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Plot Summary:
Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics to replace the eye, arm and both legs he lost in the crash. Highly advanced technology (Bionics) built into them will make him faster, stronger and better than normal. In return they want him to become a covert agent for the OSI. It will cost $6,000,000 to rebuild Steve Austin.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, vintage, tv series pilot
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Atom Nine Adventures (2007)
Plot Summary:
In a remote forest, Astrophysicist Dr. Adam Gaines and his homemade robotic assistant Jimbot recover a 3.5 billion year old meteorite containing an alien organism that may hold the secrets to the universe. What they don't realize is that a mysterious terrorist named Gremlo Flugg and his band of "Fluggmen" also seek the ancient contents of the meteorite so they can carry out their sinister plans to take over planet Earth.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 92
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
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The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)
Plot Summary:
After Col. Steve Austin fails to retrieve the contents of a safe owned by arms dealer Arlen Findletter, he takes up an friendly offer of a holiday in the Bahamas. There he runs into Soviet Agent Alexi Kaslov and his lovely assistant Katrina Volana, who also happen to be out to find Findletter. Is it a coincidence, or was Steve's trip all part of one of Oscar Goldman's missions?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, tv series pilot
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Danger!! Death Ray (1967)
Plot Summary:
Danger Death Ray, the funniest of the cheesy spy films that MST had fun with. Former Tarzan Gordon Scott sucks in his gut for this one. Professor Carmichael has developed a death ray "for peaceful purposes only" but a vague group of bad guys want it instead, so he's kidnapped by doughy guys and taken to their toy sub (via a toy helicopter)Bart Fargo must rescue him cause he's the only American spy who looks good in womanly sunglasses. Cool music accompanies him as he searches for Carmichael while he must deal with evil Abe Lincolns, a fey bad guy tuned friend of Fargo's and a couple of women who he must sleep with. In the end the ineffective bad guy gets killed, the professor and the death ray get rescued and Bart gets the woman. There's also a complex scene with a watch thrown in a pool which symbolizes the amount of time that was wasted on smart screen writing for the movie.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 875
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, eurospy
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The Questor Tapes (1974)
Plot Summary:
Project Questor is brainchild of the genius Dr. Vaslovik: he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he's disappeared and half of his programming tape was erased in the attempt to decode it, his former colleagues continue the project and finally succeed. But Vaslovik seems to have installed a secret program in Questor's brain: He flees and starts to search for Vaslovik. Since half of his knowledge is missing, he needs the help of Jerry Robinson, who's now under suspect of having stolen the android.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, learning
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The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping (1973)
Plot Summary:
A criminal organization known as OSO specializes in kidnapping high ranking U.S. representatives. Although Steve Austin has already thwarted one of their kidnappings, he is unable to stop them from grabbing William Henry Cameron right from under OSI's nose. OSO demands one million dollars in gold and Oscar Goldman takes the opportunity to try and lure them out into the open. Meanwhile, Steve accompanies Dr. Erica Bergner, who is testing a new method of brain transferal in order to find out where Cameron is being kept.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Super Force (1990)
Plot Summary:
The time: the near future. Astronaut Zach Stone (Ken Olandt) returns from a heroic Mars mission to find his brother murdered -- and his country losing its battle against rampant violence, corruption and anarchy. Determined to avenge his brother's death, and to fight back against the mounting tide of barbarism, Stone transforms himself into an ultra-high-tech, one-man vigilante army: the Super Force. Equipped with invincible body armor and as awesome arsenal of futuristic weaponry, he wages an apocalyptic, inner-city war against the sinister conspiracy lead by the inscrutably evil Tao Satori (G. Gordon Liddy). A high impact, special effects-filled sci-fi adventure!.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: surprise ending
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Northstar (1986)
Plot Summary:
An astronaut's ship passes through a strange magnetic field on its way back to Earth, and when he emerges from it after landing, he finds he has acquired superhuman powers and a super-genius IQ.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: tv series pilot
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The Incredible Paris Incident (1967)
Plot Summary:
Argoman has a silly costume and is a sexist pig. He uses his special telekinetic to get the ladies to sleep with him. The catch is, after a night with a gal he loses his special powers for 6 hours! In this comedic super/spy thriller, Argoman goes head to head against the evil Jenabelle: Queen of the World.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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Superargo vs. Diabolicus (1966)
Plot Summary:
After accidentally killing an opponent on the ring, masked wrestler Superargo quits wrestling and, following the advice of his friend Col. Alex Kinski of the Secret Service, becomes a secret agent, using his superhuman abilities to stop villain Diabolicus' plans to wreck global economy by turning uranium into gold.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 387
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, eurospy
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Bionic Ever After? (1994)
Plot Summary:
Days away from her wedding to Steve Austin, Jaime Sommers experiences a mysterious breakdown of her Bionic limbs. With her physical fate unknown, Jaime calls off the wedding. Her condition quickly deteriorates, and Dr. Rudy Wells races to find the cause behind the breakdown. Meanwhile, in the Bahamas, terrorist Miles Kendrick takes control of the American Embassy and threatens the launch of a nuclear missile. Steve and OSI operative Kimberly Harmon head to the Bahamas to stop Kendrick, but in the midst of the mission Steve is suddenly stricken with the same computer virus that is destroying Jaime. (credit: http://bionic.wikia.com).
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 704
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags:
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Superargo and the Faceless Giants (1968)
Plot Summary:
A masked wrestler/superhero goes up against a madman and his army of robots.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, eurospy
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Operation Atlantis (1965)
Plot Summary:
An American agent discovers that the Red Chinese have built a secret atomic city from which they will attempt to invade America.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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Agent X-77 Orders to Kill (1966)
Plot Summary:
A government agent tries to prevent foreign spies from obtaining a scientist's formula for a solid-rocket-fuel.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 78
Genere: Adventure
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: eurospy
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The War of the Robots (1978)
Plot Summary:
An alien civilization, which facing eminent extinction, kidnaps two famous genetic scientists from Earth. A troop of soldiers is dispatched to combat the humanoid robots and rescue the victims.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 872
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: classic horror
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Mission Stardust (1967)
Plot Summary:
A team of astronauts is sent to the moon to rescue an alien who is seeking help to save her dying race. They are attacked by a force of bandit robots and discover that enemy spies are out to kill the alien.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 855
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, West Germany, Spain, Monaco
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, eurospy
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Agent for H.A.R.M. (1966)
Plot Summary:
The head (Wendell Corey) of the Human Aetiological Relations Machine pits an agent (Mark Richman) against a flesh-to-fungus spore gun.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, psychotronic, psychedelic, parody, humorous
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NightMan (1997)
Plot Summary:
After lightning strikes saxophonist Johnny Domino, he finds he is telepathically tuned to the frequency of evil. This gives him an edge for finding the bad guys, and some special classified wearable gear gives him an edge for fighting them.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 159
Genere: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: psychotronic
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Assassinaut (2019)
Plot Summary:
Assassinaut is a science-fiction adventure film about a young girl who braves the alien wilderness of a faraway planet to save the President of Earth from a murderous astronaut.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
Plot Summary:
The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a former astronaut with bionic implants working for a fictional government office known as OSI. The series is based on the Martin Caidin novel Cyborg, which was the series's proposed title during pre-production. Following three television movies aired in 1973, The Six Million Dollar Man aired on the ABC network as a regular series for five seasons from 1974 to 1978. The title role of Steve Austin was played by Lee Majors, who subsequently became a pop culture icon of the 1970s. A spin-off series, The Bionic Woman, ran from 1976-78. Several television movies featuring both eponymous characters were also produced between 1987 and 1994.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspenseful, retro, tense, disturbing, vintage, campy
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Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979)
Plot Summary:
A government agent is looking for a missing scientist, believing that a revolutionary leader known as Miguel (Christopher Lee Lord of the Rings) has him, and that he is using him to get his formula for something that can accelerate the aging process. He sends Steve Rogers aka Captain America (Red Brown) to find him and rescue the scientist, his only lead is a chemical that the scientist needs for his formula. As he gets closer to the truth Miguel threatens to spray the chemical on a major city unless his demands are met. But the President does not negotiate with terrorists, can Captain America save the day!?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, epic, saga
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Kraven the Hunter (2024)
Plot Summary:
Sergei Kravinoff is a big game hunter, who takes a magical serum giving him superhuman abilities and a longer life.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychotronic, interesting
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Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968)
Plot Summary:
A groups of astronauts crash-land on Venus and find themselves on the wrong side of a group of Venusian women when they kill a monster that is worshipped by them.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: psychedelic, independent film, exciting, serious, psychotronic, campy
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Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)
Plot Summary:
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, semi serious, psychotronic, tense, light, atmospheric, enigmatic
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Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979)
Plot Summary:
Running low on fuel, the Battlestar Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylons.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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The Bionic Woman (1976)
Plot Summary:
After fully recovering from her near fatal bout of bionic rejection, Jaime Sommers, the first female cyborg, is assigned to spy missions of her own.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, retro, captivating, suspense, vintage
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Planet of the Apes (1968)
Plot Summary:
An U.S. Spaceship lands on a desolate planet, stranding astronaut Taylor in a world dominated by apes, 2000 years into the future, who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: philosophical, twist ending, mind bending, futuristic, suspense, visually stunning, mind blowing, suspenseful, retro, depressing
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Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Plot Summary:
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth. This film is adapted from a television series that aired on ABC from September 17, 1978, to August 17, 1980. The first and fifth episodes of the series were edited into this theatrical feature film. Taken together, the two episodes ran 148 minutes, without commercials, while the film runs 125 minutes.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, serious, psychotronic, epic, stylized, vintage, tv series pilot, cult film
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Plot Summary:
Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter recruit for the Earth Defense Directorate, where his closest colleagues are Dr. Huer (Tim O'Connor), squadron leader Col. Wilma Deering (former model Erin Gray, looking oh-so-foxy), the wisecracking robot Twiki (voiced by cartoon legend Mel Blanc), and a portable computer-brain named Dr. Theopolis, who's carried by Twiki like oversized bling-bling.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, uplifting, saga, cult classic, futuristic, exciting, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Plot Summary:
Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 706000
Genere: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 149 min
Plot tags: futuristic, philosophical, mind bending, psychedelic, cerebral, thought provoking, atmospheric, intellectual, visual, visually stunning