Time of the Robots

An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.

Runtime

2h 3m

Director

Jon Turteltaub

Cast

John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker

The career of a disillusioned producer, who is desperate for a hit, is endangered when his star walks off the film set. Forced to think fast, the producer decides to digitally create an actress "Simone" to sub for the star — the first totally believable synthetic actress.

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Andrew Niccol

Cast

Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener

Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves him with little time for himself. However, he is approached by geneticist Dr. Owen Leeds, who offers Doug a rather unusual solution to his problems: cloning.

Runtime

1h 57m

Director

Harold Ramis

Cast

Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin

After surviving a plane crash caused by a magnetic storm, United Nations attorney Edward Douglas stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.

Runtime

1h 36m

Director

John Frankenheimer

Cast

Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis

Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.

Runtime

1h 53m

Director

Michael Radford

Cast

John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton