Films
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
King Arthur and his knights embark on a low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles.
Jaws
When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist, and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.
Taxi Driver
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York cabbie, haunting the streets and growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city, first plotting to assassinate a presidential candidate, then to rescue a 12-year-old prostitute.
Empire of the Ants
A scam artist tries to sell phony real estate deals in the Florida Everglades. She and her unsuspecting buyers don't know it has been taken over by giant ants.
The Uncanny
A horror writer has stumbled upon a terrible secret, that cats are supernatural creatures who really call the shots. In a desperate attempt to get others to believe him, he spews three tales of feline horror.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Coma
When a young female doctor notices an unnatural amount of comas occurring in her hospital, she uncovers a horrible conspiracy.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
An extraterrestrial crash lands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought.
Halloween
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield to kill again.
Superman
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.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
In San Francisco, a group of people discover the human race is being replaced, one by one, with clones devoid of emotion.
Dawn of the Dead
Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Young student Liu is urged to rise against the Manchu oppression in China, but the revolution has disastrous consequences. Escaping the massacre, Liu seeks shelter in the Shaolin Temple, where the monks train him in their famous martial arts skills.
Alien
The commercial vessel Nostromo receives a distress call from an unexplored planet. After searching for survivors, the crew heads home only to realize that a deadly bioform has joined them.
The Black Stallion
Marooned on a remote island, an abused horse and a lost boy form an unbreakable bond.
The Black Hole
A research vessel finds a missing spaceship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole.
The Shining
A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil presence slowly drives the father insane.
Ordinary People
The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.
The Elephant Man
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a sideshow freak. Behind his monstrous facade, there is revealed a person of intelligence and sensitivity.
Altered States
A Harvard scientist conducts experiments on himself with a hallucinatory drug and an isolation chamber that may be causing him to regress genetically.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do.
Clash of the Titans
Perseus, abandoned mortal son of the Greek god Zeus, must leave his island home and defeat Calibos, Medusa, and other mythological monsters to rescue his destined bride Andromeda.
Body Heat
In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband.