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.
- The Rocketeer (1991)Dark City (1998)Shared actor: Jennifer Connelly
- The Rocketeer (1991)Flash Gordon (1980)Shared actor: Timothy Dalton — villain in one, hero in the other
- Dark City (1998)The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)Shared actor: Jennifer Connelly
- Strange Days (1995)The Terminator (1984)Written & produced by James Cameron
- Johnny Mnemonic (1995)The Matrix (1999)Shared actor: Keanu Reeves — data courier, then digital messiah
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017)Star Wars (1977)Shared actor: Harrison Ford
- Planet of the Apes (1968)Alien (1979)Same composer: Jerry Goldsmith
- Planet of the Apes (1968)Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)Same composer: Jerry Goldsmith
- Logan's Run (1976)Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)Same composer: Jerry Goldsmith
- Planet of the Apes (1968)Logan's Run (1976)Same composer: Jerry Goldsmith
- The Omega Man (1971)Planet of the Apes (1968)Shared actor: Charlton Heston
- Soylent Green (1973)The Omega Man (1971)Shared actor: Charlton Heston
- Godzilla (1954)Akira (1988)Same studio: Toho
- TRON (1982)A Clockwork Orange (1971)Same composer: Wendy Carlos
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)Same effects artist: Douglas Trumbull
- Silent Running (1972)Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)Douglas Trumbull directed one, then supervised effects on the other
- Silent Running (1972)Blade Runner (1982)Same effects artist: Douglas Trumbull
- Silent Running (1972)Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)Same effects artist: Douglas Trumbull
- Terminator Genisys (2015)Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)Shared actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger
- The Terminator (1984)Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)Shared actor: Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)Shared actors: Linda Hamilton & Arnold Schwarzenegger reunite decades later
- 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
- 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