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Theme: Borderland Zones

The Alien Agenda: Endangered Species (1997)

22 May 200131 March 2024

Rating: ★★★

Alien Takeover Anthology

Director: Ron Ford, Kevin J. Lindenmuth, Tim Ritter
Actors: Debbie Rochon, Joel D. Wynkoop
Category: Science Fiction

The Animatrix (2003)

26 November 20053 January 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Compilation of Matrix Anime Shorts

Director: Andy Jones, Mahiro Maeda, Shinichiro Watanabe, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, …
Actors: Carrie-Anne Moss, Melinda Clarke, Pamela Adlon, Kevin Michael Richardson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Annihilation (2018)

24 March 20189 July 2022

Rating: ★★★½

Mysterious Alien Zone

Director: Alex Garland
Actors: Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Blackout (2019)

16 August 202130 June 2024

Rating: ★★★

Alien Invasion/Worldwide Powercut

Director: Egor Baranov
Actors: Aleksey Chadov, Pyotr Fyodorov, Sveltana Ivanova, Lukerya Ilyashenko, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bubble (2022)

4 December 2023

Rating: ★★

Anime/Mysterious Bubble Covers Tokyo

Director: Tetsuro Araki
Category: Science Fiction

Color Out of Space (2019)

24 January 202029 May 2025

Rating: ★★★½

H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation/Mutations from Space

Director: Richard Stanley
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur, Brendan Meyer, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Demon City Shinjuku (1988)

14 March 20161 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime/Suburb of Tokyo Taken Over by Demonic Forces

Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Category: Fantasy

Doors (2021)

2 April 20211 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Anthology/Mysterious Alien Portals Appear

Director: Jeff Desom, Saman Kesh, Dugan O’Neal
Actors: Josh Peck, Lina Esco, Kyp Malone, Kathy Khanh, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Gorge (2025)

22 February 202523 February 2025

Rating: ★★★★

The Guardtowers Above a Valley of Monsters

Director: Scott Derrickson
Actors: Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sigourney Weaver, Sope Dirisu, …
Category: Horror

How to Save Us (2014)

24 May 20176 February 2024

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Borderland Zone

Director: Jason Trost
Actors: Jason Trost, Coy Jandreau, Tallay Wickham
Category: Science Fiction

I Still See You (2018)

1 November 20193 April 2024

Rating: ★★★

Young Adult/Ghostly Remnants in the Aftermath of a Catastrophe

Director: Scott Speer
Actors: Bella Thorne, Richard Harmon, Dermot Mulroney, Amy Price-Frances, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Monsters (2010)

14 November 201023 November 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Alien-Infested Zone

Director: Gareth Edwards
Actors: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides
Category: Science Fiction

Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)

9 May 201510 January 2025

Rating: ★★★

Alien-Infested War Zone

Director: Tom Green
Actors: Johnny Harris, Sam Keeley, Joe Dempsie, Kyle Soller, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Objective (2008)

18 June 202018 November 2023

Rating: ★★

Soldiers Face Unexplained Phenomena

Director: Daniel Myrick
Actors: Jonas Ball, Matt Anderson, Jon Huertas, Michael C. Williams, …
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

Portal (2009)

26 March 20112 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Motel in a Mysterious Timeloop

Director: Geoffrey Schaaf
Actors: Chris Conrad, Alexander Martin, Jessica Barth, Mike Kimmel, …
Category: Horror

Risen (2021)

5 January 20235 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Mysterious Alien Meteorite Strike

Director: Eddie Arya
Actors: Nicole Schalmo, Alan Flower, Ken Welsh, Jack Campbell, …
Category: Science Fiction

Seven Mummies (2006)

19 January 200724 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Western Ghost Town

Director: Nick Quested
Actors: Billy Wirth, Cerina Vincent, Billy Drago, Matt Schulze, …
Category: Horror

Southbound (2015)

2 April 201620 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Radio Silence, Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath, …
Actors: Larry Fessenden, Anessa Ramsey, Justin Welborn, Maria Olsen, …
Category: Horror

Spirited Away (2001)

12 April 200212 February 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Afterlife Bathhouse

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Category: Fantasy

Stalker (1979)

7 October 202424 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★★

Alien Affected Zone

Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Actors: Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko, Alisa Freyndlikh, …
Category: Science Fiction

YellowBrickRoad (2010)

11 December 201117 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Mysterious Trail Through the Woods/Mass Insanity

Director: Jesse Holland, Andy Mitton
Actors: Michael Laurino, Anessa Ramsey, Alex Draper, Cassidy Freeman, …
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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