Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore films with speculative fiction genres and themes.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 265 films · Page 3.
Action, Fantasy, action film, mystery film, speculative fiction film
Andy, Booker, Joe, and Nicky are mercenaries with unexplained regenerative healing abilities. They accept a job to rescue a group of kidnapped girls in South Sudan, breaking their rule of never working for the same employer twice. The miss…
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Action, Aliens, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, speculative fiction film, suspense film, thriller film
In 1997, Los Angeles is experiencing a heat wave and a turf war between heavily armed Colombian and Jamaican drug cartels. A Predator watches a shootout between the gangs and the LAPD, observing as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan charges into the…
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Retro Science Fiction, Thriller, Western, Western film, action film, alien invasion, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
In 1873 New Mexico Territory, a man awakens injured in the desert with a strange metal bracelet attached to his left wrist and no memory. He wanders into the town of Absolution, where preacher Meacham treats his wound. Sheriff John Taggart…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Five years after Kyra's death, Riddick has become uneasy in his role as Lord Marshal of the Necromonger fleet. His refusal to swear into the Necromonger faith has caused dissent among his subjects. After the latest attempt on his life, Rid…
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Adventure, Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, adventure film, science fiction action film, speculative fiction film, spy film, thriller film
A Drax Industries Moonraker Space Shuttle orbiter on loan to the United Kingdom is hijacked in midair while on a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. The carrier is destroyed but no wreckage of the shuttle is found. M, head of MI6, assigns James Bond…
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Cyberpunk, Western film, action film, adventure film, comedy film, drama film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction film, space Western, speculative fiction film
In the 26th century, humanity has colonized a new solar system. The central planets formed the Alliance and won a war against the outer planet Independents who resisted joining the Alliance. Child genius River Tam is conditioned by Allianc…
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Adventure, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Utopia & Dystopia, adventure film, dystopian film, post-apocalyptic film, speculative fiction film, steampunk
Set more than a thousand years in the future following a cataclysmic conflict known as the Sixty Minute War, the remnants of humankind regroup and form mobile cities, called "Traction Cities". Under a philosophy known as "Municipal Darwini…
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Action, Japanese Monster Movie, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, apocalyptic film, dystopian film, kaiju, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
In 2035, ten years after the events of the previous film, the Jaeger Program has been reinstated and now thrives under the watchful eye of Mako Mori, the Senator who runs the Pan Pacific Defense Corps (PPDC). Former Jaeger pilot and Stacke…
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Drama, Fantasy, Tragic Comedy Film, drama film, science fiction action film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Gloria is an unemployed writer struggling with alcoholism. Her boyfriend Tim, frustrated with her behavior, breaks up with her and kicks her out of their New York City apartment. Moving back to her family home in Mainhead, New Hampshire, G…
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Aliens, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, action film, crossover fiction, horror film, monster film, science fiction action film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, speculative fiction film, splatter film, suspense film, thriller film
A Yautja ship leaves Earth carrying captured Xenomorph facehuggers and Scar's body before a chestburster emerges, with characteristic traits of both species. The chestburster quickly matures into an adult Predalien, and starts slaughtering…
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Komödie, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
Seeking to diversify, defense contractor GloboTech Industries acquires the Heartland Toy Company. GloboTech CEO Gil Mars tasks his new employees, toy designers Larry Benson and Irwin Wayfair, with upgrading their existing productsa range o…
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Occult Horror, biographical film, horror film, speculative fiction film, supernatural horror film
In 1987, Father Gabriele Amorth, a World War II Italian partisan and the Pope's personal exorcist, an earthy, scooter-riding, humorous, practical man, visits an Italian village where a teenage boy, Enzo, is seemingly possessed by a demon. …
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Fantasy, Romantic Drama, drama film, epic film, fantasy film, melodrama, romance film, speculative fiction film
Alithea Binnie is a British narratology scholar who occasionally hallucinates demonic beings. During a trip to Istanbul, Alithea purchases an antique Çeşm-i Bülbül (nightingale's eye) bottle and unleashes the Djinn trapped within it. The D…
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Ghost-House-Movies, Ghost-Movie, comedy horror, speculative fiction film
In New Orleans, Ben Matthias, an astrophysicist developing a camera to detect dark matter, marries Alyssa, a tour guide for the city's famously haunted places. Following Alyssa's death in a car crash, a despondent Ben gives up his career a…
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, drama film, kaiju, speculative fiction film
As a young girl, Nora Tidemann listens to her father Tobias narrating the mythology of trolls and the origin of their local mountains. During one story, Nora almost "sees" the faces of trolls turned to stone in the rock face. Years later, …
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Action, Adventure, Horror, Mysterie, Romantic Drama, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, kaiju, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
In New York Harbor, filmmaker Carl Denham, known for wildlife films in remote exotic locations, is chartering Captain Englehorn's ship, the Venture, for his new project. However, he is unable to secure an actress for a female role he has b…
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Komödie, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Comedy, Sitcom, comedy film, fantasy film, romantic comedy, satanic film, speculative fiction film
The Devil runs a computer simulation to analyze souls to determine individual weaknesses to exploit. The program settles on Elliot Richards, a sweet, geeky, over-zealous man working a dead-end job in a San Francisco computer company. He ha…
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Mysterie, horror film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Brothers Justin and Aaron Smith receive a video cassette from Camp Arcadia, a group they belonged to as young children. The pair's recollection of events differ; while Aaron recalls them as a harmless and friendly commune, Justin thinks th…
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Drama, Fantasy, Historie, cinematic fairy tale, horror film, romance film, speculative fiction film
thumb|upright=1.25|left|The Alcantara river in Sicily, the location for the scenes with the aquatic dragon The Enchanted Doe In the Kingdom of Longtrellis, the King and Queen cannot conceive a child. A necromancer suggests that if the Quee…
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Action, Retro Science Fiction, action film, adventure film, comedy film, dieselpunk, family film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, superhero film
In 1938 Los Angeles, California, gangsters from Eddie Valentine's gang steal a prototype rocket pack from aviation magnate Howard Hughes. During their escape from the pursuing police, the getaway driver quickly stops and hides the rocket i…
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Fantasy, Horror comedy, comedy horror, romantic comedy film, speculative fiction film
In 1989, teenager Lisa Swallows is still struggling to come to terms with the loss of her mother, who was killed by an axe murderer two years earlier. Her father, Dale, has since remarried a self-obsessed woman named Janet, who also has a …
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Musical, Romantic Comedy, cinematic fairy tale, speculative fiction film
Cinderella is an ambitious young woman who dreams of establishing her shop, Dresses by Ella. After she catches the eye of Prince Robert in passing, he disguises himself as a commoner and sets out in hopes of meeting her. Robert finds Ella …
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Computeranimation, adventure film, comedy, comedy film, family film, fantasy film, speculative fiction film
Sam Greenfield, an orphaned young woman with a life plagued by misfortune, is forced out from her foster home, much to the dismay of her younger friend and roommate Hazel, who is hoping to be adopted and not fostered soon. One night, after…
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Drama, drama film, prison film
In 2001, former corporate raider Gordon Gekko is released from prison after serving time for insider trading and securities fraud. By 2008, Gekko has begun promoting his new book Is Greed Good?, warning about a possible 2008 financial cris…
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