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Theme: Monstrous Encounters

47 Ronin (2013)

18 January 201419 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Samurai Epic Fantasy

Director: Carl Rinsch
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, …
Category: Fantasy

The 7 Adventures of Sinbad (2010)

27 January 201324 April 2020

Rating: ★½

Modernised Arabian Nights Adventure/The Asylum Mockbuster

Director: Ben Hayflick, Adam Silver
Actors: Patrick Muldoon, Sarah Desage, Bo Svenson, Kelly O'Leary, …
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

After Earth (2013)

7 June 20137 December 2019

Rating: ★★★

Planetary Survival Adventure

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Sophie Okonedo, Zoe Kravitz
Category: Science Fiction

Age of the Hobbits (2012)

8 February 201330 December 2019

Rating: ★★

The Asylum Mockbuster/Epic Fantasy

Director: Joseph J. Lawson
Actors: Christopher Judge, Bai Ling
Category: Fantasy

Around the World Under the Sea (1966)

4 March 200121 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Submarine Adventures

Director: Andrew Marton
Actors: Lloyd Bridges, David McCallum, Keenan Wynn, Shirley Eaton, …
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

Atlantic Rim (2013)

5 August 201524 November 2020

Rating: ★★½

Asylum Mockbuster/Giant Robots vs Giant Monsters

Director: Jared Cohn
Actors: David Chokachi, Graham Greene, Treach, Jackie Moore, …
Category: Science Fiction

Atlantis: Milo’s Return (2003)

20 June 201025 September 2019

Rating: ★

Disney Animation Sequel

Director: Victor A. Cook, Toby Shelton, Tad Stones
Actors: James Taylor, Cree Summer, Jacqueline Obradors, Corey Burton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Big Man Japan (2007)

8 September 201115 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Giant Japanese Superhero Mockumentary

Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto
Actors: Hitoshi Matsumoto
Category: Fantasy

Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)

6 January 200321 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Underwater Adventures

Director: James Hill
Actors: Robert Ryan, Chuck Connors, Lucianna Paluzzi, Nanette Newman, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)

23 May 200318 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hong Kong Supernatural Fantasy

Director: Ching Siu-Tung
Actors: Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong, Jackie Cheung, Michelle Reis, …
Category: Fantasy

Clash of the Titans (1981)

14 April 200121 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Greek Mythology Adventure

Director: Desmond Davis
Actors: Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Judi Bowker, Burgess Meredith, …
Category: Fantasy

Clash of the Titans (2010)

3 April 201022 April 2020

Rating: ★

Greek Mythology Adventure

Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, …
Category: Fantasy

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

27 September 201324 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Island of Living Food

Director: Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn
Actors: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Will Forte, James Caan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Digging Up the Marrow (2014)

29 February 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Found Footage/In Search of a Secret World of Monsters

Director: Adam Green
Actors: Adam Green, Ray Wise, Will Barratt, Josh Ethier, …
Category: Horror

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

Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)

4 May 200910 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Computer Game Adaptation

Director: Tetsuya Nomura, Takeshi Nozue
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Fire Maidens of Outer Space (1956)

3 February 201414 December 2020

Rating: ½

Astronauts Discover All-Female Planet

Director: Cy Roth
Actors: Anthony Dexter, Susan Shaw, Harry Fowler, Sydney Tafler
Category: Science Fiction

Flash Gordon (1936)

1 February 201012 December 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Serial/Space Opera

Director: Frederick Stephani
Actors: Larry Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Frank Shannon, Charles Middleton
Category: Science Fiction

Flesh Gordon (1974)

9 May 200015 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Softcore Flash Gordon Parody

Director: Michael Benveniste, Walter R. Cichy, Howard Ziehm
Actors: Jason Williams, Suzanne Fields, William Hunt
Category: Science Fiction

Flesh Gordon Meets the Cosmic Cheerleaders (1991)

15 December 201215 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Softcore Flash Gordon Parody

Director: Howard T. Ziehm
Actors: Vince Murdocco, William Hunt, Jayne Smith
Category: Science Fiction

The Great Wall (2016)

26 March 201719 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Historical Fantasy Epic

Director: Zhang Yimou
Actors: Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Jing Tian, Willem Dafoe, …
Category: Fantasy

Halo Nightfall (2014)

7 August 201527 December 2018

Rating: ★★★

Videogame Adaptation/Planetary Survival

Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Actors: Mike Colter, Steven Waddington, Luke Neal, Christina Chong, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)

11 February 201029 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Demon Superhero/Animation

Director: Phil Weinstein, Tad Stones
Actors: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Peri Gilpin
Category: Horror

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

9 October 200829 October 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Demon Superhero/Comic-Book Adaptation

Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Actors: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, John Alexander, …
Category: Fantasy

Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)

19 February 201314 July 2020

Rating: ½

Space Expedition to a Prehistoric Planet

Director: Al Adamson
Actors: John Carradine, Robert Dix, Joey Benson
Category: Science Fiction

Infra Man (1976)

19 January 201518 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hong Kong Superheroics

Director: Hua-Shan
Actors: Li Hsiu-Hsien, Weng Hsieh, Terry Liu, Yuan Man-Tzu, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jack the Giant Killer (2013)

12 September 20131 September 2020

Rating: ★

Fantasy Adventure

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Jane March, Ben Cross, Harry Dyer, Jamie Atkins, …
Category: Fantasy

Krull (1983)

14 June 200217 November 2020

Rating: ★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: Peter Yates
Actors: Ken Marshall, Lysette Anthony, Freddie Jones, Alun Armstrong, …
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

Merlin and the Book of Beasts (2008)

6 February 201830 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Arthurian Legends Adventure

Director: Warren Sonoda
Actors: James Callis, Laura Harris, Jim Thorburn, Jesse Moss, …
Category: Fantasy

Monster Island (1981)

9 March 200122 April 2020

Rating: 0­

Desert Island Adventures

Director: Juan Piquer Simon
Actors: Peter Cushing, Terence Stamp, Ian Sera, David Hatton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Monsters (2010)

14 November 20109 October 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Alien-Infested Zone

Director: Gareth Edwards
Actors: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides
Category: Science Fiction

Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)

9 May 20152 March 2019

Rating: ★★★

Alien-Infested War Zone

Director: Tom Green
Actors: Johnny Harris, Sam Keeley, Joe Dempsie, Kyle Soller, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge (2020)

26 April 202021 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Interdimensional Combat/Videogame Adaptation

Director: Ethan Spaulding
Actors: Joel McHale, Jennifer Carpenter, Jordan Rodrigues, Patrick Seitz, …
Category: Fantasy

Mysterious Island (1961)

4 January 200110 April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Desert Island Survival/Giant Animals

Director: Cy Endfield
Actors: Herbert Lom, Michael Craig, Joan Greenwood, Gary Merrill, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mysterious Island (2005)

9 October 200822 April 2020

Rating: ★

Desert Island Survival/Giant Animals

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Patrick Stewart, Gabrielle Anwar, Vinnie Jones, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)

29 July 201619 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Anne Black
Actors: Melanie Stone, Adam Johnson, Nicola Poesner, Jake Stormoen, …
Category: Fantasy

Ninja Scroll (1993)

7 July 20208 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Ninja vs Demonic Forces

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Category: Fantasy

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)

16 August 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Greek Myth in the Present Day

Director: Thor Freudenthal
Actors: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Douglas Smith, Leven Rambin, …
Category: Fantasy

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

31 December 200630 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Pirate Fantasy Swashbuckler

Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, …
Category: Fantasy

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

26 November 201224 November 2020

Rating: ★★½

Sherlock Holmes Steampunk Adventure

Director: Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Actors: Ben Syder, Dominic Keating, Gareth David-Lloyd
Category: Science Fiction

Shorts (2009)

20 October 200916 July 2019

Rating: ★★½

Magic Wishing Stone

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: James Spader, Leslie Mann, William H. Macy, Jimmy Bennett, …
Category: Fantasy

Six-String Samurai (1998)

1 June 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Post-Holocaust Rock”n’Roll Samurai

Director: Lance Mungia
Actors: Jeffrey Falcon, Justin McGuire, Stephane Gauger, Lex Lang, …
Category: Science Fiction

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

Spirited Away (2001)

12 April 200212 February 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Afterlife Bathhouse

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

25 January 200222 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Juvenile Spy Adventures

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Steve Buscemi, Alexa Vega, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tale of Tales (2015)

21 May 201610 June 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Anthology of Fairytales

Director: Matteo Garrone
Actors: Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Vincent Cassel, Toby Jones, …
Category: Fantasy

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)

18 April 201431 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Michael Pressman
Actors: Paige Turco, David Warner, Kenn Troum, Leif Tilden, …
Category: Science Fiction

TMNT (2007)

19 April 200721 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes/Animation

Director: Kevin Munroe
Actors: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Patrick Stewart, James Arnold Taylor, Nolan North, …
Category: Science Fiction

Troy: The Odyssey (2017)

19 March 20181 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Greek Myth

Director: Tekin Girgin
Actors: Dylan Vox
Category: Fantasy

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

Wrath of the Titans (2012)

29 March 201230 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Greek Mythology Adventure

Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Actors: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Rosamund Pike, …
Category: Fantasy

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)

2 December 20136 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Historical Detective/Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Mark Chao, Angelababy, Feng Shaofeng, Lin Gengxin, …
Category: Fantasy

Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)

24 September 20001 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Wu Xia Film

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Yuen Biao, Brigitte Lin, Sammo Hung, Damian Lau, …
Category: Fantasy

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  • 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
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