A Chronology of Science Fiction Cinema
An appendix to piero scaruffi's "History of Cinema"
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(E-mail me titles of sci-fi movies from Europe, Asia and Latin America which are under-represented in this list).
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(Note: i generally don't list remakes, unless they are significantly different
from the original, like The Matrix which adds kung-fu to World On A Wire, or 12 Monkeys, which is a much longer version of Jetee).
The best ones are marked with ++ and + but after 2016 look for the ratings in these pages Georges Melies: Le Voyage Dans La Lune/ A Trip to the Moon (1902) [space travel] + Joe Hamman: Ile d'Epouvante/ Island of Terror (1913) [mad scientist] Otto Rippert: Homunculus (1916) [dystopian] August Blom: Verdens Undergang/ The End Of The World (1916) Stuart Paton: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916) [mad scientist] Holger Madsen: Himmelskibet/ Trip to Mars (1918) [space travel] Jacques Feyder: L'Atlantide (1920) [lost world] Andre Deed: L'Uomo Meccanico/ The Mechanical Man (1921) [mad scientist] Luigi Maggi: La Bambola Vivente/ Living Doll (1924) [mad scientist] Yakov Protazanov: Aelita (1924) [space travel] + Marcel L'Herbier: L'Inhumaine/ The Inhuman Woman (1924) [mad scientist] + Harry Hoyt: The Lost World (1925) [lost world] Fritz Lang: Metropolis (1927) [dystopian] ++ Henrik Galeen: Alraune (1928) [mad scientist] Fritz Lang: The Woman in the Moon (1929) [space travel] David Butler: Just Imagine (1930) [space travel] James Whale: Frankenstein (1931) [mad scientist] Frank Strayer: The Vampire Bat (1932) [mad scientist] Michael Curtiz: Doctor X (1932) [mad scientist] Georg Wilhelm Pabst: Die Herrin von Atlantis/ Queen of Atlantis (1932) [lost world] Erle Kenton: The Island of Lost Souls (1933) [mad scientist] James Whale: The Invisible Man (1933) [mad scientist] + Michael Curtiz: The Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933) [mad scientist] + Georg-Wilhelm Pabst: Die Herrin von Atlantis (1933) [lost world] Harry Piel: Der Herr der Welt/ The Master of the World (1934) [dystopia] Edgar Ullmer: The Black Cat (1934) [mad scientist] + Harry Piel: Der Herr Der Welt/ Master of the World (1934) [mad scientist] James Whale: Bride of Frankenstein (1935) [mad scientist] + Lambert Hillyer: The Invisible Ray (1936) [mad scientist] Vasili Zhuravlov: Kosmicheskiy Reys/ Cosmic Voyage (1936) [space travel] Tod Browning: The Devil Doll (1936) [mad scientist] + William Cameron Menzies: Things to Come (1936) [dystopian] Joseph Kane: Undersea Kingdom (1936) [lost world] Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1937) [mad scientist] Mario Mattoli : Mille Chilometri al Minuto (1939) [space travel] Ernest Schoedsack: Dr Cyclops (1940) [mad scientist] + Hal Roach: One Million B.C. (1940) [lost world] Stuart Heisler: The Monster and the Girl (1941) [mad scientist] George Sherman: The Lady and the Monster (1944) [mad scientist] BM Chelintsev & Eduard Pentslin: Tainstvennyy Ostrov/ Mysterious Island (1941) [lost world] Tay Garnett: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) [time travel] Irving Pichel: Destination Moon (1950) [space travel] Kurt Neumann: Rocketship X-M (1950) [space travel] Christian Nyby: The Thing From Another World (1951) [alien invasion] Edgar Ulmer: The Man from Planet X (1951) [alien invasion] Lesley Selander: Flight to Mars (1951) [space travel] Robert Wise: The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) [alien monster] + Rudolph Mate: When Worlds Collide (1951) [alien invasion] + Arthur Hilton: Cat-Women of the Moon (1953) [dystopia] Felix Feist: Donovan's Brain (1953) [mad scientist] Byron Haskin: The War of the Worlds (1953) [alien invasion] Eugene Lourie: The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms (1953) [nuclear monster] Jack Arnold: It Came From Outer Space (1953) [alien invasion] + Phil Tucker: Robot Monster (1953) [alien monster] William Cameron Menzies: Invaders from Mars (1953) [alien invasion] Gordon Douglas: Them! (1954) [nuclear monster] + Herbert Strock: Gog (1954) [dystopia] Inoshiro Honda: Gojira/ Godzilla (1954) [nuclear monster] + Jack Arnold: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) [alien monster] + Lee Sholem: Tobor the Great (1954) [alien monster] Nigel Kneale: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954) [dystopia] Byron Haskin: Conquest of Space (1955) [alien invasion] Inoshiro Honda: Godzilla Raids Again (1955) [nuclear monster] Jack Arnold: Tarantula (1955) [nuclear monster] Joseph Newman: This Island Earth (1955) [alien invasion] Motoyoshi Oda: Gojira no Gyakushu/ Gozilla Counterattacks (1955) [nuclear monster] Robert Gordon: It Came From Beneath The Sea (1955) [alien monster] Don Siegel: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) [alien invasion] ++ Ed Wood: Bride of the Monster (1956) [mad scientist] Ed Wood: Plan 9 From Outer Space (1956) [alien invasion] Fred Sears: Earth vs the Flying Saucers (1956) [alien invasion] Fred Wilcox: Forbidden Planet (1956) [space travel] + Inoshiro Honda: Sora no Daikaijuu Radon/ Rodan (1956) [alien monster] Michael Anderson: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1956) [dystopia] Val Guest: The Quatermass Xperiment (1956) [alien monster] + Roger Corman: It Conquered the World (1956) [alien invasion] Roger Corman: The Day the World Ended (1956) [apocalypse] Virgil Vogel: The Mole People (1956) [lost world] Arnold Laven: The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) [alien monster] Bert Gordon: The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) [nuclear monster] Edward Ludwig: The Black Scorpion (1957) [alien monster] Fred Sears: The Giant Claw (1957) [alien monster] Herman Hoffman: The Invisible Boy (1957) [alien invasion] Inoshiro Honda: Chikyuu Boeigun/ The Mysterians (1957) [alien invasion] Jack Arnold: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) [nuclear monster] Pierre Kast: Un Amour de Poche/ Girl in his Pocket (1957) [mad scientist] John Sherwood: The Monolith Monsters (1957) [alien monster] Kurt Neumann: Kronos (1957) [alien invasion] Nathan Juran: 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) [alien monster] Nathan Juran: The Deadly Mantis (1957) [alien monster] Nigel Kneale: Quatermass 2 - Enemy From Space (1957) [alien invasion] Roger Corman: Not of This Earth (1957) [alien invasion] Bernard Kowalski: Attack of the Giant Leeches (1958) [alien monster] Bert Gordon: Earth Vs the Spider (1958) [nuclear monster] Bert Gordon: War of the Colossal Beast (1958) [nuclear monster] Byron Haskin: From the Earth to the Moon (1958) [space travel] Edward Cahn: It - The Terror From Beyond Space (1958) [alien monster] Stefano Steno: Toto nella Luna (1958) [space travel] Paolo Heusch: La Morte Viene dallo Spazio/ Death comes from Space (1958) [alien invasion] Eugene Lourie: The Colossus of New York (1958) [mad scientist] Gene Fowler: I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958) [alien invasion] Irving Yeaworth: The Blob (1958) [alien monster] James Wolcott: The Wild Women of Wongo (1958) [lost world] Kurt Neumann: The Fly (1958) [nuclear monster] + Nathan Juran: Attack of the 50-Ft Woman (1958) [alien monster] Nathan Juran: The Brain from Planet Arous (1958) [alien monster] Karel Zeman: Vynalez Zkazy/ The Deadly Invention (1958) [mad scientist] Gerardo de Leon: Terror Is a Man (1959) [mad scientist] Irvin Yeaworth: 4D Man/ The Evil Force/ Master of Terror (1959) [mad scientist] Riccardo Freda: Caltiki (1959) [alien monster] Valery Forkin: Nebo Zovet/ Battle Beyond The Sun (1959) [space travel] Henry Levin: Journey to the Center of the Earth [lost world] Ib Melchior: The Angry Red Planet (1959) [space travel] Inoshiro Honda: Uchu Daisenso/ Battle in Outer Space (1959) [alien monster] Stanley Kramer: On the Beach (1959) [apocalypse] + Tom Graeff: Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) [alien invasion] Virgil Vogel: Rymdinvasion i Lappland / Invasion of the Animal People (1959) [alien monster] Victor Trivas: The Head (1959) [mad scientist] Giorgio Ferroni: Il Mulino delle Donne di Pietra (1960) [mad scientist] Edgar Ulmer: Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) [time travel] Anton Giulio Majano: Seddok l'Erede di Satana (1960) [mad scientist] Kurt Maetzig: Milczaca Gwiazda/ First Spaceship on Venus (1960) [space travel] + Edgar Ulmer: The Amazing Transparent Man (1960) [mad scientist] George Pal: The Time Machine (1960) [time travel] Wolf Rilla: Village of the Damned (1960) [alien invasion] Antonio Margheriti: Space Men (1960) [space travel] William Dieterle: Mistress of the World (1960) [mad scientist] Allan Dwan: The Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961) [nuclear monster] Edgar Ullmer: Antinea (1961) [lost world] Coleman Francis: The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) [nuclear monster] Cy Endfield: Mysterious Island (1961) [lost world] Inoshiro Honda: Mosura/ Mothra (1961) [alien monster] Poul Bang: Reptilicus (1961) [alien monster] William Witney: Master of the World (1961) [mad scientist] Antonio Margheriti: Il Pianeta degli Uomini Spenti (1961) [space travel] George Pal: Atlantis the Lost Continent (1961) [lost world] Vittorio Cottafavi: Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide (1961) [lost world] Umberto Scarpelli: Il Gigante di Metropolis (1961) [dystopia] Koji Ota: Uchu Kaisuko-Sen/ Invasion of The Neptune Men (1961) [alien invasion] Vladimir Chebotaryov & Gennadiy Kazanskiy: Chelovek-Amfibiya/ Amphibian Man (1962) [mad scientist] Wesley Barry: The Creation of the Humanoids (1962) [dystopia] + Joseph Green: The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) [mad scientist] Pavel Klushantsev: Planeta Bur (1962) [space travel] Chris Marker: La Jetee (1962) [time travel] ++ Inoshiro Honda: King Kong vs Godzilla (1962) [nuclear monster] Joseph Losey: The Damned (1963) [nuclear monster] + Robert Hutton: The Slime People (1963) [nuclear monster] Roger Corman: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) [mad scientist] Jindrich Polak: Ikarie XB 1/ Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963) [space travel] Don Chaffey: Jason and the Argonauts (1963) [monster] Ugo Gregoretti: Omicron (1963) [dystopia] Anton Leader: Children of the Damned (1964) [alien invasion] Byron Haskin: Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) [space travel] Nathan Juran: The First Men in the Moon (1964) [space travel] Ubaldo Ragona: The Last Man on Earth (1964) [apocalypse] Tinto Brass: Disco Volante/ Flying Saucer (1964) [alien invasion] + John Frankenheimer: Seven Days In May (1964) [dystopia] Giacomo Gentilomo: Maciste e la Regina di Samar (1964) [alien invasion] Bert Gordon: Village of the Giants (1965) [nuclear monster] Jean-Luc Godard: Alphaville (1965) [dystopia] + Antonio Margheriti: Criminali della Galassia/ Wild Wild Planet (1965) [space travel] Mario Bava: Terrore nello Spazio/ Terror in Space/ Planet Of The Vampires (1965) [space travel] + Marco Ferreri: Marcia Nuziale/ Wedding March (1965) [dystopia] Elio Petri: La Decima Vittima (1965) [dystopia] Noriaki Yuasa: Daikaiju Gamera/ Giant Monster Gamera (1965) [nuclear monster] Leslie Martinson: Batman (1966) [superhero] Don Chaffey: One Million Years B.C. (1966) [lost world] John Frankenheimer: Seconds (1966) [dystopia] + Antonio Margheriti: Il Pianeta Errante (1966) [space travel] Antonio Margheriti: I Diafanoidi Vengono da Marte (1966) [space travel] Richard Fleischer: Fantastic VoyageVaclav Vorlicek: Kdo chce Zabit Jessii/ Who wants to kill Jessie (1966) [mad scientist] Gene Roddenberry: Star Trek (1966) [space travel] + Peter Watkins: The War Game (1966) [apocalypse] Francois Truffaut: Fahrenheit 451 (1967) [dystopia] Primo Zeglio: ...4..3..2..1...Morte (1967) [space travel] Noriaki Yuasa: Gamera vs Gyaos (1967) [nuclear monster] Antonio Margheriti: La Morte viene dal Pianeta Aytin (1967) [alien invasion] Jan Schmidt: Konec Srpna v Hotelu Ozon/ Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967) [apocalypse] Freddie Francis: They Came From Beyond Space (1967) [alien invasion] Franklin Schaffner: Planet of the Apes (1968) [time travel] + Nigel Kneale: Quatermass and the Pit (1968) [alien monster] Roger Vadim: Barbarella (1968) [dystopia] + Stanley Kubrick: 2001 A Space Odyssey (1968) [space travel] [ai] ++ Peter Watkins: O Gladiatiorerna (1968) [dystopia] + Noriaki Yuasa: Hebi Musume to Hakuhatsuma/ The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968) [nuclear monster] Noriaki Yuasa: Gamera vs Viras (1968) [nuclear monster] Roberto Faenza: H2S (1968) [dystopia] Alain Resnais: Je t'Aime Je t'Aime (1968) [time travel] Bruno Gaburro: Ecce Homo - I Sopravvissuti (1969) [apocalypse] Richard Lester: The Bed Sitting Room (1969) [apocalypse] + Noriaki Yuasa: Gamera vs Guiron (1969) [nuclear monster] John Sturges: Marooned (1969) [space travel] Marco Ferreri: Il Seme dell'Uomo/ Man's Seed (1969) [apocalypse] + Ted Post: Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) [time travel] Karel Zeman: Na komete/ On a Comet (1970) [dystopia] Joseph Sargent: Colossus - The Forbin Project (1970) [ai] Liliana Cavani: I Cannibali (1970) [dystopia] Noriaki Yuasa: Gamera vs Jiger (1970) [nuclear monster] Pierre Chevalier: Dr Orloff's Invisible Monster (1970) [mad scientist] Noriaki Yuasa: Gamera vs Zigra (1971) [nuclear monster] Silvano Agosti: N.P. - Il Segreto (1971) [dystopia] Boris Sagal: The Omega Man (1971) [apocalypse] Don Taylor: Escape From the Planet of the Apes (1971) [time travel] George Lucas: THX-1138 (1971) [dystopia] + Robert Wise: The Andromeda Strain (1971) [alien invasion] + Stanley Kubrick: A Clockwork Orange (1971) [dystopia] + Andrei Tarkovsky: Solaris (1972) [alien monster] + Andrei Tarkovsky: Stalker (1979) [dystopia] ++ Douglas Trumbull: Silent Running (1972) [apocalypse] + Eddie Romero: The Twilight People (1972) [mad scientist] Lee Thompson: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) [time travel] Herrmann Zschoche: Eolomea (1972) [dystopia] Lee Thompson: Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) [time travel] Rene' Laloux: La Planete Sauvage/ Fantastic Planet (1973) Michael Crichton: Westworld (1973) [dystopia] [ai] + Rainer Werner Fassbinder: World On A Wire (1973) [virtual reality] ++ Rene Laloux: Fantastic Planet (1973) [dystopia] + Richard Fleischer: Soylent Green (1973) [dystopia] ++ Woody Allen: Sleeper (1973) [dystopia] John Boorman: Zardoz (1973) [dystopia] ++ John Carpenter: Dark Star (1974) [space travel] + Mike Hodges: Terminal Man (1974) [mad scientist] Peter Watkins: The Trap (1974) [dystopia] Emidio Greco: L'Invenzione di Morel (1974) [dystopia] Georg Tressler: 2069 - A Sex Odyssey (1974) [alien invasion] Bryan Forbes: The Stepford Wives (1975) [dystopia] LQ Jones: A Boy and His Dog (1975) [apocalypse] Norman Jewison: Rollerball (1975) [dystopia] + Paul Bartel: Death Race 2000 (1975) [dystopia] Jerome Laperrousaz: Hu-Man (1975) [time travel] Bert Gordon: The Food of the Gods (1976) [nuclear monster] Michael Anderson: Logan's Run (1976) [dystopia] Nicolas Roeg: The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) [alien monster] + Richard Heffron: Futureworld (1976) [dystopia] Gottfried Kolditz: Im Staub der Sterne (1976) [space travel] Rainer Erler: Operation Ganymed (1977) [apocalypse] Donald Cammell: Demon Seed (1977) [mad scientist] [ai] Bert Gordon: Empire of the Ants (1977) [nuclear monster] Jindnch Polak: Zitra Vstanu a Oparim se Cajem/ Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) [time travel] George Lucas: Star Wars (1977) [dystopia] + Joseph Silva: The Island of Dr Moreau (1977) [mad scientist] Peter Sasdy: Welcome to Blood City (1977) [virtual reality] Steven Spielberg: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) [alien invasion] ++ Alfonso Brescia: Anno zero - Guerra nello Spazio (1977) [space travel] Alfonso Brescia: Battaglie negli Spazi Stellari (1977) [space travel] Ernie Fosselius: Hardware Wars (1978) [dystopia] Marek Piestrak: Test Pilota Pirxa (1978) [dystopia] Richard Donner: Superman (1978) [superhero] Kevin Connor: Warlords of Atlantis (1978) [lost world] Alfonso Brescia: La Guerra dei Robot (1978) [space travel] Luigi Cozzi: Scontri Stellari oltre la Terza Dimensione (1978) [dystopia] Luigi Cozzi: Contamination (1978) [alien invasion] Sergio Martino: L'Isola degli Uomini Pesce/ Island of the Fishmen (1979) [lost world] George Miller: Mad Max (1979) [dystopia] + Nicholas Meyer: Time After Time (1979) [time travel] Ridley Scott: Alien (1979) [alien monster] ++ Robert Wise: Star Trek (1979) [time travel] Ugo Tognazzi: I Viaggiatori della Sera (1979) [dystopia] Jean Girault: The Troops & Aliens (1979) [alien invasion] Don Taylor: The Final Countdown (1980) [time travel] Irvin Kershner: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) [dystopia] Jeannot Szwarc: Somewhere in Time (1980) [time travel] Mike Hodges: Flash Gordon (1980) [superhero] Richard Lester: Superman II (1980) [superhero] Stanley Donen: Saturn 3 (1980) [alien monster] William Sachs: Galaxina (1980) [dystopia] Noriaki Yuasa: Gamera - Super Monster (1980) [nuclear monster] Bertrand Tavernier: La Mort en Direct/ Death Watch (1980) [dystopia] + Jean Rollin: The Night of the Hunted (1980) [nuclear monster] John Carpenter: Escape from New York (1981) [apocalypse] + Piotr Szulkin: Wojna Swiatow - Nastepne Stulecie/ The War of the Worlds - Next Century (1981) [alien invasion] Peter Hyams: Outland (1981) [dystopia] + David Cronenberg: Scanners (1981) [dystopia] + Terry Gilliam: Time Bandits (1981) [time travel] + Aaron Lipstadt: Android (1982) [mad scientist] George Miller: The Road Warrior (1982) [dystopia] + Jim Henson and Frank Oz: The Dark Crystal (1982) [dystopia] Nicholas Meyer: Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (1982) [space travel] Ridley Scott: Blade Runner (1982) [dystopia] ++ Steven Lisberger: TRON (1982) [virtual reality] + Steven Spielberg: E.T. (1982) [alien monster] + Wolf Gremm: Kamikaze 89 (1982) [dystopia] Rene Laloux: Time Masters (1982) [apocalypse] Nicholas Meyer: Star Trek 2 - The Wrath of Khan (1982) [space travel] Douglas Trumbull: Brainstorm (1983) [virtual reality] + Luc Besson: Le Dernier Combat/ The Last Battle (1983) [apocalypse] Richard Marquand: Return of the Jedi (1983) [dystopia] John Badham: War Games (1983) [apocalypse] + Richard Lester: Superman III (1983) [superhero] Sergio Martino: 2019 - After the Fall of New York (1983) [apocalypse] Yves Boisset: Le Prix du Danger/ The Prize of Peril (1983) [dystopia] James Cameron: The Terminator (1984) [time travel] + Juliusz Machulski: Seksmisja/ Sexmission (1984) [apocalypse] Jeannot Szwarc: Supergirl (1984) [superhero] Joe Dante: Gremlins (1984) [alien monster] + Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (1984) [space travel] Michael Crichton: Runaway (1984) [alien invasion] Michael Radford: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) [dystopia] David Lynch: Dune (1984) [dystopia] Nick Castle: The Last Starfighter (1984) [space travel] Steve Barron: Electric Dreams (1984) [alien monster] WD Richter: Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) [alien invasion] + Lucio Fulci: I Guerrieri dell'Anno 2072 (1984) [dystopia] Roland Emmerich: Das Arche Noah Prinzip (1984) [apocalypse] Ivan Reitman: Ghostbusters (1984) [alien monster] Geoff Murphy: The Quiet Earth (1985) [apocalypse] Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu: Les Derniers Jours du Monde/ Happy End (2009) [apocalypse] George Miller: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) [dystopia] Piotr Szulkin: O-bi, O-ba - Koniec cywilizacji/ O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization (1985) [apocalypse] Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future (1985) [time travel] + Simon Wincer: D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) [alien monster] Terry Gilliam: Brazil (1985) [dystopia] ++ Wolfgang Petersen: Enemy Mine (1985) [dystopia] Alex Cox: Repo Man (1985) [alien monster] + Ron Howard: Cocoon (1985) [alien invasion] Jean-Francois Laguionie: Gwen the Book of Sand (1985) [apocalypse] Francis Ford Coppola: Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) [time travel] + Konstantin Lopushanskiy: Pisma Myortvogo Cheloveka/ Dead Man's Letters (1986) [apocalypse] James Cameron: Aliens (1986) [alien monster] + Georgiy Daneliya: Kin-dza-dza (1986) [dystopia]+ Jean-Claude Lord: The Vindicator (1986) [mad scientist] Piotr Szulkin: Ga Ga - Chwala Bohaterom/ Glory to the Heroes (1986) [space travel] John Badham: Short Circuit (1986) [mad scientist] + Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (1986) [time travel] Eliseo Subiela: Hombre Mirando al Sudeste/ Man Facing Southeast (1986) [mad scientist] Didier Grousset: Kamikaze (1986) [mad scientist] Paul Michael Glaser: The Running Man (1987) [dystopia] Vera Chytilova: Vlci Bouda/ Wolf's Hole (1987) [alien invasion] Paul Verhoeven: Robocop (1987) [dystopia] + Sidney Furie: Superman IV - The Quest for Peace (1987) [superhero] John McTiernan: Predator (1987) [alien monster] Graham Baker: Alien Nation (1988) [dystopia] + Rene Laloux: Gandahar (1988) [dystopia] John Carpenter: They Live (1988) [alien invasion] + Julien Temple: Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) [alien monster] Kenneth Johnson: Short Circuit 2 (1988) [mad scientist] Richard Benjamin: My Stepmother is an Alien (1988) [alien monster] Katsuhiro Otomo: Akira (1988) [dystopia] + Daniel Petrie: Cocoon - The Return (1988) [alien invasion] Albert Pyun: Alien From L.A. (1988) [lost world] Albert Pyun: Cyborg (1989) [dystopia] Vladimir Samsonov: Zdes Mogut Voditsya Tigry/ Here There Be Tygers (1989) [space travel] Peter Fleischmann: Es ist nicht Leicht ein Gott zu Sein/ Hard to be a God (1989) [time travel] Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future II (1989) [time travel] Tim Burton: Batman (1989) [superhero] William Shatner: Star Trek V - The Final Frontier (1989) [space travel] Antonio Margheriti: Alien degli Abissi (1989) [alien monster] Enki Bilal: Bunker Palace Hotel (1989) [dystopia] Irvin Kershner: Robocop 2 (1990) [dystopia] Joe Dante: Gremlins II (1990) [alien monster] Steve Barron: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) [superhero] Paul Verhoeven: Total Recall (1990) [space travel] + Robert Zemeckis: Back to the Future III (1990) [time travel] Fred Dekker: RoboCop III (1991) [mad scientist] Wim Wenders: Bis ans Ende der Welt/ Until the End of the World (1991) [dystopia] [apocalypse] [mad scientist] Michael Pressman: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze (1991) [superhero] James Cameron: Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (1991) [time travel] Nicholas Meyer: Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country (1991) [space travel] Joe Johnston: The Rocketeer (1991) [superhero] Brett Leonard: The Lawnmower Man (1992) [virtual reality] David Fincher: Alien 3 (1992) [alien monster] Ralph Bakshi: Cool World (1992) [dystopia] Geoff Murphy: Freejack (1992) [space travel] Tim Burton: Batman Returns (1992) [superhero] Bob Swaim: L'Atlantide (1992) [lost world] Albert Band: Robot Wars (1993) [dystopia] Fred Dekker: Robocop III (1993) [dystopia] Marco Brambilla: Demolition Man (1993) [dystopia] Michael Schroeder: Cyborg 2 (1993) [dystopia] Ricardo Jacques Gale: Alien Intruder (1993) [alien monster] Steven Spielberg: Jurassic Park (1993) [lost world] Albert Pyun: Knights (1993) [dystopia] Jean-Marie Poire: Les Visiteurs (1993) [time travel] Stuart Gillard: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) [superhero] David Carson: Star Trek Generations (1994) [space travel] John Flynn: Brainscan (1994) [virtual reality] Peter Hyams: Timecop (1994) [space travel] Brett Leonard: Virtuosity (1995) [virtual reality] Kevin Reynolds: Waterworld (1995) [dystopia] + Joel Schumacher: Batman Forever (1995) [superhero] Kathryn Bigelow: Strange Days (1995) [dystopia] + Michael Schroeder: Cyborg 3 The Recycler (1995) [dystopia] Robert Longo: Johnny Mnemonic (1995) [virtual reality] + Roger Donaldson: Species (1995) [alien monster] + Terry Gilliam: 12 Monkeys (1995) [time travel] Jean-Pierre Jeunet: City Of Lost Children (1995) [dystopia] ++ Shusuke Kaneko: Gamera - Daikaiju Kuchu Kessen/ Gamera - Guardian of the Universe (1995) [nuclear monster] Albert Pyun: Omega Doom (1996) [dystopia] Jim Mallon: Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1996) [dystopia] John Carpenter: Escape from L.A. (1996) [apocalypse] John Frankenheimer: The Island of Dr Moreau (1996) [mad scientist] Jonathan Frakes: Star Trek - First Contact (1996) [time travel] Mamoru Oshii: Ghost in the Shell (1996) [dystopia] Roland Emmerich: Independence Day (1996) [alien invasion] + Tim Burton: Mars Attacks (1996) [alien invasion] + Carlo Vanzina: A Spasso nel Tempo (1996) [time travel] Enki Bilal: Tykho Moon (1996) [dystopia] Andrew Niccol: Gattaca (1997) [dystopia] + Barry Sonnenfeld: Men in Black (1997) [dystopia] + Jean-Pierre Jeunet: Alien Resurrection (1997) [alien monster] Joel Schumacher: Batman & Robin (1997) [superhero] Louis Morneau: Retroactive (1997) [time travel] Luc Besson: The Fifth Element (1997) [alien monster] + Paul Anderson: Event Horizon (1997) [alien monster] Paul Verhoeven: Starship Troopers (1997) [alien monster] Robert Zemeckis: Contact (1997) [space travel] Steven Spielberg: Lost World Jurassic Park (1997) [lost world] Gabriele Salvatores: Nirvana (1997) [virtual reality] Alex Proyas: Dark City (1998) [dystopia] Abel Ferrara: New Rose Hotel (1998) [dystopia] Jonathan Frakes: Star Trek - Insurrection (1998) [space travel] Michael Bay: Armageddon (1998) [apocalypse] Mimi Leder: Deep Impact (1998) [apocalypse] Peter Medak: Species II (1998) [alien monster] Peter Weir: The Truman Show (1998) [dystopia] + Jean-Marie Poire: Les Couloirs du Temps - Les Visiteurs II (1998) [time travel] Andy & Larry Wachowski: The Matrix (1999) [virtual reality] Cedric Klapisch: Peut-etre/ Perhaps (1999) [time travel] Alexandre Aja: Furia (1999) [dystopia] Dean Parisot: Galaxy Quest (1999) [dystopia] Brad Bird: Iron Giant (1999) [dystopia] Chris Columbus: Bicentennial Man (1999) [dystopia] David Cronenberg: eXistenZ (1999) [virtual reality] + David Cronenberg: Videodrome (1983) [dystopia reality] ++ George Lucas: The Phantom Menace (1999) [dystopia] Josef Rusnak: The Thirteenth Floor (1999) [virtual reality] Ron Howard: EDtv (1999) [dystopia] Shusuke Kaneko: Gamera Suri Jyashin Irisu Kakusei/ Gamera 3 - The Revenge of Iris (1999) [nuclear monster] Don Bluth, Gary Goldman & Art Vitello: Titan A.E. (2000) [apocalypse] Michael Haigney & Kunihiko Yuyama: Pokemon the Movie 2000 (2000) [space travel] David Twoshy: Pitch Black (2000) [space travel] Jeong-kwon Kim: Ditto (2000) [time travel] Brett Ratner: X-Men (2000) [superhero] Richard Kelly: Donnie Darko (2001) [time travel] + Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise: Atlantis The Lost Empire (2001) [lost world] John Davis: Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (2001) [space travel] Julian Grant: RoboCop Prime Directives (2001) [dystopia] Steven Spielberg: Artificial Intelligence (2001) [dystopia] Steven Spielberg: Jurassic Park III (2001) [lost world] Tim Burton: Planet of the Apes (2001) [time travel] Michael Pohl: Vortex (2001) [dystopia] Barry Sonnenfeld: Men in Black II (2002) [dystopia] Steven Spielberg: Minority Report (2002) [dystopia] + Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois: Lilo & Stitch (2002) [alien monster] Danny Boyle: 28 Days Later (2002) [apocalypse] George Lucas: Attack of the Clones (2002) [dystopia] Hironobu Sakaguchi: Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within (2002) [dystopia] Ron Clements & John Musker: Treasure Planet (2002) [space travel] Simon Wells: The Time Machine (2002) [time travel] Steven Soderbergh: Solaris (2002) [alien monster] Stuart Baird: Star Trek - Nemesis (2002) [space travel] Sam Raimi: Spider-Man (2002) [superhero] Kurt Wimmer: Equilibrium (2002) [dystopia] + Andy & Larry Wachowski: The Matrix Reloaded (2003) [virtual reality] Jonathan Mostow: Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines (2003) [time travel] Victor Cook, Toby Shelton & Tad Stones: Atlantis - Milo's Return (2003) [lost world] Rolf Schuebel: Blueprint (2003) [mad scientist] Byung-chun Min: Natural City (2003) [dystopia] Moon-saeng Kim: Sky Blue (2003) [apocalypse] Ang Lee: Hulk (2003) [superhero] Mark-Steven Johnson: Daredevil (2003) [superhero] Brett Ratner: X2 (2003) [superhero] Michael Herbig: Traumschiff Surprise - Periode 1 (2004) [dystopia] Alex Proyas: I Robot (2004) [dystopia] Brad Turner: Species III (2004) [alien monster] Charles Band: Dr Moreau's House of Pain (2004) [mad scientist] Sam Raimi: Spider-Man 2 (2004) [superhero] Frank Oz: The Stepford Wives (2004) [dystopia] + Michel Gondry: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) [dystopia] + Paul Anderson: Alien Vs Predator (2004) [alien monster] Roland Emmerich: The Day After Tomorrow (2004) [apocalypse] Kar-wai Wong: 2046 (2004) [dystopia] ++ Massimo Morini & Enzo Pirrone: InvaXon - Alieni in Liguria (2004) Aruna Villiers: A Ton Image (2004) [dystopia] Didier & Thierry Poiraud: The Return of James Battle (2004) [alien monster] Shane Carruth: Primer (2004) [time travel] + Christopher Nolan: Batman Begins (2005) [superhero] Garth Jennings: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy(2005) [dystopia] George Lucas: Revenge of the Sith (2005) [dystopia] Michael Bay: The Island (2005) [dystopia] Steven Spielberg: War of the Worlds (2005) [alien invasion] Johannes Jaeger: Kampfansage - Der letzte Schueler (2005) [apocalypse] Tim Story: Fantastic Four (2005) [superhero] Brett Ratner: X-Men - The Last Stand (2006) [superhero] Alfonso Cuaron: Children Of Men (2006) [dystopia] + Richard Linklater: A Scanner Darkly (2006) [dystopia] Michael Satzinger: Whispering Moon (2006) [dystopia] Satoshi Kon: Papurika/ Paprika (2006) [virtual reality] + Tomy Wigand: TKKG - The Secret to the Mysterious Mind Machine (2006) [time travel] Bryan Singer: Superman Returns (2006) [superhero] Joon-Ho Bong: Gwoemul/ The Host (2006) [nuclear monster] + Ryuta Tasaki: Chiisaki Yusha-tachi Gamera/ Gamera the Brave (2006) [nuclear monster] Corrado Guzzanti & Igor Skofic: Fascisti su Marte (2006) [space travel] Gregor Schnitzler: The Cloud (2006) [apocalypse] Christian Volckman: Renaissance (2006) [dystopia] + Richard Kelly: Southland Tales (2006) [apocalypse] + Colin & Greg Strause: Alien Vs Predator Requiem (2007) [alien monster] Danny Boyle: Sunshine (2007) [space travel] Francis Lawrence: I Am Legend (2007) [apocalypse] Nacho Vigalondo: Timecrimes (2007) [time travel] + Nick Lyon: Species - The Awakening (2007) [alien monster] Julien Leclercq: Chrysalis (2007) [apocalypse] + Franck Vestiel: Eden Log (2007) [dystopia] + Tim Story: Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) [superhero] Sam Raimi: Spider-Man 3 (2007) [superhero] Kevin Munroe: TMNT (2007) [superhero] Andrew Stanton: WALL-E (2008) [dystopia] Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight (2008) [superhero] Kanji Nakajima: Kuron wa Kokyo o Mezasu/ The Clone Returns Home (2008) [dystopia] + Marc Caro: Dante 01 (2008) [dystopia] Jon Favreau: Iron Man (2008) [superhero] Neill Blomkamp: District 9 (2009) [alien invasion] Duncan Jones: Moon (2009) [space travel] + Neill Blomkamp: District 9 (2009) [alien invasion] + James Cameron: Avatar (2009) [virtual reality] Jonathan Mostow: Surrogates (2009) [dystopia] Duncan Jones: Moon (2009) [space travel] Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor: Gamer (2009) [virtual reality] Ivan Engler: Cargo (2009) [apocalypse] + Gavin Hood: X-Men Origins - Wolverine (2009) [superhero] Zack Snyder: Watchmen (2009) [superhero] Christopher Nolan: Inception (2010) [virtual reality] Panos Cosmatos: Beyond The Black Rainbow (2010) [dystopia] Nimrod Antal: Predators (2010) [alien invasion] Jon Favreau: Iron Man 2 (2010) [superhero] Duncan Jones: Source Code (2011) [virtual reality] Andrew Niccol: In Time (2011) [dystopia] + Rupert Wyatt: Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) [time travel] Varo Venturi: 6 Giorni sulla Terra (2011) [mad scientist] Alfonso Pacinotti: L'Ultimo Terrestre (2011) [alien invasion] Tim Fehlbaum: Hell (2011) [apocalypse] Young-doo Oh: Invasion of Alien Bikini (2011) [alien invasion] Martin Campbell: The Green Lantern (2011) [superhero] Kenneth Branagh: Thor (2011) [superhero] Joe Cornish: Attack the Block (2011) [alien invasion] + Joe Jonhston: Captain America - The First Avenger (2011) [superhero] Abel Ferrara: 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011) [apocalypse] Darren Fisher: Frequencies (2011) Time Travel-Romantic Australia 2011 Lars Von Trier: Melancholia (2011) [apocalypse] Xavier Gens: The Divide (2011) [apocalypse] Brandon Cronenberg: Antiviral (2012) [dystopia] Christopher Nolan: The Dark Knight Rises (2012) [superhero] Brad Peyton: Journey 2 - The Mysterious Island (2012) [lost world] Martin Faltermeier: Zombies from Outer Space (2012) [alien invasion] Rian Johnson: Looper (2012) [time travel] David Cholewa: Dead Shadows (2012) [alien invasion] Martin Villeneuve: Mars et Avril (2012) [space travel] Young-doo Oh: Young Gun in the Time (2012) [time travel] Marc Webb: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) [superhero] Joss Whedon: The Avengers (2012) [superhero] Robert Bramkamp: Art Girls (2013) [mad scientist] Aleksei German: Hard to Be a God (2013) [dystopia] + Zack Snyder: Man of Steel (2013) [superhero] Felix Fuchssteiner: Rubinrot (2013) [time travel] Jonathan Glazer: Under the Skin (2013) [alien monster] Spike Jonze: Her (2013) [virtual reality] Hyun-seok Kim: Yeolhansi (2013) [time travel] Joon-ho Bong: Snowpiercer (2013) [apocalypse] Shane Black: Iron Man 3 (2013) [superhero] James Mangold: The Wolverine (2013) [superhero] Shane Carruth: Upstream Color (2013) [dystopia] + James Ward Byrkit: Coherence (2013) [dystopia] Sebastian Cordero: Europa Report (2013) [space exploration] Ari Folman: The Congress (2013) [dystopia] Edgar Wright: The World's End (2013) [apocalypse] Michael Spierig & Peter Spierig: Predestination (2014) [time travel] William Eubank: The Signal (2014) [dystopia] Joon-ho Bong: Snowpiercer (2014) [dystopia] + Jose Padilha: RoboCop (2014) [dystopia] Wally Pfister: Transcendence (2014) [virtual reality] Antonio & Marco Manetti L'Arrivo di Wang (2014) [alien invasion] Alessandro Capone: 2047 - Sights of Death (2014) [dystopia] Massimo Morini: 12 12 12 (2014) [alien invasion] Felix Fuchssteiner: Saphirblau (2014) [time travel] Jabbar Raisani: Alien Outpost (2014) [alien invasion] Marc Webb: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) [superhero] Jonathan Liebesman: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) [superhero] Anthony and Joe Russo: Captain America - The Winter Soldier (2014) [superhero] Rajkumar Hirani: PK (2014) [alien invasion] Alfonso Cuaron: Gravity (2014) [space travel] Christopher Nolan: Interstellar (2014) [time travel] Alex Garland: Ex Machina (2015) [dystopia] + Neill Blomkamp: Chappie (2015) [dystopia] Joss Whedon: Avengers - Age of Ultron (2015) [superhero] Larry and Andy Wachowski: Jupiter Ascending (2015) [dystopia] Jennifer Phang: Advantageous (2015) [dystopia] Peyton Reed: Ant-Man (2015) [superhero] Josh Trank: Fantastic Four (2015) [superhero] Craig Zobel: Z for Zachariah (2015) [apocalypse] Scott Ridley: The Martian (2015) [space exploration] Christian Desmares & Franck Ekinci: Avril et le Monde Truque'/ April and the Extraordinary World] (2015) [dystopia] Shinsuke Sato: I Am A Hero (2015) [alien invasion] Yorgos Lanthimos: The Lobster (2015) [dystopia] Don Hertzfeldt: World Of Tomorrow (2015) [time travel] Jeff Nichols: Midnight Special (2016) [dystopia] Shane Abbess: Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child (2016) [dystopia] Makoto Shinkai: Your Name (2016) [time travel] Drake Doremus: Equals (2016) [dystopia] Denis Villeneuve: Arrival (2016) [alien invasion] Justin Kurzel: Assassin's Creed (2016) [dystopia] Morten Tyldum: Passengers (2016) [space travel] Guillermo Del Toro: The Shape of Water (2017) [alien invasion] James Mangold: Logan (2017) [superhero] Fedor Bondarchuk: Attraction (2017) [alien invasion] John Krasinski: A Quiet Place (2018) [alien invasion] Pella Kogerman & Hugo Lilja: Aniara (2018) [space exploration] Alex Garland: Annihilation (2018) [alien invasion] Sebastian Gutierrez: Elizabeth Harvest (2018) [mad scientist] Claire Denis: High Life (2018) [space exploration] Ava DuVernay: A Wrinkle in Time (2018) [space exploration] David Yarovesky: Brightburn (2019) [superhero] Andrew Patterson: The Vast Of Night (2019) [alien invasion] Jeff Barnaby: Blood Quantum (2019) [apocalypse] Joko Anwar: Gundala (2019) [superhero] Nikita Argunov: The Coma (2019) [dystopia] Fedor Bondarchuk: Invasion (2020) [alien invasion] Christopher Nolan: Tenet (2020) [dystopia] Fedor Bondarchuk: Sputnik (2020) [alien invasion] Johann Johannsson: Last And First Men (2020) [apocalypse] Steven Kostanski: Psycho Goreman (2020) [alien invasion] |
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