Paul Anderson
Description
There is another world: a world of dangerous and powerful monsters that rule their domain with deadly ferocity. When an unexpected sandstorm transports Captain Artemis and her unit to a new world, the soldiers are shocked to discover that this hostile environment is home to enormous and terrifying monsters immune to their firepower. In their desperate battle for survival, the unit encounters the mysterious Hunter, whose unique skills allow him to...
Pub. Date
2008
Description
A down-and-out silver miner raising a son, self-made oilman Daniel Plainview, whose voracious appetite for oil turns him into a California tycoon in the early years of the 20th century. Plainview's urge to control land and oil brings him into rivalry with Eli Sunday, the local preacher.
5) Soldier
Pub. Date
1999, p1998
Description
Galactic wars are fought by soldiers, but the action is backed by mammoth crawler vehicles. Planetary outcasts survive amid the jetsam of Earth's past while technology is almost beyond human control.
7) The Revenant
Formats
Description
Inspired by true events, an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant John Fitzgerald. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption.
Description
From visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes a suspenseful psychological thriller about a manipulative carnival man who teams with an equally deceptive psychiatrist to grift the wealthy in 1940s New York society. Del Toro co-wrote the enthralling film with Kim Morgan, based on William Lindsay Gresham's novel.
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
The incredible adventure begins when the discovery of an ancient pyramid buried in Antarctica sends a team of scientists and adventures to the forzen continent. There, they make an even more terrifying discovery: two alien races engaged in the ultimate battle. Whoever wins ... we lose.
12) Phantom thread
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Set in the glamour of the 1950's post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of the British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, ďbutantes and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock's life until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled...
13) Licorice Pizza
Pub. Date
2022
Description
The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around, and falling in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
14) Pompeii
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A slave-turned-gladiator must fight to save his love from a corrupt Roman senator in the midst of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which poses a deadly threat to the city of Pompeii.
15) Magnolia
Pub. Date
c2000
Description
Nine lives are woven together through a collusion of coincidence, chance, human action, shared media, past history, and divine intervention.
17) '71
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A British soldier is caught behind enemy lines in Belfast 1971. Unable to tell friend from foe, and increasingly wary of his own comrades, he must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorienting, alien, and deadly landscape.
"It's only March, but this could be 2015's most invigorating directorial debut."--Entertainment Weekly
"Gripping, mournful, suspenseful."--Newsday
"A tense thriller from Britain that so adroitly joins...
Description
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began, The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
20) Robin Hood
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
An action-packed retelling of the classic legend filled with thrilling battle sequences, mind-blowing fight choreography, and epic adventure. Returning home from the Crusades, Robin of Loxley finds his country oppressed by the evil Sheriff of Nottingham. With the help of Moorish warrior Little John, Robin transforms into the heroic outlaw Robin Hood, taking up arms to fight the sheriff and win the heart of his love, Maid Marian.