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Theme: Planetary Adventure

Accion Mutante (1993)

11 April 199925 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Future Mutant Terrorists/Gonzo Comedy

Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Actors: Antonio Resines, Frederique Feder, Karra Elejalde, Alex Angulo
Category: Science Fiction

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005)

8 October 20053 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Children’s Planetary Adventure

Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Cayden Boyd, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Taylor Dooley, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

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

Aelita (1924)

21 December 20116 June 2019

Rating: ★★½

Soviet Science-Fiction/Expedition to Mars

Director: Yakov Protazanov
Actors: Yuliya Solntseva, Nikolai Tsereteli, Vera Kuindzhi, Pavel Pol, …
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 Tomorrow (2014)

29 October 201515 June 2019

Rating: ★½

The Asylum Mockbuster/Alien Invasion

Director: James Kondelik
Actors: Kelly Hu, Robert Picardo, Anthony Marks, Lane Townsend, …
Category: Science Fiction

Aliens vs Titanic (2017)

26 January 20187 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Stranded on a Planet with Alien Parasites

Director: Jeff Leroy
Actors: Tasha Tacosa, Jin N Tonic, Jennifur Miller, Kelly Erin Decker, …
Category: Science Fiction

Avatar (2009)

20 December 200921 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

War Between Human Colonists and Aliens

Director: James Cameron
Actors: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, …
Category: Science Fiction

Barbarella (1968)

26 March 200027 October 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Softcore Space Opera

Director: Roger Vadim
Actors: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, David Hemmings, Milo O'Shea, …
Category: Science Fiction

Battle for Terra (2007)

8 January 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Animation/War Between Human Colonists and Aliens

Director: Aristomenis Tsirbas
Actors: Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Brian Cox, David Cross, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dark Space (2013)

15 January 201524 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Crashlanded on an Alien Planet

Director: Emmett Callinan
Actors: Keith Reay, Steve West, Alana Dietz, Tonya Kay, …
Category: Science Fiction

Enemy Mind (2010)

16 September 20106 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Enemies Stranded on an Alien Planet

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

Enemy Mine (1985)

23 September 20006 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Human-Alien Enemies Stranded on a Hostile Planet

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett Jr, Bumper Robinson, Brion James
Category: Science Fiction

The Ewok Adventure (1984)

21 December 20023 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Children’s Planetary Adventure/Star Wars Spinoff

Director: John Korty
Actors: Aubree Miller, Warwick Davis, Eric Walker, Debbie Carrington, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ewoks and the Marauders of Endor (1986)

20 June 20023 November 2020

Rating: ★★½

Children’s Planetary Adventure/Star Wars Spinoff

Director: Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat
Actors: Aubree Miller, Warwick Davis, Wilford Brimley, Sian Phillips, …
Category: Science Fiction

Fantastic Planet (1973)

23 February 200412 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Bizarre Alien Planet/Animation

Director: Rene Laloux
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

Flash Gordon (1980)

20 June 200015 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Campy Space Opera

Director: Mike Hodges
Actors: Sam Jones, Max Von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed, …
Category: Science Fiction

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)

12 February 200515 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Serial/Space Opera

Director: Ford Beebe, Ray Taylor
Actors: Larry Buster Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, …
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

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

Forbidden Planet (1956)

20 June 200211 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★½

Alien Artefacts/Monster from the Subconscious

Director: Fred McLeod Wilcox
Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Warren Stevens, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gandahar (1988)

19 June 200527 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Planetary Adventure

Director: Rene Laloux
Actors: Jennifer Grey, Christopher Plummer, Glenn Close, Penn Jillette, …
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle (2018)

4 January 20193 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Hiroyuki Sashita, Kobun Shizuno
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017)

18 February 20183 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Hiroyuki Seshita, Kobun Shizuno
Category: Science Fiction

Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)

7 April 20193 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Japanese Monster Movie

Director: Hiroyushi Seshita, Kobun Shizuno
Category: Science Fiction

Gor (1987)

18 January 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Barbarian Planet

Director: Fritz Kiersch
Actors: Urbano Barberini, Oliver Reed, Rebecca Ferratti, Paul L. Smith, …
Category: Science Fiction

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

Heavy Metal (1981)

3 May 200013 February 2021

Rating: ★★½

Adult Animation Anthology

Director: Gerald Potterton
Actors: John Candy, Jackie Burroughs, Eugene Levy, John Vernon, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Hunter Prey (2010)

2 July 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Human-Alien Enemies in Pursuit Across a Desert Planet

Director: Sandy Collora
Actors: Clark Bartram, Damon Poitier, Isaac C. Singleton Jr, Sandy Collora, …
Category: Science Fiction

Inhabited Island (2008)

21 September 201130 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Russian Science Fiction/Dystopian Planet

Director: Fyodor Bondarchuk
Actors: Vasiliy Stepanov, Yuliya Snigir, Pyotor Fyodorov, Aleksey Serebryakov, …
Category: Science Fiction

John Carter (2012)

9 March 20121 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Planetary Adventure/Edgar Rice Burroughs Adaptation

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

Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983)

3 June 20023 April 2020

Rating: 0­

Planetary Adventure

Director: Charles Band
Actors: Jeffrey Byron, Mike Preston, Tim Thomerson, Kelly Preston, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)

24 August 20102 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Adventures on a Planet of Stupid People Comedy

Director: Greg Beeman
Actors: Jeffrey Jones, Teri Garr, Jon Lovitz, Dwier Brown, …
Category: Science Fiction

Neverland (2011)

10 January 201213 February 2021

Rating: ★★★

SF Version of Peter Pan

Director: Nick Willing
Actors: Rhys Ifans, Anna Friel, Charlie Rowe, Q'Orianka Kilcher, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Oblivion (1994)

2 April 2019

Rating: ★★★

Western on an Alien Planet

Director: Sam Irvin
Actors: Richard Joseph Paul, Andrew Divoff, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Jackie Swanson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Per Aspera Ad Astra (1981)

17 March 201326 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Soviet Science-Fiction/Female Alien Visitor

Director: Richard Viktorov
Actors: Yelena Metyolkina, Vadim Ledogorov, Nadezhda Sementsova, Uldis Lieldidz, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pitch Black (2000)

19 February 200024 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Planetary Survival

Director: David Twohy
Actors: Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith David, …
Category: Science Fiction

Planet Hulk (2010)

19 October 202019 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Marvel Comics Superhero

Director: Sam Liu
Actors: Rick D. Wasserman, Mark Hildreth, Liam O'Brien, Kevin Michael Richardson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Planet of Dinosaurs (1977)

14 April 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Survival on a Dinosaur-Inhabited Planet

Director: James K. Shea
Actors: Louie Lawless, James Whitworth, Pamela Bottaro, Chuck Pennington, …
Category: Science Fiction

Planet of the Apes (1968)

17 April 200111 May 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Planet of Talking Apes

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Actors: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, …
Category: Science Fiction

Planet of the Apes (2001)

27 June 200115 March 2019

Rating: ★★½

Planet of Talking Apes

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Helena Bonham Carter, Tim Roth, Estella Warren, …
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

Prospect (2018)

3 November 20193 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Interstellar Prospectors/Planetary Adventure

Director: Chris Caldwell, Zeek Earl
Actors: Sophie Thatcher, Pedro Pascal, Jay Duplass, Andre Royo, …
Category: Science Fiction

Riddick (2013)

6 September 201324 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Planetary Survival

Director: David Twohy
Actors: Vin Diesel, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Molla, Matt Nable, …
Category: Science Fiction

Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child (2016)

29 September 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Planetary Adventure

Director: Shane Abbess
Actors: Kellan Lutz, Daniel MacPherson, Luke Ford, Isabel Lucas, …
Category: Science Fiction

Screamers (1995)

11 January 200331 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Evolved Androids/Planetary Journey/Philip K. Dick Adaptation

Director: Christian Duguay
Actors: Peter Weller, Jennifer Rubin, Andy Lauer, Roy Dupuis, …
Category: Science Fiction

Screamers: The Hunting (2009)

17 July 201031 August 2020

Rating: ★½

Evolved Androids/Planetary Survival

Director: Sheldon Wilson
Actors: Gina Holden, Lance Henriksen, Greg Bryk, Stephen Amell, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)

19 June 20005 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Planetary Adventure

Director: Lamont Johnson
Actors: Peter Strauss, Molly Ringwald, Ernie Hudson, Michael Ironside, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spacerage: Breakout on Prison Planet (1985)

15 September 201230 August 2018

Rating: ½

Interstellar Prison Escape

Director: Conrad E. Palmisano, Peter McCarthy
Actors: Michael Paré, Richard Farnsworth, John Laughlin, Lewis Van Bergen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine (2017)

7 August 201917 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Space Opera

Director: Mark Steven Grove
Actors: Casper Van Dien, James Lew, Sara N. Salazar, Tyler Weaver Jr, …
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 200218 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

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

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

21 March 200119 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Space Opera

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

Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

9 October 200831 March 2019

Rating: ★★

Space Opera/Animation

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

Stargate (1994)

26 April 200113 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Intergalactic Portal/Planetary Adventure

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: James Spader, Kurt Russell, Jaye Davidson, Mili Avital, …
Category: Science Fiction

Starship (1984)

5 October 20205 October 2020

Rating: ★

Planetary Adventure

Director: Roger Christian
Actors: John Tarrant, Donogh Rees, Deep Roy, Ralph Cotterill, …
Category: Science Fiction

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2003)

3 August 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

War with Aliens/Alien Body Snatchers

Director: Phil Tippett
Actors: Richard Burgi, Ed Lauter, Colleen Porch, Ed Quinn, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Time Masters (1982)

7 June 20179 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Planetary Adventure

Director: Rene Laloux
Category: Science Fiction

The Turkish Star Wars (1982)

27 February 20156 May 2020

Rating: 0­

Planetary Adventure/Bad Movie Classic

Director: Cetin Inanc
Category: Science Fiction

Ultramarines (2010)

10 July 201116 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Animation/Wargame Adaptation/Space Marines vs Demonic Forces

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

Valley of the Dragons (1961)

25 August 20148 October 2019

Rating: ★

Jules Verne Adaptation/Prehistoric Lost World on a Comet

Director: Edward L. Bernds
Actors: Sean McClory, Cesare Danova, Joan Staley, Danielle De Metz, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984)

8 December 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Sword and Sorcery

Director: John Broderick
Actors: David Carradine, Luke Askew, Maria Socas, William Marin, …
Category: Fantasy

The Wizard of Mars (1965)

5 May 200915 June 2020

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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  • Disaster Movies
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  • Films About Halloween
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  • Nazis
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  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
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  • 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
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
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