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When Worlds Collide (1951)
, 1h23Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Space adventure films, La fin du monde, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Space opera, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Richard Derr, Barbara Rush, Larry Keating, Peter Hansen, John Hoyt, Rachel Ames
Pilot David Randall is paid to fly top-secret photographs from South African astronomer Dr. Emery Bronson to Dr. Cole Hendron in the United States. Hendron, with the assistance of his daughter Joyce, confirms their worst fears: Bronson has discovered a rogue star named Bellus that is on a collision course with Earth.
It Came from Outer Space (1953)
, 1h21Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, Charles Drake, Joe Sawyer, Russell Johnson, Dave Willock
Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam (Richard Carlson) and schoolteacher Ellen Fields (Barbara Rush) watch a large meteorite crash near the small town of Sand Rock, Arizona. At the crash site, Putnam notices a strange, partially buried object lodged in the large crater; he comes to the realization that it wasn't a meteorite that crashed but a large alien spaceship. After a landslide completely covers the mysterious spacecraft, his story is later scoffed at by the townspeople of Sand Rock, including its sheriff (Charles Drake), and the local media.
, 1h20Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Comedy horror films, Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Nancy Guild, Arthur Franz, Adele Jergens, Sheldon Leonard
Lou Francis (Lou Costello) and Bud Alexander (Bud Abbott) have just graduated from a private detective school. Tommy Nelson (Arthur Franz), a middleweight boxer, comes to them with their first case. Tommy recently escaped from jail after being accused of murdering his manager, and asks the duo to accompany him on a visit to his fiancée, Helen Gray (Nancy Guild). He wants her uncle, Dr. Philip Gray (Gavin Muir), to inject him with a special serum he has developed which will render Tommy invisible, and hopes to use the newfound invisibility to investigate his manager's murder and prove his innocence. Dr. Gray adamantly refuses, arguing that the serum is still unstable, recalling that the formula's discoverer John Griffin was driven insane by the formula and did not become visible again until after he was killed. However, as the police arrive Tommy injects himself with it and successfully becomes invisible. Detective Roberts (William Frawley) questions Dr. Gray and Helen while Bud and Lou search for Tommy.
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
, 1h21Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about spiders, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Grant Williams, Randy Stuart, Paul Langton, Billy Curtis, Raymond Bailey, William Schallert
Scott Carey (Grant Williams) is a businessman who is on vacation with his wife Louise (Randy Stuart) on a boat off the California coast. When Louise goes below deck momentarily, a large, strange cloud on the horizon passes over the craft, leaving a reflective mist on Scott's bare skin. Louise is slightly alarmed when she comes above deck, and the two are puzzled by the phenomenon that disappears as quickly as it had it shown up.
Hard to Be a God (2014)
, 2h50Directed by Alexeï Guerman
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Leonid Yarmolnik
A group of 30 scientists travel from Earth to a nearly-identical alien planet that is culturally and technologically centuries behind. The inhabitants of this planet have brutally suppressed a renaissance movement, murdering anybody they consider to be an intellectual, and thus the planet is stuck in the middle ages. Anton, one of the scientists from Earth, is sent to infiltrate the local populace of the Kingdom of Arkanar and help them progress as a society, although he is forbidden from getting involved with local politics or forcibly interfering with the advancement of technology or culture. He assumes the identity of Don Rumata, a nobleman who resides in a large castle surrounded by poverty. There, he lives with Ari, a young woman who he has taken as his bride, and the juvenile prince of Arkanar. Rumata's presence divides local opinion; some treat him as a God, others despise him.
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
, 1h23Directed by Ray Harryhausen, Fred F. Sears
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum, John Zaremba, Paul Frees
Scientist Dr. Russell Marvin (Hugh Marlowe) and his new bride Carol (Joan Taylor) are driving to work when a flying saucer appears overhead. Without proof of the encounter, other than a tape recording of the ship's sound, Dr. Marvin is hesitant to notify his superiors. He is in charge of Project Skyhook, an American space program that has already launched 10 research satellites into orbit. General Hanley (Morris Ankrum), Carol's father, informs Marvin that many of the satellites have since fallen back to Earth. Marvin admits that he has lost contact with all of them and privately suspects alien involvement. The Marvins then witness the 11th falling from the sky shortly after launch.
The Mysterious Island (1929)
, 1h35Directed by Benjamin Christensen, Maurice Tourneur, Lucien Hubbard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Pirate films, Films based on science fiction novels, Political films
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Jacqueline Gadsden, Montagu Love, Lloyd Hughes, Harry Gribbon, Snitz Edwards
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his daughter Sonia and her fiance, engineer Nicolai Roget have designed a submarine which Roget pilots on its initial voyage just before the island is overrun by Baron Falon, despotic ruler of Hetvia. Falon sets out after Roget in a second submarine and the two craft, diving to the ocean's floor, discover a strange land populated by dragons, giant squid and an eerie undiscovered humanoid race.
, 1h35Directed by Ranald MacDougall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer, Harry Belafonte
African-American coal mine inspector Ralph Burton (Harry Belafonte) becomes trapped underground in a cave-in while inspecting a mine in Pennsylvania. He can hear rescuers digging towards him, but after a few days they slow down and then stop completely. Alarmed, he digs his own way out. Reaching the surface, he finds a deserted world. (No bodies are seen at any time in the film.) Some discarded newspapers provide an explanation: one proclaims "UN Retaliates For Use Of Atomic Poison", another that "Millions Flee From Cities! End Of The World". Ralph later plays tapes at a radio station that an unknown nation had used radioactive isotopes as a weapon, yielding a dust cloud that spread globally and was completely lethal for a five-day period.
Invisible Agent (1942)
, 1h21Directed by Edwin L. Marin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, War, Comedy, Adventure, Spy, Horror, Romance
Themes Spy films, Politique, Films based on science fiction novels, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, Invisibilité
Actors Ilona Massey, Jon Hall, Peter Lorre, Cedric Hardwicke, Albert Bassermann, J. Edward Bromberg
The grandson of Dr. Jack Griffin, the original invisible man, has emigrated to the United States and now runs a print shop in Manhattan under the assumed name of Frank Raymond (Jon Hall). In his shop he is confronted by four armed men who reveal that they know his true identity. One of the men, Conrad Stauffer (Cedric Hardwicke), is a lieutenant general of the S.S., while a second, Baron Ikito (Peter Lorre), is Japanese. They offer to pay for the invisibility formula and threaten amputation if it is not revealed. Griffin manages to escape with the formula in his hands.
Children of the Damned (1964)
, 1h30Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris, Alfred Burke, Sheila Mathews Allen, Sheila Allen
Six children are identified by a team of UNESCO researchers investigating child development. The children have extraordinary powers of intellect and are all able to complete a difficult brick puzzle in exactly the same amount of time.
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on science fiction novels, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe DeRita, Joan Freeman, Walter Burke, Peter Forster
Phileas Fogg III (Jay Sheffield), great-grandson of the original Phileas Fogg, accepts a bet to duplicate his great-grandfather's famous trip around the world in response to a challenge made by Randolph Stuart III, the descendant of the original Fogg's nemesis. Unbeknownst to anyone, however, "Stuart" is the infamous con man Vicker Cavendish (Peter Forster) who made the bet in order to cover up his robbing the bank of England by framing Fogg for the crime.
Conquest of Space (1955)
, 1h21Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films based on science fiction novels, Space opera
Actors Walter Brooke, Eric Fleming, Mickey Shaughnessy, William Redfield, Phil Foster, William Hopper
Mankind has achieved space flight capability and built "The Wheel" space station in orbit 1,075 miles above Earth. It is commanded by its designer, Colonel Samuel T. Merritt (Walter Brooke). His son, Captain Barney (Eric Fleming), having been aboard for a year, wants to return to Earth.
The Food of the Gods (1976)
, 1h28Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films based on science fiction novels, Natural horror films, Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, Ida Lupino, Belinda Balaski
The film reduced Wells' tale to an "Ecology Strikes Back" scenario, common in science fiction movies at the time. The "food" mysteriously bubbles up from the ground on a remote island somewhere in British Columbia. Mr. and Mrs. Skinner (John McLiam and Ida Lupino) consider it a gift from God, and feed it to their chickens, which grow larger than humans as a result. Rats, wasps, and grub worms also consume the substance, and the island becomes infested with giant vermin. One night, a swarm of giant rats kill Mr. Skinner after his car breaks down in the forest.
Paprika (2006)
, 1h30Directed by Satoshi Kon
Origin Japon
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about films, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films based on science fiction novels, Children's films, LGBT-related film
Actors Megumi Hayashibara, Akio Ōtsuka, Tōru Furuya, Katsunosuke Hori, Tōru Emori, Daisuke Sakaguchi
In the near future, a revolutionary new psychotherapy treatment called dream therapy has been invented. A device called the "DC Mini" allows the user to view people's dreams. The head of the team working on this treatment, Doctor Atsuko Chiba, begins using the machine illegally to help psychiatric patients outside the research facility, using her alter-ego "Paprika", a sentient persona that she assumes in the dream world.
Gothic (1986)
, 1h28Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Ghost films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Gabriel Byrne, Julian Sands, Natasha Richardson, Myriam Cyr, Timothy Spall, Alec Mango
Through her stepsister Claire Clairmont (Miriam Cyr), Mary Godwin (Natasha Richardson) and her future husband Percy Shelley (Julian Sands) came to know Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne). During the summer of 1816, Lord Byron invited them to stay for a while at Villa Diodati in Switzerland. There they met Byron's physician friend, Dr. John Polidori (Timothy Spall). On June 16th, while a storm raged outside, the five of them amused themselves by telling ghost stories and revealing private skeletons. From Mary's previous experience of miscarriage came the desire to raise her child from the dead, which led to the creation of the Frankenstein monster. From Polidori's homosexuality, suicidal thoughts, and fascination with vampires came the story "The Vampyre".