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
• The Thing (1982)Aliens (1986)Carpenter's crew meets Cameron's — shared DNA of siege horror