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Theme: Sinister Military

Akira (1988)

2 August 19991 December 2021

Rating: ★★★★★

Anime/Psychic Powers Amok

Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Category: Science Fiction

The Andromeda Strain (2008)

15 June 200821 August 2019

Rating: ★★

Virus from Space/Michael Crichton Adaptation

Director: Mikael Salomon
Actors: Benjamin Bratt, Ricky Schroder, Eric McCormack, Christa Miller, …
Category: Science Fiction

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

Astro Boy (2009)

14 November 200924 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Anime TV Series Remake/Android Boy

Director: Dave Bowers
Actors: Freddie Highmore, Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, Kristen Bell, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Atticus Institute (2015)

9 October 201610 February 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Found Footage/Scientists Test a Possessed Woman

Director: Chris Sparling
Actors: Rya Kihlstedt, William Mapother, Harry Groener, Sharon Maughan, …
Category: Horror

Battledogs (2013)

25 August 2021

Rating: ★★★

Werewolf Film

Director: Alexander Yellen
Actors: Craig Sheffer, Ariana Richards, Dennis Haysbert, Ernie Hudson, …
Category: Horror

The Blob (1988)

6 August 200026 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Monster Movie

Director: Chuck Russell
Actors: Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Joe Seneca, Donovan Leitch, …
Category: Science Fiction

D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

8 February 20051 September 2021

Rating: ★★

Android Boy

Director: Simon Wincer
Actors: Barret Oliver, Michael McKean, Mary Beth Hurt, Josef Sommer, …
Category: Science Fiction

Delete (2013)

20 January 20151 October 2020

Rating: ★

Artificial Intelligence Amok

Director: Steve Barron
Actors: Erin Karpluk, Keir Gilchrist, Ryan Robbins, Gil Bellows, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dreamcatcher (2003)

27 March 200328 September 2020

Rating: ★★

Alien Parasite Invasion/Stephen King Adaptation

Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Actors: Thomas Jane, Morgan Freeman, Jason Lee, Timothy Olyphant, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hulk (2003)

15 July 20033 December 2019

Rating: ★★★

Comic Book Superhero/The Rampaging Monster Within

Director: Ang Lee
Actors: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, …
Category: Science Fiction

Ice Twisters (2009)

4 December 201427 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Disaster Movie

Director: Steven R. Monroe
Actors: Mark Moses, Camille Sullivan, Kaj-Erik Eriksen, Robert Moloney, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Incredible Hulk (2008)

15 June 20088 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Comic-Book Adaptation/The Rampaging Monster Within

Director: Louis Leterrier
Actors: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Iron Giant (1999)

7 August 199924 July 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Animation/Friendly Giant Robot

Director: Brad Bird
Actors: Eli Marienthal, Harry Connick Jr., Christopher McDonald, Jennifer Aniston, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jet Stream (2013)

11 August 201524 December 2021

Rating: ★★

Disaster Movie/Weather Control Experiment Amok

Director: Jeffery Lando
Actors: David Chokachi, Ruth Kearney, Don Michael Paul, Preston James Hillier, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jurassic World (2015)

13 June 20158 October 2021

Rating: ★★½

Genetically-Engineered Dinosaurs Amok

Director: Colin Trevorrow
Actors: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Nick Robinson, Ty Simpkins, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Last Mimzy (2007)

27 December 200722 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Toys from the Future

Director: Bob Shaye
Actors: Joely Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rainn Wilson, Kathryn Hahn, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Machine (2013)

15 March 20154 December 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Android Artificial Intelligence/Mind Upload

Director: Caradog James
Actors: Toby Stephens, Caity Lotz, Denis Lawson, Pooneh Hajimohammadi, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Manhattan Project (1986)

6 November 200030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Teenager Builds Atomic Bomb

Director: Marshall Brickman
Actors: John Lithgow, Christopher Collett, Cynthia Nixon, Jill Eikenberry, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Marsupials: The Howling III (1987)

31 January 200126 May 2020

Rating: 0­

Australian Werewolves

Director: Philippe Mora
Actors: Barry Otto, Imogen Annesley, Leigh Biolos, Max Fairchild, …
Category: Horror

Morlocks (2011)

5 March 20122 July 2019

Rating: ★

Mutant Monsters/Time Portal

Director: Matt Codd
Actors: David Hewlett, Christina Cole, Robert Picardo, Lincoln Frager, …
Category: Science Fiction

Outbreak (1995)

11 September 200021 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Plague Outbreak

Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Spacey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Planet 51 (2009)

30 November 200923 October 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Human Astronaut Seen as an Invader on an Alien Planet

Director: Jorge Blanco, Javier Abad, Marcos Martinez
Actors: Dwayne Johnson, Justin Long, Jessica Biel, Seann William Scott, …
Category: Science Fiction

Project: Metalbeast (1994)

24 April 201326 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Cyborg Werewolf

Director: Alessandro de Gaetano
Actors: Kim Delaney, Barry Bostwick, Musetta Vander, William G. Clark, …
Category: Horror

Project X (1987)

2 January 200630 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Save the Chimpanzees

Director: Jonathan Kaplan
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, Bill Sadler, Johnny Ray McGhee, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rage (1972)

17 November 201026 December 2021

Rating: ★★½

Toxic Spill/Military Cover-Up

Director: George C. Scott
Actors: George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Richard Basehart, Kenneth Tobey, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rattlers (1976)

19 August 202119 August 2021

Rating: ★

Killer Snakes

Director: John McCauley
Category: Horror

Return of the Living Dead III (1993)

31 October 200829 June 2021

Rating: ★★★

Zombie Girlfriend

Director: Brian Yuzna
Actors: Mindy Clarke, Kent McCord, Sarah Douglas, Basil Wallace, …
Category: Horror

The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid (1979)

17 August 201615 November 2018

Rating: 0­

Child Alien Visitor Slapstick Comedy

Director: Michele Lupo
Actors: Bud Spencer, Cary Guffey, Raimund Harmstorf, Joe Bugner, …
Category: Science Fiction

Short Circuit (1986)

5 July 200023 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Cute Robot

Director: John Badham
Actors: Ally Sheedy, Steve Guttenberg, Fisher Stevens, Austin Pendleton, …
Category: Science Fiction

Spiders (2013)

16 April 20132 November 2019

Rating: ★★½

Giant Spiders

Director: Tibor Takacs
Actors: Patrick Muldoon, Christa Campbell, William Hope, Sydney Sweeney, …
Category: Science Fiction

Sputnik (2020)

22 August 202022 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Cosmonaut Returns Infected by a Parasitic Alien Organism

Director: Egor Abramenko
Actors: Oksana Akinshina, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov, Anton Vasilev, …
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

Stonehenge Apocalypse (2010)

13 November 201017 August 2021

Rating: ★

Disaster Movie/Stonehenge Triggers the End of the World

Director: Paul Ziller
Actors: Misha Collins, Torri Higginson, Peter Wingfield
Category: Science Fiction

Thale (2012)

4 May 201330 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Mysterious Girl/Mythic Creature

Director: Aleksander L. Nordaas
Actors: Erlend Nervold, Silje Reinamo, Jon Sigve Skard, Morten Andresen, …
Category: Fantasy

Toys (1992)

18 February 20026 April 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Toy-Maker Wars/Gonzo Fantasy

Director: Barry Levinson
Actors: Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, …
Category: Fantasy

Venomous (2001)

25 May 200823 January 2022

Rating: ★

Deadly Snakes/Plague Outbreak

Director: Ed Raymond, Fred Olen Ray
Actors: Treat Williams, Mary Page Keller, Geoff Pierson, Hannes Jaenicke, …
Category: Science Fiction

A Werewolf Boy (2012)

1 October 20128 February 2022

Rating: ★★

South Korean Feral Werewolf Boy Love Story

Director: Jo Sung-Hee
Actors: Soon Joong-Ki, Park Bo-Young, Yoo Yun-suk, Jang Young-nam, …
Category: Fantasy

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Theme Essays

  • 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
  • Nazis
  • Magicians and Sorcerers
  • Secret Societies
  • Real-Life People in Fiction
  • Techno-Thrillers
  • Twins in Fantastic Cinema
  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
  • Sexual Fetishism in Fantastic Cinema
  • 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 Based on 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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