Subgenre Sampler
Futurism: 144 Films to Buy & Rent
- Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines (2003)
- Dir. Jonathan Mostow
Feat. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes…
- The final, belated chapter of the TERMINATOR series, minus the original director and most of the original cast, Schwarzanegger excluded.
In many…
- Work of Director Chris Cunningham, The (2003)
- Dir. Chris Cunningham
- A showcase of dynamic music videos, short films, commercials and video installations from director Chris Cunningham, who has been especially lauded…
- Adventures of Pluto Nash, The (2002)
- Dir. Ron Underwood
Feat. Eddie Murphy, Randy Quaid, Rosario Dawson…
- Sci–fi comedy set in 2080 and following a lunar nightclub owner and ex–convict (Eddie Murphy) who is trying to keep the mafia out of his…
- Cypher (2002)
- Dir. Vincenzo Natali
Feat. Jeremy Northam, Lucy Liu
- A striking, coolly managed thriller, where future corporations mount elaborate espionage missions against each other using specially trained…
- Demonlover (2002)
- Dir. Olivier Assayas
Feat. Connie Nielsen, Charles Berling, Chloe Sevigny…
- An insinuating future–shock Euro–thriller, with Connie Neilsen as an attractive corporate executive caught in the…
- Matrix Reloaded, The (2002)
- Dir. Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss…
- Not called "reloaded" for no reason, the video–game influence presides over this second chapter of the Matrix trilogy – a sequel…
- Minority Report (2002)
- Dir. Steven Spielberg
Feat. Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow…
- An exhilarating science fiction thriller that lavishly realizes (and embellishes) a Philip K. Dick short story with the corporate muscle and…
- Returner (2002)
- Dir. Takashi Yamazaki
Feat. Takeshi Kaneshiro
- Kitted out with a charismatic cast, CGI–action that delivers, and tongue–lightly–in–cheek, this slick, big–budget…
- Robot Stories (2002)
- Dir. Greg Pak
Feat. Sab Shimono, Tamlyn Tomita
- Four tales concerning the future interraction between humans and robots are explored with effective melodrama and cinematic crafting by…
- Teknolust (2002)
- Dir. Lynn Hershman-Leeson
Feat. Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, Karen Black
- Human and artificial frontiers overlap to intriguing effect in this independent feature propelled by Tilda Swinton in four incarnations – a…