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1. Contact (1997)
PG | 150 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of extraterrestrial intelligence, sending plans for a mysterious machine.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt
Votes: 293,488 | Gross: $100.92M
2. Starman (1984)
PG | 115 min | Romance, Sci-Fi
An alien takes the form of a young Wisconsin widow's husband and makes her drive him to his departure point in Arizona. Distrustful government agents, along with a more ambivalent scientist, give pursuit in hopes of intercepting them.
Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen, Charles Martin Smith, Richard Jaeckel
Votes: 52,348 | Gross: $28.70M
3. The Zero Theorem (2013)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A hugely talented but socially isolated computer operator is tasked by Management to prove the Zero Theorem: that the universe ends as nothing, rendering life meaningless. But meaning is what he already craves.
Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: Christoph Waltz, Lucas Hedges, Mélanie Thierry, David Thewlis
Votes: 49,700 | Gross: $0.22M
4. Certified Copy (2010)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Romance
In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged British writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano. While there, a chance question reveals something deeper.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Agathe Natanson
Votes: 26,941 | Gross: $1.34M
5. Harsh Realm (1999–2000)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Lt. Hobbes is sent into a VR wargame simulation where he is to terminate a renegade General who has taken control of the program.
Stars: Scott Bairstow, D.B. Sweeney, Terry O'Quinn, Cameron K. Smith
Votes: 1,202
6. I Love You (1986)
101 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Michel is a bored lonely cheap-thrills-seeker. Everything changes when he finds an unusual bobble head doll in the shape of a pretty woman that can say "I love you" and falls in love with it to the point of obsession.
Director: Marco Ferreri | Stars: Christopher Lambert, Eddy Mitchell, Flora Barillaro, Agnès Soral
Votes: 558
7. Disneyland, mon vieux pays natal (2002 TV Movie)
46 min | Documentary
Disneyland reviewed by a true poet of cinema, Arnaud des Pallières who narrates a disturbing journey into the simulacrum.
Director: Arnaud des Pallières | Stars: Émile Breton, Isabelle Poudevigne
Votes: 107
8.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
The Conversion
(1995)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An omniscient friendly stranger tries to convince a man on the run who tried to kill his corrupt backstabbing boss but ended up accidentally killing three bystanders instead that there is a way for him to redeem himself.
Director: Rebecca De Mornay | Stars: John Savage, Beau Starr, Rebecca De Mornay, Frank Whaley
Votes: 673
9.
Out of the Unknown (1965–1971)
Episode:
Tunnel Under the World
(1966)
50 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Déja vu: as Guy Birkett goes through the day he has a nagging feeling that he's been here before, experienced this already; except the details are always different. Is it conceivable that ... See full summary »
Director: Alan Cooke | Stars: Ronald Hines, Petra Davies, Gay Hamilton, Peter Madden
Votes: 47
10.
Odyssey 5 (2002–2004)
Episode:
Vanishing Point
(2003)
TV-14 | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Chuck suddenly wakes up in a hospital with his dead wife by his side. She claims that it was he who almost died, not she. Sarah and Angela investigate a mass grave tied to a Transhumanist group. Neil loses his virginity - again.
Director: David Winkler | Stars: Peter Weller, Sebastian Roché, Christopher Gorham, Leslie Silva
Votes: 75
11.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
If These Walls Could Talk
(1995)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Physicist and professional debunker Leviticus Mitchell agrees to help professional psychic Lynda Tillman investigate the abandoned mansion where her son and his girlfriend have mysteriously disappeared.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: Dwight Schultz, Alberta Watson, Tom McBeath, Molly Parker
Votes: 413
12.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
Mind Over Matter
(1996)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A doctor uses a virtual reality A.I. device that gives him direct access inside the human mind to enter the mind of a colleague he deeply cares about and help her after she's hit by a car and slips into a coma. Things go horribly wrong.
Director: Brad Turner | Stars: Debrah Farentino, Scott Hylands, Noah Heney, Natsuko Ohama
Votes: 399
13.
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
Episode:
The Grey Men
(1997)
TV-14 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Matt is abducted by what may or may not be aliens and analyzed by a psychologist who looks like Kelly. The team questions a creepy trucker and a strange cook, who both show signs of anhedonia or the inability to feel joy, about the case.
Director: Giles Walker | Stars: Matt Frewer, Nancy Anne Sakovich, Barclay Hope, Colin Fox
Votes: 19
14.
Black Mirror (2011– )
Episode:
Be Right Back
(2013)
TV-MA | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After learning about a new service that lets people stay in touch with the deceased, a lonely, grieving Martha reconnects with her late lover.
Director: Owen Harris | Stars: Hayley Atwell, Domhnall Gleeson, Claire Keelan, Sinead Matthews
Votes: 53,274
15.
Ingress: The Animation (2018–2019)
Episode:
Live - Die - Truth
(2018)
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
When Jack's body begins to fail him, Liu reveals how far Christopher Brandt went in harnessing the Dark XM's ungodly powers.
Director: Yuhei Sakuragi | Stars: Laura Bailey, Jalen K. Cassell, D.C. Douglas, Crispin Freeman
Votes: 18
16.
Ingress: The Animation (2018–2019)
Episode:
Destroy - Create - Answer
(2018)
TV-MA | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
With red portals overtaking the entire XM network, those wearing goggles embedded with Dark XM matter begin to collapse in agonizing pain.
Director: Yuhei Sakuragi | Stars: Laura Bailey, Jalen K. Cassell, D.C. Douglas, Crispin Freeman
Votes: 18