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Plot Summary:
Forbin is the designer of an incredibly sophisticated computer that will run all of America's nuclear defenses. Shortly after being turned on, it detects the existence of Guardian, the Soviet counterpart, previously unknown to US Planners. Both computers insist that they be linked, and after taking safeguards to preserve confidential material, each side agrees to allow it. As soon as the link is established the two become a new Super computer and threaten the world with the immediate launch of nuclear weapons if they are detached. Colossus begins to give its plans for the management of the world under its guidance. Forbin and the other scientists form a technological resistance to Colossus which must operate underground.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: intelligent, philosophical, apocalyptic, suspenseful, cyber, suspense, psychotronic, depressing, political, surreal
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As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: futuristic, cyber, depressing, tech noir, medical horror, cult classic, scary, exciting, rough, mind bending
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, grindhouse, intelligent, futuristic, psychotronic, independent film
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, grindhouse, cult classic, rough, bleak, serious, futuristic, suspenseful, surprise ending, road movie
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IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, suspense, scary, fast, surprise ending, psychotronic, computer animated, spooky
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Plot Summary:
A scientist creates Proteus, an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creators wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min
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Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government secrecy and mutually assured destruction were key political and military issues.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min
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Futureworld (1976)
Plot Summary:
Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited to review the park. Just prior to arriving at the park, however, Browning is given a clue by a dying man that something is amiss.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
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Plot Summary:
This is a sequel to 2001 A Space Odyssey. It is now 2010 and both the Americans and the Russians are racing to get to Jupiter to investigate the black monolith (similar to the one found in Lunar Crater Clavius) which was found by the U.S.S. Discovery in orbit around Jupiter's moons. The U.S.S. Discovery's orbit is rapidly decaying and it will crash into IO but the Americans cannot get there in time to save U.S.S. Discovery. The Russians can get to Jupiter in time but only the Americans have the knowledge to access and awaken the U.S.S. Discovery's H.A.L.9000 sentient computer. This forces a joint American-Soviet space expedition against a backdrop of growing global tensions. The combined expedition is seeking answers to several mysteries. What is the significance of the black monolith? Why did H.A.L.9000 act so bizarrely and terminate 4 of 5 of the U.S.S. Discovery's crew? What happened to David Bowman? Along the way, curious data is detected.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: futuristic, philosophical, intellectual, stylized, spiritual, psychological thriller, uplifting, captivating, mysterious, surreal
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Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
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Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, grindhouse, space horror, psychological, psychotronic, mysterious
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
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Duration: 114 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
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IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
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Country: USA, Japan, UK
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IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 109000
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Country: USA
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Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
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Plot tags: bleak, apocalyptic, mindfuck, cyber, rough, suspenseful, grindhouse, cult classic, futuristic, atmospheric
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 33000
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 59000
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 62000
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 32000
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 54000
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IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 163000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 290000
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 237000
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IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 575000
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A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza. In a dystopian 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant's safety limits - and will kill him if the data is not removed in time - but also contains information far more important and valuable than he had ever imagined. On a race against time, he must avoid the assassins sent to kill him and remove the data before it, too, ends his life.
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IMDB Votes: 75000
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IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 179000
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