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Director: Steven Spielberg

Duel (1971)

28 June 200213 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★★

Murderous Truck

Actors: Dennis Weaver
Category: Horror

Jaws (1975)

15 February 200113 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★★

Killer Shark

Actors: Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton, …
Category: Horror

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

4 November 20003 March 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

UFOs/Alien Contact

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Francois Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

6 August 20017 September 2023

Rating: ★★★★½

Tomb Raiding Adventures

Actors: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, John Rhys-Davies, …
Category: Fantasy

E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

16 December 200125 September 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Cute Alien

Actors: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote
Category: Science Fiction

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

16 December 200031 August 2022

Rating: ★★

Fantasy Anthology/TV Series Remake

Actors: John Lithgow, Vic Morrow, Kathleen Quinlan, Burgess Meredith, …
Category: Fantasy

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

2 August 20037 September 2023

Rating: ★★★

High Adventure in India

Actors: Harrison Ford, Kate Capshaw, Ke Huy Quan, Amrish Puri
Category: Fantasy

Always (1989)

9 April 20003 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Man Becomes a Guardian Angel

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson, …
Category: Fantasy

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

15 February 20017 September 2023

Rating: ★★

High Adventure/Holy Grail Quest

Actors: Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Alison Doody, Julian Glover, …
Category: Fantasy

Hook (1991)

9 March 200014 May 2021

Rating: ★★

Grown-Up Peter Pan

Actors: Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoksins, …
Category: Fantasy

Jurassic Park (1993)

9 May 200112 January 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Genetically-Engineered Dinosaurs Amok

Actors: Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Laura Dern, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

14 August 200120 September 2020

Rating: ★½

Genetically Engineered Dinosaurs Amok

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Vince Vaughn, …
Category: Science Fiction

A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) (2001)

29 June 20019 January 2021

Rating: ★★★★½

Android Boy’s Quest

Actors: Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Sam Robards, …
Category: Science Fiction

Minority Report (2002)

15 July 20021 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Future Precognitive Police Force

Actors: Tom Cruise, Max Von Sydow, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, …
Category: Science Fiction

War of the Worlds (2005)

2 July 20054 February 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Actors: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins, …
Category: Science Fiction

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

25 May 20087 September 2023

Rating: ★★

High Adventure/Alien Artefacts

Actors: Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

20 December 201114 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Comic-Book Character

Actors: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, …
Category: Fantasy

The BFG (2016)

10 July 201613 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Roald Dahl Adaptation/Friendly Giant

Actors: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, …
Category: Fantasy

Ready Player One (2018)

29 September 201810 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Virtual Treasure Hunt Through 1980s Pop Trivia

Actors: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, …
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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