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Space Jam (1996)

17 August 200021 July 2021

Rating: ★★

Toon Basketball Game

Director: Joe Pytka
Actors: Michael Jordan, Bill Murray, Wayne Knight, Charles Barkley, …
Category: Fantasy

Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

24 July 20217 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Toon Basketball Game

Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Actors: LeBron James, Don Cheadle, Sonequa Martin-Green, Cedric Joe, …
Category: Fantasy

The Spectre of Edgar Allan Poe (1974)

23 January 201921 April 2023

Rating: ★

Edgar Allan Poe Investigates a Sinister Asylum

Director: Mohy Quandour
Actors: Robert Walker Jr, Cesar Romero, Tom Drake, Carol Ohmart
Category: Horror

SS-GB (2017)

14 January 201830 May 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Alternate History/England Under Nazi Rule

Director: Philipp Kadelbach
Actors: Sam Riley, James Cosmo, Kate Bosworth, Lars Eidinger, …
Category: Science Fiction

Stay Alive (2006)

19 January 20086 December 2021

Rating: ★

Countess Bathory Inside a Computer Game

Director: William Brent Bell
Actors: Jon Foster, Frankie Muniz, Samaire Armstrong, Sophia Bush, …
Category: Horror

The Story of My Death (2013)

4 October 201328 January 2021

Rating: ★★

Casanova Meets Dracula

Director: Albert Serra
Actors: Vicenc Altaio, Lluis Serrat, Eliseu Hertas
Category: Horror

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle (2005)

24 March 201013 July 2023

Rating: ★★★

Arthur Conan Doyle Biopic-Mystery/Meta-Fiction

Director: Cilla Ware
Actors: Douglas Henshall, Tim McInnerny, Brian Cox, Allan Corduner, …
Category: Fantasy

Studio 666 (2022)

3 June 20222 August 2024

Rating: ★★½

Foo Fighters vs Deviltry/Horror Comedy

Director: B.J. McDonnell
Actors: Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins, …
Category: Horror

A Study in Terror (1965)

17 July 201023 April 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper

Director: James Hill
Actors: John Neville, Anthony Quayle, Donald Houston, Robert Morley, …
Category: Horror

Superman: Red Son (2020)

6 March 202021 March 2023

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superhero/Alternate History/Animation

Director: Sam Liu
Actors: Jason Isaacs, Diedrich Bader, Amy Acker, Vanessa Marshall, …
Category: Science Fiction

Team America: World Police (2004)

17 November 20041 January 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Political Satire/Adult Puppet Show

Director: Trey Parker
Actors: Trey Parker, Kristen Miller, Daran Norris, Matt Stone, …
Category: Science Fiction

They Saved Hitler’s Brain (1964)

12 November 200227 July 2019

Rating: 0­

Fuhrer’s Disembodied Brain/Classic Bad Movie

Director: David Bradley
Actors: Walter Stocker, Audrey Caire, Dani Lynn, Nestor Paiva, …
Category: Science Fiction, Horror

Time After Time (1979)

31 August 200014 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Time Travelling H.G. Wells vs Jack the Ripper

Director: Nicholas Meyer
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner
Category: Science Fiction

Time Bandits (1981)

29 July 200224 July 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Adventures Throughout Time

Director: Terry Gilliam
Actors: Craig Warnock, David Rappaport, Kenny Baker, David Warner, …
Category: Fantasy

Torture Garden (1967)

28 June 200224 September 2024

Rating: ★★

Horror Anthology

Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Peter Cushing, Jack Palance, Burgess Meredith, Michael Bryant, …
Category: Horror

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

30 June 201125 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Live-Action Transformer Robots

Director: Michael Bay
Actors: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley, John Turturro, Patrick Dempsey, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Trial of Tony Blair (2007)

17 July 200921 March 2023

Rating: ★

Political What If Scenario

Director: Simon Cellan Jones
Actors: David Lindsay, Phoebe Nicholls, Peter Mullan, Claire Skinner, …
Category: Science Fiction

Trump vs The Illuminati (2020)

23 October 202029 August 2021

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Satire/Trump’s Clone Fight The Devil in Space

Director: B.C. Fourteen
Actors: Timothy Banfield, Marco Guzman, Sophia Woods Stevens, Wes Bruff, …
Category: Science Fiction

Twixt (2011)

26 January 201321 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Ghost Story/Vampire Film

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Actors: Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning, Ben Chaplin, …
Category: Horror

Tyrannosaurus Azteca (2007)

12 January 202111 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Conquistadors and Dinosaurs

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Actors: Ian Ziering, Marco Sanchez, Dichen Lachman, Jack McGee
Category: Science Fiction

A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011)

4 November 201117 December 2022

Rating: ★★½

Gonzo Stoner Film

Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Actors: Kal Penn, John Cho, Neil Patrick Harris, Tom Lennon, …
Category: Fantasy

Vidocq (2001)

4 May 20087 December 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Dark Historical Fantasy

Director: Pitof
Actors: Gerard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Edith Scob, Francois Chattot, …
Category: Fantasy

Vlad the Impaler (2000)

6 December 20029 November 2021

Rating: ★★

The Historical Dracula

Director: Joe Chappelle
Actors: Rudolf Martin, Jane March, Peter Weller, Roger Daltrey, …
Category: Horror

W The Movie (2008)

28 July 20159 September 2024

Rating: ★★★

Surrealistic George W. Bush Satire

Director: Alfred Eaker, Russ St. Just
Actors: Alfred Eaker, Pink Freud, Steven Gray, Russ St. Just, …
Category: Fantasy

The War of the Worlds (2019)

13 December 20193 June 2023

Rating: ★★

Period Alien Invasion/H.G. Wells Adaptation

Director: Craig Viveiros
Actors: Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall, Rupert Graves, Robert Carlyle, …
Category: Science Fiction

War of the Worlds: Goliath (2012)

23 August 20154 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

H.G. Wells Sequel/Steampunk Alternate History

Director: Joe Pearson
Actors: Peter Wingfield, Elizabeth Gracen, Adrian Paul, Adam Baldwin, …
Category: Science Fiction

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

Watchmen: Chapter II (2024)

6 December 202415 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Brandon Vietti
Actors: Matthew Rhys, Katee Sackhoff, Michael Cerveris, Titus Welliver, …
Category: Science Fiction

Waxworks (1924)

6 July 20005 October 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Historical Anthology/German Expressionism

Director: Paul Leni
Actors: Conrad Veidt, Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, John Gottowt
Category: Horror

Werewolves of the Third Reich (2017)

22 January 20182 September 2022

Rating: ★

Nazi Werewolf Experiments

Director: Andrew Jones
Actors: Lee Bane, Neville Cann, Suzie Frances Garton, Gareth Lawrence, …
Category: Horror

Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1994)

16 December 200225 June 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Meta-Fictional A Nightmare on Elm Street Sequel

Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Miko Hughes, David Newsome, …
Category: Horror

Where is Anne Frank (2021)

6 August 20224 March 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Anne Frank’s Imaginary Companion Comes to Life

Director: Ari Folman
Actors: Ruby Stokes, Emily Carey, Ralph Prosser, Sebastian Croft, …
Category: Fantasy

The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)

15 August 202315 August 2023

Rating: ★★★

H.P. Lovecraft Adaptation

Director: Sean Branney
Actors: Matt Foyer, Matt Lagan, Barry Lynch, Stephen Blackehart
Category: Horror

The White Buffalo (1977)

7 November 201826 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Western/Hunt for a Mythic Buffalo

Director: J. Lee Thompson
Actors: Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Slim Pickens, …
Category: Fantasy

Willy McBean and His Magic Machine (1965)

12 May 20049 September 2021

Rating: ★★★

Children’s Time Travel Film

Director: Arthur Rankin Jr
Actors: Billie Richards, Larry Mann, Paul Soles, James Doohan
Category: Science Fiction

Wings of Desire (1987)

1 November 20026 December 2023

Rating: ★★★★★

Angels

Director: Wim Wenders
Actors: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin, Peter Falk, Otto Sander
Category: Fantasy

Without Warning (1994)

1 August 202318 June 2024

Rating: ★★½

Live TV Broadcast/Possible Alien Arrival

Director: Robert Iscove
Actors: Jane Kaczmarek, Dwier Brown, James Morrison, Philip Baker Hall, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Wolfman (2010)

15 February 201015 February 2025

Rating: ★★★

Werewolf Film

Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, …
Category: Horror

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

19 December 200216 June 2025

Rating: ★★

Brothers Grimm Anthology/Biopic

Director: Henry Levin, George Pal
Actors: Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm, Barbara Eden, Oscar Homolka, …
Category: Fantasy

Wraiths of Roanoke (2007)

25 April 201317 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Unsolved Mystery/ Malevolent Phantoms

Director: Matt Codd
Actors: Adrian Paul, Rhett Giles, Alex McArthur, George Calil
Category: Horror

X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

25 May 201410 October 2024

Rating: ★★★

Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, …
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

Yesterday (2019)

21 September 201923 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Alternate History Where The Beatles Never Existed

Director: Danny Boyle
Actors: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Joel Fry, Ed Sheeran, …
Category: Fantasy

Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon (2013)

2 December 20136 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

Historical Detective/Flying Swordsmen Fantasy

Director: Tsui Hark
Actors: Mark Chao, Angelababy, Feng Shaofeng, Lin Gengxin, …
Category: Fantasy

Young Einstein (1988)

26 March 200727 January 2023

Rating: ★★★

Gonzo Comedy/Alternate Albert Einstein

Director: Yahoo Serious
Actors: Yahoo Serious, Odile Le Clezio, John Howard (ii), Su Cruickshank
Category: Science Fiction

Zombieland (2009)

3 November 200918 October 2022

Rating: ★★★

Zombie Comedy

Director: Ruben Fleischer
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Bill Murray, Emma Stone, …
Category: Horror

Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)

3 January 20209 May 2021

Rating: ★★★

Zombie Comedy

Director: Ruben Fleischer
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, …
Category: Horror

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