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Theme: Avatar Bodies

Aliens Vs. Avatars (2011)

25 February 20167 July 2019

Rating: ½

Alien Monster

Director: Lewis Schoenbrun
Actors: Jason Lockhart, Cassie Fliegel, Dylan Vox, Kim Argentsinger, …
Category: Science Fiction

Avatar (2009)

20 December 200921 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

War Between Human Colonists and Aliens

Director: James Cameron
Actors: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, …
Category: Science Fiction

Belle (2021)

8 April 20228 April 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Beauty and the Beast in Virtual Reality

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Category: Science Fiction

Conceiving Ada (1997)

13 September 20019 May 2020

Rating: ★

Ada Byron Biopic/Ada Recreated in Cyberspace

Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson
Actors: Tilda Swinton, Timothy Leary, Karen Black, John O'Keefe
Category: Science Fiction

The Congress (2013)

9 October 201331 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Virtual Actress/Future Shared Drug Hallucination

Director: Ari Folman
Actors: Robin Wright, Harvey Keitel, Danny Huston, Kodi Smit-McPhee, …
Category: Science Fiction

Free Guy (2021)

2 October 202122 March 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Man Discovers He is a Videogame Character

Director: Shawn Levy
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi, Joe Kerry, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gamer (2009)

30 January 201010 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Future Live-Action Videogames

Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Actors: Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Amber Valletta, Logan Lerman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ghost in the Machine (1993)

1 February 20008 June 2022

Rating: 0­

Serial Killer in Cyberspace

Director: Rachel Talalay
Actors: Karen Allen, Chris Mulkey, Wil Horneff, Shevonne Durkin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

30 July 200217 August 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Cyberpunk Anime

Director: Mamoru Oshii
Category: Science Fiction

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

24 July 200517 August 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Cyberpunk Anime

Director: Mamoru Oshii
Category: Science Fiction

Hardcore Henry (2015)

16 April 201620 March 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Cyborg/First Person Action Film

Director: Ilya Naishuller
Actors: Sharlto Copley, Danila Kozlovsky, Haley Bennett, Tim Roth
Category: Science Fiction

How to Make a Monster (2001)

16 October 20012 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Cyborg Suit Amok

Director: George Huang
Actors: Clea DuVall, Steven Culp, Jason Marsden, Tyler Mane, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jumanji: The Next Level (2019)

7 March 20207 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Trapped Inside a Videogame

Director: Jake Kasdan
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Jack Black, …
Category: Fantasy

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

25 March 20187 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Trapped Inside a Jungle-Themed Videogame

Director: Jake Kasdan
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Karen Gillan, …
Category: Fantasy

LX 2048 (2020)

7 March 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Future Cloning and Virtual Reality

Director: Guy Moshe
Actors: James D'Arcy, Anna Brewster, Delroy Lindo, Gabrielle Cassi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Mars et Avril (2012)

5 February 201314 December 2019

Rating: ★

Expedition to Mars/Future Music Making and the Meaning of It All

Director: Martin Villeneuve
Actors: Jacques Languirand, Caroline Dhavernas, Paul Ahmarani, Robert LePage, …
Category: Science Fiction

Princess of Mars (2009)

17 January 201014 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Planetary Adventure

Director: Mark Atkins
Actors: Antonio Sabato Jr., Traci Lords, Matt Lasky, Chacko Vadaketh, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ra. One (2011)

17 June 20122 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Bollywood Film/Superhero Emerges From a Videogame

Director: Anubhav Sinha
Actors: Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Tom Wu, Shahana Goswami, …
Category: Science Fiction

Real Steel (2011)

9 October 201122 March 2022

Rating: ★★½

Robot Boxing

Director: Shawn Levy
Actors: Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, …
Category: Science Fiction

R.I.P.D. (2013)

20 July 201323 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Afterlife Police Force

Director: Robert Schwentke
Actors: Ryan Reynolds, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker, …
Category: Fantasy

Robot Overlords (2014)

28 December 201517 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Earth After Invasion by Alien Machines

Director: Jon Wright
Actors: Ben Kingsley, Gillian Anderson, Callan McAuliffe, Ella Hunt, …
Category: Science Fiction

RPG (2013)

11 May 201530 August 2018

Rating: ★

Deadly Elimination Game in Avatar Bodies

Director: Tino Navarro, David Rebordão
Actors: Rutger Hauer, Cian Barry, Alix Wilton Regan, Nik Xhelilaj, …
Category: Science Fiction

S1m0ne (2002)

15 November 200321 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Virtual Hollywood Actress

Director: Andrew Niccol
Actors: Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener, Pruitt Taylor Vince, …
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

Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

17 August 201030 August 2018

Rating: 0­

Undead Super-Soldiers/Action

Director: Mic Rodgers
Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Michael Jai White, Heidi Schanz, Bill Goldberg, …
Category: Science Fiction

Virtual Combat (1995)

5 May 200121 January 2020

Rating: 0­

Virtual Characters Come to Life/Action

Director: Andrew Stevens
Actors: Don 'The Dragon' Wilson, Athena Massey, Michael Dorn, Turhan Bey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Virtual Sexuality (1999)

15 August 200121 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Teen Romance/Idealised Guy Manifest

Director: Nick Hurran
Actors: Rupert Penry Jones, Laura Fraser, Kieran O'Brien, Ruth Sheen
Category: Science Fiction

Virtuosity (1995)

20 June 200217 September 2020

Rating: ½

Android Serial Killer

Director: Brett Leonard
Actors: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch, William Forsythe, …
Category: Science Fiction

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