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Theme: New Religions

New Religions is a topic that deals with anything not covered under Religion in Fantastic Cinema, which concerns content that falls under the umbrella of traditional beliefs. Strange cults are dealt with under Cults.

This theme deals with

– Religions that might develop in the future, fantasy worlds or Alternate Histories

– Religion as it might be observed by alien cultures

– Strange new religions that might emerge in the here and now such as people worshipping Lovecraftian entities or those engaged in folk religion


Aniara (2018)

1 February 202119 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

Spaceflight Goes Off Course

Director: Pella Kägerman, Hugo Lilja
Actors: Emilie Jonsson, Arvin Kananian, Bianca Cruzeiro, Anneli Martini, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Ant Bully (2006)

10 November 20064 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Boy Reduced to Ant Size

Director: John A. Davis
Actors: Zach Tyler Eisen, Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage, Bruce Campbell, …
Category: Fantasy

Babylon A.D. (2008)

9 October 200828 July 2024

Rating: ★★½

Cyberpunk Future

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
Actors: Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry, Gerard Depardieu, …
Category: Science Fiction

Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)

12 June 200013 January 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Planet of the Apes Sequel/Telepathic Mutants

Director: Ted Post
Actors: James Franciscus, Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison, Maurice Evans, …
Category: Science Fiction

Children of Dune (2003)

8 October 200516 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: Greg Yaitanes
Actors: Alec Newman, James McAvoy, Alice Krige, Steven Berkoff, …
Category: Science Fiction

Children of the Corn (1984)

5 June 200018 July 2023

Rating: ★

Pagan Child Cult/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Fritz Kiersch
Actors: Linda Hamilton, Peter Horton, Courtney Gains, Robby Kiger, …
Category: Horror

Children of the Corn (2009)

21 March 201025 July 2023

Rating: ★★½

Pagan Child Cult/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Donald P. Borchers
Actors: David Anders, Kandyse McClure, Preston Bailey, Alexa Nikolas
Category: Horror

Children of the Corn (2020)

8 October 202311 October 2024

Rating: 0­

Pagan Child Cult

Director: Kurt Wimmer
Actors: Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey, Bruce Spence, …
Category: Horror

Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995)

21 March 200117 August 2022

Rating: 0­

Pagan Child Cult

Director: James D.R. Hickox
Actors: Daniel Cerny, Jim Metzler, Ron Melendez, Michael Ensign
Category: Horror

Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996)

1 May 201829 September 2023

Rating: ★

Pagan Child Cult

Director: Greg Spence
Actors: Naomi Watts, Karen Black, Brent Jennings, William Windom, …
Category: Horror

Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)

7 February 200118 July 2023

Rating: ★★

Pagan Child Cult

Director: David F. Price
Actors: Terence Knox, Ryan Bollman, Ned Romero, Rosalind Allen, …
Category: Horror

Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror (1998)

2 June 202129 September 2023

Rating: ★★

Pagan Child Cult

Director: Ethan Wiley
Actors: Eva Mendes, Alexis Arquette, David Carradine, Adam Wylie, …
Category: Horror

The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

14 August 200429 July 2024

Rating: ★★★

Intergalactic Adventures

Director: David Twohy
Actors: Vin Diesel, Colm Feore, Judi Dench, Alexa Davalos, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cloud Atlas (2012)

24 October 20121 January 2022

Rating: ★★★

Cross-Historical Epic

Director: Tom Tykwer, Lilly/Andy Wachowski, Lana/Larry Wachowski, The Wachowskis
Actors: Tom Hanks, Jim Broadbent, Halle Berry, Doona Bae, …
Category: Science Fiction

Curse of the Blind Dead (2020)

4 April 202129 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Blind Knights Templar Zombies

Director: Raffaele Picchio
Actors: Alice Zanini, Nick Stielstra, Francesca Pellegrini, Bill Hutchens, …
Category: Horror

Dagon (2001)

4 April 20021 April 2025

Rating: ★★½

H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation/Village of Mutants

Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Ezra Godden, Francisco Rabal, Macarena Gomez, Racquel Morono, …
Category: Horror

Dead Space: Downfall (2008)

9 April 201420 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Videogame Adaptation/Spaceship of Mutated Dead

Director: Chuck Patton
Actors: Nika Futterman, Jim Cummings, Keith Szarabajka, Kevin Michael Richardson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dune (1984)

1 February 200117 April 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: David Lynch
Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Sting, Jurgen Prochnow, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dune (2000)

8 July 200517 April 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: John Harrison
Actors: Alec Newman, Saskia Reeves, William Hurt, Julie Cox, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dune Part One (2021)

30 October 202117 April 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dune Part Two (2024)

20 April 20246 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: Denis Villeneuve
Actors: Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, …
Category: Science Fiction

Earthsea (2004)

21 June 200630 September 2020

Rating: ★

Epic Fantasy/Apprentice Wizard

Director: Robert Lieberman
Actors: Shawn Ashmore, Kristin Kreuk, Isabella Rossellini, Danny Glover, …
Category: Fantasy

Enemy Mind (2010)

16 September 201028 June 2021

Rating: ★★½

Enemies Stranded on an Alien Planet

Director: Brennan Reed
Actors: Ernest Borgnine, Ryken Zane, Dan Gruenberg
Category: Science Fiction

Franklyn (2008)

27 April 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Interwoven Stories/Religious Dystopia

Director: Gerald McMorrow
Actors: Eva Green, Ryan Philippe, Bernard Hill, Sam Riley, …
Category: Fantasy

Gappa the Triphibian Monster (1967)

26 April 2023

Rating: ★

Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Hiroshi Noguchi
Actors: Tamio Kawachi, Yoko Yamamoto, Tatsuya Fuji
Category: Science Fiction

The Golden Compass (2007)

27 December 20075 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Epic Fantasy Adventure

Director: Chris Weitz
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, Sam Elliott, …
Category: Fantasy

In the Lost Lands (2025)

25 April 202525 April 2025

Rating: ★

Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy Quest

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Dave Bautista, Arly Jover, Amara Okerke, …
Category: Fantasy

The Invention of Lying (2009)

2 November 200926 January 2023

Rating: ★★

World Where Nobody Lies

Director: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson
Actors: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Louis C.K., …
Category: Fantasy

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

Logan’s Run (1976)

2 February 20039 October 2020

Rating: ★

Dystopian Future

Director: Michael Anderson
Actors: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Johnson, Peter Ustinov, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Master (2012)

27 September 20124 January 2025

Rating: ★★★½

L. Ron Hubbard Fictionalised Biopic

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons, …
Category: Science Fiction

Matriarch (2022)

19 March 202319 March 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Folk Horror

Director: Ben Steiner
Actors: Jemima Rooper, Kate Dickie, Sarah Paul, Keith David Bartlett, …
Category: Horror

Nightfall (2000)

8 December 20134 November 2021

Rating: ★

Isaac Asimov Adaptation

Director: Gwyneth Gibby
Actors: David Carradine, Jennifer Burns
Category: Science Fiction

On the Silver Globe (1988)

8 September 20138 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

Colonisation of a Alien Planet

Director: Andrzej Zulawski
Actors: Michal Bajor, Maria Pakulnis, Krzysztof Kolberger
Category: Science Fiction

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)

1 May 200125 October 2019

Rating: ★★

War Between Angels

Director: Patrick Lussier
Actors: Christopher Walken, Vincent Spano, Dave Buzzotta, Kayren Ann Butler, …
Category: Horror

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

31 August 20028 February 2025

Rating: ★

Intergalactic Adventures

Director: William Shatner
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Lawrence Luckinbill, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars (1977)

16 December 20009 September 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Space Opera

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

6 June 199918 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Jake Lloyd, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

20 June 200224 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Christopher Lee, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005)

22 May 200521 May 2022

Rating: ★★★

Space Opera

Director: George Lucas
Actors: Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

4 April 200115 February 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Space Opera

Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)

21 March 200124 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

Director: Richard Marquand
Actors: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, David Prowse, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

26 December 201524 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Space Opera

Director: J.J. Abrams
Actors: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Harrison Ford, Adam Driver, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017)

17 March 201813 May 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Space Opera

Director: Rian Johnson
Actors: Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

9 October 200830 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Space Opera/Animation

Director: Dave Filoni
Actors: Matt Lanter, Christopher Lee, James Arnold Taylor, Nika Futterman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Starship Rising (2014)

18 February 202127 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

Space Opera

Director: Neil Johnson
Actors: Darren Jacobs, Emily Rose Morrison, E.J. de la Pena, Ralph Guzzo, …
Category: Science Fiction

Uforia (1985)

27 January 200114 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

UFO Religion

Director: John Binder
Actors: Fred Ward, Cindy Williams, Harry Dean Stanton
Category: Science Fiction

Ultramarines (2010)

10 July 201114 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Animation/Wargame Adaptation/Space Marines vs Demonic Forces

Director: Martyn Pick
Actors: Terence Stamp, Sean Pertwee, John Hurt, Steven Waddington, …
Category: Science Fiction

Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)

20 March 20094 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Expedition to Venus/Russian SF Film

Director: Derek Thomas, Peter Bogdanovich
Actors: Mamie Van Doren, Peter Bogdanovich
Category: Science Fiction

Warning (2021)

26 September 202226 September 2022

Rating: ★★½

Anthology of Future SF Tales

Director: Agata Alexander
Actors: Thomas Jane, Alice Eve, Annabelle Wallis, Alex Pettyfer, …
Category: Science Fiction

Zardoz (1974)

26 January 201118 June 2025

Rating: ★

Barbarian Disrupts Utopia of Immortals

Director: John Boorman
Actors: Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman, John Alderton, …
Category: Science Fiction

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  • Films About Atlantis
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  • Virtual Reality
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  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
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