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 4.
Action, Time Travel, action film, drama film, mystery film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film, time-travel film
U.S. Army pilot Captain Colter Stevens wakes up on a Metra commuter train going into Chicago. He is disoriented, as his last memory was of flying a mission in Afghanistan.
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Cyberpunk, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, dystopian film, neo-noir, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, superhero film
In the future, the Earth has become a deadly wasteland called the Cursed Earth. The few survivors live in overcrowded "Mega-Cities" plagued by rampant crime. To combat this, a new order of law enforcement has emerged: Judges, officers who …
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Coming Of Age, Computeranimation, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, children's film, comedy film, family film, speculative fiction film
In the town of Oceanside, Ruby Gillman and her family are secretly krakens. Determined to fit in with humans, Ruby's mother Agatha forbids her from going near the ocean, including her school's prom at sea. Ruby's friends Margot, Trevin, an…
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Super Hero, action film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
Superman saves the crew of a Russian space station before uncovering the capsule that brought him to Earth and retrieving a green Kryptonian energy module. A recording left by his mother Lara reveals the module's power can only be used onc…
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Sci-Fi, Z movie, action film, horror film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, zombie film
thumbtime=103|thumb|Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) Mourners gather around an old man (Lugosi) at his wife's grave site as an airliner overhead flies toward Burbank, California. Pilot Jeff Trent and his co-pilot Danny are startled by a brig…
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Adventure, Animalhorror, Drama, action film, adventure film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, monster film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
Frederick Wilson, an executive of the Petrox Oil Company, forms an expedition based on infrared imagery, which reveals a previously undiscovered Indian Ocean island hidden by a permanent cloud bank. Wilson believes the island has a huge oi…
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Mysterie, speculative fiction film, thriller film
In 2003, young Craig Poole becomes acquainted with retired businessman John Harrigan following the death of his mother, Joanna, with instructions simply to read to him three times a week. Five years later a teenage Craig and elderly Harrig…
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Aliens, Military Film, action film, alien invasion, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, war film
On August 12, 2011, hostile alien spacecraft make landings off the coasts of large cities. Los Angeles is evacuated while Marines from Camp Pendleton arrive, including Staff Sergeant Michael Nantz, an Iraq War veteran. Nantz, who was to be…
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Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, drama film, mystery film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Billionaire New Yorker Damian Hale is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He finds a business card directing him to Professor Albright, who informs him about a medical procedure called "shedding", in which one's consciousness is transferred in…
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Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, family film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
In the year 2130, 547 days into its voyage, the spacecraft USS Palomino has nearly completed its mission exploring deep space. The crew consists of Captain Dan Holland, First Officer Lieutenant Charlie Pizer, journalist Harry Booth, ESP-se…
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Action, Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, action film, dystopian film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
After the "World Crash of '79", massive civil unrest and economic ruin occurred. The United States government is restructured into a totalitarian regime under martial law. To pacify the population, the government has created the Transconti…
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Aliens, Found Footage, found footage film, horror film, pseudo-documentary, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
Two years after the Apollo 17 mission, the crew of the cancelled Apollo 18 mission consisting of Commander Nathan Walker, Lieutenant Colonel John Grey, and Captain Ben Anderson are informed that it will proceed as a top-secret Department o…
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Computeranimation, Modern-Day Fantasy, Splatstick, comedy film, family film, live-action/animated film, speculative fiction film
A cat named Tom, who dreams of being a jazz pianist, moves to Manhattan and busks in Central Park, while a brown mouse named Jerry is in search of a new home. After Tom's piano is destroyed in an altercation, and Tom is exposed as a fraud …
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Aliens, Sci-Fi, adventure film, alien invasion, disaster film, drama film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
A narrated prologue shows the weapons of modern warfare from World War I and World War II, then warns of the upcoming "War of the Worlds" fought with "the terrible weapons of super-science menacing all mankind and every creature on Earth".…
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B movie, Sci-Fi, fantasy film, horror film, independent film, monster film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film, speculative fiction film
A television announcer reports sightings of a red fireball around the world. Meanwhile, Nancy Archer, a wealthy but highly troubled woman with a history of emotional instability and immoderate drinking, is driving on a road that night in a…
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Animation, Super Hero, action film, drama film, dystopian film, mystery film, speculative fiction film, superhero film, thriller, time-travel film
While visiting the grave of his mother Nora Allen, Barry Allen, known as the Flash, is alerted to a break-in by Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Mirror Master, Captain Boomerang, and Top at the Flash Museum. Battling the rogues, he discovers that …
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Action, Fantasy, action film, speculative fiction film
Three hundred years after the ronin samurai Oishi and Kai killed Master Kira and the witch Mizuki to avenge their master, Lord Asano, in the present day world where samurai and witch clans have existed only in complete secrecy, a witch, Yu…
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Action, Fantasy, Thriller, horror film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
In a flashback, baby Charlene "Charlie" McGee sits in her crib, spontaneously setting the room ablaze with her pyrokinesis power and sending her father Andrew "Andy" McGee into a panic. In another flashback, a young Andy and his girlfriend…
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Adventure, Fantasy, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, speculative fiction film
Marie-Josèphe, born and raised in a convent in France, is a rebellious free spirit who often causes trouble for the Abbess. Marie-Josèphe's father, King Louis XIV, fears for his own mortality after being wounded by an assassin's bullet, bu…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Sci-Fi, action film, apocalyptic film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film, war film
Jarrod and his girlfriend Elaine arrive in Los Angeles, California, for Jarrod's best friend Terry's birthday party. They celebrate with Terry's girlfriend, Candice, and his assistant, Denise. During a private argument about whether or not…
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Action Comedy, action comedy film, adventure film, comedy film, speculative fiction film
Terravex Oil is in the midst of a fracking operation in North Dakota, overseen by CEO Reece Tenneson and geologist Jim Dowd. The operation releases a trio of squid-like creatures from underground and destroys the drilling rig. Two are capt…
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Adventure, Retro Science Fiction, action film, adventure film, alternate history film, dieselpunk, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
In a technologically advanced New York City in 1939, the zeppelin Hindenburg III moors itself atop the Empire State Building. Aboard the airship is Dr. Jorge Vargas, a scientist who arranges for a package containing two vials to be deliver…
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Christmas film, Sci-Fi, Super Hero, action film, adventure film, comedy film, science fiction film, speculative fiction comedy, superhero film
The Guardians of the Galaxy have purchased Knowhere from the Collector and taken in Cosmo the Spacedog as a new member. As Christmas approaches, Kraglin tells the Guardians a childhood story of how Yondu ruined Christmas for Peter Quill. M…
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Computeranimation, Komödie, Super Hero, action film, comedy film, family film, musical film, speculative fiction film, teen film
In Jump City, the Teen Titans arrive to stop the Balloon Man but jump into a rap song to introduce themselves and become distracted, forcing the Justice League to intervene. They criticize the Titans for their childish behavior and inabili…
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