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Actor: Brian Cox

The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)

19 September 2023

Rating: ★★★

Media-Controlled Future

Director: Michael Elliott
Actors: Tony Vogel, Leonard Rossiter, Suzanne Neve, Brian Cox
Category: Science Fiction

Manhunter (1986)

3 April 200030 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

Hannibal Lecter Film

Director: Michael Mann
Actors: William Petersen, Tom Noonan, Dennis Farina, Joan Allen, …
Category: Horror

Murder By Moonlight (1989)

19 June 201313 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Murder Mystery on a Moonbase

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

Chain Reaction (1996)

15 March 200120 July 2024

Rating: ★★

Techno-Thriller

Director: Andrew Davis
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward, …
Category: Science Fiction

Kiss the Girls (1997)

21 June 200324 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Serial Killer Thriller

Director: Gary Fleder
Actors: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Jay O. Sanders, …
Category: Horror

The Minus Man (1999)

12 October 19998 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Genteel Serial Killer

Director: Hampton Fancher
Actors: Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Cox, Mercedes Ruehl, …
Category: Horror

Complicity (2000)

7 March 20059 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Serial Killer Thriller

Director: Gavin Millar
Actors: Jonny Lee Miller, Brian Cox, Keeley Hawes, Paul Higgins, …
Category: Horror

The Ring (2002)

18 March 200324 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Cursed Videotape/Japanese Horror Remake

Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, David Dorfman, …
Category: Horror

X2 (2003)

5 May 200310 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Brian Cox, …
Category: Science Fiction

Match Point (2005)

21 June 200622 May 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Murder and Conscience

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, …
Category: Fantasy

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)

24 March 201013 July 2023

Rating: ★★★

Arthur Conan Doyle Biopic-Mystery/Meta-Fiction

Director: Cilla Ware
Actors: Douglas Henshall, Tim McInnerny, Brian Cox, Allan Corduner, …
Category: Fantasy

Battle for Terra (2007)

8 January 20142 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Animation/War Between Human Colonists and Aliens

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

The Water Horse (2007)

19 January 200811 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

Loch Ness Monster

Director: Jay Russell
Actors: Ben Chaplin, Emily Watson, David Morrissey, Marshall Napier, …
Category: Fantasy

Zodiac (2007)

27 May 20074 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★

True Life Serial Killer

Director: David Fincher
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr, Anthony Edwards, …
Category: Horror

Trick ‘R Treat (2008)

20 May 20108 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Halloween Horror Anthology

Director: Michael Dougherty
Actors: Dylan Baker, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox, Leslie Bibb, …
Category: Horror

The Escapist (2008)

8 June 20169 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

Prison Escape Drama/Fantastic Twist

Director: Rupert Wyatt
Actors: Brian Cox, Dominic Cooper, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham, …
Category: Fantasy

The Colour of Magic (2008)

11 January 200923 July 2021

Rating: ★★★

Fantasy Comedy/Terry Pratchett Adaptation

Director: Vadim Jean
Actors: David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry, David Bradley, …
Category: Fantasy

The Day of the Triffids (2009)

19 June 201031 July 2022

Rating: ★★

The Downfall of Civilisation/Lethal Plants Amok

Director: Nick Copus
Actors: Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Eddie Izzard, Jason Priestley, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tell-Tale (2009)

21 September 201019 August 2023

Rating: ★★

Possessed Transplant Organ

Director: Michael Cuesta
Actors: Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox, Beatrice Miller, …
Category: Horror

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

12 August 201118 July 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Planet of the Apes Prequel

Director: Rupert Wyatt
Actors: James Franco, Frieda Pinto, John Lithgow, Tom Felton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Exit Humanity (2011)

1 March 201319 May 2025

Rating: ★★★

American Civil War Zombie Film

Director: John Geddes
Actors: Mark Gibson, Bill Moseley, Dee Wallace, Adam Seybold, …
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

Mindscape (2013)

2 March 20153 December 2022

Rating: ★★

Therapist Journeys Inside People’s Memories

Director: Jorge Dorado
Actors: Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga, Brian Cox, Indira Varma, …
Category: Science Fiction

An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)

28 November 201310 February 2025

Rating: ★★★★

The Origins of Doctor Who

Director: Terry McDonough
Actors: David Bradley, Jessica Raine, Brian Cox, Sacha Dhawan, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Anomaly (2014)

29 June 20153 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Identity Bender/Brain Hijackiing

Director: Noel Clarke
Actors: Noel Clarke, Ian Somerhalder, Alexis Knapp, Brian Cox, …
Category: Science Fiction

Pixels (2015)

25 July 201522 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Invaders Bring Classic Videogames to Life

Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage, …
Category: Science Fiction

Morgan (2016)

10 September 201623 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Artificially Intelligent Android

Director: Luke Scott
Actors: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Toby Jones, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

23 January 20177 September 2023

Rating: ★★½

Mysterious Corpse on the Morgue Table

Director: Andre Øvredal
Actors: Brian Cox, Emile Hirsch, Olwen Kelly, Ophelia Lovibond, …
Category: Horror

Good Omens (2019)

14 June 20194 September 2022

Rating: ★★½

Biblical End Times/Antichrist Comedy

Director: Douglas Mackinnon
Actors: Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Sam Taylor Buck, Jack Whitehall, …
Category: Fantasy

Separation (2021)

12 December 20215 June 2024

Rating: ★★

Haunting

Director: William Brent Bell
Actors: Rupert Friend, Brian Cox, Mamie Gummer, Madeline Brewer, …
Category: Horror

The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

3 January 202511 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Epic Fantasy/Anime

Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Actors: Gaia Wise, Brian Cox, Luke Pasqualino, Lorraine Ashbourne, …
Category: Fantasy

The Electric State (2025)

22 March 202522 March 2025

Rating: ★★½

The Robot Revolution

Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Actors: Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Stanley Tucci, Giancarlo Esposito, …
Category: Science Fiction

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Theme Essays

  • Films About Atlantis
  • Werewolf Films
  • Virtual Reality
  • Imprisonment Thrillers
  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
  • Human Bloodsports and Death Games
  • Animals Attack Films
  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • Disaster Movies
  • Steampunk Films
  • Documentaries
  • Films About Halloween
  • Films About Prophecy
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • 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 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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