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Theme: Machines Amok

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Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

3 November 200726 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Videogame Adaptation/Post-Holocaust Zombies

Director: Russell Mulcahy
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Oded Fehr, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)

24 September 201216 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Videogame Adaptation/Complex of Zombies and Mutants

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Actors: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Li Bingbing, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Robot Carnival (1987)

22 April 201524 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Anime Anthology of Robot Tales

Director: Atsuko Fukushima, Katsuhiro Otomo, Koji Morimoto, Hidetoshi Omori, …
Category: Science Fiction

Robot Overlords (2014)

28 December 201525 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Earth After Invasion by Alien Machines

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

Robot Revolution (2015)

13 June 202413 June 2024

Rating: ★½

Nanoswarm Amok in an Apartment Building

Director: Andrew Bellware
Actors: Virginia Logan, Mary Murphy (ii), Walter ‘Barney’ Barnes, Dirk Voetberg, …
Category: Science Fiction

Robotapocalypse (2021)

17 July 20236 September 2023

Rating: ★★★

The Machine Revolution

Director: Marcus Friendlander
Actors: Katalina Viteri, Noah Jay Wood, DeAngelo Davis, Jessica Chancellor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Robowar (1988)

2 January 20252 January 2025

Rating: ★★

Amok Cyborg

Director: Bruno Mattei
Actors: Reb Brown, Catherine Hickland, Romano Puppo, Massimo Vanni
Category: Science Fiction

Rogue Warrior, Robot Fighter (2016)

24 April 202524 April 2025

Rating: ★★

The Machine Revolution/Space Opera

Director: Neil Johnson
Actors: Tracey Birdsall, Tim McGrath, Daz Crawford, Ashley Park, …
Category: Science Fiction

Roujin Z (1991)

11 March 20015 March 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Anime/Rampaging Hospital Bed

Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubi
Category: Science Fiction

Runaway (1984)

30 July 20017 December 2022

Rating: ★★½

Police Amok-Robot Squad

Director: Michael Crichton
Actors: Tom Selleck, Gene Simmons, Kirstie Alley, Cynthia Rhodes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Saturn 3 (1980)

9 June 20031 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Robot Amok

Director: Stanley Donen
Actors: Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Keitel
Category: Science Fiction

Screamers (1995)

11 January 200331 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Evolved Androids/Planetary Journey/Philip K. Dick Adaptation

Director: Christian Duguay
Actors: Peter Weller, Jennifer Rubin, Andy Lauer, Roy Dupuis, …
Category: Science Fiction

Screamers: The Hunting (2009)

17 July 201031 August 2020

Rating: ★½

Evolved Androids/Planetary Survival

Director: Sheldon Wilson
Actors: Gina Holden, Lance Henriksen, Greg Bryk, Stephen Amell, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Shaft (2001)

16 January 202416 January 2024

Rating: ★

Killer Elevator

Director: Dick Maas
Actors: James Marshall, Naomi Watts, Eric Thal, Edward Herrmann, …
Category: Horror, Science Fiction

Simulant (2023)

28 April 202428 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Rogue Androids

Director: April Mullen
Actors: Sam Worthington, Robbie Amell, Jordana Brewster, Simu Liu, …
Category: Science Fiction

Singularity (2017)

26 November 201725 October 2024

Rating: ★

Giant Robots Obliterate Humanity

Director: Robert Kouba
Actors: John Cusack, Julian Schaffner, Jeannine Wacker, Carmen Argenziano, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)

12 February 200517 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Retro SF Adventure/Flying Ace Hero

Director: Kerry Conran
Actors: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spider-Man 2 (2004)

5 July 200419 December 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Sam Raimi
Actors: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Alfred Molina, James Franco, …
Category: Science Fiction

Star Trek – The Motion Picture (1979)

18 June 20008 February 2025

Rating: ★★★½

AI Encounter

Director: Robert Wise
Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Stephen Collins, …
Category: Science Fiction

Stealth (2005)

6 October 200519 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Artifically Intelligent Fighter Plane Amok

Director: Rob Cohen
Actors: Jamie Foxx, Jessica Biel, Josh Lucas, Sam Shepard, …
Category: Science Fiction

Summer Wars (2009)

12 March 201112 November 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Anime/Amok A.I./Family Saga

Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Category: Science Fiction

Superintelligence (2020)

4 December 202014 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Artificial Intelligence Comedy

Director: Ben Falcone
Actors: Melissa McCarthy, James Corden, Bobby Cannavale, Brian Tyree Henry, …
Category: Science Fiction

Superman III (1983)

16 December 200027 September 2023

Rating: 0­

Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Richard Lester
Actors: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Annette O'Toole, Robert Vaughn, …
Category: Science Fiction

T.I.M. (2023)

17 February 202517 February 2025

Rating: ★

Android Stalker

Director: Spencer Brown
Actors: Georgina Campbell, Eamon Farren, Mark Rowley, Amara Karan, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Terminator (1984)

16 December 20038 September 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Time-Travelling Killer Android

Director: James Cameron
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn, Paul Winfield, …
Category: Science Fiction

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

16 December 20038 September 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Time-Travelling Killer Androids

Director: James Cameron
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick, …
Category: Science Fiction

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)

22 July 20039 April 2025

Rating: ★

Time-Travelling Killer Androids

Director: Jonathan Mostow
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Kristanna Loken, Claire Danes, …
Category: Science Fiction

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

25 January 20208 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Time-Travelling Killer Androids

Director: Tim Miller
Actors: Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, Natalia Reyes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, …
Category: Science Fiction

Terminator Genisys (2015)

4 July 20158 September 2024

Rating: ★

Time-Travelling Killer Androids

Director: Alan Taylor
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jai Courtney, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke, …
Category: Science Fiction

Terminator Salvation (2009)

6 June 20098 September 2024

Rating: ★★

War Against the Machines

Director: McG
Actors: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)

5 November 200126 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Man-Machine Fusion

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Tomoroh Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto, Sujin Kim
Category: Science Fiction

Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009)

25 July 201126 January 2020

Rating: ★★

Man-Machine Fusion

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Eric Bossick, Shinya Tsukamoto
Category: Science Fiction

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

5 November 200026 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Man-Machine Fusion

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Actors: Tomoroh Taguchi, Shinya Tsukamoto
Category: Science Fiction

Transcendence (2014)

19 April 201419 April 2024

Rating: ★★

Scientist’s Mind Uploaded Into a Machine

Director: Wally Pfister
Actors: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Morgan Freeman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Transmorphers: Fall of Man (2009)

19 August 202020 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Asylum Mockbuster/Alien Robot Invasion

Director: Scott Wheeler
Actors: Bruce Boxleitner, Jennifer Rubin, Shane Van Dyke, Amy Van Horne
Category: Science Fiction

Tron (1982)

18 December 20022 October 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Journey into Cyberspace

Director: Steven Lisberger
Actors: Jeff Bridges, David Warner, Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tron Legacy (2010)

10 January 20115 December 2024

Rating: ★★

Adventures in Cyberspace

Director: Joseph Kosinski
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner, …
Category: Science Fiction

Trucks (1997)

16 December 19993 June 2025

Rating: ★★½

Vehicles Amok/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Chris Thomson
Actors: Timothy Busfield, Brenda Bakke, Brendan Fletcher, Jay Brazeau, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Twonky (1953)

23 May 201718 July 2023

Rating: ★★½

Possessed TV Set from the Future Comedy

Director: Arch Oboler
Actors: Hans Conreid, Billy Lynn
Category: Science Fiction

Universal Soldier: The Return (1999)

17 August 201016 May 2025

Rating: 0­

Undead Super-Soldiers/Action

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

The Vindicator (1986)

20 December 20002 June 2025

Rating: ★

Killer Cyborg

Director: Jean-Claude Lord
Actors: Pam Grier, David McIlwraith, Richard Cox, Maury Chaykin, …
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 Girl (1998)

19 October 20003 June 2025

Rating: ★

Virtual Sex Program Amok

Director: Richard Gabai
Actors: Max Dixon, Charlie Curtis, Richard Gabai
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

Virus (1999)

2 May 199914 February 2024

Rating: ★★

Lethal Alien Bio-Machine

Director: John Bruno
Actors: Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Sutherland, William Baldwin, Joanna Pacula, …
Category: Science Fiction

WarGames: The Dead Code (2006)

13 August 20095 June 2025

Rating: ★

Teen Hacker Thriller/Amok A.I.

Director: Stuart Gillard
Actors: Matt Lanter, Amanda Walsh, Colm Feore, Chuck Shamata, …
Category: Science Fiction

Westworld (1973)

24 December 20011 October 2022

Rating: ★★★★

Android Amusement Park Amok

Director: Michael Crichton
Actors: Yul Brynner, James Brolin, Richard Benjamin, Alan Oppenheinmer
Category: Science Fiction

Y2K (2024)

29 March 2025

Rating: ★★★

The Y2K Bug/Machines Amok

Director: Kyle Mooney
Actors: Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison, Lachlan Watson, …
Category: Science Fiction

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