Connections
Every film in the archive is a node in a web of shared directors, actors, themes and studios. Pick a thread and follow it down the rabbit hole.
- RoboCop (1987)Blade Runner (1982)Same theme: what's left of the human inside the product
- Alien (1979)The Thing (1982)Same theme: isolated crew vs. perfect organism
- Twelve Monkeys (1995)Back to the Future (1985)Same theme: time travel — tragedy vs. comedy
- Twelve Monkeys (1995)The Terminator (1984)Same theme: fatalistic time loops
- Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)The Terminator (1984)Same theme: civilization after the fall
- A Clockwork Orange (1971)They Live (1988)Same theme: engineered obedience
- Akira (1988)Blade Runner (1982)Same theme: the neon megacity
- Akira (1988)The Matrix (1999)Direct influence: anime action and digital dystopia
- Blade Runner (1982)The Matrix (1999)Same subgenre: cyberpunk
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Jurassic Park (1993)Stan Winston creatures + the CGI revolution, back to back
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)Blade Runner (1982)Same effects master: Douglas Trumbull
- Back to the Future (1985)Jurassic Park (1993)Same cinematographer: Dean Cundey
- Alien (1979)Total Recall (1990)Same writer: Dan O'Bannon · same composer: Jerry Goldsmith
- Back to the Future (1985)Predator (1987)Same composer: Alan Silvestri
- Star Wars (1977)Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)Same composer: John Williams (both 1977!)
- They Live (1988)The Thing (1982)Shared actor: Keith David
- The Thing (1982)Aliens (1986)Carpenter's crew meets Cameron's — shared DNA of siege horror
- Total Recall (1990)Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Shared actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Predator (1987)Total Recall (1990)Shared actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger
- The Terminator (1984)Predator (1987)Shared actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Star Wars (1977)Blade Runner (1982)Shared actor: Harrison Ford
- RoboCop (1987)Total Recall (1990)Same director: Paul Verhoeven
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)Jurassic Park (1993)Same director: Steven Spielberg
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)Same director: Steven Spielberg
- The Thing (1982)They Live (1988)Same director: John Carpenter
- Aliens (1986)Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Same director: James Cameron
- The Terminator (1984)Aliens (1986)Same director: James Cameron
- Alien (1979)Blade Runner (1982)Same director: Ridley Scott
- The Terminator (1984)Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Same franchise: Terminator
- Alien (1979)Aliens (1986)Same franchise: Alien