Roger Moore takes James Bond to space to battle Hugo Drax’s orbital super-race scheme in this silly but spectacular 1979 entry that capitalized on Star Wars mania and became the franchise’s biggest hit.

Lonely letter-writer Theodore falls for his AI operating system Samantha in Spike Jonze’s acclaimed but ultimately uninvolving 2013 meditation featuring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson’s voice.

Seven young women with no memory of civilization murder an old man for his gramophone in this bleak 1967 Czech New Wave vision of post-nuclear humanity stripped of conscience.

When an astronaut dies on Mars, NASA recruits his lookalike to perpetuate a coverup in this surprisingly effective 1972 TV drama focusing on emotional truth over conspiracy thrills.

Three officers who murdered their captain to cover up torpedoing a hospital ship face ghostly revenge aboard USS Tiger Shark in David Twohy’s disappointing 2002 submarine thriller riddled with historical inaccuracies.

Captured Nazi Agfacolor film stock brings stunning visual beauty to this 1946 Soviet fantasy where a gem cutter’s apprentice becomes enslaved by the Mistress of the Copper Mountain until true love intervenes.

Three indistinguishable detectives named Garrity, Harrigan and Mulligan investigate a criminal mastermind and a real escaped gorilla in this 1939 Ritz Brothers vehicle with Bela Lugosi lurking as the sinister butler.

Steve Martin plays a neurosurgeon who falls telepathically in love with a brain in a jar while married to Kathleen Turner’s predatory black widow in this hilarious 1983 Carl Reiner comedy.

Claude Rains transforms from phony music hall mentalist to genuine clairvoyant in this 1935 British thriller featuring Fay Wray, though the film never quite explains why we needed this story.

Once accused of being the ‘Vampire of the Autobahn’ serial killer, actor Waldemar Wohlfahrt plays dual vampire roles in this 1970 Spanish exploitation film where victims politely bathe before being attacked.