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Theme: The Moon

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

26 April 200123 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Stargate/Amok AI/Human Evolution/Space Mission

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rains
Category: Science Fiction

Ad Astra (2019)

14 December 20192 January 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Mission to the Outer Reaches of the Solar System

Director: James Gray
Actors: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

3 June 199916 September 2019

Rating: ★★★★

World’s Greatest Liar’s Absurdist Adventures

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: John Neville, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Eric Idle, …
Category: Fantasy

The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)

1 April 200328 September 2019

Rating: ★★

Lunar Comedy-Thriller

Director: Ron Underwood
Actors: Eddie Murphy, Rosario Dawson, Randy Quaid, Joe Pantoliano, …
Category: Science Fiction

Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)

9 May 199926 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Disaster Movie & SF Spoof

Director: Ken Finkleman
Actors: Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, William Shatner, Chad Everett, …
Category: Science Fiction

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

1 June 199926 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Anthology of Comedy Skits & Genre Parodies

Director: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horten, John Landis, …
Actors: Arsenio Hall, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rosanna Arquette, Monique Gabrielle, …
Category: Science Fiction

Apollo 18 (2011)

9 September 201113 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

NASA Moon Landing/Alien Possession Found Footage Film

Director: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego
Actors: Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, Ryan Robbins
Category: Science Fiction

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)

14 June 19993 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Spy Movie Spoof

Director: Jay Roach
Actors: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Verne Troyer, Seth Green, …
Category: Science Fiction

Baron Munchausen (1962)

17 October 201316 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

World’s Greatest Liar’s Adventures

Director: Karel Zeman
Category: Fantasy

Battle in Outer Space (1961)

17 November 200018 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Alien Invasion/Japanese Space Opera

Director: Ishiro Honda
Actors: Ryo Ikebe, Koreya Senda
Category: Science Fiction

Cat Women of the Moon (1953)

1 November 20025 April 2020

Rating: ★

All-Female Lunar Society/Classic Bad Movie

Director: Arthur Hilton
Actors: Sonny Tufts, Marie Windsor, Victor Jory, Douglas Fowley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Countdown (1967)

15 December 200117 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Expedition to the Moon

Director: Robert Altman
Actors: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Joanna Moore, Steve Ihnat, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Dark Side of the Moon (1990)

11 September 199924 June 2020

Rating: ★

The Devil in Outer Space

Director: D.J. Webster
Actors: Will Bledsoe, Joe Turkel, John Diehl, Alan Blumenfeld, …
Category: Science Fiction

Despicable Me (2010)

17 July 201027 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Comic Travails of a Super-Villain

Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Actors: Steve Carell, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Jason Segel, …
Category: Science Fiction

Destination Moon (1950)

1 April 200327 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Expedition to the Moon

Director: Irving Pichel
Actors: John Archer, Warner Anderson, Dick Wesson, Tom Powers
Category: Science Fiction

Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1979)

18 January 200327 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Space: 1999 Movie

Director: Tom Clegg
Actors: Martin Landau, Catherine Schell, Barbara Bain, Tony Anholt, …
Category: Science Fiction

The First Men in the Moon (1964)

5 September 200224 October 2019

Rating: ★★

Victorian Lunar Expedition/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Nathan Juran
Actors: Lionel Jeffries, Edward Judd, Martha Hyer
Category: Science Fiction

The First Men in the Moon (2010)

28 January 201117 January 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Victorian Lunar Expedition/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Damon Thomas
Actors: Mark Gatiss, Rory Kinnear, Philip Jackson
Category: Science Fiction

First on the Moon (2005)

21 March 201315 December 2020

Rating: ★★½

Soviet Moon Landing Mockumentary

Director: Aleksey Fedorchenko
Category: Science Fiction

Future Kick (1991)

19 January 200813 November 2019

Rating: ★

Cyberpunk Future Action

Director: Damian Klaus
Actors: Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, Meg Foster
Category: Science Fiction

Hercules (1983)

19 October 20026 March 2020

Rating: 0­

Greek Mythological Hero

Director: Luigi Cozzi
Actors: Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning, Mirella D'Angelo, William Berger, …
Category: Fantasy

Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)

28 April 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★

Italian Muscleman Adventure

Director: Giacomo Gentilomo
Actors: Alan Steel, Anna Maria Polani, Jany Clair, Nando Tamberlini, …
Category: Fantasy

Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986)

12 April 200323 May 2020

Rating: 0­

Alien Runaway Kids

Director: Peter Hunt
Actors: Sydney Penny, Ricky Paull Goldin, Keenan Wynn
Category: Science Fiction

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

2 July 201610 November 2019

Rating: ★½

Alien Invasion

Director: Roland Emmerich
Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, Bill Pullman, Jesse T. Usher, …
Category: Science Fiction

Iron Sky (2012)

7 August 201226 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Nazi Flying Saucers from the Moon

Director: Timo Vuorensola
Actors: Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Udo Kier, Gotz Otto, …
Category: Science Fiction

Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)

18 May 201915 February 2020

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

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

17 December 201622 July 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Stop-Motion Animation/Boy’s Epic Journey

Director: Travis Knight
Actors: Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Mara, …
Category: Fantasy

LunarCop (1995)

31 December 199530 August 2018

Rating: ★

Post-Holocaust Action

Director: Boaz Davidson
Actors: Michael Paré, Walker Brandt, Billy Drago, Robin Smith, …
Category: Science Fiction

Lunopolis (2009)

7 June 201230 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Found Footage/Grand Conspiracy Mashup

Director: Matthew J. Avant
Actors: Matthew J. Avant, Hal Maynor IV, Dave Potter, Ray Blum, …
Category: Science Fiction

Melies Cinemagician (2011)

12 June 200223 May 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Compilation of Georges Melies Shorts

Director: Georges Melies
Category: Fantasy

Men in Black 3 (2012)

24 May 201230 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Coverup Conspiracy Agency

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Actors: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mission Stardust (1967)

2 February 200125 June 2019

Rating: ★

Space Opera

Director: Primo Zeglio
Actors: Lang Jeffries, Essy Persson, Luis Davilla, John Karelson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Moon (2009)

31 December 200930 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Man Isolated on The Moon/Cloning Mystery

Director: Duncan Jones
Actors: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott, Kaya Scodelario
Category: Science Fiction

Moon Man (2012)

18 April 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Man in the Moon Comes Down to Earth

Director: Stephan Schesch, Sarah Clara Weber
Category: Fantasy

Moon Zero Two (1969)

6 May 20027 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Lunar Adventures

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Adrienne Corri, …
Category: Science Fiction

The ? Motorist (1906)

14 May 201326 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Motorcar Travels Into Space

Director: Walter R. Booth
Category: Fantasy

Mouse on the Moon (1963)

17 February 20035 March 2019

Rating: ★★★

World’s Smallest Country Launches a Moon Mission

Director: Richard Lester
Actors: Ron Moody, Terry-Thomas, Bernard Cribbins, David Kossof, …
Category: Science Fiction

Münchausen (1943)

31 January 201016 June 2019

Rating: ★★★½

World’s Greatest Liar’s Adventures

Director: Josef von Baky
Actors: Hans Albers, Hermann Speelman, Brigitte Horney, Ferdinand Marian, …
Category: Fantasy

Murder By Moonlight (1989)

19 June 20134 January 2019

Rating: ★★★

Murder Mystery on a Moonbase

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Actors: Brigitte Nielsen, Julian Sands, Gerald McRaney, Jane Lapotaire, …
Category: Science Fiction

Operation Avalanche (2016)

23 October 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★★½

The Faking of the Moon Landing/Found Footage

Director: Matt Johnson
Actors: Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Josh Boles, Jared Raab, …
Category: Science Fiction

Precious Find (1996)

8 October 200513 September 2019

Rating: ★

Gold Prospectors in Outer Space

Director: Philippe More
Actors: Rutger Hauer, Brion James, Joan Chen, Harold Pruett, …
Category: Science Fiction

Project Moon Base (1953)

26 December 200230 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Expedition to the Moon

Director: Richard Talmadge
Actors: Ross Ford, Donna Martell, Larry Johns, Hayden Rorke, …
Category: Science Fiction

Radar Men from the Moon (1952)

23 February 200819 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Serial/Rocket Backpack Hero vs Alien Invaders

Director: Fred C. Brannon
Actors: George Wallace, Aline Towne, Roy Barcroft, Peter Brocco, …
Category: Science Fiction

Salvage (1979)

22 April 20137 November 2019

Rating: ★★★

Junk Collector Mounts a Trip to The Moon

Director: Lee Philips
Actors: Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins, Trish Stewart, Richard Jaeckel, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Shape of Things to Come (1979)

12 May 201530 August 2018

Rating: ½

Space Opera

Director: George McCowan
Actors: Jack Palance, Barry Morse, Nicholas Campbell, Eddie Benton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Space Cop (2016)

7 February 201830 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Cop from the Future Comedy

Director: Jay Bauman, Mike Stoklasa
Actors: Rich Evans, Mike Stoklasa, Jocelyn Ridgely, Chike Johnson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Space Cowboys (2000)

6 August 20009 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Oldsters in Space

Director: Clint Eastwood
Actors: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, …
Category: Science Fiction

Stranded (2013)

17 March 201413 July 2020

Rating: ★

Alien Impregnation

Director: Roger Christian
Actors: Christian Slater, Amy Matysio, Michael Therriault, Brendan Fehr
Category: Science Fiction

Superman II (1980)

16 December 200024 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Richard Lester
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, …
Category: Science Fiction

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)

15 December 201324 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Richard Donner
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, …
Category: Science Fiction

Superman vs. The Elite (2012)

7 March 201715 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superhero/Animation

Director: Michael Chang
Actors: George Newbern, Robin Atkin Downes, Pauley Perrette, Melissa Disney, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013)

3 October 201427 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Japanese Fairytale

Director: Isao Takahata
Category: Fantasy

The Time Machine (2002)

9 April 20023 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Simon Wells
Actors: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

30 June 201126 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley, John Turturro, Patrick Dempsey, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Trip to the Moon (1902)

18 May 201214 July 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Expedition to the Moon/Comedy

Director: Georges Melies
Actors: Georges Melies
Category: Science Fiction

Way … Way Out (1966)

17 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Space Mission Comedy

Director: Gordon Douglas
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens, Robert Morley, Dennis Weaver, …
Category: Science Fiction

Woman in the Moon (1929)

20 December 20003 April 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Expedition to the Moon

Director: Fritz Lang
Actors: Willy Fritsch, Gerda Marcus, Gustav von Waggenheim, Fritz Rasp, …
Category: Science Fiction

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Theme Essays

  • 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
  • Coming of Age Stories in Fantastic Cinema
  • Films About Cryogenics and Suspended Animation
  • Alternate History Films
  • Disturbed Psychology as Portrayed on Film
  • Law Enforcement in Fantastic Cinema
  • Weird Westerns

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