42 years ago:
Blade Runner (US,HK,GB)
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
1982-06-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/78#BladeRunner #RidleyScott #HarrisonFord #RutgerHauer #SeanYoung #MarshaNakashima #WomenInFilm #SciFi #ClassicFilm
Blade Runner
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
37 years ago:
Predator (MX,US)
A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.
1987-06-12
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/106#Predator #JohnMcTiernan #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #CarlWeathers #ElpidiaCarrillo #20thCenturyFox #SciFi #Movies
Predator
Eine Routinemission wird zum Horrortrip. Das Spezialkommando unter Major Dutch Schaefer soll im mittelamerikanischen Dschungel Geiseln aus den Händen von Guerilleros befreien. Doch die Männer bekommen es nicht nur mit einer Handvoll Rebellen zu tun. In der grünen Hölle lauert ihnen ein Gegner auf, der nicht von dieser Welt ist. Eine Kreatur, die das Töten als reine Lust betrachtet – und Elitesoldaten als willkommene Jagdtrophäen.
68 years ago:
Forbidden Planet (US,JP)
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years, only to find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediate...
1956-03-23
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/830#ForbiddenPlanet #FredMWilcox #WalterPidgeon #AnneFrancis #LeslieNielsen #MGM #SciFi #Movies
Forbidden Planet
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship
39 years ago:
Brazil (GB,US)
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he mee...
1985-02-20
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/68#Brazil #TerryGilliam #JonathanPryce #KimGreist #RobertDeNiro #SciFi #ClassicFilm
Brazil
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
66 years ago:
The Lady in Black (SE)
Original title: Damen i svart
The married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill where a friend of Kajsa's lives with her husband. When a young woman is found murdered it is clear that this is another case for the Hillmans.
1958-02-01
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/74569#TheLadyinBlack #ArneMattsson #KarlArneHolmsten #AnnalisaEricson #NilsHallberg #ClassicFilm #SvenskFilm
The Lady in Black
The married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill where a friend of Kajsa's lives with her husband. When a young woman is found murdered it is clear that this is another case for the Hillmans.
43 years ago:
Altered States (US)
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.
1980-12-25
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/11542#AlteredStates #KenRussell #WilliamHurt #BlairBrown #BobBalaban #Horror #SciFi #ClassicMovies
Altered States
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from native American shamans, he explores these altered states of consciousness and finds that memory, time, and perhaps reality itself are states of mind.
120 years ago:
The Great Train Robbery (US)
After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.
1903-12-07
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/5698#TheGreatTrainRobbery #EdwinSPorter #RobertMilasch #DonaldGallaher #Western #PreCode #ClassicFilm
The Great Train Robbery
After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.
42 years ago:
An American Werewolf in London (GB,US)
Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.
1981-08-21
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/814#AnAmericanWerewolfinLondon #JohnLandis #DavidNaughton #JennyAgutter #GriffinDunne #Universal #Horror #ClassicFilm
An American Werewolf in London
American tourists David and Jack are savaged by an unidentified vicious animal whilst hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. Retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon experiences disturbing changes to his mind and body.
50 years ago:
Westworld (US)
A robot malfunction creates havoc and terror for unsuspecting vacationers at a futuristic, adult-themed amusement park.
1973-08-15
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/2362#Westworld #MichaelCrichton #YulBrynner #RichardBenjamin #JamesBrolin #MGM #SciFi #Western #ClassicFilm
Westworld
Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds—ancient Rome, Medieval times and the Old West—populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.
40 years ago:
Krull (ES,GB,IT,US)
A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet.
1983-07-29
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/849#Krull #PeterYates #KenMarshall #LysetteAnthony #FreddieJones #Columbia #SciFi #ClassicMovies
Krull
Auf Krull, einer Fantasy-Welt wie sie im Buche steht, landet die schwarze Festung des
