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The 13th Warrior (1999)

31 August 199921 May 2022

Rating: ★★★

Vikings vs Neanderthals/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Director: John McTiernan
Actors: Antonio Banderas, Omar Sharif, Sven Wollter, Diane Venora
Category: Science Fiction

Armageddon (1998)

31 July 199921 September 2019

Rating: 0­

Asteroid on a Collision Course with Earth

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Steve Buscemi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Baby – Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)

4 August 199923 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Dinosaur Discovered

Director: B.W.L. Norton
Actors: William Katt, Sean Young, Patrick McGoohan, Kyolo Mativo, …
Category: Science Fiction

Beloved (1998)

14 May 200010 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★★

African-American Ghost Story

Director: Jonathan Demme
Actors: Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie/Thandiwe Newton, Kimberly Elise, …
Category: Fantasy

Bicentennial Man (1999)

21 December 19995 September 2021

Rating: ★

Robot Gains Self-Awareness/Isaac Asimov Adaptation

Director: Chris Columbus
Actors: Robin Williams, Embeth Davidtz, Sam Neill, Oliver Platt, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

25 October 19999 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Urban Hell/Haunted Ambulance Driver

Director: Martin Scorsese
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, Tom Sizemore, Ving Rhames, …
Category: Fantasy

Cabin Boy (1994)

6 December 200214 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

Idiot’s Absurdist Adventures

Director: Adam Resnick
Actors: Chris Elliott, Melora Walters, Ann Magnuson, James Gammon, …
Category: Fantasy

Cold Creek Manor (2003)

19 April 20072 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Southern Gothic Psycho-Thriller

Director: Mike Figgis
Actors: Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, …
Category: Horror

Deja Vu (2006)

11 February 200716 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Time Travel

Director: Tony Scott
Actors: Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Val Kilmer, Jim Caviezel, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dick Tracy (1990)

13 August 20015 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Detective

Director: Warren Beatty
Actors: Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino, Charlie Korsmo, …
Category: Fantasy

Ed Wood (1994)

24 November 200230 September 2020

Rating: ★★★★

World’s Worst Director Biopic

Director: Tim Burton
Actors: Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)

14 June 20028 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Idiot Aids Santa Claus

Director: John Cherry
Actors: Jim Varney, Douglas Seale, Robert Lesser
Category: Fantasy

Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)

12 November 20028 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Idiot vs a Troll

Director: John Cherry
Actors: Jim Varney, Eartha Kitt, Shay Astar
Category: Fantasy

Hello Again (1987)

2 February 20037 July 2021

Rating: 0­

Resurrected Housewife Comedy

Director: Frank Perry
Actors: Shelley Long, Gabriel Byrne, Corbin Bernsen, Judith Ivey, …
Category: Fantasy

King Arthur (2004)

14 August 200415 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Arthurian Legends

Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffud, Ray Winstone, …
Category: Fantasy

Mission to Mars (2000)

10 March 200020 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Mars Landing/Alien Artefact

Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, …
Category: Science Fiction

My Boyfriend’s Back (1993)

27 April 20038 June 2020

Rating: ★

Teen Zombie Comedy

Director: Bob Balaban
Actors: Andrew Lowery, Mary Beth Hurt, Traci Lind, Edward Herrmann, …
Category: Horror

My Science Project (1985)

6 January 200630 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Teenagers Activate Time Vortex Device

Director: Jonathan R. Betuel
Actors: John Stockwell, Fisher Stevens, Dennis Hopper, Rafael Sbarge, …
Category: Science Fiction

New York Stories (1989)

28 November 200410 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anthology of New York Tales/Giant Nagging Mother

Director: Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen
Actors: Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Mae Questel, Heather McComb, …
Category: Fantasy

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

8 February 200423 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Halloween Denizens Take Over Christmas/Stop-Motion Animation

Director: Henry Selick
Actors: Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, …
Category: Fantasy

O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

2 February 200125 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Depression-Era Version of The Odyssey

Director: Coen Brothers
Actors: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, Charles Durning, …
Category: Fantasy

Phenomenon (1996)

12 April 200314 January 2019

Rating: ★★

Man Gains Expanded Mental Powers

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Actors: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, …
Category: Science Fiction

Splash! (1984)

24 November 20027 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Mermaid Comedy

Director: Ron Howard
Actors: Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy, Eugene Levy, …
Category: Fantasy

Starship Troopers (1997)

29 July 201029 October 2021

Rating: ★

War with Aliens

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Patrick Muldoon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Surrogates (2009)

2 November 200931 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Future Where People Inhabit Avatar Bodies

Director: Jonathan Mostow
Actors: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, …
Category: Science Fiction

Unbreakable (2000)

26 November 200022 October 2020

Rating: ★★½

Ordinary Superhero

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Spencer Treat Clark, Robin Wright, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

When in Rome (2010)

17 April 201423 November 2019

Rating: 0­

Romantic Comedy/Fountain of Love

Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Actors: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Danny DeVito, Dax Shepard, …
Category: Fantasy

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

9 May 20016 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Toon Detective Story

Director: Robert Zemeckis
Actors: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Stubby Kaye, …
Category: Fantasy

The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)

25 April 20173 November 2020

Rating: ★

Ray Bradbury Adaptation/Magical Suit

Director: Stuart Gordon
Actors: Joe Mantegna, Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez, Esai Morales, Gregory Sierra, …
Category: Fantasy

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Theme Essays

  • Virtual Reality
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  • Films Depicting NASA and the Space Program
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  • Films About Plague and Pandemic
  • 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
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