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 7.
Horror, Psychodrama, drama film, horror film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
In the 1950s, Laura and her seven-year-old son Cody drive to a remote home in California to flee from her abusive ex-husband. The family is threatened by the possibility of his return and the presence of a monster lurking in a nearby lake.…
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Fantasy, speculative fiction film
Adventure, adventure film, animal horror film, fantasy film, monster film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
The Cliff Tribe, led by Kingsor, are about to sacrifice three blonde women to their Sun God Akhoba, but one of the women, Sanna, escapes and is rescued by fishermen of the Seaside Tribe, among whom is Tara, who becomes enamoured with her. …
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Action, Thriller, speculative fiction film
In Jerusalem, rabbi Rostenburg designs software to decode prophecies hidden within the Torah. Rostenburg handwrites each one in a journal. One of the prophecies says that he is about to die; he tears the page containing the final code from…
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speculative fiction
On Christmas Eve, Clara finds Santa Claus stranded on her roof. The Doctor arrives to take Clara away. Santa tells the Doctor that he will need his help before the night is over.
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Action, Cartoon, adventure film, children's film, fantasy, fantasy film, science fiction film, speculative fiction
On the planet Trinia, human slaves live underground for millennia mining crystals for their "god" Zygon and his robots. Young miner Orin finds a jeweled sword embedded in the rocks. Hopps, grandfather of Orin's girlfriend Elan, recognizes …
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speculative fiction film
In 1863 Boston, Elizabeth Whitcomb writes a letter addressed to "Dearest" (no specific addressee), expressing her desire and hope to someday find someone to truly love. She then places the letter in her writing desk's secret compartment. I…
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Christmas film, Drama, Fantasy, drama television program, speculative fiction film
A billion-dollar oil company, headed by Sumner Murdock (Mason Adams), sets forth on an exploration project in the North Pole that is recommended and managed by Michael Baldwin (Paul Le Mat). The film opens with several dynamite blasts to b…
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action film, animated film with LGBT character(s), pop music, speculative fiction film
Kamala Khan is a teenager who lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, and is also an Inhuman with shapeshifting abilities and lives a secret life as the superheroine Ms. Marvel. She idolizes Captain Marvel, but clashes with her mother, who belie…
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Action, Sci-Fi, action film, speculative fiction film
A robotics company is hired by a corrupt CIA Major (Neal McDonough) trying to position themselves to win a lucrative military contract. The company illegally airdrops four prototype robots into the middle of the Golden triangle to perform …
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Romance Film, Sci-Fi, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
In the not-too-distant future, the most cutting-edge technology has honed romantic relationships down to a science: A computerized test can determine the likelihood of successful partnership between two individuals, and androids—known as “…
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Cartoon, Christmas film, action film, adventure film, family film, fantasy film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
While everybody in Eternia's royal palace is preparing for Adam and Adora's birthday, Adam is helping Man-At-Arms finish up the Sky Spy, a space shuttle intended to spy on Skeletor. The moment they head back to the palace, though, Orko get…
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Adventure, Family Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, speculative fiction film
Prehysteria! tells the story of Rico Sarno, a museum curator, who enters a forbidden temple in South America, and discovers a nest of five eggs. He steals them and brings them back to his museum.
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Action, Computeranimation, Sci-Fi, action film, adventure film, fantasy film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
An alien ship crash landing on a desert planet. The alien survivors, known as Vecarians, are quickly killed by the planet's predatory native inhabitants, the Selenites. The ship's core, Vecanoi, survives, and from it sprouts Axis, a massiv…
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Fantasy, Komödie, comedy film, fantasy film, speculative fiction film
In the second film in the Oh, God! series, God (George Burns) asks the help of 11-year-old Tracy Richards (Louanne Sirota) to help Him promote Himself; He feels that people have forgotten about Him. Tracy and her best friend, Shingo (John …
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Sci-Fi, drama film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
Humankind has achieved space flight capability and built the Wheel space station in orbit above Earth. It is commanded by its designer, Colonel Samuel T. Merritt.
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Sci-Fi, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
Four billion years ago, before life had developed on Earth, a cosmic object fell in the seas of our planet. In modern times in the mountains of Bhutan, a huge artifact makes its way to the surface, producing a powerful electromagnetic puls…
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cinematic fairy tale, speculative fiction film
The film features an entirely East Asian cast as the eponymous characters: a poor toy-maker, his son, Hansel, and daughter, Gretel, and his wicked new wife, who overtly despises her stepchildren. One evening at dinner, Hansel and Gretel de…
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Computeranimation, Super Hero, speculative fiction film
Gotham City is under attack from a group of animal-related villains who use animal robots to assist them in their crimes. The group, which calls itself the "Animalitia", consists of the Penguin, Cheetah, Man-Bat, Killer Croc, and their lea…
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Animation, Sci-Fi, animated film, drama fiction, drama film, dystopian film, mystery film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller, thriller film
In a future Europe the world is running out of oil. A gigantic underground network is created by joining all the undergrounds together beneath Europe. Roger (Vincent Gallo), from a suburb of Stockholm, avoids the underground because he fin…
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Drama, action film, drama film, fantasy film, speculative fiction film
In the underworld, Rainer guides the dead Queen Conann through her previous lives. Rainer has followed Conann throughout her life, photographing her with a camera. During these memories, Conann appears at ten-year intervals, with each new …
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horror film, speculative fiction film
A murdered female police officer is brought back to life by a cold-hearted scientist to serve as "The Demolitionist", the ultimate crime-fighting weapon in a city overrun by criminals and internal corruption.
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Drama, Sci-Fi, adventure film, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, horror film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film, thriller film
The Night That Panicked America tells the story of the 1938 The War of the Worlds broadcast from the point of view of Orson Welles and his associates as they create the broadcast live, as well as from the points of view of a number of diff…
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Sci-Fi, fantasy film, science fiction film, speculative fiction film
The film is about an American engineering team led by Bart (Ward Ramsey) that is building a harbor on a Caribbean island, when they accidentally uncover two dinosaurs that have been frozen in suspended animation for millions of years. They…
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