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Aliens, Horror, Sci-Fi, science fiction film
A green-skinned man wanders aimlessly through the desert with a mysterious laser cannon attached to his arm. Nearby, an alien spacecraft lands and two reptilian creatures emerge carrying weapons. After a brief firefight, the aliens disinte…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi
Part one In an alternate version of contemporary Great Britain, triffids are large carnivorous plants capable of vicious and intelligent behaviour, equipped with venomous stingers that they use to stun their prey before feeding on them. Bi…
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Sci-Fi, action film, alien invasion, horror film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In 1958, the town of Centreville, Illinois is quietly invaded by extraterrestrial aliens. The aliens fire mysterious beams of energy from their hands and eyes, which turn the town's inhabitants into crystalized pulsing blue orbs. Using art…
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Action, Sci-Fi, science fiction action film
A group of Australians form a resistance force after their small Australian country town is enslaved and occupied by an extraterrestrial force. Together they form the human rebellion in a battle for the survival of their group. They progre…
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Action, Sci-Fi, science fiction film
An American Special Forces soldier, serving in Kenya, suffers memory loss after being knocked unconscious during a battle with highly electrified bipedal robotic machines. He later wakes up in a jail cell wearing tattered fatigues and unaw…
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Sci-Fi, science fiction film
Nyah, a female commander from Mars, heads for London in her flying saucer. She is part of the advance alien team looking for Earthmen to replace the declining male population on her world, the result of a "devastating war between the sexes…
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Aliens, Fantasy, Horror, Komödie, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, comedy horror, fantasy film, horror film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
The film opens with a security guard named Dennis investigating a deserted film vault at an old movie studio. While inside, his fantasy of being a rock star comes to life, but he dies while performing on stage. His boss, Mr.
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Sci-Fi, action film, mockbuster, science fiction film, thriller film
In 2009, a race of aliens piloting giant robots have conquered Earth and forced humanity to live underground. They have done this by altering the environment, causing constant rainfall and darkness. Over 300 years later, after many generat…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, comedy film, science fiction film
Su and Jack, a 30-something millennial couple, decide to disconnect from their internet-dominated lives in Brooklyn by turning off their phones for a week and staying at a remote cabin owned by their friend Raph. During their stay, Jack no…
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Animation, Fantasy, Komödie, Sci-Fi
One night, a UFO appears on Earth and drops a strange green goo into a large pumpkin field. When Farmer Jeb comes outside to investigate, he is attacked and captured by something lurking in the field. On Halloween day, Susan Murphy aka Gin…
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, Vampirfilm, horror film, science fiction film, vampire film
Nadine Story (Traci Lords) is a nurse working in the office of Dr. Rochelle (Ace Mask). She encounters an unusual patient Mr.
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Action, Sci-Fi, adventure film, fantasy film
On board the tramp steamer Corita, Captain Lansen ignores a hurricane warning and a customs launch whose crew want to inspect his ship, as he is smuggling the explosive "Phosphor B" ('Phosphore Blanc', i.e. white phosphorus). His ship's pa…
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Adventure, Fantasy, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film
At the beginning of the 20th century, British archaeologist Professor Aitken and his son, Charles, have hired Captain Daniels and his ship, the Texas Rose, to take them to sea. The pair plan to use a diving bell designed by engineer Greg C…
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Action, Sci-Fi, horror film, independent film, kaiju, science fiction film, thriller film
George Herbert explains that despite years of searching for extraterrestrial life mankind never expected aliens, which devastated human civilization into anarchy, would be killed by a lack of immunity to the bacteria in the human blood the…
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Aliens, Horror, Sci-Fi, alien invasion, horror film, independent film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film
Dr. Tom Anderson, an embittered scientist, has made contact with a Venusian creature, while using his radio transmitter. The alien's secret plan is to take complete control of the Earth by enslaving humanity using mind control devices; the…
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Family Comedy, Fantasy, Komödie, comedy horror
Gage Dobson is a young boy dealing with various problems in his life. He is constantly bullied at school, his divorced mother, Cathy, is dating the "creep" Dr. Elliot Carlisle with whom Gage has a mutual hatred, and the girl he adores, And…
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Sci-Fi, alien invasion, monster film, science fiction film
A huge, blinking flying object from space emits a glowing ball of electrical energy, which races toward the Earth. It intercepts a man driving on an isolated road in the American Southwest desert late at night. It takes over the man's mind…
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Action, Sci-Fi, science fiction
In 2278, the planet Centauri Prime is in flames. Londo Mollari, the emperor of the Centauri Republic, tells two children, Luc and Lyssa, the story of the Earth-Minbari War, which took place 35 years ago while he was a diplomatic liaison to…
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Action, Adventure, Horror, Monster Film, Sci-Fi, Thriller, science fiction film
An experimental submarine, the Siren II, with an experienced NATO crew, is sent to find out what happened to the missing Siren I. Wick Hayes, the designer of the sub, blames the Contek corporation's modifications to his original design. Th…
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Monster Film, Sci-Fi, Z movie, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
While driving along a highway in fictional Angel County in California, sheriff's deputy Martin Gordon and his wife Brett meet Martin's uncle, Sheriff Ben, and together they investigate a reported plane crash site. At the site, the group en…
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alien invasion, comedy horror, science fiction film
A jock sneaks into his supposed girlfriend's house with flowers for her. It is cold inside and when he approaches his girlfriend's room he finds a dead man with his mouth wide open. He then spots two more corpses.
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Aliens, Dark Comedy, comedy film, comedy horror, horror film, monster film, science fiction film
Ciarán O'Shea (Richard Coyle), an alcoholic Garda is assigned to a new partner, Lisa Nolan (Ruth Bradley), a workaholic. His resentment only grows when Nolan, seeking to impress her superiors, volunteers for temporary duty at a remote Iris…
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Aliens, Horror, Sci-Fi, adventure film, horror film, science fiction film
On July 21, 1969, a robotic eye emerges from the lunar soil and observes the landing module of the Apollo 11 mission taking off. Twenty years later, the Space Shuttle Camelot encounters a derelict spaceship in orbit around Earth. Mission c…
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Sci-Fi, horror film
During a time when strange atmospheric disturbances are occurring at various locales around the globe, a group of teenagers go on a vacation trip to a secluded cottage in the woods. At a filling station along the way they have a bad encoun…
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