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Directed by Byron HaskinGenres Science fiction,
ThrillerThemes Films based on science fiction novelsActors George Hamilton,
Suzanne Pleshette,
Aldo Ray,
Richard Carlson,
Yvonne De Carlo,
Earl HollimanRating59%
Professor Jim Tanner, a biochemist, discovers evidence of a person with psychic abilities among his co-workers in a research laboratory. His colleagues include geneticist Margery Lansing, physicist Carl Melkinen, biologist Talbot Scott and chairman Norman Van Zandt, all working for Navy liaison Arthur Nordlund., 1h21
Directed by Byron HaskinOrigin USAGenres Science fictionThemes Space adventure films,
Mars in film,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Space operaActors Walter Brooke,
Eric Fleming,
Mickey Shaughnessy,
William Redfield,
Phil Foster,
William HopperRating56%
Mankind has achieved space flight capability and built "The Wheel" space station in orbit 1,075 miles above Earth. It is commanded by its designer, Colonel Samuel T. Merritt (Walter Brooke). His son, Captain Barney (Eric Fleming), having been aboard for a year, wants to return to Earth., 1h50
Directed by Byron HaskinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Space adventure films,
Mars in film,
Films based on Robinson Crusoe,
Space operaActors Paul Mantee,
Victor Lundin,
Adam WestRating63%
Commander Christopher "Kit" Draper (Paul Mantee) and Colonel Dan McReady (Adam West) reach the Red Planet in their spaceship, Mars Gravity Probe 1. They are forced to use up their remaining fuel in order to avoid an imminent collision with a large orbiting meteoroid; they descend in their one-man lifeboat pods, becoming the first humans on Mars., 1h41
Directed by Byron HaskinOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Fantasy,
AdventureThemes Space adventure films,
Sur la Lune,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Steampunk films,
Space operaActors Joseph Cotten,
George Sanders,
Debra Paget,
Don Dubbins,
Patric Knowles,
Carl EsmondRating51%
Shortly after the end of the American Civil War, munitions producer Victor Barbicane, 1h35
Directed by Arthur Rosson,
Byron HaskinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Films about animals,
La fin du monde,
Natural horror films,
Films about insects,
Disaster films,
Film de catastrophe animalièreActors Eleanor Parker,
Charlton Heston,
Abraham Sofaer,
William Conrad,
Douglas Fowley,
Romo VincentRating66%
In 1901, mail order bride Joanna (Eleanor Parker) arrives from New Orleans at a South American cocoa plantation to meet her new husband, plantation owner Christopher Leiningen (Charlton Heston), whom she has married by proxy., 1h35
Directed by Byron HaskinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
ThrillerThemes Transport films,
Aviation films,
Dans un avion,
Disaster films,
Films about aviation accidents or incidentsActors Guy Madison,
Virginia Mayo,
George Raft,
Ilona Massey,
George Macready,
Margaret LindsayRating56%
Wanted on a charge of murder, Brett Matton (Guy Madison), a war veteran, has fled the country to Spain, where he has been living for two years and is engaged to wed Jean Gurney (Virginia Mayo), a former showgirl. FBI Agent Stafford (George Raft) arrives in Spain to arrest Brett and bring him back to the U.S., 1h23
Directed by Ib MelchiorOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Action,
Adventure,
HorrorThemes Space adventure films,
Mars in film,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Space opera,
Films about extraterrestrial lifeActors Gerald Mohr,
Jack Kruschen,
Naura Hayden,
Les Tremayne,
Tom Daly,
Ted CassidyRating52%
The rocketship MR-1 (for "Mars Rocket 1"), returns to Earth after the first manned flight to Mars. At first thought to have been lost in space, the rocket reappears but mission control cannot raise the crew by radio. The ground crew land the rocket successfully by remote control. Two survivors are found aboard: Dr. Iris Ryan (Naura Hayden) and Col. Tom O'Bannion (Gerald Mohr), the latter's arm covered by a strange alien growth. The mission report is recounted by Dr. Ryan as she attempts to find a cure for Col. O'Bannion's arm., 1h21
Directed by Phil Karlson,
Joe MayOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
HorrorThemes Films based on science fiction novels,
InvisibilitéActors Cedric Hardwicke,
Vincent Price,
Nan Grey,
Cecil Kellaway,
Alan Napier,
John SuttonRating64%
Sir Geoffrey Radcliffe (Vincent Price) is sentenced to death for the murder of his brother Michael, a crime he did not commit. Dr. Frank Griffin, the brother of the original invisible man (named John instead of Jack), injects the prisoner with an invisibility drug. As Radcliffe's execution nears, he suddenly vanishes from his cell. Detective Sampson (Cecil Kellaway) from the Scotland Yard guesses the truth while Radcliffe searches for the real murderer before the drug causes him to go insane., 1h26
Directed by Howard HawksOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
HorrorThemes Films based on science fiction novels,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Political films,
Films about extraterrestrial lifeActors Margaret Sheridan,
Kenneth Tobey,
Douglas Spencer,
Dewey Martin,
Robert O. Cornthwaite,
James ArnessRating70%
A United States Air Force crew is dispatched by General Fogerty (David McMahon) from Anchorage, Alaska at the request of Dr. Carrington (Robert Cornthwaite), the chief scientist of a North Pole scientific outpost. They have evidence that an unknown flying craft crashed nearby, so Reporter Ned Scott (Douglas Spencer) tags along for the story., 1h30
Origin USAGenres Science fiction,
Thriller,
HorrorThemes Space adventure films,
Mars in film,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films set in the future,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Martiens,
Space opera,
Films about extraterrestrial life,
Alien invasions in films,
Disaster filmsActors C. Thomas Howell,
Andrew Lauer,
Peter Greene,
Jake Busey,
Leigh Slawner,
Dashiell "Dash" HowellRating33%
On the surface of Mars, the Mars Rover is destroyed by an unknown source from the planet itself. Astronomer George Herbert (Howell) and his wife Felicity (Van Wyk Loots) are packing for a trip to Washington D.C. to celebrate their 10-year wedding anniversary. George's son Alex tries to spot Mars through his telescope, but actually discovers a meteorite entering Earth's atmosphere. George is called to work about the incident, and his wife and son leave early for Washington without him. As he drives to work, a crashing meteorite disrupts all technology in the area. An alien "walker" emerges from the meteorite and massacres the witnesses with a Heat-Ray, George barely escaping with his life. George decides to meet with his younger brother Matt in Hopewell before moving on to D.C., leaving as the aliens destroy his hometown.