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 RANK   TITLE   YEAR   DIRECTOR  COUNTRY MEDIA
2347 Vesna 1947 Aleksandrov, Grigori Soviet Union
NR The Story of Mankind 1957 Allen, Irwin USA
819 Sleeper 1973 Allen, Woody USA Y
2096 Countdown 1968 Altman, Robert / Conrad, William USA V
1907 Open Your Eyes 1997 Amenábar, Alejandro Spain / France / Italy D
2403 Logan's Run 1976 Anderson, Michael USA DOPS
2239 Soldier 1998 Anderson, Paul W.S. UK / USA DOPS
880 The Incredible Shrinking Man 1957 Arnold, Jack USA
2403 Creature from the Black Lagoon 1954 Arnold, Jack USA DS
2403 It Came from Outer Space 1953 Arnold, Jack USA D
1887 Pi 1998 Aronofsky, Darren USA DOPS
2245 The Fountain 2006 Aronofsky, Darren USA DBO
2096 It Happens Every Spring 1949 Bacon, Lloyd USA
2376 WarGames 1983 Badham, John USA DOP
2389 Star Trek: Nemesis 2002 Baird, Stuart USA DOS
2403 Quatermass and the Pit 1967 Baker, Roy Ward UK D
2052 Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America 1992 Baldwin, Craig USA
2389 The Best of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Vol. 1 1961 Baldwin, Gerard / Braxton, Frank USA D
2385 Electric Dreams 1984 Barron, Steve USA / UK V
2403 Death Race 2000 1975 Bartel, Paul USA D
1052 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein 1948 Barton, Charles USA D
2389 Phase IV 1974 Bass, Saul USA
2114 Armageddon 1998 Bay, Michael USA Y
NR Transformers 2007 Bay, Michael USA DBOP
2349 Superman 1948 Bennet, Spencer Gordon / Carr, Thomas USA D
2389 Atom Man vs. Superman 1950 Bennet, Spencer Gordon USA D
2389 Queen of Outer Space 1958 Bernds, Edward USA D
2403 World Without End 1956 Bernds, Edward USA V
2013 Le Dernier Combat 1983 Besson, Luc France D
2105 The Fifth Element 1997 Besson, Luc France DBOPS
2306 Strange Days 1995 Bigelow, Kathryn USA DS
2376 UFOria 1985 Binder, John USA
1322 The Incredibles 2004 Bird, Brad USA D
1419 The Iron Giant 1999 Bird, Brad USA DOPS
1955 The Ninth Configuration 1980 Blatty, William Peter USA Y
2385 Titan A.E. 2000 Bluth, Don / Goldman, Gary / Vitello, Art USA DOS
1696 The Host 2006 Bong, Joon-ho South Korea DBO
2395 28 Days Later... 2002 Boyle, Danny UK / France DBS
2056 The Mask of Fu Manchu 1932 Brabin, Charles / Vidor, Charles USA D
490 Young Frankenstein 1974 Brooks, Mel USA DB
2397 The Sticky Fingers of Time 1997 Brougher, Hilary USA D
1636 The Devil Doll 1936 Browning, Tod USA Y
2017 It Happened Here 1966 Brownlow, Kevin / Mollo, Andrew UK Y
2347 Rat 1960 Bulajic, Veljko Yugoslavia Y
NR Planet of the Apes 2001 Burton, Tim USA DBOS
412 Aliens 1986 Cameron, James USA / UK DOPS
567 The Terminator 1984 Cameron, James USA DBOP
601 Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991 Cameron, James France / USA DBO
2096 Demon Seed 1977 Cammell, Donald USA D
693 Lost Horizon 1937 Capra, Frank USA YS
871 Delicatessen 1991 Caro, Marc / Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France D
2322 The City of Lost Children 1995 Caro, Marc / Jeunet, Jean-Pierre France / Germany / Spain DO
1885 The Thing 1982 Carpenter, John USA DOS
1940 Dark Star 1974 Carpenter, John USA D
2093 Starman 1984 Carpenter, John USA DO
2385 Escape from L.A. 1996 Carpenter, John USA DOPS
2389 Adventures of Superman 1958 Carr, Thomas / Blair, George / Gerstad, Harry W. / Sholem, Lee / Ford, Philip / Reeves, George / Landers, Lew / Bretherton, Howard USA DS
1710 Primer 2004 Carruth, Shane USA Y
2385 The X-Files: I Want to Believe 2008 Carter, Chris USA / Canada DBOS
2401 The Tingler 1959 Castle, William USA Y
2239 Battlefield Earth 2000 Christian, Roger USA DOPS
2129 Paris qui dort 1925 Clair, René France Y
2239 Night of the Lepus 1972 Claxton, William F. USA D
2408 God Told Me To 1976 Cohen, Larry USA Y
NR The Questor Tapes 1974 Colla, Richard A. USA
1643 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow 2004 Conran, Kerry USA / UK / Italy DBOS
2096 The Mind of Mr. Soames 1970 Cooke, Alan UK
56 King Kong 1933 Cooper, Merian C. / Schoedsack, Ernest B. USA DS
2096 The Little Shop of Horrors 1960 Corman, Roger USA DOP
1984 Repo Man 1984 Cox, Alex USA DO
2403 Westworld 1973 Crichton, Michael USA DOS
891 Videodrome 1983 Cronenberg, David Canada / USA YOS
945 The Fly 1986 Cronenberg, David USA DBS
1433 Naked Lunch 1991 Cronenberg, David Canada / UK / Japan YS
2385 The Dead Zone 1983 Cronenberg, David USA DO
1589 Children of Men 2006 Cuarón, Alfonso UK / USA DBO
2129 It's a Good Life (Twilight Zone: The Movie) 1983 Dante, Joe USA Y
2129 The Second Civil War 1997 Dante, Joe USA Y
2169 Gremlins 2: The New Batch 1990 Dante, Joe USA DS
2397 The Mist 2007 Darabont, Frank USA DB
2239 Mission to Mars 2000 De Palma, Brian USA DS
2403 The Fury 1978 De Palma, Brian USA DOPS
2372 The Assassination Bureau 1969 Dearden, Basil UK Y
2230 Lilo & Stitch 2002 DeBlois, Dean / Sanders, Chris USA D
2311 Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2008 del Toro, Guillermo USA / Germany DBOPS
2385 Hellboy 2004 del Toro, Guillermo USA DBOS
2385 Mimic 1997 del Toro, Guillermo USA DS
1955 The Manchurian Candidate 2004 Demme, Jonathan USA DBO
2372 The Little Prince 1974 Donen, Stanley UK / USA YO
1302 Superman 1978 Donner, Richard UK DBOPS
2389 Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 2006 Donner, Richard UK / USA DB
2031 Them! 1954 Douglas, Gordon USA D
NR In Like Flint 1967 Douglas, Gordon USA DS
2129 Aerograd 1935 Dovzhenko, Aleksandr Soviet Union
2385 Firefox 1982 Eastwood, Clint USA DOP
1606 Independence Day 1996 Emmerich, Roland USA DBS
2389 The Day After Tomorrow 2004 Emmerich, Roland USA DBOS
NR Godzilla 1998 Emmerich, Roland USA DOS
2096 Iron Man 2008 Favreau, Jon USA DBOPS
1939 New Rose Hotel 1998 Ferrara, Abel USA Y
2376 Body Snatchers 1994 Ferrara, Abel USA DO
2348 Bye Bye Monkey 1978 Ferreri, Marco Italy / France D
2403 Missing Husbands 1921 Feyder, Jacques France / Belgium D
2403 The Curse of Frankenstein 1957 Fisher, Terence UK D
2389 Superman 1941 Fleischer, Dave USA D
1089 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1954 Fleischer, Richard USA Y
1685 Fantastic Voyage 1966 Fleischer, Richard USA D
2403 Soylent Green 1973 Fleischer, Richard USA D
2403 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941 Fleming, Victor USA D
2403 The Stepford Wives 1975 Forbes, Bryan USA DO
2403 I Was a Teenage Werewolf 1957 Fowler, Gene Jr. USA V
2385 Star Trek: First Contact 1996 Frakes, Jonathan USA DOS
2405 Trog 1970 Francis, Freddie UK D
1208 Seconds 1966 Frankenheimer, John USA D
2380 Hell and High Water 1954 Fuller, Samuel USA D
NR Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987 Furie, Sidney J. UK DOP
2403 Moonraker 1979 Gilbert, Lewis UK / France / USA DS
2403 You Only Live Twice 1967 Gilbert, Lewis UK / USA DS
558 Brazil 1985 Gilliam, Terry UK D
1954 12 Monkeys 1995 Gilliam, Terry USA DBS
833 Alphaville 1965 Godard, Jean-Luc France / Italy Y
2129 King Lear 1987 Godard, Jean-Luc Bahamas / USA Y
1050 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Gondry, Michel USA Y
2328 The Science of Sleep 2006 Gondry, Michel France DO
2093 Re-Animator 1985 Gordon, Stuart USA Y
2389 The Man with Nine Lives 1940 Grinde, Nick USA D
2403 King Kong 1976 Guillermin, John USA DOPS
2031 Diamonds Are Forever 1971 Hamilton, Guy UK / USA DS
1685 War of the Worlds 1953 Haskin, Byron USA D
2389 Robinson Crusoe on Mars 1964 Haskin, Byron USA D
1598 Monkey Business 1952 Hawks, Howard USA YOP
2405 Lessons of Darkness 1992 Herzog, Werner France / UK / Germany D
2194 Slaughterhouse-Five 1972 Hill, George Roy USA Y
2385 Frequency 2000 Hoblit, Gregory USA D
2403 Godzilla 1954 Honda, Ishirô Japan DS
2403 The Mysterians 1957 Honda, Ishirô Japan D
2403 Rodan 1956 Honda, Ishirô Japan D
2389 Invaders from Mars 1986 Hooper, Tobe USA D
2403 Escape to Witch Mountain 1975 Hough, John USA D
1811 Cocoon 1985 Howard, Ron USA YS
2271 The Lost World 1925 Hoyt, Harry O. / Dowling, William USA DO
2239 Outland 1981 Hyams, Peter UK DS
2239 2010 1984 Hyams, Peter USA DO
2403 Capricorn One 1978 Hyams, Peter USA / UK DS
1626 King Kong 2005 Jackson, Peter / Singer, Bryan New Zealand / USA DBOS
2389 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005 Jennings, Garth USA / UK DBS
2403 Rollerball 1975 Jewison, Norman UK DS
NR Jurassic Park III 2001 Johnston, Joe USA DS
2403 A Boy and His Dog 1975 Jones, L.Q. USA D
2389 Idiocracy 2006 Judge, Mike USA D
2389 Attack of the 50 Foot Woman 1958 Juran, Nathan USA DO
1510 Donnie Darko 2001 Kelly, Richard USA DS
1614 Island of Lost Souls 1933 Kenton, Erle C. USA
2403 House of Frankenstein 1944 Kenton, Erle C. USA D
346 Star Wars: Episode V -
The Empire Strikes Back
1980 Kershner, Irvin USA DS
2389 Walt Disney Treasures - Tomorrowland: Disney in Space and Beyond (1959) 1959 Kimball, Ward / Luske, Hamilton / Kurtti, Jeff USA D
2239 Frankenstein - 1970 1958 Koch, Howard W. USA VO
2347 Paprika 2006 Kon, Satoshi Japan DBO
1022 On the Beach 1959 Kramer, Stanley USA Y
2 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 Kubrick, Stanley UK / USA DOPS
219 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Kubrick, Stanley UK DOP
1775 The Fantastic Planet 1973 Laloux, René Czechoslovakia / France D
43 Metropolis 1927 Lang, Fritz Germany DOPS
2393 I Am Legend 2007 Lawrence, Francis USA DBO
NR Deep Impact 1998 Leder, Mimi USA DS
2397 Hulk 2003 Lee, Ang USA DBS
1699 Son of Frankenstein 1939 Lee, Rowland V. USA D
2306 Superman II 1980 Lester, Richard / Donner, Richard UK DOP
NR Superman III 1983 Lester, Richard UK DO
2389 The Incredible Hulk 2008 Leterrier, Louis USA DBOPS
954 The Nutty Professor 1963 Lewis, Jerry USA YOP
2386 A Scanner Darkly 2006 Linklater, Richard USA DBO
2376 Tron 1982 Lisberger, Steven USA / Taiwan DS
1777 Testament 1983 Littman, Lynne USA Y
2403 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms 1953 Lourié, Eugène USA D
2389 Monarch of the Moon 2005 Lowry, Richard USA DO
2389 Black Friday 1940 Lubin, Arthur USA D
24 Star Wars: Episode IV -
A New Hope
1977 Lucas, George USA DS
2027 Star Wars: Episode III -
Revenge of the Sith
2005 Lucas, George USA DS
2052 Star Wars: Episode II -
Attack of the Clones
2002 Lucas, George USA DS
2235 Star Wars: Episode I -
The Phantom Menace
1999 Lucas, George USA DS
1306 Fail-Safe 1964 Lumet, Sidney USA D
2408 Dune 1984 Lynch, David USA DO
939 The Man in the White Suit 1951 Mackendrick, Alexander UK Y
2386 Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters 2007 Maiellaro, Matt / Willis, Dave USA DO
788 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 Mamoulian, Rouben USA YO
1100 La Jetée 1962 Marker, Chris France D
816 Star Wars: Episode VI -
Return of the Jedi
1983 Marquand, Richard USA DS
2389 Destination Mars! 2004 McDonald, Joseph P. USA DO
2021 V for Vendetta 2005 McTeigue, James USA / Germany DBO
1406 Le Voyage Dans La Lune 1902 Méliès, Georges France DO
2389 Le Voyage à travers l'impossible 1904 Méliès, Georges France D
1669 The Man Who Could Work Miracles 1936 Mendes, Lothar UK
1155 Things to Come 1936 Menzies, William Cameron UK DO
2389 Invaders from Mars 1953 Menzies, William Cameron USA DO
2058 Diary for My Children 1982 Mészáros, Márta Hungary
1745 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 Meyer, Nicholas USA YOS
2361 Time After Time 1979 Meyer, Nicholas USA YOP
606 The Road Warrior 1981 Miller, George Australia DBO
873 Mad Max 1979 Miller, George Australia YO
1698 Howl's Moving Castle 2004 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan D
2027 Castle in the Sky 1986 Miyazaki, Hayao Japan DS
2389 Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 2003 Mostow, Jonathan USA / Germany / UK DBOPS
2013 The Quiet Earth 1985 Murphy, Geoff New Zealand
2403 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man 1943 Neill, Roy William USA D
1732 Charly 1968 Nelson, Ralph USA Y
2027 The Fly 1958 Neumann, Kurt USA DO
2325 Gattaca 1997 Niccol, Andrew USA DBOPS
2361 The Day of the Dolphin 1973 Nichols, Mike USA YS
1980 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home 1986 Nimoy, Leonard USA DOS
2393 The Prestige 2006 Nolan, Christopher USA / UK DB
1112 The Thing from Another World 1951 Nyby, Christian / Hawks, Howard USA YS
2112 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1985 Ogilvie, George / Miller, George Australia / USA DOPS
1989 Akira 1988 Ôtomo, Katsuhiro Japan DS
2190 Little Shop of Horrors 1986 Oz, Frank USA YOP
2114 The Time Machine 1960 Pal, George USA DOS
2102 Wallace & Gromit:
The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 Park, Nick / Box, Steve UK D
2385 Outbreak 1995 Petersen, Wolfgang USA DBOS
2403 Destination Moon 1950 Pichel, Irving USA DO
2403 Beneath the Planet of the Apes 1970 Post, Ted USA DS
1667 Dark City 1998 Proyas, Alex USA DBOS
2397 I, Robot 2004 Proyas, Alex USA DBOS
2385 Space Jam 1996 Pytka, Joe USA DS
2004 1984 1984 Radford, Michael UK Y
1018 Spider-Man 2 2004 Raimi, Sam USA DBOS
1974 Spider-Man 2002 Raimi, Sam USA DBOPS
NR Spider-Man 3 2007 Raimi, Sam USA DBOP
NR X-Men: The Last Stand 2006 Ratner, Brett USA / UK DOS
2309 Cloverfield 2008 Reeves, Matt USA DBOP
1390 Ghostbusters 1984 Reitman, Ivan USA DOPS
2385 Junior 1994 Reitman, Ivan USA DS
2129 Je t'aime, je t'aime 1968 Resnais, Alain France
2403 Have Rocket, Will Travel 1959 Rich, David Lowell USA V
2403 Village of the Damned 1960 Rilla, Wolf UK / USA D
2376 Metropolis 2001 Rintaro Japan D
2389 X 1996 Rintaro Japan D
2403 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1920 Robertson, John S. USA DOP
2216 Planet Terror 2007 Rodriguez, Robert USA DBS
1497 The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 Roeg, Nicolas UK DB
319 Night of the Living Dead 1968 Romero, George A. USA DOP
1996 Day of the Dead 1985 Romero, George A. USA DB
2129 On Top of a Whale 1982 Ruiz, Raoul Netherlands Y
2385 Altered States 1980 Russell, Ken USA DOPS
2403 The Omega Man 1971 Sagal, Boris USA DBOP
2385 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 Sakaguchi, Hironobu / Sakakibara, Moto USA / Japan DOS
2403 Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970 Sargent, Joseph USA D
2385 The Brother from Another Planet 1984 Sayles, John USA DS
451 Planet of the Apes 1968 Schaffner, Franklin J. USA DBS
2403 The Boys from Brazil 1978 Schaffner, Franklin J. USA / UK DOPS
1962 Iceman 1984 Schepisi, Fred USA D
87 Blade Runner 1982 Scott, Ridley USA DBOPS
284 Alien 1979 Scott, Ridley UK DS
2385 Making Mr. Right 1987 Seidelman, Susan USA D
2403 Day of the Triffids 1962 Sekely, Steve / Francis, Freddie UK D
1331 The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975 Sharman, Jim UK DOP
2312 Signs 2002 Shyamalan, M. Night USA DBS
167 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956 Siegel, Don USA D
2132 Superman Returns 2006 Singer, Bryan Australia / USA DBOP
2395 X2: X-Men United 2003 Singer, Bryan USA DOS
2367 The Cell 2000 Singh, Tarsem USA / Germany YOS
2317 Solaris 2002 Soderbergh, Steven USA DOS
2408 The Days of Eclipse 1988 Sokurov, Aleksandr Soviet Union
2372 Men in Black 1997 Sonnenfeld, Barry USA DBOPS
2403 Men in Black II 2002 Sonnenfeld, Barry USA DS
30 E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 1982 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
165 Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977 Spielberg, Steven USA DBOS
842 Jurassic Park 1993 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
1295 Minority Report 2002 Spielberg, Steven USA YS
1391 A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001 Spielberg, Steven USA YS
2298 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial:
The 20th Anniversary
2002 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
2394 War of the Worlds 2005 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
NR The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 Spielberg, Steven USA DS
1335 Wall•E 2008 Stanton, Andrew USA DBS
1484 Flash Gordon 1936 Stephani, Frederick / Taylor, Ray USA Y
2396 Fantastic Four 2005 Story, Tim USA DB
2096 The Satan Bug 1965 Sturges, John USA
1978 Man Facing Southeast 1986 Subiela, Eliseo Argentina
2348 Light Years Away 1981 Tanner, Alain Switzerland / France
128 Solaris 1972 Tarkovsky, Andrei Soviet Union D
1140 Stalker 1979 Tarkovsky, Andrei West Germany / Soviet Union Y
2403 The Island of Dr. Moreau 1977 Taylor, Don USA D
2385 Atlantis: The Lost Empire 2001 Trousdale, Gary / Wise, Kirk USA DS
1402 Fahrenheit 451 1966 Truffaut, François UK YS
2342 Silent Running 1972 Trumbull, Douglas USA D
2129 The Hole 1998 Tsai, Ming-liang Taiwan / France Y
2078 Tetsuo: The Iron Man 1988 Tsukamoto, Shinya Japan D
2385 The Arrival 1996 Twohy, David USA / Mexico DOP
1736 Barbarella 1968 Vadim, Roger France / Italy YO
1229 Total Recall 1990 Verhoeven, Paul USA DBOS
1592 Robocop 1987 Verhoeven, Paul USA DBOP
2136 Starship Troopers 1997 Verhoeven, Paul USA DBOS
2397 Renaissance 2006 Volckman, Christian France / UK / Luxembourg D
508 The Matrix 1999 Wachowski, Andy / Wachowski, Larry USA DBO
2214 The Matrix Reloaded 2003 Wachowski, Andy / Wachowski, Larry USA DBOPS
NR The Matrix Revolutions 2003 Wachowski, Andy / Wachowski, Larry USA DBS
2403 Werewolf of London 1935 Walker, Stuart USA D
2379 The Trouble with Dick 1987 Walkow, Gary USA Y
1538 Vinyl 1965 Warhol, Andy USA
1090 The War Game 1965 Watkins, Peter UK D
2004 Privilege 1967 Watkins, Peter UK D
2311 Robots 2005 Wedge, Chris / Saldanha, Carlos USA DO
868 The Truman Show 1998 Weir, Peter USA