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Plot Summary:
Ryan Richmond is an eccentric teenager living with his mother, father, sister and brother in the Holiday Inn they own in Sunnyvale, Arizona, the prune capital of the world. Is it any wonder that he wants to go to Saudi Arabaia for college and leave Sunnyvale far, far behind? He spends his days at school with his sex-obsessed best friend Dan Forrester and lusts after Lisa Winston, the sexy lounge singer who his parents have hired to perform at the Holiday Inn. Stuck without a date for his brother's wedding to a senator's daughter, Ryan goes to a computer dating service, which asks him such questions as "Can you breathe foreign substances?" Soon, Ryan is told that he may be an alien stuck on Earth along with thousands of others. Soon, Charles and Edna Pinsky show up and tell him that he may an alien prince meant to lead his brethren home. And that's when things get out of control.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, psychotronic, black comedy, dark comedy
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 154
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 216
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 117
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 451
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 179
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Country: Czechoslovakia
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Kids' film about a couple of aliens who come to earth and open up a pet shop in an attempt to try and eat some of earth's children for dinner.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 504
Genere: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
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Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
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IMDB Votes: 290
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 141
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Duration: 81 min
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IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 285
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, independent film, sex comedy, erotic, parody, spoof, cult film
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 507
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
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IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
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IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 827
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Brian, a simple shovel salesman, thinks Alice is the girl of his dreams, but she's the stuff of nightmares: a shape-shifting alien bent on destroying the human race through sheer reproductive power. Brian soon gives birth to a half-human infant, the first of an alien master race. With the help of a psychotic private detective and an archaeologist with a mysterious past, Brian races to save the world from certain destruction. But as the bond between mother and child grows, will Brian be capable of making the ultimate sacrifice to save his species?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 28
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IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Duration: 85 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 331
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IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 27000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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Years into a benevolent alien occupation, mankind is still adjusting to its new overlords. Their technology initially held promise for global prosperity, but rendered most human jobs – and steady income – obsolete. When two teenagers discover the aliens are fascinated with human love and will pay for access to it, they decide to livestream their romance to make extra cash for their families.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 27000
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IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 57000
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Country: USA
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Inept beings from the planet Kabijj land on Earth and attempt to behead all of its beings and take over the planet.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Votes: 135000
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IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
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IMDB Votes: 240000
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IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
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Country: USA
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
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