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Theme: Fandom

Fandom refers to any kind of group that comes together around an interest in a particular film, tv series, celebrity, author or hobby. While fandom can equally be applied to rock groupies, model train enthusiasts and stamp collectors, the fandom we are concerned about here is genre fandom.

Fandom usually groups together in local clubs or online communities and especially at conventions. Conventions bring together authors or stars of a particular work, where people sell merchandising, autographs and memorabilia, hold talks and discussion panels and where fans engage in cosplay (dressing up in often elaborate costumes and makeup as their favourite characters). Conventions have grown to become major commercial events.

There have been a number of documentaries that depict the vagaries and (usually eccentricities) of fandom, beginning with Trekkies (1997) set around Star Trek fandom. A number of other fan niches have been covered.

There have been some fictional films depicting the lives of fans or works where fans are dragged into an adventure. These usually focus around SF fans, although there are some lesser depictions of horror and fantasy fans.

Filmmakers themselves are frequently fans and another form of fandom comes in terms of Genre Homage, where filmmakers are constantly paying tribute and making references to their favourite works.


Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (2014)

4 September 201527 August 2019

Rating: ★

Videogame Reviewer’s Quest/Deliberately Bad Film

Director: Kevin Finn, James Rolfe
Actors: James Rolfe, Jeremy Suarez, Sarah Glendening, Stephen Mendel, …
Category: Science Fiction

Back in Time (2015)

13 December 201510 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Documentary About the Back to the Future Trilogy

Director: Jason Aron
Actors: Dean Cundey, Michael J. Fox, Bob Gale, Dan Harmon, …
Category: Science Fiction

Bellflower (2011)

29 December 20149 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Mad Max Fans/Disturbed Psychology

Director: Evan Glodell
Actors: Evan Glodell, Tyler Dawson, Jessie Wiseman, Rebekah Brandes, …
Category: Horror

Burying the Ex (2014)

7 September 20151 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Zombie Ex-Girlfriend Comedy

Director: Joe Dante
Actors: Anton Yelchin, Ashley Greene, Alexandra Daddario, Dick Miller
Category: Horror

The Captains (2011)

30 October 201221 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

Star Trek Documentary

Director: William Shatner
Actors: William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, …
Category: Science Fiction

Comic Book: The Movie (2004)

21 April 20087 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Comic-Book Fandom Mockumentary

Director: Mark Hamill
Actors: Mark Hamill, Billy West, Donna D'Errico, Roger Rose, …
Category: Science Fiction

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope (2011)

9 May 20127 May 2020

Rating: ★★½

San Diego Comic-Con/Fandom Documentary

Director: Morgan Spurlock
Category: Science Fiction

Comix: Beyond the Comic Book Pages (2016)

11 June 201911 June 2019

Rating: ★

Comic-Book Documentary

Director: Michael Valentine
Actors: Joel Adams, Neal Adams, Tiana Atwood, Brian Buccelato, …
Category: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Doc of the Dead (2014)

13 September 201419 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

Zombie Fandom Documentary

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
Actors: Max Brooks, Bruce Campbell, Alex Cox, Stuart Gordon, …
Category: Horror

Elstree 1976 (2015)

5 September 201611 April 2022

Rating: ★★★

Documentary About the Extras and Bit Players in Star Wars

Director: Jon Spira
Actors: Jeremy Bulloch, David Prowse, Garrick Hagon
Category: Science Fiction

Fanboys (2008)

3 April 201012 November 2020

Rating: ★★★

The Lives of Star Wars Fans

Director: Kyle Newman
Actors: Sam Huntington, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Chris Marquette, …
Category: Science Fiction

For the Love of Spock (2016)

18 September 20163 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Leonard Nimoy Documentary

Director: Adam Nimoy
Actors: J.J. Abrams, Jason Alexander, Mayim Bialik, Dorothy Fontana, …
Category: Science Fiction

Frankenstein and Me (1996)

25 August 20131 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Genre Fan Childhood

Director: Robert Tinnell
Actors: Jamieson Boulanger, Burt Reynolds, Myriam Cyr, Ricky Mabe, …
Category: Horror

Free Enterprise (1998)

20 December 200017 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

The Lives of SF Fans

Director: Robert Meyer Burnett
Actors: William Shatner, Rafer Weigel, Eric McCormack, Audie England, …
Category: Science Fiction

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)

17 November 201017 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Time-Travelling Science-Fiction Fans

Director: Gareth Carrivick
Actors: Chris O'Dowd, Dean Lennox Kelly, Marc Wootton, Anna Faris
Category: Science Fiction

Frodo is Great … Who is That!!? (2004)

29 July 200420 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Lord of the Rings Fandom

Director: Stan Alley, Hannah Clarke, Nick Booth
Actors: Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement
Category: Fantasy

GalaxyQuest (1999)

28 December 199912 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Star Trek Parody

Director: Dean Parisot
Actors: Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Rockwell, …
Category: Science Fiction

Gentlemen Broncos (2009)

30 November 20092 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Novice Science-Fiction Writer/Nerd Comedy

Director: Jared Hess
Actors: Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge, Hector Jimenez, …
Category: Science Fiction

Get a Life! (2012)

25 May 202125 May 2021

Rating: ★★★

Star Trek Fandom Documentary

Director: William Shatner
Actors: William Shatner, Richard Arnold, Rene Auberjonois, Ira Steven Behr, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2022)

6 November 20226 November 2022

Rating: ★

Monster Movie

Director: Timo Vuorensola
Actors: Sydney Craven, Imran Adams, Jarreau Benjamin, Peter Brooke, …
Category: Horror

Knights of Badassdom (2013)

20 April 201427 June 2022

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Roleplayers Encounter a Demon

Director: Joe Lynch
Actors: Ryan Kwanten, Summer Glau, Steve Zahn, Peter Dinklage, …
Category: Fantasy

The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu (2009)

27 June 201120 June 2021

Rating: ★★½

H.P. Lovecraft Fanboy Comedy

Director: Henry Saine
Actors: Kyle Davis, Devin McGinn, Barak Hardley, Richard Reihle
Category: Horror

Mercano the Martian (2002)

2 September 20039 September 2022

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Alien Visitor/Satire

Director: Juan Antin
Category: Science Fiction

Nightmare in Blood (1977)

10 March 202010 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Horror Actor is a Vampire

Director: John Stanley
Category: Horror

Paul (2011)

27 March 201116 January 2023

Rating: ★★★½

Science-Fiction Fans Encounter an Alien Comedy

Director: Greg Mottola
Actors: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, …
Category: Science Fiction

The People vs. George Lucas (2011)

31 December 201110 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Stars Wars Fandom Documentary

Director: Alexandre O. Philippe
Category: Science Fiction

Proxima (2007)

15 December 200719 June 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Science-Fiction Fan Makes Alien Contact

Director: Carlos Atanes
Actors: Oriol Aubets, Joan Frank Charansonnet, Hans Richter, Manuel Masera, …
Category: Science Fiction

Race to Witch Mountain (2009)

14 April 200914 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Psi-Powered Alien Children/Disney Remake

Director: Andy Fickman
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Carla Gugino, …
Category: Science Fiction

Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2015)

12 December 20162 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Documentary About the Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation

Director: Jeremy Coon, Tim Skousen
Category: Fantasy

Rise of the Fellowship (2013)

6 August 20159 July 2019

Rating: ★★

Lord of the Rings Gaming Nerds on a Road Trip

Director: Ron Newcomb
Actors: Justin Moe, Jayme Bell, Cole Matson, Emma Earnest, …
Category: Fantasy

Slash (2016)

21 April 201730 August 2018

Rating: ★★

The World of Slash Fandom

Director: Clay Liford
Actors: Michael Johnston, Hannah Marks, Michael Ian Black, Peter Vack, …
Category: Science Fiction

Super Hot (2021)

2 January 20232 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Inept Vampire Hunters Comedy

Director: Taylor King
Actors: Kandace Kale, Elijah Cooke, Lissa Carandang-Sweeney, Nobuaki Shimamoto, …
Category: Horror

Ted 2 (2015)

27 June 201528 December 2022

Rating: ★★½

Foul-Mouthed Teddy Bear

Director: Seth MacFarlane
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Amanda Seyfried, Seth MacFarlane, Jessica Barth, …
Category: Fantasy

Trekkies (1997)

4 June 199925 May 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Star Trek Fandom Documentary

Director: Roger Nygard
Actors: Denise Crosby
Category: Science Fiction

Trekkies 2 (2004)

26 March 200718 November 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Star Trek Fandom Documentary

Director: Roger Nygard
Actors: Denise Crosby
Category: Science Fiction

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