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Theme: Mysterious Strangers

Black Butterfly (2017)

22nd October 2018

Rating: ★★

Sinister Stranger Invades a Writer’s Home

Director: Brian Goodman
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Vincent Riotta, …
Category: Horror

Blood River (2009)

8th November 20188th November 2018

Rating: ★★½

Sinister Hitchhiker/Divine Judgement

Actors: Andrew Howard, Ian Duncan, Tess Panzer, Sarah Essex
Category: Horror

Borgman (2013)

7th October 201313th November 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Mysterious Stranger Invades a Household

Director: Alex van Warmerdam
Actors: Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Percival, Sara Hjort Ditlevesen, …
Category: Fantasy

The Box (2009)

31st December 200930th August 2018

Rating: ★

Mysterious Stranger Offers Couple a Terrible Choice

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

The Caller (1987)

8th May 200516th October 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Strange Psychological Games/Reality Bender

Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Madolyn Smith
Category: Science Fiction

Dante 01 (2008)

20th January 201230th August 2018

Rating: ★★

Insane Asylum on a Space Station

Director: Marc Caro
Actors: Lambert Wilson, Gerald Laroche, Dominique Pinon, Simona Maicanescu, …
Category: Science Fiction

Darkside Blues (1994)

31st December 199430th August 2018

Rating: ★★

Anime/Dark Future/Mysterious Stranger

Director: Nobuyasa Furukawa
Actors: Kathleen Kern, Rachel Nanstad, Matthew Harrington, Peter Patrikios, …
Category: Science Fiction

Death Takes a Holiday (1934)

28th September 201630th August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Death Takes on Human Form

Director: Mitchell Leisen
Actors: Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Sir Guy Standing, Kent Taylor, …
Category: Fantasy

The End of the Animal (2010)

6th October 201012th November 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Mysterious Catastrophe/Godlike Stranger

Director: Jo Sung-Hee
Actors: Lee Min-Ji, Park Hae-il, Yoo Sung-Bok, Park Sae-Jong, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Final Storm (2010)

17th June 201330th August 2018

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Stranger/Possible Biblical End of the World

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Luke Perry, Lauren Holly, Steve Bacic, Cope Heppell, …
Category: Fantasy

Funny Games (1997)

2nd November 201030th August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Sadism and Torture

Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Susanne Lothar, Arno Frisch, Ulrich Muhe, Frank Giering, …
Category: Horror

Funny Games U.S. (2007)

26th October 200830th August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Sadism and Torture

Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Michael Pitt, Brady Corbet, …
Category: Horror

The Guest (2014)

10th November 20143rd February 2019

Rating: ★★★

Sinister Stranger

Director: Adam Wingard
Actors: Dan Stevens, Maika Monroe, Brendan Meyer, Lance Reddick, …
Category: Horror

High Plains Drifter (1973)

17th February 200315th February 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Western/Supernatural Retribution

Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Billy Curtis, Walter Barnes, …
Category: Fantasy

K-PAX (2001)

31st December 200130th August 2018

Rating: ★★

Alien Visitor in a Psychiatric Institution

Director: Iain Softley
Actors: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, David Patrick Kelly, …
Category: Science Fiction

Let Us Prey (2014)

17th August 201513th November 2018

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Stranger/Supernatural Retribution

Director: Brian O'Malley
Actors: Liam Cunningham, Pollyanna McIntosh, Douglas Russell, Hanna Stanbridge, …
Category: Horror

Man Facing Southeast (1986)

8th May 199912th November 2018

Rating: ★★★★★

Christ-like Alien Visitor in a Psychiatric Institution

Director: Eliseo Subiela
Actors: Lorenzo Quinteros, Hugo Sato, Ines Vernengo
Category: Science Fiction

Mary Poppins (1964)

1st March 200130th August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Flying Nanny Frolics

Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Karin Dotrice, Matthew Garber, …
Category: Fantasy

Nanny McPhee (2005)

31st December 200530th August 2018

Rating: ★★

Magical Nanny

Director: Kirk Jones
Actors: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald, Angela Lansbury, …
Category: Fantasy

Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang (2010)

31st December 201030th August 2018

Rating: ★★

Magical Nanny

Director: Susanna White
Actors: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans, Asa Butterfield, …
Category: Fantasy

The Next One (1984)

8th May 200130th August 2018

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Visitor

Director: Nico Mastorakis
Actors: Keir Dullea, Adrienne Barbeau, Peter Hobbs, Jeremy Licht, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ominous (2015)

24th October 20173rd October 2018

Rating: ★★

Devil Child

Director: Peter Sullivan
Actors: Barry Watson, Esme Bianco, Gavin Lewis, Mark Lindsay Chapman, …
Category: Horror

Orphans and Angels (2003)

31st December 200330th August 2018

Rating: ★★

Sinister Stranger

Director: Harold Brodie
Actors: Emmeline Hawthorne, Christopher Brown, Aaron Ward, Cal Wilson
Category: Horror

Outside Satan (2011)

31st December 201131st August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Ambiguous Miraculous Visitor

Director: Bruno Dumont
Actors: David Dewaele, Alexandra Lematre, Valerie Mestdagh, Juliette Bacquet, …
Category: Fantasy

The Plumber (1978)

6th January 200230th August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Sinister Handyman

Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Judy Morris, Ivor Kants, Robert Coleby, Candy Raymond, …
Category: Horror

Secret Window (2004)

4th December 200922nd October 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Sinister Stranger

Director: David Koepp
Actors: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Maria Bello, Charles S. Dutton, …
Category: Horror

Shadow Hours (2000)

12th May 201530th August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Possibly Diabolic Temptation

Director: Isaac H. Eaton
Actors: Balthazar Getty, Peter Weller, Rebecca Gayheart, Peter Greene, …
Category: Horror

The Shout (1978)

6th April 201030th August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Enigmatic Stranger With Supernatural Powers

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Actors: Alan Bates, John Hurt, Susannah York, Tim Curry, …
Category: Fantasy

Storm of the Century (1999)

5th December 200912th November 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Stranger Manipulates a Small Town

Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Tim Daly, Colm Feore, Debrah Farentino, Jeffrey DeMunn, …
Category: Horror

Strange Cargo (1940)

3rd January 201028th September 2018

Rating: ★★★

Jesus Christ Aids Devil’s Island Escapees

Director: Frank Borzage
Actors: Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Ian Hunter, Peter Lorre, …
Category: Fantasy

The Stranger (2014)

17th April 201824th September 2018

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Stranger/Vampire

Director: Guillermo Amoedo
Actors: Nicolas Duran, Cristobal Tapia Montt, Luis Gnecco, Ariel Levy, …
Category: Horror

Teorema (1968)

30th April 201330th August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Miraculous Visitor

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Actors: Terence Stamp, Silvana Mangano, Laura Betti, Massimo Girotti, …
Category: Fantasy

That Eye, The Sky (1994)

31st May 201012th November 2018

Rating: ★

Ambiguous Miraculous Visitor

Director: John Ruane
Actors: Peter Coyote, Lisa Harrow, Jamie Croft, Amanda Douge, …
Category: Fantasy

Three Wishes (1995)

20th February 201230th August 2018

Rating: ★★★

1950s Coming of Age Tale/Mysterious Stranger

Director: Martha Coolidge
Actors: Patrick Swayze, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joseph Mazzello, Seth Mumy, …
Category: Fantasy

The Traveler (2010)

3rd October 201330th August 2018

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Stranger

Director: Michael Oblowitz
Actors: Val Kilmer, Dylan Neal, Paul McGillion, Camille Sullivan, …
Category: Horror

The Visitation (2006)

16th November 201530th August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Christian Film/Ambiguous Miracle-Healing Stranger

Director: Robby Henson
Actors: Martin Donovan, Edward Furlong, Kelly Lynch, Randy Travis, …
Category: Horror

Visitor Q (2001)

23rd May 201130th August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

Catalogue of Perversions/Black Comedy

Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Kenichi Endo, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe, Jun Muto, …
Category: Horror

The Wailing (2016)

19th December 201630th August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Korean Horror/Possession/Mysterious Stranger

Director: Na Hong Jin
Actors: Kwak Do-won, Kim Hwan-hee, Jun Kunimura, Hwang Jung-min, …
Category: Horror

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