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21) The abyss
Language
English
Description
When a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks, the Navy commandeers the crew of a civilian deep sea oil rig to help in the rescue operation. This perilous mission becomes a wondrous odyssey into the unknown as forces from the ocean's deepest region begin to make contact with the divers.
22) Solaris
Series
Criterion collection volume 164
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 169 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
Adapted from a Stanislaw Lem novel. Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of theSolaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness.
25) Riverworld
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Riverworld is a mysterious and treacherous land where every human who died between the years 99,000 BC and 2200 AD has been resurrected on the banks of a colossal river. It is on the riverbank where a team bands together to try to unravel how and why they've arrived here, while coming face-to-face with some of the most dangerous people in history.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Moments before Earth is destroyed to make way for a new hyperspace express route, Arthur Dent is whisked into space by his best friend, an alien posing as an out-of-work actor. So the misadventure begins as he and fellow travelers search for answers to the mystery of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
27) Men in black
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Deluxe ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
New York City is being threatened by a villainous bug who has inhabited the body of a farmer. The mission is to locate and exterminate the bug before it destroys the planet.
Series
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a team of United Nations astronauts prepares for a moon mission, they are confused by a man who claims he, his fiancée and a scientist journeyed to the moon 65 years ago and were attacked by grotesque, human-like forms that live in immense crystal caverns.
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (DVD) (805 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Star wars, episode I, The phantom menace: Stranded on the planet Tatooine after rescuing Queen Amidala of Naboo, Jedi apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi and his Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn discover nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker, a young slave. Gifted with the power of the Force, Anakin wins his freedom and leaves home to be trained as a Jedi. Back on Naboo, Anakin and the Queen face a massive invasion while the two Jedi confront a lethal foe named Darth Maul.
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32) Alien
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discovers a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left.
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A team of top-level government agents makes a chilling discovery: extraterrestrial beings have landed and are quickly taking control of the residents of a small midwestern town--manipulating their bodies and minds like puppets.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Meacham is chosen, along with others, to do research that will help save the dying planet Metaluna. However, an evil scheme is uncovered by the suspecting Dr. Meacham when he discovers the Metalunan's plan to take over Earth.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
Special collector's edition.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Spock is dead, and McCoy is inexplicably being driven insane. Sarek, Spock's father, informs Captain Kirk that McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence. With that knowledge, Kirk steals the Enterprise and defies Starfleet's Genesis planet quarantine to help his friends.
36) Apollo 18
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.
Publisher
Koch Lorber Films
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
Anamorphic widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : digital, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Korean
Description
Convinced that Andromedans have infiltrated human society, a disturbed man sets out to kidnap his ex-boss and torture him until he confesses his alien identity and calls off the invasion of Earth.
38) Total recall
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012], c1982
Edition
Anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Steven Spielberg's masterpiece about a boy and his special bond with an alien from another planet. This 30th Anniversary Edition includes hours of bonus features, including a new interview with Steven Spielberg, as well as The E.T. Journals, a Blu-ray exclusive.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning toilets and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along.
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