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Theme: Retro Science-Fiction

Batman Ninja (2018)

6 May 201810 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Batman Anime

Director: Junpei Mizusaki
Category: Fantasy

Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)

18 December 201610 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Retro 1960s Batman

Director: Rick Morales
Actors: Adam West, Burt Ward, Julie Newmar, Jeff Bergman, …
Category: Fantasy

Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021)

22 January 202121 March 2023

Rating: ★★

Animation/Comic-Book Superhero

Director: Sam Liu
Actors: David Giuntoli, Mark Dacascos, Kelly Hu, James Hong, …
Category: Fantasy

Casshern (2004)

19 April 200731 August 2020

Rating: ★★★

Future Superhero/Anime Remade in Live-Action

Director: Kazuaki Kiriya
Actors: Yusuke Iseya, Akira Terao, Kumiko Aso, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hyperions (2022)

1 January 20231 January 2023

Rating: ★★

Superhero Film

Director: Jon McDonald
Actors: Penelope Mitchell, Cary Elwes, Elaine Tan, Alphonso McAuley, …
Category: Science Fiction

I Was a Zombie for the FBI (1982)

17 July 201922 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

1950s Alien Invasion Film Homage

Director: Marius Penczner
Actors: James Rasberry, Larry Raspberry, Christina Wellford, John Gillick, …
Category: Science Fiction

Iron Sky (2012)

7 August 20123 November 2022

Rating: ★★★

Nazi Flying Saucers from the Moon

Director: Timo Vuorensola
Actors: Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Udo Kier, Gotz Otto, …
Category: Science Fiction

Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)

5 July 200922 December 2021

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Comic-Book Superheroes

Director: David Bullock
Actors: David Boreanaz, Miguel Ferrer, Neil Patrick Harris, Kyle MacLachlan, …
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

Space Station 76 (2014)

4 January 201520 March 2025

Rating: ★★

1970s TV SF Parody

Director: Jack Plotnick
Actors: Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler, Matt Bomer, Marisa Coughlan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Tomorrowland (2015)

23 May 20155 May 2025

Rating: ★★

The Fight to Create a Utopian Future

Director: Brad Bird
Actors: Britt Robertson, George Clooney, Raffey Cassidy, Hugh Laurie, …
Category: Science Fiction

Turbo Kid (2015)

23 October 201512 April 2025

Rating: ★★

Retro 80s Parody of Post-Holocaust Films

Director: Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann-Karl Whissell
Actors: Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Michael Ironside
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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