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1. 3 Body Problem (2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A fateful decision made in 1960s China reverberates in the present, where a group of scientists partner with a detective to confront an existential planetary threat.
Stars: Jovan Adepo, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Jess Hong
Votes: 83,206
2. Doctor Who (1963–1989)
TV-PG | 25 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.
Stars: William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker
Votes: 39,490
3. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror, Musical
A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Levi Stubbs
Votes: 86,244 | Gross: $38.75M
4. Super 8 (2011)
PG-13 | 112 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Elle Fanning, AJ Michalka, Kyle Chandler, Joel Courtney
Votes: 367,320 | Gross: $127.00M
5. Superman (1978)
PG | 143 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando
Votes: 187,357 | Gross: $134.22M
6. Welcome to Derry (2025– )
Horror | Filming
It will follow the events in the 1960s, the time leading up to the events of the first film in the Stephen King It series.
Stars: Jovan Adepo, James Remar, Madeleine Stowe, Taylour Paige
7. Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
PG-13 | 154 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Tyrese Gibson, Josh Duhamel
Votes: 431,697 | Gross: $352.39M
8. The Flintstones (1960–1966)
TV-G | 26 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
Stars: Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, Bea Benaderet
Votes: 40,953
9. Project Blue Book (2019–2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A tough US Air Force officer and a skeptical scientist investigate UFO and alien conspiracies as Cold War paranoia spreads.
Stars: Aidan Gillen, Michael Malarkey, Laura Mennell, Ksenia Solo
Votes: 14,429
10. The Invaders (1967–1968)
TV-PG | 51 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The Aliens are here, posing as human, and not friendly. David Vincent has seen them land and now must evade them and convince others of their presence while not being put in the booby hatch.
Stars: Roy Thinnes, Kent Smith, Max Kleven, William Windom
Votes: 3,426
11. Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Billy Pilgrim has mysteriously become unstuck in time. He goes on an uncontrollable trip back and forth from his birth in New York to life on a distant planet and back again to the horrors of the 1945 fire-bombing of Dresden.
Director: George Roy Hill | Stars: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans
Votes: 13,894 | Gross: $0.57M
12. Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)
G | 93 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Astronauts investigate Planet X and encounter the Xiliens, who ask Earth's people to help save their world from "Monster Zero". As one astronaut forms a romance with a mysterious woman, he uncovers the Xilien's true intentions.
Director: Ishirô Honda | Stars: Nick Adams, Akira Takarada, Jun Tazaki, Akira Kubo
Votes: 7,422
13. Superman: Red Son (2020 Video)
PG-13 | 84 min | Animation, Action, Sci-Fi
What if baby Kal-El's rocket landed not in Kansas, but in the Soviet Union? That is the premise of this Elseworld's tale from DC Comics.
Director: Sam Liu | Stars: Jason Isaacs, Amy Acker, Diedrich Bader, Vanessa Marshall
Votes: 16,833
14. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary
A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige
Votes: 40,884
15. Dark Skies (1996–1997)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
In 1960s America, a young couple struggle to expose the truth about a hidden alien invasion, while a secret government organization follows its own agenda in dealing with the threat.
Stars: Eric Close, J.T. Walsh, Lackos, Megan Ward
Votes: 2,374
16. Moontrap (1988)
R | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
NASA finds remains of an ancient humanoid race on the Moon that left behind deadly robots.
Director: Robert Dyke | Stars: Walter Koenig, Bruce Campbell, Leigh Lombardi, Robert Kurcz
Votes: 3,785
17. Pajama Party (1964)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Sent to Earth to prepare for an invasion, a Martian scout lands amidst a swim party and tries to convince everyone that he really is who he says.
Director: Don Weis | Stars: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Elsa Lanchester, Harvey Lembeck
Votes: 1,297
18. A Home at the End of the World (2004)
R | 97 min | Drama, Romance
A boy who has experienced many losses in his life grows to manhood and enters into a love triangle with a woman and his boyhood friend.
Director: Michael Mayer | Stars: Colin Farrell, Dallas Roberts, Robin Wright, Sissy Spacek
Votes: 13,993 | Gross: $1.03M
19. Justice League: The New Frontier (2008 Video)
PG-13 | 75 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
In the 1950s, a new generation of superheroes must join forces with the community's active veterans and a hostile US government to fight a menace to Earth.
Director: Dave Bullock | Stars: David Boreanaz, Miguel Ferrer, Neil Patrick Harris, John Heard
Votes: 21,370
20. Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
Not Rated | 82 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
An eccentric inventor and his companions travel in his TARDIS to the Planet Skaro and battle the evil menace of the Daleks.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Peter Cushing, Roy Castle, Jennie Linden, Roberta Tovey
Votes: 5,349
21. Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (1966)
Not Rated | 84 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Dr. Who and his companions arrive on Earth in the year 2150 AD, only to discover that the planet has been invaded and its population enslaved by the dreaded Daleks.
Director: Gordon Flemyng | Stars: Peter Cushing, Bernard Cribbins, Ray Brooks, Andrew Keir
Votes: 4,536
22. The UFO Incident (1975 TV Movie)
97 min | Biography, Drama, History
In the early 1960s, a married couple undergo hypnosis, which unlocks memories of a forgotten event on a lonely road. Soon they believe they were abducted by extraterrestrials.
Director: Richard A. Colla | Stars: James Earl Jones, Estelle Parsons, Barnard Hughes, Dick O'Neill
Votes: 853
23. The Clangers (1969–1974)
10 min | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
The series chronicled the melancholically funny lives of the Clangers, a flutey-voiced family of woolen, knitted aliens living below the surface of a knobbly little planet far out in space.... See full summary »
Star: Oliver Postgate
Votes: 731
24. Rocket Robin Hood (1966–1969)
TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
The futuristic adventures of the legendary outlaw and his Merry Men in outer space where their arch-nemesis, the evil Sheriff of N.O.T.T., pursues them.
Stars: Len Birman, Ed McNamara, Chris Wiggins, Bernard Cowan
Votes: 270
25. Planeta bur (1962)
78 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi
Cosmonauts land on the planet Venus. However, they find themselves in danger from the voracious monsters they find on it.
Director: Pavel Klushantsev | Stars: Vladimir Emelyanov, Georgi Zhzhyonov, Gennadi Vernov, Yuriy Sarantsev
Votes: 1,475
26. The Monitors (1969)
PG | 92 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
Earthlings chafe at the peace established by a benevolent alien race and set about to rebel.
Director: Jack Shea | Stars: Guy Stockwell, Susan Oliver, Larry Storch, Avery Schreiber
Votes: 332
27. The Mothman of Point Pleasant (2017)
67 min | Documentary
Learn the terrifying, true story about thirteen months that changed history! In November of 1966 a car full of kids encountered a creature unlike anything they'd ever seen before. In the ... See full summary »
Director: Seth Breedlove | Stars: Mothman, Denny Bellamy, Marcella Bennett, Lyle Blackburn
Votes: 614
28. The Movies (2005 Video Game)
T | Action, Adventure, Comedy
You play the head of a movie studio who must produce movies, manage your personnel and market your product as the technology of the medium changes over the years.
Director: Peter Molyneux | Stars: Benedict Caeser, Ben Cullum, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood
Votes: 537
29. The Creep Behind the Camera (2014)
Not Rated | 111 min | Animation, Biography, Drama
An exploration of the making of b-movie sci-fi cult classic "The Creeping Terror" and its con-man director Art "A.J." Nelson/Vic Savage.
Director: Pete Schuermann | Stars: Josh Phillips, Jodi Lynn Thomas, Bill LeVasseur, Laurel Harris
Votes: 287
30. I'm Sorry, My Love (2018)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A marriage that represents the American Dream, is suffering from a deep crisis. Jackie Kennedy does not want to fake it no more, but the responsibility is high. In the middle of a cold war ... See full synopsis »
Director: Eduardo Casanova | Stars: Javier Botet, Sara Rivero
Votes: 96
31. Dodo, the Kid from Outer Space (1965)
5 min | Animation, Family, Sci-Fi
A series about the adventures of DoDo, a humanoid alien from the planet Hena Hydro who settled on Earth. He was described in the narration as pixie-like. He was "short and slender, with ... See full summary »
Votes: 38
32. Summer of the Flying Saucer (2008)
86 min | Family
It's Ireland in 1967, when a Flying Saucer full of aliens lands on Dan's farm. Dan falls in love with an alien girl and tries his best to make everybody believe she and the other aliens are humans.
Director: Martin Duffy | Stars: Robert Sheehan, Lorcan Cranitch, Nicola Coughlan, Jens Winter
Votes: 65
33. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (2013 Video Game)
M | Action, Adventure, Mystery
As a covert government unit begins investigating and concealing a series of mysterious alien attacks, Special Agent William Carter must lead his squad into a covert war, defending the human race and protecting the truth.
Directors: Morgan Gray, Erik J. Caponi | Stars: Mark Hildreth, Alan Dale, Peter Jessop, Courtenay Taylor
Votes: 316
34. Männer sind zum Lieben da (1970)
86 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
A group of alien women come to earth to captured men and bring them to their world to ensure future reproduction.
Director: Eckhart Schmidt | Stars: Isi ter Jung, Horst Letten, Barbara Capell, Diana Nisbeth
Votes: 48
35. Lighter Than Hare (1960)
Approved | 7 min | Sci-Fi, Family, Animation
Outer space invader Yosemite Sam wants to capture typical earth creature Bugs.
Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Mel Blanc
Votes: 437
36. The Last Time Martians Came Home (2024)
20 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
When a UFO crashes on a lonely farmstead, a soon to be Mother (Donna) and her belligerent husband (Jack) must investigate and drive out a family of invaders from distant worlds - However things are not always as they seem.
Directors: Jason Da Silva, George Tsounis | Stars: Shannon Browning, David Ghetti, Sharni Joan, Malina Kelderman
37. Where Are All the UFO's? (1996 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary
The modern myth of the UFO begins with a 1938 radio broadcast and continues through two major 1947 sightings, the "contactee" movement, abduction stories and crop circles.
Director: Scott Paddor | Stars: Michael Dorn, Orson Welles, Walter Haut, Jesse Marcel Jr.
Votes: 57
38. Tomorrow's Memoir (2004)
27 min | Drama, Short
Jaded by a world which has deceived him, an older gentleman withdraws from society into a somber and lonely existence. When a crisis develops in the city, it soon becomes clear that he has ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Cliffe | Stars: Stephen Jefferys, Michael Collier, Jason Bell, Michael Irwin
Votes: 300
39. Planet X (2005–2006)
28 min
Jakob Stegelmann presents film clips and trailers from horror and science fiction b-movies, obscure educational films, and others bits from Planet X.
Star: Jakob Stegelmann
Votes: 45
40. Colorshopping Vol. 7 (2013 Video)
87 min
A compilation of television cereal commercials from the 1960s and 1970s.
Stars: The Archies, Shelley Duvall, Jackson 5
41. Sally and Johnny (1999)
11 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
In the 1950s, Sally and Johnny are two teenagers in love. But when an alien abducts Sally, Johnny loses his sanity and becomes a poor homeless hippie in the 1960s. His only chance to get ... See full summary »
Director: Danica DeCosto | Stars: John Renzulli, Cheryl Katz, Gustavo Trillo, Danica DeCosto
Votes: 11
43. Mid-Century Modern Animation: Volume 1 (2012 Video)
114 min | Animation
A home media compilation of animation rarities in the "mid-century modern" style of the late 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, including industrial films and vintage TV commercials. (Presented on DVD and Blu-ray by Thunderbean Animation.)
Directors: John Hubley, Seymour Kneitel, Carl Urbano, Dusan Vukotic
44. Advent (II) (2014)
26 min | Short, Family, History
In the summer of 1962, humanity makes first contact with extraterrestrial life.
Director: John Bickerstaff | Stars: Wayne Shore, Kate Jurdi, Henry MacLean, Patrick Sullivan
Votes: 10
45.
The Ben Stiller Show (1992–1995)
Episode:
With James Doohan
(1992)
TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy
Special guest star JAMES DOOHAN ("Star Trek") joins the cast to introduce several comedy sketches. Sketches include: Legends Of Springsteen; Amish Studs; Michael Pheret,Talent Agency with Run-DMC; Legends Of Springsteen, Part 2;
Directors: John Fortenberry, Paul Miller, Troy Miller, Ben Stiller | Stars: Ben Stiller, Andy Dick, Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk
Votes: 55
46.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
Assignment: Earth
(1968)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
While back in time observing Earth in 1968, the Enterprise crew encounters the mysterious Gary Seven who has his own agenda on the planet.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Robert Lansing
Votes: 3,695
47.
Star Trek (1966–1969)
Episode:
Tomorrow Is Yesterday
(1967)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
The Enterprise is thrown back in time to 1960s Earth.
Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Roger Perry, DeForest Kelley
Votes: 4,297
48.
The Adventures of Tintin (1991–1992)
Episode:
Flight 714: Part 2
(1992)
TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
While trying to rescue a kidnapped millionaire, Tintin receives help from an unlikely source.
Director: Stéphane Bernasconi | Stars: Colin O'Meara, Thierry Wermuth, David Fox, Christian Pelissier
Votes: 303
49.
Doctor Who (2005–2022)
Episode:
Flux: Chapter Four - Village of the Angels
(2021)
TV-14 | 56 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Devon, November 1967. A little girl has gone missing, Prof Jericho is conducting psychic experiments and in the graveyard there is one gravestone too many. Why is Medderton known as The Cursed Village and what do the Weeping Angels want?
Director: Jamie Magnus Stone | Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, John Bishop, Kevin McNally
Votes: 3,824