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Theme: The Internet and Cyberspace

Anon (2018)

13 May 201818 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Mass-Surveillance Future

Director: Andrew Niccol
Actors: Clive Owen, Amanda Seyfried, Colm Feore, Mark O'Brien, …
Category: Science Fiction

Anonymous 616 (2018)

16 August 202016 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Messages from a Godlike Instant Messenger Contact

Director: Mike Boss
Actors: Daniel DeWeldon, Jessica Boss, David Abramsky, Lena Roma, …
Category: Horror

Antisocial (2013)

13 October 20135 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Zombie Apocalypse Via Social Media

Director: Cody Calahan
Actors: Michelle Mylett, Cody Thompson, Adam Christie, Aria Alic, …
Category: Horror

Brainstorm (1983)

28 March 20184 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Memory Recording Device

Director: Douglas Trumbull
Actors: Christopher Walken, Natalie Wood, Louise Fletcher, Cliff Robertson, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997)

28 June 20026 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Talking Appliances

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

Brave New World (2020)

10 October 202010 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Dystopian Future

Director: Owen Harris, Craig Zisk, Aoife McArdle, Andrij Parekh, …
Actors: Alden Ehrenreich, Jessica Brown-Findlay, Harry Lloyd, Demi Moore, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cam (2018)

3 May 201916 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Camgirl and Her Doppelganger

Director: Daniel Goldhaber
Actors: Madeline Brewer, Melora Walters, Patch Darragh, Devin Druid, …
Category: Horror

The Card Player (2004)

27 January 200622 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Giallo Psycho-Thriller

Director: Dario Argento
Actors: Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Antonio Cantafora, Claudio Santamaria, …
Category: Horror

Chatroom (2010)

9 January 201112 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Psychological Games on the Internet

Director: Hideo Nakata
Actors: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Imogen Poots, Matthew Beard, Daniel Kaluuya, …
Category: Horror

The Circle (2017)

16 July 201717 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Online Mass Surveillance Thriller

Director: James Ponsoldt
Actors: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, Karen Gillan, Ellar Coltrane, …
Category: Science Fiction

Conceiving Ada (1997)

13 September 20019 May 2020

Rating: ★

Ada Byron Biopic/Ada Recreated in Cyberspace

Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Actors: Tilda Swinton, Timothy Leary, Karen Black, John O'Keefe
Category: Science Fiction

The Condemned (2007)

13 February 200927 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Barehands Survivalism/Deadly Reality TV Show

Director: Scott Wiper
Actors: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Robert Mammone, Victoria Mussett, …
Category: Horror

Criminal (2016)

28 May 201623 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Transplanted Memories/Action Film

Director: Ariel Vroman
Actors: Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, …
Category: Science Fiction

Darkweb (2016)

28 September 201718 November 2020

Rating: ★

Human Bloodsports

Director: Bruno Vaussenat
Actors: Olivier Gruner, Danny Glover, Nina Seul, Tristan Robin, …
Category: Horror

Darwin (2016)

19 October 201625 June 2020

Rating: ★

Dystopian Internet-Addicted Future

Director: Benjamin Duffield
Actors: Nick Krause, Juliette Gosselin, Molly Parker, Jordyn Negri, …
Category: Science Fiction

Delete (2013)

20 January 20151 October 2020

Rating: ★

Artificial Intelligence Amok

Director: Steve Barron
Actors: Erin Karpluk, Keir Gilchrist, Ryan Robbins, Gil Bellows, …
Category: Science Fiction

Demonlover (2002)

8 August 200322 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Snuff Internet Site/Corporate Espionage Thriller

Director: Olivier Assayas
Actors: Connie Nielsen, Chloe Sevigny, Gina Gershon, Charles Berling
Category: Horror

The Den (2013)

18 April 201722 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Snuff Internet Site That Cyber-Stalks People

Director: Zach Donohue
Actors: Melanie Papalia, David Schlactenhaufen, Adam Shapiro, Anna Margaret Hollyman, …
Category: Horror

Devour (2005)

11 July 20075 August 2020

Rating: ★

Satanic Internet Site

Director: David Winkler
Actors: Jensen Ackles, Dominique Swain, Shannyn Sossamon, Teach Grant, …
Category: Horror

Diary of the Dead (2007)

15 June 20085 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Zombie Found Footage Film

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Josh Close, Shawn Roberts, Joe Dinicol, Tatiana Maslany, …
Category: Horror

Digimon: The Movie (2000)

15 March 200115 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Cute Cyber-Creatures

Director: Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi
Actors: Mona Marshall, Colleen O'Shaughnessy
Category: Fantasy

The Emoji Movie (2017)

4 December 20176 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/The Lives of Talking Emojis

Director: Tony Leondis
Actors: T.J. Miller, James Corden, Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, …
Category: Fantasy

Ex Machina (2015)

18 April 20154 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Android Artificial Intelligence

Director: Alex Garland
Actors: Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno
Category: Science Fiction

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (2004)

30 January 200512 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Dystopia

Director: Carlos Atanes
Category: Science Fiction

FeardotCom (2002)

28 November 200417 November 2020

Rating: ★

Ghosts on the Internet

Director: William Malone
Actors: Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea, Jeffrey Combs, …
Category: Horror

Feed (2005)

19 January 20086 January 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Feeder Fetishism Psycho-Thriller

Director: Brett Leonard
Actors: Patrick Thompson, Alex O'Loughlin, Matthew Le Nevez, Jack Thompson, …
Category: Horror

Friend Request (2016)

30 January 201717 December 2020

Rating: ★

Supernatural Retribution Via Social Media

Director: Simon Verhoeven
Actors: Alycia Debnam-Carey, William Moseley, Connor Paolo, Liesl Ahlers, …
Category: Horror

Ghost in the Machine (1993)

1 February 200010 July 2019

Rating: 0­

Serial Killer in Cyberspace

Director: Rachel Talalay
Actors: Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Wil Horneff, Ted Marcoux, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

30 July 200227 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Cyberpunk Anime

Director: Mamoru Oshii
Category: Science Fiction

Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2013-2014)

22 December 20141 August 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Cyberpunk Anime

Director: Tow Ubukata, Kazuchika Kise
Category: Science Fiction

Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)

21 October 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Cyberpunk Anime

Director: Kazuya Nomura, Kazuchika Kise
Category: Science Fiction

Girlhouse (2014)

4 January 20163 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film in a College Dorm Porn House

Director: Jon Knautz, Trevor Matthews
Actors: Ali Cobrin, Slaine, Adam DiMarco, Alice Hunter, …
Category: Horror

GoldenEye (1995)

1 February 200117 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

James Bond Film

Director: Martin Campbell
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench, Sean Bean, Famke Janssen, …
Category: Science Fiction

Goodbye World (2013)

13 February 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Collapse of Civilisation

Director: Denis Henry Hennelly
Actors: Kerry Bishé, Caroline Dhavernas, Gaby Hoffmann, Adrian Grenier, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hackers (1995)

1 May 20049 April 2020

Rating: ★★

Teenage Computer Hackers

Director: Iain Softley
Actors: Angelina Jolie, Jonny Lee Miller, Fisher Stevens, Jesse Bradford, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hangman (2000)

19 December 201430 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Serial Killer Thriller

Director: Ken Girotti
Actors: Lou Diamond Phillips, Mädchen Amick, Grant Nickalls, Robert Haley, …
Category: Horror

Her (2013)

11 January 20144 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Human-A.I. Romance

Director: Spike Jonze
Actors: Joaquin Phoenix, Scarlett Johansson, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, …
Category: Science Fiction

Honey Pupu (2011)

9 October 201115 June 2019

Rating: ★

Mysterious Disappearances

Director: Hung-I Chen
Actors: Peggy Tseng, Lin Po-sheng, Zaizai Lin, Chiu Sheng-yi, …
Category: Science Fiction

iBoy (2017)

22 April 201729 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Teen Gets the Power to Mentally Access Internet Traffic

Director: Adam Randall
Actors: Bill Milner, Maisie Williams, Miranda Richardson, Rory Kinnear
Category: Science Fiction

I.K.U. (2000)

19 January 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Cyberpunk Pornography/Sex Androids

Director: Shu Lea Cheang
Actors: Ayuma Tokito, Zachery Nataf, Mash, Akira
Category: Science Fiction

Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

15 July 200229 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Cyberpunk/William Gibson Adaptation

Director: Robert Longo
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Henry Rollins, Ice-T, …
Category: Science Fiction

Killers (2014)

13 January 20175 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Friendship Between Two Serial Killers

Director: The Mo Brothers, Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto
Actors: Kazuki Kitamura, Oka Antara, Rin Takanashi, Luna Maya, …
Category: Horror

The Last Chase (1980)

20 November 201424 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Car Chase in a Dystopian Future

Director: Martyn Burke
Actors: Lee Majors, Burgess Meredith, Chris Makepeace, George Touliatos, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

3 December 200017 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Virtual Reality/Enhanced Intelligence

Director: Brett Leonard
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Jeff Fahey, Jenny Wright, Geoffrey Lewis, …
Category: Science Fiction

Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)

17 May 199915 May 2019

Rating: ½

Messianic Cyberspace Madman

Director: Farhad Mann
Actors: Matt Frewer, Patrick Bergin, Ely Pouget, Kevin Conway, …
Category: Science Fiction

Level Up (2016)

25 June 202025 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Reality Games

Director: Adam Randall
Actors: Josh Bowman, Neil Maskell, Leila Himmack, Will Houston, …
Category: Horror

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

17 August 200728 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Action Film/Socially Catastrophic Hack Attack

Director: Len Wiseman
Actors: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Timothy Olyphant, Cliff Curtis, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Mangler 2 (2001)

31 December 200130 August 2018

Rating: ½

Artificially Intelligent Computer Virus Amok

Director: Michael Hamilton-Wright
Actors: Chelse Swain, Lance Henriksen, Will Sanderson, Daniella Evangelista, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mercano the Martian (2002)

31 December 200214 December 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Alien Visitor/Satire

Director: Juan Antin
Actors: Juan Antin, Ayar Blesco
Category: Science Fiction

Monstersdotcom (2003)

31 December 200318 January 2019

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Kevin J. Lindenmuth, Andy Kumpon, Wayne Spitzer, Chris Mack
Actors: Les Sekeley, Roger Beckett, Andy Kumpon, Wayne Spitzer, …
Category: Horror

Movie 43 (2013)

8 November 20132 January 2021

Rating: 0­

Anthology of Bad Taste Comedy Skits

Director: Steven Brill, Peter Farrelly, Will Graham, Steve Carr, …
Actors: Adam Cagley, Devin Eash, Mark L. Young, Fisher Stevens, …
Category: Fantasy

Nekrotronic (2018)

30 August 202030 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Demon Hunters

Director: Kiah Roache-Turner
Actors: Ben O'Toole, Monica Bellucci, David Wenham, Caroline Ford, …
Category: Horror

Nerve (2016)

20 November 201627 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Internet Site That Offers Deadly Challenges

Director: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
Actors: Emma Roberts, Dave Franco, Emily Meade, Miles Heizer, …
Category: Horror

The Net (1995)

31 October 200117 September 2020

Rating: ★

Cyber-Thriller

Director: Irwin Winkler
Actors: Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker, …
Category: Science Fiction

Open Windows (2014)

1 May 201524 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

Internet Stalker and Surveillance Thriller

Director: Nacho Vigalondo
Actors: Elijah Wood, Sasha Grey, Neil Maskell, Ivan Gonzalez, …
Category: Horror

Paprika (2006)

17 August 200717 March 2019

Rating: ★★½

Anime/Dream Therapy Device

Director: Satoshi Kon
Category: Science Fiction

Perfect Blue (1997)

11 April 19991 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Psycho-Thriller

Director: Satoshi Kon
Category: Horror

Pulse (2001)

24 July 200713 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Category: Horror

Pulse (2006)

21 October 20075 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Soul-Sucking Creatures from the Internet

Director: Jim Sonzero
Actors: Kristen Bell, Ian Somerhalder, Christina Milian, Rick Gonzalez, …
Category: Horror

Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)

12 May 201920 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Disney Animation/Videogame Characters Venture Onto the Internet

Director: Phil Johnston, Rich Moore
Actors: John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Gal Gadot, Taraji P. Henson, …
Category: Fantasy

Ready Player One (2018)

29 September 201810 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Virtual Treasure Hunt Through 1980s Pop Trivia

Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, …
Category: Science Fiction

Recovery (2016)

14 May 201914 May 2019

Rating: ★★

Search for a Missing Cellphone Leads to a Sinister House

Director: Darrell Wheat
Actors: Kirby Bliss Blanton, Rachel DiPillo, Alex Shaffer, Samuel Larsen, …
Category: Horror

Sadako 3D (2012)

5 December 201412 May 2020

Rating: ★

Ring Sequel/Japanese Ghost Story

Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa
Actors: Satomi Ishihara, Ryosei Tayama, Koji Seto, Shota Sometani
Category: Horror

Savage (1995)

17 February 20039 January 2020

Rating: ½

Alien-Altered Neanderthal Superman

Director: Avi Nesher
Actors: Olivier Gruner
Category: Science Fiction

Scanners (1981)

5 May 20034 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Psychic Powers

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, Michael Ironside, Jennifer O'Neill, …
Category: Science Fiction

Scre4m (2011)

16 April 201119 January 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Slasher Sequel Parody/Deconstruction

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, …
Category: Horror

Selfie from Hell (2018)

4 May 201820 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Cursed Selfie/Internet Stalkers

Director: Erdal Ceylan
Actors: Alyson Walker, Tony Giroux, Meelah Adams, Ian Butcher
Category: Horror

The Singularity is Near: A True Story About the Future (2010)

4 April 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Documentary/SF Story About Future Machine Evolution

Director: Anthony Waller, Ray Kurzweil, Toshi Hoo
Actors: Cynthia Breazeal, Richard A. Clarke, David Dalrymple, Aubrey De Grey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Slender Man (2018)

27 January 201927 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Boogeyman of Urban Legend

Director: Sylvain White
Actors: Joey King, Julia Goldani Telles, Jaz Sinclair, Annalise Basso, …
Category: Horror

Smiley (2012)

3 September 20203 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Internet Boogeyman

Director: Michael Gallagher
Actors: Caitlin Gerard, Melanie Papalia, Roger Bart, Keith David, …
Category: Horror

Sneakers (1992)

22 June 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Hi-Tech Thriller

Director: Phil Alden Robinson
Actors: Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, Sidney Poitier, …
Category: Science Fiction

Southland Tales (2006)

4 May 200824 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Near-Future L.A.

Director: Richard Kelly
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott, Cheri Oteri, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spectre (2015)

14 November 201518 February 2020

Rating: ★★

James Bond Film

Director: Sam Mendes
Actors: Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Ralph Fiennes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Suicide Club (2002)

17 July 20036 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Programmed Mass Suicides

Director: Shion Sono
Actors: Ryo Ishibashi, Masatoshi Nagase, Akaji Maro, Rolly, …
Category: Horror

Summer Wars (2009)

12 March 201112 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Amok A.I./Family Saga

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Category: Science Fiction

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

22 July 200325 January 2020

Rating: ★

Time-Travelling Killer Androids

Director: Jonathan Mostow
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Kristanna Loken, Claire Danes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Thomas in Love (2000)

3 September 200110 December 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Virtual Relationships

Director: Pierre-Paul Renders
Category: Science Fiction

Transcendence (2014)

19 April 20145 December 2020

Rating: ★★

Scientist’s Mind Uploaded Into a Machine

Director: Wally Pfister
Actors: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Morgan Freeman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tron (1982)

18 December 20027 May 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Journey into Cyberspace

Director: Steven Lisberger
Actors: Jeff Bridges, David Warner, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tron Legacy (2010)

10 January 201119 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Adventures in Cyberspace

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, …
Category: Science Fiction

Unfriended (2014)

19 April 201512 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Supernatural Retribution Across Social Media

Director: Levan Gabriadze
Actors: Shelley Hennig, Renee Olstead
Category: Horror

Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)

28 April 20194 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Found Footage/Darkweb Snuff Filmmaking Group

Director: Stephen Susco
Actors: Colin Woodell, Stephanie Nogueras, Connor Del Rio, Andrew Lees, …
Category: Horror

Untraceable (2008)

25 May 200812 April 2019

Rating: ★★

Murders Live on the Internet

Director: Gregory Hoblit
Actors: Diane Lane, Billy Burke, Colin Hanks, Joseph Cross, …
Category: Horror

WarGames (1983)

25 August 200213 February 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Teen Hacker Accidentally Triggers Nuclear War

Director: John Badham
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman, …
Category: Science Fiction

WarGames: The Dead Code (2006)

13 August 200913 February 2019

Rating: ★

Teen Hacker Thriller/Amok A.I.

Director: Stuart Gillard
Actors: Matt Lanter, Amanda Walsh, Colm Feore, Chuck Shamata, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Zero Theorem (2013)

3 August 201411 June 2019

Rating: ★★★

Dystopian Future/The Meaning of It All

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Christoph Waltz, Melanie Thierry, David Thewlis, Lucas Hedges, …
Category: Science Fiction

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