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Watch a film in 9 of the following decades:

  • 1890: The Mechanical Butcher (1895) (Y)
  • 1900: The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon (1907) (Y)
  • 1910: Frankenstein (1910) (Y)
  • 1920: * The Lost World (1925) (D)
  • 1930: * Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) (B)
  • 1940: * Cat People (1942) (D)
  • 1950: Godzilla Raids Again (1955) (Starz OD)
  • 1960: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) (C)
  • 1970: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) (Starz OD)
  • 1980: * Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (B)
  • 1990: * Mimic (1997) (B)
  • 2000: * Alien vs. Predator (2004) (D)
  • 2010: * Predators (2010) (B)

Watch films in at least two languages other than English:

  • First language - Lithuanian: Vanishing Waves (2012) (AP)
  • Second language - Japanese: Attack on Titan: Part 1 (2015) (AR)

Watch a film in 9 of the following categories:

  • Animated Fy SF: * Big Hero 6 (2014) (Dig)
  • Based on a novel: The Maze Runner (2014) (N)
  • Commentary: * Deadpool (2016) (B)
  • Criterion Collection Fy SF: * Pan's Labyrinth (2006) (B)
  • Documentary feature Fy SF: Unacknowledged (2017) (NWI)
  • Featuring a laser shot going into the sky or down from space: * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) (B)
  • Film and at least two sequels:
    • * Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) (D)
    • * Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) (D)
    • * Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) (B)
  • Film and its remake/reboot:
    • Flatliners (1990) (N)
    • Flatliners (2017) (Starz OD)
  • Hugo Award (nom/won): * Arrival (2016) (B) -or-
    • Saturn Award (nom/won) Fy SF: * Interstellar (2014) (B)
  • Low budget: * Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) (D)
  • MST3K/Rifftrax/Cinematic Titanic/Hosted version: MST3K: The Return: Cry Wilderness (1987/2017) (NWI)
  • Special effects by Ray Harryhausen: * Clash of the Titans (1981) (B)
  • Future passed: * Predator 2 (1990) (D)

He's dead, Jim. Watch 4 out of the following:

  • Written by/inspired by/or related in some way to the late:
    • Gene Roddenberry: * Star Trek: Beyond (2016) (B)
    • Jules Verne: Master of the World (1961) (Y)
    • Richard Matheson: * I Am Legend (2007) (B) -or-
      • H.P. Lovecraft: * From Beyond (1986) (B)
    • George A. Romero: Monkey Shines (1988) (AP)
    • H.G. Wells: * War of the Worlds (2005) (D)
    • C.S. Lewis: * The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) (B) -or-
      • JRR Tolkien: Born of Hope (2009) (Y)
    • Alan Rickman: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) (AP)
    • Margot Kidder: * Superman: The Movie (1978) (B)
    • David Ogden Stiers: Neil Stryker and the Tyrant of Time (2017) (AP)

Watch 10 films directed/produced/written by:

  • Duncan Jones: Mute (2018) (NWI)
  • Fritz Lang: Destiny (1921) (NWI)
  • George Lucas: * Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) (B)
  • Georges Méliès: A Trip to the Moon (1902) (Y)
  • Hayao Miyazaki: Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979) (NWI)
  • J. J. Abrams: * Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) (B)
  • James Cameron: * Aliens (1986) (B)
  • James Whale: * Frankenstein (1931) (D)
  • John Carpenter: * The Thing (1982) (D)
  • Luc Besson: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) (AP)
  • Richard Fleischer: Soylent Green (1973) (N)
  • Ridley Scott: * Alien: Covenant (2017) (B)
  • Robert Wise: The Andromeda Strain (1971) (N)
  • Steven Spielberg: Ready Player One (2018) (V)
  • Terry Gilliam: * The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) (B)
  • The Wachowskis: * The Animatrix (2003) (B)
  • Tim Burton: * Big Fish (2003) (D)

Watch a film in 7 of these ratings:

  • Unrated (pre-MPAA): Beginning of the End (1957) (Y)
  • Approved: * King Kong (1933) (D)
  • G: * The War of the Worlds (1953) (D)
  • GP: Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971) (Roku)
  • PG: * Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999) (B)
  • PG-13: * Independence Day (1996) (B)
  • M: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) (N)
  • R: * Alien 3 (1992) (B)
  • NC-17: Evil Aliens (2005) (N)
  • X: Robocop (1987) (TMC)
  • Unrated (post-MPAA): * AvP: Requiem (2007) (B)

Watch a film in 11 of the following subgenres (link link 2):

  • Alien invasion: Skyline (2010) (N)
  • Based on fairy tale: * Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) (B)
  • Christmas in July: * Batman Returns (1992) (B)
  • Comedy: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) (AP)
  • Comic Book: * Ant-Man (2015) (B)
  • Dark Fantasy: * The Dark Tower (2017) (B-U)
  • Disaster: Geostorm (2017) (C)
  • Dystopian Society: The Handmaid's Tale (1990) (N)
  • High Fantasy: * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) (B)
  • Horror: * Life (2017) (B)
  • Immortality: The Man From Earth (2007) (AP)
  • Kaiju: * Pacific Rim (2013) (B)
  • Mad Scientist: The Twilight People (1972) (AP)
  • Mutants (Critter or otherwise): Rupture (2016) (MAX OD)
  • Paranormal: * Crimson Peak (2015) (B)
  • Post-Apocalyptic: * A Quiet Place (2018) (B-U)
  • Prehistoric: Prehistoric Women (1950) (D)
  • Psychological Sci-Fi: Primer (2004) (N)
  • Robot/Android: * Alien: Resurrection (1997) (B)
  • Space Themed: * Babylon 5: The Gathering (1993) (D)
  • Sword and Sorcery: Sinbad and the Minotaur (2011) (N)
  • Time travel: From Time to Time (2009) (AP)
  • Urban Fantasy: Bright (2017) (NWI)

Watch a film starring 15 of the following actors:

  • Akira Takarada: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) (Starz OD)
  • Amy Adams: Her (2013) (N)
  • Andy Serkis: * Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (2017) (B-U)
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger: * Predator (1987) (D)
  • Benedict Cumberbatch: * Doctor Strange (2016) (B)
  • Boris Karloff: * The Mummy (1932) (D)
  • Charlize Theron: * Prometheus (2012) (B)
  • Chris Hemsworth: * Ghostbusters (2016) (MA)
  • Chris Pine: A Wrinkle In Time (2018) (N)
  • Chris Pratt: * Jurassic World (2015) (B)
  • Christopher Lloyd: My Favorite Martian (1999) (N)
  • Faith Domergue: The Atomic Man (1955) (R)
  • Gary Oldman: * Lost in Space (1998) (D)
  • Harrison Ford: * Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) (B)
  • Sir Ian McKellen: Richard III (1995) (MGM HD)
  • James McAvoy: * X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) (B)
  • John Astin: * The Frighteners (1996) (D)
  • Keanu Reeves: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) (AP)
  • Keith David: Sons of Liberty (2013) (AP)
  • Kurt Russell: * Stargate (1994) (B)
  • Liv Tyler: * Armageddon (1998) (B)
  • Milla Jovovich: * UltraViolet (2006) (B)
  • Morgan Freeman: * Dreamcatcher (2003) (D)
  • Patrick Stewart: Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire (2017) (NWI)
  • Peter Jason: Dreamscape (1984) (R)
  • Roddy McDowall: Circle of Iron (1978) (AP)
  • Samuel L. Jackson: * Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002) (B)
  • Scarlett Johansson: * The Island (2005) (D)
  • Sigourney Weaver: * Alien (1979) (B)
  • Vincent Price: * The Last Man on Earth (1964) (D)
  • Will Smith: * i, Robot (2004) (D)
  • Zoe Saldana: I Kill Giants (2017) (H)

Personal:

  • Anime: Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters (2017) (NWI)
  • Found Footage: Phoenix Forgotten (2017) (H)
  • Musical: Bang Bang Baby (2014) (AP)
  • TV Miniseries: Angels In America (2003) (AP)
  • TV Movie: * Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998) (D)
  • TV Series: * Babylon 5: Season 1 (1994) (D)
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