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At the Dawn of Man, a group of hominids encounters a mysterious black monolith that is alien to their surroundings. A hominid discovers the first weapon, using a bone to kill prey. The bone is tossed in the air and it's a 21st century spacecraft hovering over the Earth, skipping ahead millions of years in technological development only to imply that man hasn't advanced very far at all psychologically. U.S. scientist Dr. Heywood Floyd travels to the...
3) Contact
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After an astronomer discovers communication emanating from the star Vega, she leads an international team in deciphering it, and travels through space to contact the senders of the message.
4) Tron: legacy
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When Flynn, the world's greatest video game creator, sends out a secret signal from an amazing digital realm, his son discovers the clue and embarks on a personal journey to save his long-lost father. With the help of the fearless female warrior Quorra, father and son venture through an incredible cyber universe and wage the ultimate battle of good versus evil.
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A dramatized global warming event triggers a barrage of epic natural disasters: tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. An assortment of individual narratives are threaded together to follow the various catastrophes and their effects on local populations, including the stories of climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and other small bands of survivors as they ride...
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When renowned paleontologist Dr. Grant agrees to accompany a wealthy adventurer and his wife on an aerial tour of Isla Sorna, InGen's former breeding ground for prehistoric creatures, he has no idea that he was brought along for a totally different reason. When their plane crashes and they become stranded, they discover the island's native inhabitants are smarter, faster, fiercer, and more brutal than imagined.
7) Moon
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
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English
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While nearing the end of a solitary three year job on the Moon an astronaut has an accident, and when he begins having hallucinations he tries to enlist the help of the station's computer to find the truth behind his visions.
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
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The year is 2065 A.D. and the Earth is infested with alien spirits, and mankind faces total extinction. Led by a dream and guided by a mentor, a scientist struggles to collect eight good spirits to create a powerful source strong enough to destroy the alien presence, but is it pure enough to protect the planet. The Earth must be saved from its darkest hate and unleash the final spirit.
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After crash-landing on an uncharted planet, astronaut Leo Davidson finds himself trapped in a savage world where talking apes dominate the human race. A sympathetic chimpanzee named Ari helps him evade the invincible gorilla army.
10) Brazil
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Criterion collection volume 51
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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In this surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme, a daydreaming bureaucrat who is involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions. This is the original 142 minute director's cut edition of the film assembled from both the European and American versions.
11) The Zero Theorem
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Asia & Europe ; Zanuck Independent Productions ; UK/Romania/France Productions
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2013.
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English
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The story about a computer hacker in a dystopian sci-fi world. Living under constant surveillance by 'Management,' he strives to solve The Zero Theorem, a mathematical formula that may hold the key to the meaning of life.
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A&E
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[2005]
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English
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A group of teenagers discover they possess some remarkable powers, and set up base with their computer in an underground bunker. From this secreted location they use their telekinesis, teleportation, and telepathy skills to thwart some dangerous sources from the farthest reaches of space and time.
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Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
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[2012]
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English
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Equilibrium: Mankind has outlawed the things that trigger emotion, and to uphold the law, a special breed of police is assigned to eliminate all transgressors. But when the top enforcer misses a dose of emotion-blocking drug, he begins to realize that things are not as they seem. / Imposter: At a time when the Earth has been at war with an alien force for over a decade, the latest work of government scientist Spencer Olham promises to save the planet....
14) Searching
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Sony
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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After David Kim's sixteen-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop. David must trace his daughter's digital footprints before she disappears forever.
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Disney
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2010.
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English
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Balthazar Blake is a modern-day sorcerer with his hands full defending Manhattan against dark forces. When a seemingly average kid shows hidden potential, Balthazar takes his reluctant recruit on a crash course in the art and science of magic to become the ultimate sorcerer's apprentice.
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a physical or mental construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more. And if Thomas...Neo...has learned anything, it's that choice, while an illusion, is still the only way out of - or into - the Matrix. Of course, Neo already knows what he has to do. But what he doesn't yet know...
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Aurora Experience
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[2005]
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English
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Using the most advanced technology available, Aurora Experience has succeeded in capturing breath-taking footage of the northern lights as they glide majestically across the clear arctic skies against a background of moonlit landscapes. Included are images from the famous auroral display of October 2003. Here is the magic of the aurora as never seen previously, combined with interesting scientific anecdotes and various associated legends, folklore...
18) Aniara
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Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Swedish
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When a ship carrying settlers from Earth to Mars is knocked off-course, passengers must wrestle with the reality that home may be a lot further away than they thought. Crew member MR operates a sentient computer that allows humans to experience idyllic memories of their lives on Earth. As the ship drifts further into space, MR must keep passengers calm amid a growing sense of disaster.
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MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In SpaceCamp, a group of teenagers attend a summer camp designed to teach them the workings of the NASA space program.
In Wargames, young computer genius David Lightman breaks into the Defense Department's war computer, but what he thinks is a game just may start World War III.
20) Ender's game
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Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself, to lead them into an epic battle that will determine the...
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