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Animalhorror, horror film, science fiction film
Dr. Carl Stoner, a herpetologist, sells a mysterious creature in a crate to a carnival owner. He hires college student David Blake as an assistant, claiming that his previous assistant had left town to attend to a sick relative.
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, romantic comedy, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
A glowing orb flies through space, aiming for Earth's ocean, and is knocked off course by a satellite. In a New York City apartment, a boy named Josh Morrison notices the object heading towards him through his telescope and it lands in his…
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Action, Adventure, Animation, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, action film, adult animated film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
In ages past, the Arakacians, a malevolent race, discovered a place where spacetime leaked a type of fluid. This fluid granted immortality to anyone who consumed it. The Arakacians built an empire and enslaved the known universe for centur…
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Arranged Documentary, Drama, Sci-Fi, War Film, docudrama
The film begins by describing Britain's nuclear deterrence policy of threatening would-be aggressors with devastation from the Royal Air Force's nuclear-armed V bombers. Due to the number of V bomber bases (particularly in a crisis situati…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, horror film, mystery film, science fiction action film, thriller film
Lee Weathers is a "risk-management specialist" for genetic-engineering company SynSect. She arrives at a rural site hosting its L-9 project, an artificial being with nanotechnology-infused synthetic DNA named Morgan. The "hybrid biological…
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Action, Adventure, Space Opera, action film, adventure film, science fiction film
Farm world Akir is threatened by the tyrannical warlord Sador, ruler of the Malmori Empire. Sador's body parts are deteriorating and he lives only by stealing organs from others. Sador demands that the peaceful Akira submit to him when he …
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Animation, Sci-Fi, comedy drama, science fiction, science fiction film
After joining the Pelekai family and before his fellow experiments become scattered across Kauaʻi, Stitch awakens from a nightmare about reverting to his former programming and attacking Earth, notably assaulting Lilo. After consoling Stit…
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American football film, coming-of-age film, drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film
Scott Murphy is a former high school football hero, famous as the top high school quarterback in Ohio with the nickname of "Mr. Football". A leg injury he received during the Ohio State High School Championship game terminated his scholars…
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Action, Drama, Fantasy, Mysterie, Sci-Fi, drama film, science fiction film
A man calling himself prot (not capitalized and pronounced with a long O, rhyming with boat) is committed to the Psychiatric Institute of Manhattan after claiming he is an extraterrestrial from the planet 'K-PAX', 1,000 light years away in…
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Drama, disaster film, drama film, post-apocalyptic film
The Wetherly family—husband Tom, wife Carol, and children Brad, Mary Liz, and Scottie—live in the fictional suburb of Hamelin, California, north of Santa Rosa. Tom, the breadwinner, works in San Francisco, 60 miles south. On a routine afte…
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Drama, Sci-Fi, drama film, horror film, science fiction film
Seven-year-old Chloe Lewis has spent her entire life confined to a decrepit house with her father Henry, who forbids her from leaving under the threat of being killed by "the bad men". Chloe longs to experience the world outside her home a…
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Horror comedy, Monster Film, horror film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Skye Daley holds an interview with former child star Ricky Coogin, who recounts a bizarre story that began when he accepted an endorsement with the questionable Everything Except Shoes corporation to promote a fertilizer called "Zygrot 24"…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Drama, disaster film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film
On July 5, a mysterious phenomenon briefly darkens the sky over Hamilton, New Zealand. Zac Hobson, a scientist working on Project Flashlight (an experiment designed to create a wireless global energy grid), awakens to find all radio transm…
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Horror, Sci-Fi, horror film, science fiction film
In the British village of Midwich, the villagers fall unconscious, as do the animals and other people entering Midwich. The military establishes a cordon around Midwich; they discover that a caged canary becomes unconscious upon being plac…
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Horror, horror film, psychological thriller, science fiction film, zombie film
The film begins with an oscilloscope display of the waves of radio announcer Grant Mazzy's radio monologue. As the monologue goes on, the oscilloscope image shows a small bubble appear and grow to almost bursting. This turns out to be the …
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Romance Film, Sci-Fi, drama film, horror film, romance film, science fiction film
Evan Russell, a young American man, loses his mother to cancer. After her funeral, he gets into a physical altercation at the restaurant where he works and loses his job. On his friend's advice, Evan travels to Italy, where he meets a flir…
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Horror, Thriller, horror film, science fiction film
Victor Frankenstein and his wife, Elizabeth, are scientists who bring to life Adam, a fully-grown, handsome young man with the mind of an infant. Adam's cells fail to replicate correctly, and he soon develops deformities on his face and bo…
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Romantic Drama, Sci-Fi, romance film, science fiction film
Some years before the film, a test using a fingernail from each person determining whether couples were truly in love was developed. However, the test has had mostly negative results, which leads to an increase in couples breaking up and d…
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Drama, Fantasy, drama film, fantasy film, romance film
Syracuse, uncomfortably called "Circus" by some, is trawling on his boat and finds a scantily clad young woman caught in his net. He sees she is alive and resuscitates her. She calls herself Ondine and refuses to be taken to the hospital, …
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Romantic Comedy, Sci-Fi, Utopia & Dystopia, comedy film, drama film, romantic comedy, science fiction film
A New York couple, Rachel and Alvy, live in a not-so-distant future. A rising tech company executive, Rachel lands a coveted spot on the waitlist for the Womb Center, which offers couples maternity by way of detachable artificial wombs, or…
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Computeranimation, Super Hero, action film, fantasy film, science fiction film, superhero film
Professional baseball player Kenji "Ken" Sato returns home to Japan, despite being on the verge of winning a championship in the United States. Reporter Ami Wakita attributes his sudden departure to rumors of unfinished family business, bu…
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science fiction film, thriller film
Dr. Annika Kask, a brilliant computer scientist known for groundbreaking work in astrophysics, is recruited by a tech billionaire to join a secret research project on a private Caribbean island. The project centers on a device called LITTL…
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Animation, Super Hero, action film, children's film, comedy drama, family film, fantasy film, science fiction film
In the crime- and injustice-riddled city of Townsville, Professor Utonium mixes sugar, spice and everything nice, hoping to produce the "perfect little girls" to improve Townsville. However, Jojo, the professor's pet chimpanzee and destruc…
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Komödie, children's film, comedy film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
Professor Ned Brainard is an absent-minded professor of physical chemistry at Medfield College who invents a substance that gains energy when it strikes a hard surface. This discovery follows some blackboard scribbling in which he reverses…
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