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Theme: Evolution

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

26 April 200121 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★★

Stargate/Amok AI/Human Evolution/Space Mission

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rains
Category: Science Fiction

2010 (1984)

5 May 200113 May 2025

Rating: ★★★★

2001: A Space Odyssey Sequel

Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, …
Category: Science Fiction

After Earth (2013)

7 June 201323 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Planetary Survival Adventure

Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Actors: Jaden Smith, Will Smith, Sophie Okonedo, Zoe Kravitz
Category: Science Fiction

Akira (1988)

2 August 19991 December 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Psychic Powers Amok

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Category: Science Fiction

Allegro Non Troppo (1976)

6 April 200424 February 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Fantasia Spoof/Animation

Director: Bruno Bozzetto
Actors: Maurizio Nichetti
Category: Fantasy

Altered States (1980)

8 December 199927 June 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Drug Trips & The Meaning of Life/Reversion to Caveman

Director: Ken Russell
Actors: William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban, Charles Haid
Category: Science Fiction

Childhood’s End (2015)

17 January 201617 May 2022

Rating: ★

Alien Visitors/Arthur C. Clarke Adaptation

Director: Nick Hurran
Actors: Mike Vogel, Osy Ikhile, Charles Dance, Daisy Betts, …
Category: Science Fiction

Children of Dune (2003)

8 October 200516 April 2020

Rating: ★★½

Desert World/Intergalactic Politics/Precognitive Messiah

Director: Greg Yaitanes
Actors: Alec Newman, James McAvoy, Alice Krige, Steven Berkoff, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dinotopia (2002)

1 September 200715 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Lost World of Intelligent Dinosaurs

Director: Marco Brambilla
Actors: Wentworth Miller, Tyron Leitso, David Thewlis, Jim Carter, …
Category: Science Fiction

Evolution (2001)

8 June 20013 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Rapidly Evolving Alien Lifeforms/Comedy

Director: Ivan Reitman
Actors: David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore, Seann William Scott, …
Category: Science Fiction

Fantasia (1940)

15 July 200218 April 2022

Rating: ★★★★★

Disney Animation and Music Anthology

Director: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson, Jim Handley, …
Category: Fantasy

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (2023)

15 July 202319 June 2025

Rating: ★★★

Marvel Comics Adaptation/Space Opera

Director: James Gunn
Actors: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hideous Sun Demon (1959)

23 May 201320 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Mutated Scientist

Director: Robert Clarke
Actors: Robert Clarke
Category: Science Fiction

Higher Power (2018)

9 December 201829 May 2023

Rating: ★★½

Mind Control Implant/Man Gains Godlike Powers

Director: Matthew Charles Santoro
Actors: Ron Eldard, Colm Feore, Jordan Hinson, Marielle Jaffe, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981)

30 January 20056 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo SF

Actors: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Mark Wing-Davey, Sandra Dickinson, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

2 May 200529 December 2023

Rating: ★

Gonzo SF

Director: Garth Jennings
Actors: Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Zooey Deschanel, Mos Def, …
Category: Science Fiction

Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

19 August 20152 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Horny Mutant Fish People

Director: Barbara Peeters
Actors: Doug McClure, Vic Morrow, Ann Turkel, Cindy Weintraub, …
Category: Horror

Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013)

21 February 201415 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Anime/Marvel Comics Superhero

Director: Hiroshi Hamasaki
Actors: Norman Reedus
Category: Science Fiction

The Land That Time Forgot (1974)

6 May 200023 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Prehistoric Lost World

Director: Kevin Connor
Actors: Doug McClure, Susan Penhaligon, John McEnery, Anthony Ainley
Category: Science Fiction

Last and First Men (2020)

6 June 20204 April 2021

Rating: ★★★½

The Future Evolution of Humanity

Director: Jóhann Jóhansson
Actors: Tilda Swinton
Category: Science Fiction

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

Monster on the Campus (1958)

9 March 200326 May 2023

Rating: ★★

Scientist Reverts to a Caveman

Director: Jack Arnold
Actors: Arthur Franz, Whit Bissell, Troy Donahue, Joanna Moore, …
Category: Science Fiction

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)

1 February 200110 May 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Mad Scientist

Director: Robert Florey
Actors: Bela Lugosi, Bert Roach, D'Arcy Corrigan, Brandon Hurst, …
Category: Horror

Piranha (2010)

28 August 201026 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Killer Fish

Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Elisabeth Shue, Jerry O'Connell, Steve R. McQueen, Jessica Szohr, …
Category: Horror

Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

26 February 200331 January 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Alien Artefact

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley, Julian Glover
Category: Science Fiction

Quest for Fire (1981)

3 May 20047 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Prehistory/Caveman Adventure

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Actors: Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Perlman
Category: Science Fiction

Savage (1995)

17 February 20036 March 2025

Rating: ½

Alien-Altered Neanderthal Superman

Director: Avi Nesher
Actors: Olivier Gruner, Jennifer Grant, Kristin Minter, Kario Salem, …
Category: Science Fiction

Savages (1972)

11 May 200329 March 2024

Rating: ★★★

Savage Tribe Inexplicably Become Aristocrats

Director: James Ivory
Actors: Thayer David, Martin Kove, Susan Blakely, Salome Jens, …
Category: Fantasy

A Sound of Thunder (2005)

11 February 200715 April 2025

Rating: ½

Time Travel/Dinosaurs Amok/Ray Bradbury Adaptation

Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: Edward Burns, Catherine McCormack, Ben Kingsley, Jemima Rooper, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spring (2014)

3 November 201424 January 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Human-Immortal Mutant Relationship Drama

Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead
Actors: Lou Taylor Pucci, Nadia Hilker, Francesco Carnelutti, Chris Palko, …
Category: Horror

Super Mario Bros. (1993)

28 May 200012 January 2024

Rating: ½

Videogame Adaptation/Evolved Dinosaurs

Director: Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton
Actors: Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis, …
Category: Science Fiction

Terra Formars (2016)

18 November 201921 April 2021

Rating: ★★★

Mutated Insects on Mars

Director: Takashi Miike
Category: Science Fiction

The Time Machine (1960)

19 January 20012 July 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: George Pal
Actors: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Time Machine (2002)

9 April 20023 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Time Travel/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Simon Wells
Actors: Guy Pearce, Samantha Mumba, Orlando Jones, Mark Addy, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Tree of Life (2011)

4 June 201112 April 2025

Rating: ★★★★½

Lost American Childhood/The Evolution of Life on Earth

Director: Terrence Malick
Actors: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Tye Sheridan, …
Category: Fantasy

Watchmen (2009)

8 March 20091 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Zack Snyder
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earl Haley, Malin Akerman, …
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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