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Marty McFly has only just gotten back from the past, when he is once again picked up by Dr. Emmett Brown and sent through time to the future. Marty's job in the future is to pose as his own son to prevent him from being thrown in prison. Unfortunately, things get worse when the future changes the prβ¦esent. (Read More)
Subgenre: | time travel comedy alternate history teen comedy teen movie cult film |
Themes: | time travel adultery |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | urban setting cemetery |
Characters: | younger version of character teenage boy boyfriend girlfriend relationship family relationships teenager |
Period: | year 2015 year 1985 2010s future 1950s |
Story: | reference to pepsi meeting future self future time travel future shock playing electric guitar electric guitar handwritten letter reading a letter aloud rock band waking up in strange surroundings same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen adult actor playing teenage boy usa today the newspaper space time continuum abandoned library β¦sequel mentioned during end credits gambling winnings character appears on front page of a newspaper male time traveller western union fax transmission reversal of fortune fainting girl photograph in newspaper shot back to back burning a book thumbs up gesture japanese businessman tunnel chase scene almanac time traveller absent mindedness actress playing dual role hit by a door video telephone actor playing female role hit with a door delorean dmc 12 white hair same actor playing two characters matchbook manure hoverboard citroen porch swing jaws fainting man altering history backwards time travel reference to isaac newton year 1955 walking cane second in trilogy girl next door fired high school dance fax machine flying car roman numbered sequel pepsi alternate timeline payphone teenage hero intergenerational friendship throne experiment gone wrong drive by shooting crotch grab famous score diva telling someone to shut up 17 year old computer cracker time machine irish american sequel to cult favorite cartoon on tv porn magazine gambler jewelry alternate reality pet dog kicked in the crotch thunderstorm reverse footage clock part of trilogy blockbuster roman numeral in title mad scientist walkie talkie guitarist pizza six word title profanity loss of father automobile lightning actor playing multiple roles product placement pay phone suburb attempted murder diner woman band guitar cafe second part letter number in title dog sequel (See All) |
Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean "time machine" invented by a slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fβ¦all in love - so he can get back to the future. (Read More)
Subgenre: | time travel comedy alternate history teen comedy teen movie cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | teenage boy family relationships teenager |
Period: | year 1985 future 1950s |
Story: | reference to pepsi waking up in strange surroundings sequel mentioned during end credits male time traveller reversal of fortune time traveller manure altering history year 1955 girl next door flying car pepsi famous score computer cracker time machine β¦irish american thunderstorm clock part of trilogy blockbuster mad scientist automobile lightning product placement pay phone suburb diner woman band guitar dog (See All) |
Stranded in 1955, Marty McFly receives written word from his friend, Doctor Emmett Brown, as to where can be found the DeLorean time machine. However, an unfortunate discovery prompts Marty to go to his friend's aid. Using the time machine, Marty travels to the old west where his friend has run afouβ¦l of a gang of thugs and has fallen in love with a local schoolteacher. Using the technology from the time, Marty and Emmett devise one last chance to send the two of them back to the future. (Read More)
Subgenre: | time travel comedy alternate history |
Themes: | time travel |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | teenage boy family relationships teenager |
Period: | year 1985 future 1950s |
Story: | handwritten letter reading a letter aloud waking up in strange surroundings same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen adult actor playing teenage boy male time traveller shot back to back time traveller actress playing dual role delorean dmc 12 white hair same actor playing two characters manure porch swing altering history β¦year 1955 girl next door flying car roman numbered sequel teenage hero intergenerational friendship famous score 17 year old computer cracker time machine irish american clock part of trilogy blockbuster roman numeral in title mad scientist walkie talkie six word title profanity automobile product placement suburb woman band letter sequel dog (See All) |
Based on the classic sci-fi novel by H.G. Wells, scientist and inventor, Alexander Hartdegen, is determined to prove that time travel is possible. His determination is turned to desperation by a personal tragedy that now drives him to want to change the past. Testing his theories with a time machine⦠of his own invention, Hartdegen is hurtled 800,000 years into the future, where he discovers that mankind has divided into the hunter - and the hunted. (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history |
Themes: | time travel |
Period: | future |
Story: | future time travel male time traveller time traveller altering history time machine product placement |
As a group of friends discover plans for a time machine, they build it and use it to fix their problems and for personal gain. But as their future falls apart with disasters, and they come to realize the irreversible ripple effects caused by their time travels, they must decide to fix this once and β¦for all. (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen movie |
Themes: | time travel |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship teenager |
Period: | 2010s future |
Story: | almanac altering history alternate timeline time machine pizza product placement letter dog |
After breaking out of a moon-based maximum security prison, Boris the Animal decides to go back in time and eliminate the person who arrested him - Agent K. When he does so, Agent J realizes that the time line has been changed and he too travels back to July 15, 1969, the day before Agent K is killeβ¦d. After overcoming some disbelief, J manages to convince young K and others of just who he is and why he's there. With the help of a being who can see all time lines, they track Boris down. J also learns a secret, something old K had never told him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history |
Themes: | time travel |
Characters: | younger version of character |
Period: | 2010s |
Story: | meeting future self altering history backwards time travel alternate timeline time machine clock blockbuster roman numeral in title product placement diner guitar number in title sequel |
A series of strange robberies brings Axel Foley back to Beverly Hills to help his two fellow cops solve the case. All the familiar faces of the first film are back...
Subgenre: | cult film |
Story: | matchbook roman numbered sequel payphone drive by shooting telling someone to shut up cartoon on tv part of trilogy blockbuster roman numeral in title pay phone second part number in title sequel |
A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Sarah Connor, a young woman whose life will have a great significance in years to come. Sarah has only one protector - Kyle Reese - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Saβ¦rah, but is there any way to stop the seemingly indestructible cyborg ? (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Locations: | urban setting |
Period: | future |
Story: | male time traveller tunnel chase scene time traveller altering history payphone blockbuster profanity pay phone diner woman |
The most acclaimed Star Trek adventure of all time with an important message. It is the 23rd century, and a mysterious alien probe is threatening Earth by evaporating the oceans and destroying the atmosphere. In their frantic attempt to save mankind, Admiral Kirk and his crew must time travel back tβ¦o 1986 San Francisco where they find a world of punk, pizza and exact-change buses that are as alien to them as anything they have ever encountered in the far-off reaches of the galaxy. William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy return as Kirk and Spock, along with the entire Star Trek crew. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Period: | future |
Story: | time traveller roman numbered sequel blockbuster roman numeral in title pizza six word title number in title sequel |
William Miller is a 15-year-old kid hired by Rolling Stone magazine to tour with and write about Stillwater, an up and coming rock band. This wonderfully witty coming-of-age film follows William as he falls face first to confront life, love, and lingo.
Subgenre: | teen movie |
Themes: | adultery |
Characters: | teenage boy boyfriend girlfriend relationship family relationships teenager |
Story: | rock band thunderstorm guitarist loss of father lightning pay phone band guitar |
When John Connor ('Jason Clarke (I)' (qv)), leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese ('Jai Courtney' (qv)) back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor ('Emilia Clarke' (qv)) and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured time-line. Now, Sgt. Reese finds himself in a⦠new and unfamiliar version of the past, where he is faced with unlikely allies, including the Guardian ('Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv)), dangerous new enemies, and an unexpected new mission: To reset the future... (Read More)
Themes: | time travel |
Period: | year 2015 future |
Story: | meeting future self same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen male time traveller time traveller alternate timeline famous score time machine irish american blockbuster product placement sequel |
On January 5, 1900, a disheveled looking 'H.G. Wells' (qv) - George to his friends - arrives late to his own dinner party. He tells his guests of his travels in his time machine, the work about which his friends knew. They were also unbelieving, and skeptical of any practical use if it did indeed woβ¦rk. George knew that his machine was stationary in geographic position, but he did not account for changes in what happens over time to that location. He also learns that the machine is not impervious and he is not immune to those who do not understand him or the machine's purpose. George tells his friends that he did not find the Utopian society he so wished had developed. He mentions specifically a civilization several thousand years into the future which consists of the subterranean morlocks and the surface dwelling eloi, who on first glance lead a carefree life. Despite all these issues, love can still bloom over the spread of millennia. (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Period: | future |
Story: | future time travel male time traveller time traveller altering history time machine |
Just before the destruction of the planet Krypton, scientist Jor-El sends his infant son Kal-El on a spaceship to Earth. Raised by kindly farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, young Clark discovers the source of his superhuman powers and moves to Metropolis to fight evil. As Superman, he battles the vilβ¦lainous Lex Luthor, while, as novice reporter Clark Kent, he attempts to woo co-worker Lois Lane (Read More)
Locations: | urban setting cemetery |
Characters: | teenager |
Period: | 1950s |
Story: | sequel mentioned during end credits character appears on front page of a newspaper shot back to back famous score thunderstorm reverse footage blockbuster loss of father lightning product placement |
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in the computer generated parallel world his company has created (which looks like the 30's wiβ¦th seemingly real people with real emotions). Fuller is murdered in our real world the same night, and his colleague is suspected. Douglas discovers a bloody shirt in his bathroom and he cannot recall what he was doing the night Fuller was murdered. He logs into the system in order to find the letter, but has to confront the unexpected. The truth is harsher than he could ever imagine... (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Mood: | rain |
Period: | future |
Story: | computer cracker alternate reality thunderstorm clock walkie talkie lightning actor playing multiple roles product placement pay phone letter number in title |
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experiment business, but when a mad scientist, Dr. Pretorius, kidnaps his wife, Dr. Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new creature, a woman, to be the cβ¦ompanion of the monster. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Locations: | cemetery |
Story: | actress playing dual role same actor playing two characters famous score thunderstorm mad scientist lightning woman second part sequel |
The world of our distant future is a veritable utopia, thanks to the lyrics of two simple-minded 20th Century rock and rollers, Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan. However, a would-be conquerer threatens to throw history off-track by sending "most non-non-heinous" evil robot Bill and Tedβ¦s back to kill their good counterparts. Finding themselves dead, the boys must outwit the Grim Reaper and traverse Heaven and Hell to return to the land of the living, rescue their "babes" and have a "most triumphant" concert at the all-important Battle of the Bands. (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history teen comedy teen movie cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Period: | future |
Story: | altering history sequel to cult favorite actor playing multiple roles second part sequel |
A rare atmospheric phenomenon allows a New York City firefighter to communicate with his son 30 years in the future via HAM radio. The son uses this opportunity to warn the father of his impending death in a warehouse fire, and manages to save his life. However, what he does not realize is that chanβ¦ging history has triggered a new set of tragic events, including the murder of his mother. The two men must now work together, 30 years apart, to find the murderer before he strikes so that they can change history--again. (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history |
Themes: | time travel |
Characters: | teenage boy boyfriend girlfriend relationship family relationships |
Period: | future |
Story: | future shock altering history irish american blockbuster loss of father diner |
An unknown and lethal virus has wiped out five billion people in 1996. Only 1% of the population has survived by the year 2035, and is forced to live underground. A convict (James Cole) reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to 1996 to gather information about the origin of the epidemic (who⦠he's told was spread by a mysterious "Army of the Twelve Monkeys") and locate the virus before it mutates so that scientists can study it. Unfortunately Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990, six years earlier than expected, and is arrested and locked up in a mental institution, where he meets Dr. Kathryn Railly, a psychiatrist, and Jeffrey Goines, the insane son of a famous scientist and virus expert. (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Period: | future |
Story: | male time traveller thumbs up gesture time traveller altering history backwards time travel alternate timeline crotch grab time machine cartoon on tv alternate reality pay phone number in title |
Four members of a high school band called Mystery do everything they can to attend a KISS concert in Detroit. In order to make it to the show they must steal, cheat, strip, deal with an anti-rock mom and generally do whatever it takes to see the band that has inspired them to be musicians.
Subgenre: | teen comedy teen movie cult film |
Characters: | teenage boy family relationships teenager |
Story: | rock band porn magazine pizza pay phone band guitar cafe dog |
Kay and Jay reunite to provide our best, last and only line of defense against a sinister seductress who levels the toughest challenge yet to the MIBs untarnished mission statement: protecting the earth from the scum of the universe. It's been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intβ¦ergalactic disaster of epic proportions. And now it's a race against the clock as Jay must convince Kay-who not only has absolutely no memory of his time spent with the Men In Black, but is also the only living person left with the expertise to save the galaxy-to reunite with the MIB before the earth submits to ultimate destruction. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Story: | flying car roman numbered sequel sequel to cult favorite clock blockbuster roman numeral in title product placement diner second part number in title dog sequel |
Down and out rock star Dewey Finn gets fired from his band, and he faces a mountain of debts and depression. He takes a job as a 4th grade substitute teacher at an uptight private school where his attitude and hijinx have a powerful effect on his students. He also meets Zack, a 10-year-old guitar prβ¦odigy, who could help Dewey win a "battle of the bands" competition, which would solve his financial problems and put him back in the spotlight. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | electric guitar rock band fired guitarist diner band guitar |
A former Australian policeman now living in the post-apocalyptic Australian outback as a warrior agrees to help a community of survivors living in a gasoline refinery to defend them and their gasoline supplies from evil barbarian warriors.
Subgenre: | cult film |
Period: | future |
Story: | second in trilogy sequel to cult favorite part of trilogy blockbuster automobile woman second part number in title dog sequel |
Two sci-fi geeks take a pilgrimage to America's UFO heartland. While there, they accidentally meet an alien who brings them on an insane road trip that alters their universe forever. For the past 60 years, an alien named Paul (voiced by 'Seth Rogen' (qv)) has been hanging out at a top-secret militarβ¦y base. When he discovers he's been taken prisoner, the space-traveling smart ass decides to escape the compound and hop on the first vehicle out of town - a rented RV containing Earthlings Graeme Willy ('Simon Pegg' (qv)) and Clive Gollings ('Nick Frost (I)' (qv)). Chased by federal agents and the fanatical father of a young woman that they accidentally kidnap, Graeme and Clive hatch a fumbling escape plan to return Paul to his mother ship. And as two nerds struggle to help, one little green man might just take his fellow outcasts from misfits to intergalactic heroes. (Read More)
Characters: | younger version of character |
Story: | payphone crotch grab kicked in the crotch walkie talkie pizza automobile product placement pay phone diner woman dog |
Dr. Evil uses a device he calls a "Time Machine" to travel back to 1969 and remove Austin Powers' mojo. The sexually wounded swinger must travel back in time and, with the help of agent Felicity Shagwell, recover his vitality. Meanwhile, Dr. Evil's personal life runs amok as he discovers love, contiβ¦nues to shun his son and develops a close relationship with himself. Well, actually, a clone 1/8 his size whom he dubs "Mini-Me". The always time-baffled Dr. Evil begins his plan to put a gigantic cannon on the moon, thus turning it into a device called either "The Death Star" or "Alan Parson's Project," depending on which name is available. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Story: | meeting future self time machine reverse footage blockbuster actor playing multiple roles product placement second part sequel |
In the small town of San Dimas, a few miles away from Los Angeles, there are two nearly brain dead teenage boys going by the names of Bill S, Preston ESQ. and Ted Theodore Logan, they have a dream together of starting their own rock and roll band called the "Wyld Stallyns". Unfortunately, they are sβ¦till in high school and on the verge of failing out of their school as well, and if they do not pass their upcoming history report, they will be separated as a result of Ted's father sending him to military school. But, what Bill and Ted do not know is that they must stay together to save the future. So, a man from the future named Rufus came to help them pass their report. So, both Bill and Ted decided to gather up historical figures which they need for their report. They are hoping that this will help them pass their report so they can stay together. (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history |
Themes: | time travel |
Period: | future |
Story: | future time travel altering history time machine guitarist band |
Teenager Andie is one of the not-so-popular girls in high school. She usually hangs out with her friends Iona or Duckie. Duckie has always had a crush on her, but now she has met a new guy at school, Blane. He's one of the rich and popular guys but can the two worlds meet?
Subgenre: | teen comedy teen movie cult film |
Characters: | teenage boy boyfriend girlfriend relationship teenager |
Story: | rock band high school dance cartoon on tv pet dog |
A little boy named Andy loves to be in his room, playing with his toys, especially his doll named "Woody". But, what do the toys do when Andy is not with them, they come to life. Woody believes that he has life (as a toy) good. However, he must worry about Andy's family moving, and what Woody does nβ¦ot know is about Andy's birthday party. Woody does not realize that Andy's mother gave him an action figure known as Buzz Lightyear, who does not believe that he is a toy, and quickly becomes Andy's new favorite toy. Woody, who is now consumed with jealousy, tries to get rid of Buzz. Then, both Woody and Buzz are now lost. They must find a way to get back to Andy before he moves without them, but they will have to pass through a ruthless toy killer, Sid Phillips. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | telling someone to shut up pet dog part of trilogy blockbuster walkie talkie pizza product placement suburb dog |
Michael Newman (Sandler) is a hard working family man, who must please his boss (Hasselhoff), in order to get promoted. Problem is he gets less time with his family, and wishes for a remote in which he can control his life. This soon comes true for Newman, when he meets Morty (Walken), a crazy sales⦠clerk, who has the ultimate remote. A remote in which he can do anything, including muting, skipping and dubbing his life. He finds this to be the opportunity in which he can not only skip every argument, but also skip to his promotion. He sees this as a good idea, until the remote goes horribly wrong. (Read More)
Themes: | time travel |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | cemetery |
Characters: | family relationships |
Period: | 2010s |
Story: | absent mindedness cartoon on tv kicked in the crotch reverse footage loss of father product placement suburb band cafe dog |
LAPD lieutenant Mike Harrigan ('Danny Glover' (qv)) and his cocky detective partner Jerry Lambert ('Bill Paxton' (qv)) soon realize that what seemed a bloody feud between voodoo high priest King Willie's ('Calvin Lockhart' (qv)) Jamaican gangs and Ramon Vega's ('Corey Rand' (qv)) Colombian drug gang⦠is actually the work of a scary third party. Peter Keyes's ('Gary Busey' (qv)) federal team shields the crime scene even for the LAPD, but after forensics proves it must be an alien, who keeps making victims, the chase brings them all together. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Locations: | urban setting cemetery |
Period: | future |
Story: | payphone reverse footage blockbuster lightning pay phone woman second part number in title sequel |
He's found his mojo, baby, and now Austin Powers is back again in this shagadelic comedy-adventure! The "sshhh!" hits the fan when Dr. Evil and Mini-Me escape from prison. Joining forces with the superfreaky Goldmember, they kidnap Austin's father, master spy Nigel Powers, in a dastardly time-travel⦠scheme to take over the world. Before you can say "Shake Your Booty," Austin cruises to 1975 and teams up with sexy Foxxy Cleopatra to stop Dr. Evil and Goldmember from their mischievous mayhem. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Characters: | younger version of character |
Story: | crotch grab blockbuster automobile actor playing multiple roles product placement sequel |
Two unpopular teenagers, Gary Wallace and Wyatt Donnelly, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their living and breathing creation is a gorgeous woman, Lisa, whose purpose is to boost their confidence levβ¦el by putting them into situations which require Gary and Wyatt to act like men. On their road to becoming accepted, they encounter many hilarious obstacles, which gives the movie an overall sense of silliness. (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen comedy teen movie cult film |
Characters: | teenage boy boyfriend girlfriend relationship teenager |
Story: | fainting man experiment gone wrong computer cracker porn magazine thunderstorm reverse footage suburb woman dog |
Southland Tales is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star develoβ¦ping her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Mood: | rain |
Period: | future |
Story: | electric guitar flying car alternate timeline experiment gone wrong computer cracker alternate reality mad scientist lightning product placement guitar dog sequel |
Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New Yoβ¦rk too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin's ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget! (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Mood: | rain |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | sequel to cult favorite cartoon on tv blockbuster pizza product placement pay phone second part number in title sequel |
When Lou finds himself in trouble, Nick and Jacob fire up the hot tub time machine in an attempt to get back to the past. But they inadvertently land in the future with Adam Jr. Now they have to alter the future in order to save the past - which is really the present.
Subgenre: | time travel comedy |
Themes: | time travel |
Period: | future |
Story: | alternate timeline time machine second part sequel |
Wayne is back, this time trying to organize a rock festival with help from friend Garth and the spirit of Jim Morrison (Doors). Meanwhile, his girlfriend's manager is busy trying to woo her away from Wayne and move her to LA. Life gets interesting when Wayne must rush from the concert to try and stoβ¦p the wedding. Aerosmith are featured at the concert. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Story: | electric guitar rock band sequel to cult favorite guitar second part number in title sequel |
On the day of James Kirk's birth, his father dies on his damaged starship in a last stand against a Romulan mining vessel looking for Ambassador Spock, who in this time, has grown on Vulcan disdained by his neighbors for his half-human heritage. 25 years later, James T. Kirk has grown into a young rβ¦ebellious troublemaker. Challenged by Captain Christopher Pike to realize his potential in Starfleet, he comes to annoy academy instructors like Commander Spock. Suddenly, there is an emergency on Vulcan and the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise is crewed with promising cadets like Nyota Uhura, Hikaru Sulu, Pavel Chekov and even Kirk himself, thanks to Leonard McCoy's medical trickery. Together, this crew will have an adventure in the final frontier where the old legend is altered forever as a new version of the legend begins. (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history |
Themes: | time travel |
Characters: | teenager |
Period: | future |
Story: | meeting future self alternate timeline famous score blockbuster loss of father automobile product placement woman |
The second "Highlander" movie, again with Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. It's the year 2024 and all the ozone above Earth has gone. To protect people from dying, MacLeod helped in the construction of a giant "shield", several years ago. But, since there isn't left anyone Immortal after MacLeoβ¦d's victory in the previous film, he has stopped being an Immortal himself. Now he is just an old man, until one day some other Immortals arrive on our planet. You see, the Immortals come from another planet... (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Mood: | rain |
Period: | future |
Story: | hoverboard experiment gone wrong crotch grab computer cracker sequel to cult favorite roman numeral in title second part number in title sequel |
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet. But then a much less friendly being arrives⦠through the beam... (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Mood: | rain |
Story: | rock band alternate reality automobile pay phone diner guitar |
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has discovered his superpowers including super speed, abilβ¦ity to see the codes of the things inside the matrix, and a certain degree of precognition. But a nasty piece of news hits the human resistance: 250,000 machine sentinels are digging to Zion and would reach them in 72 hours. As Zion prepares for the ultimate war, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity are advised by the Oracle to find the Keymaker who would help them reach the Source. Meanwhile Neo's recurrent dreams depicting Trinity's death have got him worried and as if it was not enough, Agent Smith has somehow escaped deletion, has become more powerful than before and has chosen Neo as his next target. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Period: | future |
Story: | same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen sequel mentioned during end credits shot back to back same actor playing two characters alternate reality part of trilogy blockbuster actor playing multiple roles second part sequel |
The whole gang are back and as close as ever. They decide to get even closer by spending the summer together at a beach house. They decide to hold the biggest party ever to be seen, even if the preparation doesn't always go to plan. Especially when Stifler, Finch and Jim become more close to each otβ¦her than they ever want to be and when Jim mistakes super glue for lubricant. (Read More)
Subgenre: | teen comedy teen movie cult film |
Characters: | teenage boy teenager |
Story: | payphone pay phone band second part number in title sequel |
"2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signaβ¦ls the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowman) to reach the monolith placers. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Period: | future |
Story: | future shock video telephone famous score blockbuster product placement pay phone number in title |
Joe is classified as a "looper", a job in which his employers use time travel to send men from the future to be killed into the past, where Joe can properly dispose of their bodies. However, to tie up loose ends and erase the evidence of his ever being a looper, Joe knows that one day his future selβ¦f will be sent back for him to kill. When this day comes, Joe's future self is prepared and escapes, and the two men struggle separately in the past trying to evade capture and attempting to fulfill their own personal agendas. (Read More)
Themes: | time travel |
Characters: | younger version of character |
Period: | future |
Story: | meeting future self male time traveller time traveller hit with a door diner |
PREDESTINATION chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to ensure the continuation of his law enforcement career for all eternity. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.
Themes: | time travel |
Mood: | rain |
Characters: | younger version of character |
Period: | year 1985 future |
Story: | meeting future self male time traveller time machine |
As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon charms his younger relatives Miles and Maizy with β¦his hefty cooking and his new way of doing the laundry. His carefree style does not impress everyone though - especially his rebellious teenage niece, Tia, and his impatient girlfriend, Chanice. With a little bit of luck and a lot of love, Uncle Buck manages to surprise everyone in this heartwarming family comedy. (Read More)
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship family relationships teenager |
Story: | hit by a door telling someone to shut up gambler profanity product placement suburb dog |
When a magic scepter accidentally transports April back through time to 17th Century Japan, the boys take-off in hot pursuit, cowabungling their way out of the sewers right into Samurai-O-Rama! Now they must battle the evil Lord Norinaga to reclaim the magic scepter that will bring them back below tβ¦he subways of New York City. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Characters: | teenager |
Story: | roman numbered sequel sequel to cult favorite part of trilogy roman numeral in title pizza sequel |
It is Christmas time and the McCallister family is preparing for a vacation in Paris, France. But the youngest in the family named Kevin got into a scuffle with his older brother Buzz and was sent to his room which is on the third floor of his house. Then, the next morning, while the rest of the famβ¦ily was in a rush to make it to the airport on time, they completely forgot about Kevin who now has the house all to himself. Being home alone was fun for Kevin, having a pizza all to himself, jumping on his parents' bed, and making a mess. Then, Kevin discovers about two burglars, Harry and Marv, about to rob his house on Christmas Eve. Kevin acts quickly by wiring his own house with makeshift booby traps to stop the burglars and to bring them to justice. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Characters: | family relationships |
Story: | famous score telling someone to shut up cartoon on tv clock blockbuster pizza automobile product placement suburb |
Over 10 years have passed since the first cyborg called The Terminator tried to kill Sarah Connor and her unborn son, John Connor. John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance, is now a healthy young boy. However another Terminator is sent back through time called the T-1000, which is more⦠advanced and more powerful than its predecessor. The Mission: to kill John Connor when he's still a child. However, Sarah and John do not have to face this threat of a Terminator alone. Another Terminator is also sent back through time. The mission: to protect John and Sarah Connor at all costs. The battle for tomorrow has begun... (Read More)
Subgenre: | alternate history cult film |
Themes: | time travel |
Locations: | urban setting |
Characters: | teenage boy teenager |
Period: | future |
Story: | altering history alternate timeline sequel to cult favorite alternate reality blockbuster automobile product placement pay phone second part number in title sequel dog |
Wealthy businessman Ross Webster ('Robert Vaughn (I)' (qv))discovers the hidden talents of Gus Gorman ('Richard Pryor' (qv)), a mischievous computer genius. Ross decides to abuse his talents, in a way to help Webster with his plans for economic control. When the man of steel interferes, something muβ¦st be done about Supes. When Gus' synthetic Kryptonite fails to kill Superman, it turns him in an evil incarnation of his former self. The tar-laced Kryptonite pits man against himself, setting up the Clark vs. Superman battle. (Read More)
Story: | same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen same actor playing two characters fax machine roman numbered sequel computer cracker roman numeral in title product placement pay phone diner sequel dog |
Three friends on losing streaks: Adam, whose girlfriend dumped him, Nick, with a dead-end job and a cheating wife, and Lou, a suicidal alcoholic. To help Lou recover from car-exhaust poisoning, Adam and Nick, with Adam's nephew Jacob, go to a winter resort that was their old party place. It's now a β¦dump, but the lads rally for a night of drinking in the hot tub. Somehow, the hot tub takes them back to 1986, on a fateful night for each of them. Maybe if they do everything the same way they did that night, they'll get back to the future so Jacob can be born. There are serious temptations to do things differently. Will they make it back to their sorry lives? And what about Jacob? (Read More)
Subgenre: | time travel comedy alternate history |
Themes: | time travel adultery |
Characters: | boyfriend girlfriend relationship |
Period: | 2010s future |
Story: | alternate timeline time machine profanity dog |
Taking place in a dystopian Australia in the near future, Mad Max tells the story of a highway patrolman cruising the squalid back roads that have become the breeding ground of criminals foraging for gasoline and scraps. When his wife and child meet a grisly end at the hands of a motorcycle gang, Maβ¦x sets out across the barren wastelands in search of revenge. (Read More)
Subgenre: | cult film |
Period: | future |
Story: | future shock telling someone to shut up part of trilogy automobile woman dog |