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Actor: J.K. Simmons

The Gift (2000)

23 January 200120 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Clairvoyant Murder Mystery

Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Cate Blanchett, Greg Kinnear, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, …
Category: Fantasy

The Mexican (2001)

4 March 20017 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Romantic Comedy/Magical Realism

Director: Gore Verbinski
Actors: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, Bob Balaban, …
Category: Fantasy

Spider-Man (2002)

20 June 200228 May 2022

Rating: ★★½

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe, James Franco, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

5 July 200419 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Astronaut Farmer (2006)

20 March 20098 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Man Builds His Own Rocket

Director: Michael Polish
Actors: Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Max Thieriot, Bruce Dern, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

5 May 200721 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, …
Category: Science Fiction

Postal (2007)

11 January 200911 February 2025

Rating: 0­

Videogame Adaptation/Bad Taste Satire

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Chris Spencer, …
Category: Horror

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

2 November 200917 December 2024

Rating: ★★★

Possessed Cheerleader

Director: Karyn Kusama
Actors: Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, Adam Brody, …
Category: Horror

Red Sands (2009)

22 October 20133 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

US Soldiers in Afghanistan Encounter a Djinn

Director: Alex Turner
Actors: Shane West, Leonard Roberts, Aldis Hodge, Callum Blue, …
Category: Horror

Megamind (2010)

16 November 20107 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Comic Travails of a Super-Villain

Director: Tom McGrath
Actors: Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dark Skies (2013)

23 February 201329 December 2022

Rating: ★★½

Sinister Alien Visitations

Director: Scott Stewart
Actors: Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, J.K. Simmons
Category: Science Fiction

Terminator Genisys (2015)

4 July 20158 September 2024

Rating: ★

Time-Travelling Killer Androids

Director: Alan Taylor
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jai Courtney, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, …
Category: Science Fiction

Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

30 May 20164 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Animation/Talking Animal Martial Arts

Director: Alessandro Carloni, Jennifer Yuh Nelson
Actors: Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, J.K. Simmons, Dustin Hoffman, …
Category: Fantasy

Zootopia (2016)

12 March 20165 February 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Disney Animation/World of Talking Animals

Director: Byron Howard, Rich Moore, Jared Bush
Actors: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Nate Torrence, …
Category: Fantasy

The Snowman (2017)

24 December 201719 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Norwegian Serial Killer Thriller

Director: Tomas Alfredson
Actors: Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson, …
Category: Horror

Justice League (2017)

30 December 201731 May 2025

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Stand (2020-2021)

5 March 202128 March 2022

Rating: ★

Showdown Between the Forces of Good and Evil After the Collapse of Civilisation/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Josh Boone, Tucker Gates, Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy, …
Actors: James Marsden, Alexander Skarsgård, Amber Heard, Whoopi Goldberg, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction

Palm Springs (2020)

18 July 202015 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Timeloop Comedy

Director: Max Barbakow
Actors: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Meredith Hagner, …
Category: Fantasy

The Tomorrow War (2021)

16 July 202122 February 2025

Rating: ★

War Across Time

Director: Chris McKay
Actors: Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, J.K. Simmons, Betty Gilpin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)

15 January 202215 May 2024

Rating: ★★½

Team of Spook Chasers Comedy

Director: Jason Reitman
Actors: McKenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, …
Category: Fantasy

Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)

27 March 202127 July 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill, Jason Momoa, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

19 March 20229 October 2024

Rating: ★★½

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Jon Watts
Actors: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Glorious (2022)

23 April 20238 December 2023

Rating: ★★½

Man Trapped in a Bathroom with a Deity

Director: Rebekah McKendry
Actors: Ryan Kwanten, J.K. Simmons, Sylvia Grace Crim, Andrew Lamar, …
Category: Fantasy, Horror

Red One (2024)

27 December 202427 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Christmas Action Film

Director: Jake Kasdan
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, J.K. Simmons, Lucy Liu, …
Category: Fantasy

You Can’t Run Forever (2024)

10 November 202410 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Survival Thriller/Girl Flees an Attacker

Director: Michelle Schumacher
Actors: J.K. Simmons, Isabelle Anaya, Fernanda Urrejola, Allen Leech, …
Category: Horror

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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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