Engineer Garin builds a devastating ray weapon and schemes for world domination in this stylish 1965 Soviet thriller based on the novel that inspired laser theory, featuring Art Deco sets rivaling James Bond productions.

Created for just $8000 in 1978, this legendary extended trailer became the first and arguably best Star Wars parody, earning George Lucas’s approval and inspiring countless imitators.

Wichita TV horror host Tom Leahy created this charmingly awful 1965 amateur film where lightning revives a Neanderthal man who goes on a rampage, making it a fascinating artifact of local television history.

Zeus sends Titan Krios to humble an arrogant king by working as a slave in this delightful 1962 Italian peplum film mixing mythology, romance, and unexpected humor.

Stanley Donen directs Gene Wilder and Bob Fosse with Lerner & Loewe songs in this lavish 1974 musical that somehow drains all magic from Saint-Exupéry’s beloved novella.

Michael Crawford plays a comic book writer who becomes a costumed spy helping a Soviet defector in Disney’s 1981 would-be franchise starter that delivers neither convincing comedy nor exciting action.

John Derek filmed his wife Bo in gratuitous nude scenes while reducing Tarzan to a grunting decoration in this 1981 vanity project where Richard Harris bellows every line and Miles O’Keeffe displays one facial expression.

Mirror Universe Emperor Georgiou returns in this disappointing 2025 TV movie that transforms Star Trek into Marvel-style action while heroizing the morally questionable Section 31, wasting Michelle Yeoh’s Oscar-winning talents.

Brain electrodes let a student control a Taekwondo master for murderous revenge, but a clever twist reveals Viktor Frankenstein is actually the monster in this passably entertaining 1970 Canadian exploitation film.

Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder stars in a leopard-skin suit as Inspector Jensen investigating a media combine that imprisons intellectuals on the mysterious thirty-first floor in this rough-edged 1982 German dystopian thriller.