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.

• 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