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Plot Summary:
During the 1870s Scotland, mining engineer James Starr receives a letter from his old colleague Simon Ford who is living with his family in a cottage deep inside the abandoned Aberfoyle mine.Ford asks for Starr's help to solve mysterious and unexplained occurrences taking place deep inside the Dochart well of the Aberfoyle mine.Starr and Ford explore the mine and they discover a new vein of coal.The discovery revitalizes the local mining community, which has been out of work since the mine's closure.The new mining project leads to the development of a vast underground mining town built around an underground lake called Loch Malcom.However, the mysterious occurrences continue to take place and they threaten to destroy the new found prosperity of the underground mining town.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 28
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: mysterious
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Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
Plot Summary:
In late 19th century, a Transylvanian revolutionary fleeing the Imperial authorities goes to Italy where he meets a beautiful soprano who later disappears under mysterious circumstances.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 102
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Romania
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Filip Traum (1990)
Plot Summary:
A story based on "The Mysterious Stranger" novel by Mark Twain.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Soviet Union
Duration:
Plot tags: detective
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Nessie & Me (2016)
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A 9-year-old boy moves to a lakeside village and befriends a captain who claims a mythical sea creature named Nessie lives in their peaceful waters.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
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In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera. He is also an obsessed opera fan, keeps the body of his favorite diva preserved in a crypt in the castle. In order to keep away nosy visitors, the baron's mad-scientist assistant, invents all sorts of spooky phenomena in order to give the castle a creepy reputation.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: surreal, gothic, gothic horror, cult classic, fairy tale, parody, psychotronic, spoof, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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The Secret of Steel City (1979)
Plot Summary:
The film is a metaphor for the Cold War. It depicts two neighbouring nations: peace loving Fortuna and the not so peaceful land of the Steel City.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 315
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, classic horror, crying, psychotronic
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The Humanoid (1979)
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Hoping to overthrow his brother as ruler of the planet Metropolis, the evil Graal enlists the help of the insane Dr. Kraspin, who has invented a chemical capable of turning an ordinary person into a perfect soldier. They test this chemical on the pilot Golob, turning the unsuspecting victim into a mindless but indestructible automaton possessing superhuman strength. The people of Metropolis must somehow outwit Graal before he can create an army of these soldiers, or their planet will be destroyed.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, bizarre
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Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)
Plot Summary:
Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa as proof of his inventions worth.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, semi serious, psychotronic
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Crumbs (2015)
Plot Summary:
Our figurine sized supermen hero embarks on an epic surreal journey that will take him across the Ethiopian post apocalyptic landscape in search of a way to get on the hovering spacecraft that for years has become a landmark in the skies.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 746
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, Ethiopia, Finland
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: surreal, avant garde, indie film, weird
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Mysterious Planet (1982)
Plot Summary:
A spaceship crash-lands on a planet, and the crew is astonished to find that it holds a beautiful woman who can heal the sick and injured and a race of super-intelligent beings.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 222
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: retro, psychotronic
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Valley of the Dragons (1961)
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In 1881, Michael Denning, an American soldier, and Hector Servadac, a French aristocrat, are about to have a duel over a woman that they both are infatuated with. However, just as the two men are about to shoot at each other, a comet strikes the Earth and the gravitational pull draws in the two men. Michael and Hector soon deduce that this comet has been periodically landing on Earth and gathering people and animals from various eras in time, including people and dinosaurs. The two men then decide to put their differences aside and fight for survival as well as help make peace between two warring tribes of cavemen. Written by Brian Washington.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 723
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: classic horror, psychotronic, vintage
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Captain Nemo (1975)
Plot Summary:
Based on novel "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Fantasy, Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 203 min
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The Corsican Brothers (1985)
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In the 18th century were born two siamese brothers on Corsica who paradoxically carry different feelings of hate and reconciliation in their blood.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Adventure
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min
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Tom's Midnight Garden (1999)
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When Tom Long's brother Peter gets measles, Tom is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly and reclusive landlady, Mrs Bartholomew, living upstairs. Because he may be infectious he is not allowed out to play, and feels lonely. Without exercise he is less sleepy at night and when he hears the communal grandfather clock strangely strike 13, he investigates and finds the small back yard is now a large sunlit garden. Here he meets another lonely child called Hatty, who seems to be the only one who can see him. They have adventures which he gradually realises are taking place in the 19th century. And each night when Tom visits, Hatty is a different age, chronologically out of sequence.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 871
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, touching, serious, stylized, independent film
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The Island of the Dinosaurs (1967)
Plot Summary:
A group of scientists in search of lost Atlantis are plane wrecked on an uncharted island full of stock footage monsters fresh from One Million BC. Occasionally we get an original papier mache monster peaking out from behind an alcove, but for the most part this is typical Mexican filmmaking for the period. With Armond Silvestre and Alma Delia Fuentes.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, cult film
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Master of the World (1961)
Plot Summary:
A mad genius tries to bomb the world into peace.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, classic horror, independent film, exciting, offbeat, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, psychotronic
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Deus (2022)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious black sphere is discovered in the orbit of Mars. The Achilles is sent to investigate. After the bedraggled six-person crew wake from eight months hibernation, the Sphere is transmitting a single word in every Earth language ever known - Deus.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mysterious
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997)
Plot Summary:
In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, serious, fairy tale, exciting, captivating, psychotronic
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Last and First Men (2020)
Plot Summary:
As the end approaches inexorably, the last humans, living millions of years into the future, send a message to the humanity of the present that is both a plea for help and a warning, but also an epic tale of evolution, decline and hope.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Iceland
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: captivating, thought provoking, suspense, futuristic, realistic, surreal, existential, cult classic, experimental
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Those Fantastic Flying Fools (1967)
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Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 911
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: independent film, humorous, captivating, semi serious, slapstick, whimsical
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Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)
Plot Summary:
Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: epic, gothic, spiritual, saga, exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, scary, fairy tale
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The Mysterious Island (1973)
Plot Summary:
1865, The American Civil War: Five POW manage to escape by balloon from Fort Richmond. Caught in a storm and with the balloon damaged they find themselves 'shipwrecked' on a volcanic desert island somewhere in the Pacific. Just before crash landing their leader, the brilliant engineer Cyrus Smith falls to his apparent death in the raging waters, but later turns up completely unharmed and with no memory of how he was saved. His fellow castaways are: the famous journalist Gedeon Spilett, the salty sailor Bonaventure Pencroff, the orphaned boy Harbert Brown and the black servant of Smith, Nab. The dog Top also joined them in the escape.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 645
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, France, Italy, Cameroon
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993)
Plot Summary:
This made-for-TV film version uses the title and general premise of Jules Verne's novel, but had its heroes carry out the journey in an earth-penetrating machine. A television series was supposed to follow, but was never produced. Cast includes John Neville, F. Murray Abraham and Kim Miyori.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 901
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychotronic, cult film
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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1999)
Plot Summary:
Remake of Jules Verne's classic story finds adventurers seeking a mysterious hidden land. They are joined by the wife of another man, who had previously gone on a similar expedition and disappeared.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min
Plot tags: epic, gothic horror, exciting, serious, suspenseful, stylized, computer animated
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Mysterious Island (2005)
Plot Summary:
During the Civil War five survivors escape from a prison camp in Richmond, Virginia by hot air balloon and find themselves on an uncharted island in the Pacific. Far from any kind of known civilization, the island is inhabited with carnivorous monsters, bloodthirsty pirates, and mad genius Captain Nemo (Patrick Stewart), who lives on the island for his own secretive ends.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Thailand, Germany, USA
Duration: 172 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful, fairy tale, epic, psychotronic
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Mysterious Island (1961)
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During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea'.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, intense, suspenseful, suspense, retro, classic horror, natural horror, serious, psychotronic, light
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On the Silver Globe (1988)
Plot Summary:
A small group of cosmic explorers leave Earth to find freedom and start a new civilization.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland
Duration: 166 min
Plot tags: avant garde, surreal, atmospheric, art house, mind bending, psychedelic, dark, mysterious, deep, metafiction
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Zardoz (1974)
Plot Summary:
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, USA, UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: surreal, psychedelic, stylized, philosophical, apocalyptic, political, psychotronic, mindfuck, independent film, psychological
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20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008)
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In 1969, Kenji, an elementary school kid and his friends built a secret base during their summer holidays. They fantasized that they had to fight villains who were out to conquer the world and wrote them in the Book of Prophecies. Years later in 1997, Kenji becomes a convenience store manager and leads a regular life after giving up his dreams to become a rock star. His boring life is suddenly turned upside down when his old classmate dies mysteriously and an entire family in the neighbourhood disappears. At the same time, a religious cult and its mysterious leader, Friend emerges and a strange chain of events duplicating exactly the events described in the Book of Prophecies follow. Is this the beginning of the end of the world? Who is Friend?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: anime, stylized, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, manga, offbeat, weird
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At the Earth's Core (1976)
Plot Summary:
A huge burrowing machine tunnels out of control at ferocious speed, cutting clean through to the center of the earth, to the twilight world of pellucidar. Once there, Dr. Perry and David Innes are threatened by half human creatures, lizard-like birds, and man-eating plants.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, retro, classic horror, independent film, atmospheric, serious, unusual plot structure, humorous, futuristic
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Plot Summary:
Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surreal place called 'Underland,' she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason – to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 435000
Genere: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Italy, Canada, Japan, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, atmospheric, surreal, gothic, visually appealing, exciting, colorful, captivating, visual, stylized