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  1. Aliens 1986

    Film

    Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

    The sides of Aliens

    • Ripley goes back with the marines
    • A colony gone silent
    • A queen and a mother

    Good for you if

    • you like the scary original turned into a war film.
    • you like marines counting their ammo in a corridor.
    • you like creatures coming from the walls.

    Bad for you if

    • films from 1986 feel dated to you.
    • you can't take gore. Marines are torn apart and acid blood eats through armour.

    About: motherhood · survival · courage

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  2. Predator 1987

    Film

    A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

    The sides of Predator

    • A rescue team in the jungle
    • Something invisible hunting them
    • Mud as camouflage

    Good for you if

    • you like 80s action with muscles and machine guns.
    • you like soldiers picked off one by one.
    • you like a hunter you can barely see.

    Bad for you if

    • films from 1987 feel dated to you.
    • skinned bodies and gore ruin it for you.

    About: survival · hunting · strength

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  3. Cloverfield 2008

    Film

    Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

    The sides of Cloverfield

    • A goodbye party in Manhattan
    • A monster attacks the city
    • Everything filmed on a camcorder

    Good for you if

    • you like an attack seen only from the ground.
    • you like a monster you barely see.
    • you like the Statue of Liberty's head in the street.

    Bad for you if

    • you want steady, framed images. Everything is shot on a shaking camcorder.
    • you need answers. Nobody learns what the monster is or where it came from.

    About: survival · love · chaos

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  4. In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

    The sides of The Terminator

    • A killing machine sent from the future
    • A waitress who doesn't know she matters
    • A soldier sent to protect her

    Good for you if

    • you like being hunted by something that never stops.
    • you like a lean, fast 80s thriller.
    • you like a waitress who learns to fight back to stay alive.

    Bad for you if

    • effects from 1984 look dated to you.
    • shootouts in a police station ruin it for you.

    About: fate · survival · machines

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  5. Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

    The sides of A Quiet Place Part II

    • The family leaves home
    • A deaf girl with a plan
    • A survivor in an old factory

    Good for you if

    • you like silence that makes every sound terrifying.
    • you like creatures that hunt by noise.

    Bad for you if

    • you like a slow build. Part II throws the family into danger from the first scene.
    • you want a story that wraps up. This one ends with more to come.

    About: family · courage · survival

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  6. Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.

    The sides of Jurassic World

    • A dinosaur theme park open to the public
    • A new dinosaur that escapes
    • A trainer and his raptors

    Good for you if

    • you want big dinosaurs on a big screen.
    • you like chases through a jungle and a crowded park.
    • you like the dream of a dinosaur park open to the public, at last.

    Bad for you if

    • you watch for the people more than the dinosaurs. Here the creatures are the stars.
    • you'd rather not be scared. The Indominus rex hunts the park's guards through the jungle.

    About: greed · nature · control

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  7. In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.

    The sides of The Hunger Games

    • Survival in the arena
    • Peeta or Gale
    • A rebellion against the Capitol
    • The show around the games

    Good for you if

    • you like a hunt where anyone could die next.
    • you like a heroine who survives with a bow and her wits.
    • you like a girl who takes her little sister's place.

    Bad for you if

    • teenagers killing teenagers is too much for you.
    • two hours and twenty minutes is long for your evening, and it's only the first film.

    About: survival · spectacle · rebellion

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  8. An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.

    The sides of Mad Max: Fury Road

    • One long chase across the desert
    • A warrior woman leading an escape
    • Cars, fire and a flamethrower guitar

    Good for you if

    • you want two hours that almost never stop moving.
    • you like orange deserts and blue nights that look like paintings.
    • you like a desert world with its own rules, from war boys to a warlord who rations the water.

    Bad for you if

    • brutal crashes and wounds ruin a film for you.
    • you want a story told in words. Nobody here talks much.

    About: freedom · survival · water

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  9. In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.

    The sides of Jurassic Park III

    • A plane crash on the dinosaur island
    • A boy who survived alone
    • A bigger predator

    Good for you if

    • you like a dinosaur fight.
    • you like a short, fast survival film.

    Bad for you if

    • you or young kids scare easily. Pterosaurs attack in a fog-filled aviary.
    • you need the logic to hold up. A satellite phone rings inside a dinosaur.

    About: survival · family

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  10. Alien 1979

    Film

    During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

    The sides of Alien

    • A crew answering a distress call
    • Something on board
    • A heroine who keeps her head

    Good for you if

    • you want a creature you barely see and never forget.
    • you like a long, quiet build before the horror starts.
    • you like dark corridors and a motion tracker beeping.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand body horror. The creature uses human bodies, and the film shows it.
    • you want science fiction with guns and battles. The Nostromo is a cargo ship and its crew has no real weapons.

    About: survival · the unknown · greed

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  11. Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

    The sides of Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    • A killer robot sent to protect a boy
    • A mother preparing for the end
    • A liquid metal enemy

    Good for you if

    • you like a truck chasing a boy's dirt bike down the Los Angeles river canals.
    • you like a villain that can become anyone.
    • you like a bond growing between a boy and the machine sent to protect him.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the science to hold up. A liquid metal man pulls himself back together from puddles.
    • shootouts and a nightmare of fire are too much for you.

    About: fate · family · humanity

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  12. Annihilation 2018

    Film

    A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

    The sides of Annihilation

    • Five scientists entering the Shimmer
    • Nature mutating into something else
    • A bear that screams

    Good for you if

    • you like science fiction that feels like a nightmare.
    • you like rainbow-coloured, mutated landscapes.
    • you like an ending that refuses to explain itself.

    Bad for you if

    • body horror and one terrifying creature are too much for you.
    • you need momentum. The expedition moves slowly and quietly through the Shimmer.

    About: self-destruction · change · grief

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  13. Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

    The sides of War of the Worlds

    • A father fleeing with his kids
    • Tripods rising from the ground
    • A cellar and a probe

    Good for you if

    • you like an invasion seen from the ground, from a family's view.
    • you like terrifying destruction scenes.
    • you like a long, quiet scene hiding in a basement.

    Bad for you if

    • you want something for the kids. Here two children run from an alien invasion, terrified.
    • you need the science to hold up. The tripods were buried under our cities long before us.

    About: survival · fatherhood · fear

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  14. Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing that he has been breeding more beasties at a secret location. Malcolm, his paleontologist ladylove and a wildlife videographer join an expedition to document the lethal lizards' natural behavior in this action-packed thriller.

    The sides of The Lost World: Jurassic Park

    • A second island of dinosaurs
    • A trailer hanging off a cliff
    • A T-rex in San Diego

    Good for you if

    • you like more dinosaurs, bigger.
    • you like a trailer hanging over a cliff.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the logic to hold up. A T. rex loose in San Diego asks a lot.
    • you watch for the people more than the plot. Here the dinosaurs take the lead and the humans keep running.

    About: nature · greed

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  15. The Revenant 2015

    Film

    In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

    The sides of The Revenant

    • A man left for dead in the snow
    • A bear attack you feel in your bones
    • Revenge across a frozen wilderness

    Good for you if

    • you like real landscapes filmed in natural light.
    • you like watching someone stay alive against everything.
    • you like the American frontier of the 1820s, fur trappers and all.

    Bad for you if

    • a bear mauling and raw wounds are too much for you.
    • you want a story told in words. There are few.
    • two and a half hours of struggle is too long for you.

    About: survival · revenge · nature

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  16. The Thing 1982

    Film

    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

    The sides of The Thing

    • A research station in Antarctica
    • Something that copies anyone
    • A blood test

    Good for you if

    • you like paranoia where anyone could be the monster.
    • you like practical creature effects that still shock.
    • you like an ending that leaves you unsure.

    Bad for you if

    • grotesque body horror ruins it for you.
    • films from 1982 feel dated to you.

    About: paranoia · trust · isolation

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  17. Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

    The sides of Edge of Tomorrow

    • A coward who relives the same day
    • A war hero who trains him
    • Dying again and again

    Good for you if

    • you like a war film that keeps restarting.
    • you like the dark comedy of dying over and over.
    • you like figuring out the loop with the hero.

    Bad for you if

    • constant deaths, even quick ones, ruin it for you.
    • you need time travel explained by real science. Here an alien's blood resets the day.

    About: courage · repetition · growth

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  18. Rampage 2018

    Film

    Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle ape into a raging creature of enormous size. To make matters worse, it’s soon discovered there are other similarly altered animals. As these newly created alpha predators tear across North America, destroying everything in their path, Okoye teams with a discredited genetic engineer to secure an antidote, fighting his way through an ever-changing battlefield, not only to halt a global catastrophe but to save the fearsome creature that was once his friend.

    The sides of Rampage

    • A primatologist and his gorilla friend
    • Animals turned giant
    • Chicago smashed

    Good for you if

    • you like monsters climbing skyscrapers.
    • you want giant animals destroying a city.
    • you want a silly popcorn film.

    Bad for you if

    • you like a slow build. The animals are giant and loose in Chicago before long.
    • you need the science to hold up. A genetic experiment makes a gorilla as tall as a building.

    About: friendship · nature

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  19. After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.

    The sides of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

    • Victors sent back into the arena
    • A spark becoming a revolution
    • A jungle full of traps

    Good for you if

    • you like the dread of being sent back into an arena you barely survived.
    • you like a deadly arena that changes every hour.
    • you like a game where nobody is who they seem.

    Bad for you if

    • fights to the death are too much for you.
    • you can't watch trauma up close. Katniss still wakes up screaming from the last Games.

    About: rebellion · propaganda · survival

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  20. When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

    The sides of Train to Busan

    • A father and daughter on a train
    • Zombies on board
    • Carriage after carriage

    Good for you if

    • you like being trapped on a moving train with zombies.
    • you like a zombie film that makes you cry.
    • you like fights in narrow carriages.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles. It's in Korean (a dub exists).
    • zombie attacks ruin it for you.

    About: sacrifice · selfishness · fatherhood

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