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Theme: The Media

15 Minutes (2001)

9 March 200118 November 2020

Rating: ★★

Media-Obsessed Psychos

Director: John Herzfeld
Actors: Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Karel Roden, …
Category: Horror

Antiviral (2012)

5 October 201210 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★

Future World of Celebrity Viruses

Director: Brandon Cronenberg
Actors: Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell, Joe Pingue, …
Category: Science Fiction

Branded (2012)

8 November 20165 March 2020

Rating: ★★

Brand Names Revealed as Parasitic Entities

Director: Jamie Bradshaw, Alexander Doulerain
Actors: Ed Stoppard, Leelee Sobieski, Jeffrey Tambor, Max Von Sydow
Category: Science Fiction

Capricorn One (1978)

4 May 200121 March 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Faked Mars Mission

Director: Peter Hyams
Actors: James Brolin, Elliott Gould, Hal Holbrook, Brenda Vaccaro, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Condemned (2007)

13 February 200911 February 2025

Rating: ★★

Barehands Survivalism/Deadly Reality TV Show

Director: Scott Wiper
Actors: Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Robert Mammone, Victoria Mussett, …
Category: Horror

Deathwatch (1980)

6 July 20014 July 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Future Media Obsession with a Dying Woman

Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Actors: Romy Schneider, Harvey Keitel, Harry Dean Stanton, Max Von Sydow
Category: Science Fiction

Diary of the Dead (2007)

15 June 20087 March 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Zombie Found Footage Film

Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Josh Close, Shawn Roberts, Joe Dinicol, Tatiana Maslany, …
Category: Horror

Dorian Gray as Reflected in the Popular Press (1984)

30 November 200227 August 2020

Rating: ★

Surrealism

Director: Ulrike Ottinger
Actors: Delphine Seyrig, Veruschka
Category: Fantasy

Dr M (1990)

18 April 201012 September 2023

Rating: ★

Mind-Controlling Criminal Mastermind

Director: Claude Chabrol
Actors: Jennifer Beals, Alan Bates, Jan Niklas, Benoit Regent, …
Category: Science Fiction

Halloween: Resurrection (2002)

2 December 200222 October 2021

Rating: ★★

Slasher Film

Director: Rick Rosenthal
Actors: Bianca Kajlich, Busta Rhymes, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brad Loree, …
Category: Horror

Hell Asylum (2002)

17 April 201011 February 2025

Rating: ★

Reality TV Horror Film

Director: Danny Draven
Actors: Debra Mayer, Timothy Muskatell, Joe Estevez, Brinke Stevens
Category: Horror

The Hunger Games (2012)

29 March 201210 January 2024

Rating: ★★½

Future Televised Human Hunting

Director: Gary Ross
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Wes Bentley, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

23 November 201310 January 2024

Rating: ★★½

Future Televised Human Hunting/Social Revolution

Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014)

22 November 201410 January 2024

Rating: ★★

Future Social Revolution

Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, Julianne Moore, …
Category: Science Fiction

Incite Mill (2010)

2 January 201516 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Reality TV Elimination Game

Director: Hideo Nakata
Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Haruka Awase, Satomi Ishihara, Tsuyoshi Abe
Category: Horror

L.A. Slasher (2015)

8 August 201713 May 2023

Rating: 0­

Killer Stalks Hollywood

Director: Martin Owen
Actors: Brooke Hogan, Mischa Barton, Marisa Lauren, Dave Bautista, …
Category: Horror

Looker (1981)

5 August 199931 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Virtual Models

Director: Michael Crichton
Actors: Albert Finney, Susan Dey, James Coburn, Leigh Taylor-Young
Category: Science Fiction

Meet Mr Lucifer (1953)

12 July 201029 August 2023

Rating: ★★

The Devil Stirs Mischief Via TV

Director: Anton Pelissier
Actors: Stanley Holloway, Gordon Jackson, Joseph Tomelty, Peggy Cummins, …
Category: Fantasy

My Little Eye (2002)

17 July 200315 January 2025

Rating: ★★★★

Snuff Reality TV Show

Director: Marc Evans
Actors: Jennifer Sky, Bradley Cooper, Kris Lemche, Laura Regan
Category: Horror

Natural Born Killers (1994)

11 September 200030 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Mass Murder Spree

Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Lee Jones, …
Category: Horror

The Prize of Peril (1983)

22 December 20113 May 2024

Rating: ★★★

Future Human Hunting TV Gameshow

Director: Yves Boisset
Actors: Gerard Lanvin, Michel Piccoli, Marie-France Pisier, Andrea Ferreol, …
Category: Science Fiction

Remote Control (1988)

5 November 200028 March 2025

Rating: ★

Alien Mind-Control Video

Director: Jeff Lieberman
Actors: Kevin Dillon, Jennifer Tilly, Deborah Goodrich, Michael Pniewski, …
Category: Science Fiction

Rollerball (2002)

12 November 20024 March 2025

Rating: ★½

Ultra-Violent Sport

Director: John McTiernan
Actors: Chris Klein, Jean Reno, Rebecca Romijn, LL Cool J, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Running Man (1987)

1 April 20033 March 2021

Rating: ★★

Action/Future Televised Gladiatorial Combat

Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Maria Conchita Alonso, Richard Dawson, Yaphet Kotto, …
Category: Science Fiction

S1m0ne (2002)

15 November 200321 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Virtual Hollywood Actress

Director: Andrew Niccol
Actors: Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener, Pruitt Taylor Vince, …
Category: Science Fiction

Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

2 March 20108 February 2023

Rating: ★★★★

Human-Hunting Reality TV Show

Director: Daniel Minahan
Actors: Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Marylouise Burke, Merritt Wever, …
Category: Science Fiction

Shock Treatment (1981)

18 February 201031 January 2025

Rating: ★★½

Rocky Horror Sequel

Director: Jim Sharman
Actors: Jessica Harper, Barry Humphries, Cliff De Young, Richard O'Brien, …
Category: Fantasy

The Tenth Victim (1965)

18 January 200020 March 2024

Rating: ★★½

Killing as a Future Sport

Director: Elio Petri
Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Massimo Serato, Elsa Martinelli
Category: Science Fiction

They Live (1988)

6 July 200111 April 2025

Rating: ★★★

Reality-Manipulating Aliens

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason
Category: Science Fiction

Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

19 November 199916 November 2021

Rating: ★★★

James Bond Film

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Pryce, Teri Hatcher, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Truman Show (1998)

1 April 199910 May 2024

Rating: ★★★★★

Man’s Life as a TV Show

Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich, …
Category: Science Fiction

Turkey Shoot (2014)

26 July 20159 May 2025

Rating: ★

Human Hunting/Near Future Reality TV Show

Director: Jon Hewitt
Actors: Dominic Purcell, Nicholas Hammond, Belinda McClory, Robert Taylor, …
Category: Science Fiction

Videodrome (1983)

31 August 20002 November 2023

Rating: ★★★★½

Reality-Manipulating TV

Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Les Carlson
Category: Science Fiction

The War of the Worlds – Next Century (1981)

29 June 201421 August 2024

Rating: ★★★

Polish Satire/Alien Invasion/Authoritarian Regime and Media Control

Director: Piotr Szulkin
Actors: Roman Wilhelmi, Krystyna Janda, Wieslaw Drzewicz, Mariusz Dmochowski, …
Category: Science Fiction

Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)

19 October 20086 December 2023

Rating: ★

Backwoods Brutality

Director: Joe Lynch
Actors: Henry Rollins, Erica Leerhsen, Texas Battle, Steve Braun, …
Category: Horror

The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)

19 September 2023

Rating: ★★★

Media-Controlled Future

Director: Michael Elliott
Actors: Tony Vogel, Leonard Rossiter, Suzanne Neve, Brian Cox
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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