Lara Rossi, Udo Kier, Julia Dietze, Tom Green, …
Category: Science Fiction

It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

17 February 200112 June 2024

Rating: ★★★

Alien Nasty

Director: Edward L. Cahn
Actors: Marshall Thompson, Shawn Smith, Paul Langton, Ray Corrigan, …
Category: Science Fiction

John Carter (2012)

9 March 201217 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Planetary Adventure/Edgar Rice Burroughs Adaptation

Director: Andrew Stanton
Actors: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Dominic West, Samantha Morton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Just Imagine (1930)

9 October 20039 September 2022

Rating: ★★

Future New York Musical-Comedy

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

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)

3 February 201321 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery
Actors: William Baldwin, Mark Harmon, Chris Noth, Gina Torres, …
Category: Science Fiction

Justice League: Doom (2012)

7 May 201222 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Lauren Montgomery
Actors: Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly, Susan Eisenberg, Phil Morris, …
Category: Science Fiction

Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)

5 July 200922 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: David Bullock
Actors: David Boreanaz, Miguel Ferrer, Neil Patrick Harris, Kyle MacLachlan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Justice League vs the Fatal Five (2019)

22 July 202116 February 2023

Rating: ★★

Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Sam Liu
Actors: Kevin Conroy, George Newbern, Susan Eisenberg, Diane Guerrero, …
Category: Science Fiction

Justice League: Warworld (2023)

13 August 202322 August 2024

Rating: ★★

Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Jeff Wamester
Actors: Darren Criss, Stana Katic, Jensen Ackles, Ike Amadi, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Days on Mars (2013)

13 April 20141 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Expedition to Mars/Alien Zombie Infection

Director: Ruairi Robinson
Actors: Liev Schreiber, Romola Garai, Elias Koteas, Olivia Williams, …
Category: Science Fiction

Lobster Man from Mars (1989)

7 September 200029 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Bad SF Movie Parody

Director: Stanley Sheff
Actors: Anthony Hickox, Tony Curtis, Patrick MacNee, Deborah Foreman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mars (1996)

23 February 200422 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Action on Mars

Director: Jon Hess
Actors: Olivier Gruner, Shari Belafonte, Alex Hyde-White
Category: Science Fiction

Mars Attacks! (1996)

17 March 200121 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Alien Invasion

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Bening, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mars et Avril (2012)

5 February 20139 September 2022

Rating: ★

Expedition to Mars/Future Music Making and the Meaning of It All

Director: Martin Villeneuve
Actors: Jacques Languirand, Caroline Dhavernas, Paul Ahmarani, Jean Marchand, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mars Needs Moms (2011)

13 March 20115 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Boy’s Adventures on Mars

Director: Simon Wells
Actors: Seth Green, Dan Fogler, Seth Robert Duskey, Elisabeth Harnois, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mars Needs Women (1966)

8 August 199927 June 2022

Rating: ★

Alien Invasion

Director: Larry Buchanan
Actors: Tommy Kirk, Yvonne Craig, Cal Duggan, Warren Hammack
Category: Science Fiction

The Martian (2015)

24 October 201514 December 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Astronaut Stranded on Mars

Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Matt Damon, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jeff Daniels, Jessica Chastain, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Martian Chronicles (1980)

12 August 201218 February 2023

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

Martians Go Home (1990)

18 March 200315 April 2021

Rating: ½

Annoying Alien Invaders Comedy

Director: David Odell
Actors: Randy Quaid, Margaret Colin, Anita Morris, John Philbin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mayflower II (2020)

5 June 20235 June 2023

Rating: 0­

Christians Launch a Space Mission

Director: Dallas Lammiman
Actors: Justin Lewis, Shawna Pliva, Stephen Hardy, Gene Jarvis, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mercano the Martian (2002)

2 September 20039 September 2022

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Alien Visitor/Satire

Director: Juan Antin
Category: Science Fiction

Mission to Mars (2000)

10 March 200020 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Mars Landing/Alien Artefact

Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Moonshot (2022)

18 December 202318 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Stowaway to Mars

Director: Christopher Winterbauer
Actors: Cole Sprouse, Lana Condor, Mason Gooding, Zach Braff, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mr. Nobody (2009)

3 July 20108 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Alternate Life Pathways

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

My Favorite Martian (1999)

5 September 200430 September 2022

Rating: ★

Alien Visitor Comedy/TV Series Remake

Director: Donald Petrie
Actors: Jeff Daniels, Christopher Lloyd, Elizabeth Hurley, Daryl Hannah, …
Category: Science Fiction

One Under the Sun (2017)

2 November 2023

Rating: ★

Astronaut Returns Changed

Director: Riyaana Hartley, Vincent Tran
Actors: Pooja Batra, Gene Farber, Michael Keeley, Ava Cantrell, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pajama Party (1964)

31 July 202431 July 2024

Rating: ★★

Beach Party Comedy with Martian Visitor

Director: Don Weis
Actors: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Elsa Lanchester, Buster Keaton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Princess of Mars (2009)

17 January 201014 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Planetary Adventure

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Antonio Sabato Jr, Traci Lords, Matt Lasky, Chacko Vadaketh, …
Category: Science Fiction

Quantum Apocalypse (2010)

17 January 201313 February 2025

Rating: ★

End of the World Film

Director: Justin L. Jones
Actors: Rhett Giles, Stephanie Jacobsen, Peter Jurasik, Kristen Quintrall, …
Category: Science Fiction

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

26 February 200331 January 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Alien Artefact

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover
Category: Science Fiction

Queen of Blood (1966)

18 March 200317 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

Alien Vampire Woman

Director: Curtis Harrington
Actors: John Saxon, Florence Marly, Judi Meredith, Dennis Hopper, …
Category: Science Fiction

Red Planet (2000)

31 December 200025 December 2022

Rating: ★★★

Mission to Mars

Director: Antony Hoffman
Actors: Val Kilmer, Carrie-Ann Moss, Tom Sizemore, Benjamin Bratt, …
Category: Science Fiction

Red Planet Mars (1952)

11 January 200230 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Radio Messages from God on Mars

Director: Harry Horner
Actors: Peter Graves, Marvin Miller, Morris Ankrum
Category: Science Fiction

RocketMan (1997)

28 December 20044 March 2025

Rating: ★

Idiot Joins a NASA Mars Mission

Director: Stuart Gillard
Actors: Harland Williams, William Sadler, Jessica Lundy, Beau Bridges, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rocketship X-M (1950)

9 March 201019 October 2021

Rating: ★★★

Space Expedition

Director: Kurt Neumann
Actors: Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery Jr, …
Category: Science Fiction

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

20 November 20106 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Santa on Mars/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Nicholas Webster
Actors: Leonard Hicks, John Call, Pia Zadora, Vincent Beck, …
Category: Science Fiction

Santo vs the Martians (1967)

2 February 201411 January 2020

Rating: ★

Mexican Wrestler Superhero vs Alien Invaders

Director: Alfredo B. Crevenna
Actors: Santo, Rodolfo Guzman Huerta, Wolf Ruvinskis
Category: Science Fiction

Settlers (2021)

10 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Colonists on Mars

Director: Wyatt Rockefeller
Actors: Sofia Boutella, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Brooklyn Prince, Nell Tiger Free, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Space Between Us (2017)

1 April 201727 April 2021

Rating: ★★

First Kid Born on Mars Comes to Earth

Director: Peter Chelsom
Actors: Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino, …
Category: Science Fiction

Space Cruiser Yamato (1977)

11 September 200120 March 2025

Rating: ★★½

Anime Space Opera

Director: Yoshinobu Nishizaki, Gino Tanasescu
Category: Science Fiction

Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

24 July 20217 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Toon Basketball Game

Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Actors: LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Sonequa Martin-Green, Cedric Joe, …
Category: Fantasy

Spaced Invaders (1990)

4 December 20003 March 2023

Rating: ★

Bumbling Alien Invaders

Director: Patrick Read Johnson
Actors: Royal Dano, Ariana Richards, Douglas Barr, Wayne Alexander, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spacemaster X-7 (1958)

17 April 19996 August 2024

Rating: ★

Alien Virus

Director: Edward L. Bernds, bernd
Actors: Lyn Thomas, Paul Frees, Moe Howard
Category: Science Fiction

Species II (1998)

2 June 20016 September 2019

Rating: ★

Alien Sex Fiend

Director: Peter Medak
Actors: Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge, Justin Lazard, …
Category: Science Fiction

Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017)

24 November 201725 March 2025

Rating: ★★

War with Aliens/Anime

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

Stowaway (2021)

30 April 202110 July 2021

Rating: ★★½

Stowaway Aboard a Mars Mission

Director: Joe Penna
Actors: Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson
Category: Science Fiction

Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020)

4 September 20205 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Director: Chris Palmer
Actors: Darren Criss, Alexandra Daddario, Zachary Quinto, Ike Amadi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Terra Formars (2016)

18 November 201921 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Mutated Insects on Mars

Director: Takashi Miike
Category: Science Fiction

The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)

23 September 200710 November 2022

Rating: ★★

Idiots vs Alien Invaders

Director: Edward L. Bernds
Actors: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Emil Sitka, …
Category: Science Fiction

Thunderbirds Are Go (1966)

18 March 200322 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Hi-Tech Rescue Organisation/Puppet Film

Director: David Lane
Actors: Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, Alexander Davion, Peter Dyneley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Total Recall (1990)

18 June 20056 July 2022

Rating: ★★

Virtual Memories/Reality Bender/Action

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox, …
Category: Science Fiction

Trump vs The Illuminati (2020)

23 October 202029 August 2021

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

Vampirella (1996)

27 February 200328 June 2025

Rating: ★

Comic Book Adaptation/Alien Vampire Heroine

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

Viking (2022)

1 September 202321 March 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Mars Habitat Simulation Comedy

Director: Stephane Lafleur
Actors: Steve Laplante, Larissa Corriveau, Denis Houle, Faviola N. Aladin, …
Category: Science Fiction

The War of the Worlds (1953)

8 June 20123 June 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Byron Haskin
Actors: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne
Category: Science Fiction

War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008)

17 January 201812 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Alien Invasion

Director: C. Thomas Howell
Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Kim Little
Category: Science Fiction

The War of the Worlds (2005)

3 July 20105 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Period Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Timothy Hines
Category: Science Fiction

The War of the Worlds (2019)

13 December 20193 June 2023

Rating: ★★

Period Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Craig Viveiros
Actors: Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall, Rupert Graves, Robert Carlyle, …
Category: Science Fiction

War of the Worlds: Goliath (2012)

23 August 20154 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

H.G. Wells Sequel/Steampunk Alternate History

Director: Joe Pearson
Actors: Peter Wingfield, Elizabeth Gracen, Adrian Paul, Adam Baldwin, …
Category: Science Fiction

The War of the Worlds – Next Century (1981)

29 June 201421 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

Polish Satire/Alien Invasion/Authoritarian Regime and Media Control

Director: Piotr Szulkin
Actors: Roman Wilhelmi, Krystyna Janda, Wieslaw Drzewicz, Mariusz Dmochowski, …
Category: Science Fiction

War of the Worlds: The Attack (2023)

12 November 202312 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation/Young Adult

Director: Junaid ‘Jay’ Syed
Actors: Sam Gittins, Lana Lemon, Alhaji Fafona, Leo Staar, …
Category: Science Fiction

Warlords of Atlantis (1978)

31 August 200522 April 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Lost World Adventure

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

Watchmen (2009)

8 March 20091 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earl Haley, Malin Akerman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Watchmen: Chapter I (2024)

23 August 20246 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Brandon Vietti
Actors: Titus Welliver, Katee Sackhoff, Matthew Rhys, Michael Cerveris, …
Category: Science Fiction

Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)

6 December 202415 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Brandon Vietti
Actors: Matthew Rhys, Katee Sackhoff, Michael Cerveris, Titus Welliver, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Wizard of Mars (1965)

5 May 200920 November 2024

Rating: ★★

The Wizard of Oz on Mars

Director: David L. Hewitt
Actors: Roger Gentry, John Carradine, Vic McGee
Category: Science Fiction

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