An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.

Star Trek: First Contact

1996

English

7.6

♡ 104

93%

Jonathan Frakes Director

Adam Scott as Defiant Conn Officer

Neal McDonough as Lt. Hawk

Don Stark as Nicky the Nose

Patti Yasutake as Nurse Ogawa

The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.

Wild Wild West

1999

English

4.9

♡ 125

16%

Barry Sonnenfeld Director

Will Smith as Capt. James West

Kenneth Branagh as Dr. Arliss Loveless

Gary Carlos Cervantes as Dr. Guillermo Escobar

Salma Hayek as Rita Escobar

Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President Ulysses S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart Loveless' plans.

Tomorrowland

2015

English

6.4

♡ 198

49%

Brad Bird Director

Britt Robertson as Casey Newton

George Clooney as Frank Walker

Judy Greer as Jenny Newton

Lochlyn Munro as Uncle Anthony

Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as "Tomorrowland."

The Games Maker

2014

Spanish

5.6

♡ 5

40%

48%

Action

Adventure

based on children's book

Juan Pablo Buscarini Director

Joseph Fiennes as Morodian

Tom Cavanagh as Mr. Drago

Edward Asner as Nicholas Drago

John Emmet Tracy as Zyl Broadcaster / Zyl Commentator

Young Ivan Drago's newfound love of board games catapults him into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention, and pits him against the inventor Morodian, who has long desired to destroy the city of Zyl, founded by Ivan's grandfather. To save his family and defeat Morodian, Ivan must come to know what it is to be a true games maker.

Splashback

2023

English

7.3

♡ 3

Luka Hrgovic Director

Ozren Manojlovic as Buzz Aldrin

Ivan Dzajic as Jazz Band / Bass

Sven Matijevic as Jazz Band / Saxophone

Mate Picukaric as Jazz Band / Trumpet

In the midst of one of the most significant moments in human history - the Moon landing - a guy working at a NASA warehouse has his own little passion project: the invention of the first urinal net.

The Great Race

1965

English

7.2

♡ 13

68%

Blake Edwards Director

Johnny Silver as Baker

Harry Harvey as Executive Board Member

Arthur O'Connell as Henry Goodbody

Roy Jenson as Saloon Brawler

Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention.

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

1989

English

6.4

♡ 67

76%

parent child relationship

Sci-Fi

shrinking

Joe Johnston Director

Matt Frewer as Big Russ Thompson

Marcia Strassman as Diane Szalinski

Robert Oliveri as Nick Szalinski

Frank Welker as (voice)

The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves!

1997

English

5.0

♡ 38

25%

Dean Cundey Director

Eve Gordon as Diane

Mila Kunis as Jill

Erica Luttrell as Jody

Robin Bartlett as Patti

The joke's on absent-minded scientist Wayne Szalinski when his troublesome invention shrinks him, his brother and their wives so effectively that their children think they've completely disappeared. Of course, this gives the kids free rein to do anything they want, unaware that their parents are watching every move.

Steamboy

2004

Japanese

6.8

♡ 8

industrial revolution

Katsuhiro Ôtomo Director

Alfred Molina as Dr. Eddie Steam

Anne Suzuki as James Ray Steam

David S. Lee as Jason

Oliver Cotton as Robert Stephenson

After receiving a package from his grandfather, Ray, a young inventor who lives in England during the mid-19th century, finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict related to a revolutionary advance in steam power.

The Thinking Game

2024

English

7.6

♡ 4

artificial general intelligence (a.g.i.)

artificial intelligence (a.i.)

computer scientist

Documentary

high technology

information technology

inventor

Sci-Fi

Greg Kohs Director

Lee Sedol as Self - Go Player

Stephen Hawking as Self - Theoretical Physicist

J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self - Theoretical Physicist

Albert Einstein as Self - Theoretical Physicist

Chronicles the extraordinary life of visionary scientist Demis Hassabis and his relentless quest to solve the enigma of artificial general intelligence.

Dear Family

2024

Japanese

6.7

♡ 3

based on novel or book

Shô Tsukikawa Director

Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Jun Sakurada

Yô Ôizumi as Nobumasa Tsuboi

Naho Toda as Yuki Kawano

Kasumi Arimura as Yuko Yamamoto

Nobumasa Tsuboi (Yo Oizumi) runs a small factory in a small town. He has a daughter Yoshimi Tsuboi (Riko Fukumoto) who suffers from a congenital heart disease. A doctor tells Nobumasa Tsuboi that his daughter will only live for about 10 more years. Nobumasa Tsuboi is devastated that his daughter won't live past the ago of 20. Nobumasa Tsuboi and his wife Yoko Tsuboi (Miho Kanno) cannot accept the diagnosis. Even though he has no medical knowledge or experience, Nobumasa Tsuboi begins to study about artificial hearts.

Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out

1989

English

7.7

♡ 18

92%

human animal relationship

Nick Park Director

Peter Hawkins as Gromit

Peter Sallis as Wallace

Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese, and this provides an excellent excuse for the duo to take their holiday to the moon, where, as everyone knows, there is ample cheese. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave

1995

English

8.1

♡ 39

100%

human animal relationship

Nick Park Director

Peter Hawkins as Gromit

Justin Fletcher as Shaun

Peter Sallis as Wallace

Anne Reid as Wendolene

Wallace's whirlwind romance with the proprietor of the local wool shop puts his head in a spin, and Gromit is framed for sheep-rustling in a fiendish criminal plot.

Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers

1993

English

8.3

♡ 35

human animal relationship

Nick Park Director

Peter Hawkins as Gromit

Peter Sallis as Wallace

Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno pants created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wanted criminal. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

The Absent Minded Professor

1961

English

6.7

♡ 13

83%

Robert Stevenson Director

Keenan Wynn as Alonzo P. Hawk

Gregg Palmer as Communications Man

Forrest Lewis as Police Officer Kelley

Wally Boag as TV Newsman

Bumbling professor Ned Brainard accidentally invents flying rubber, or "Flubber", an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately, no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk, a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.

Fly Away Home

1996

English

6.9

♡ 31

87%

Carroll Ballard Director

Philip Akin as Air Force Reporter

Mark Wilson as Reporter

Dana Delany as Susan Barnes

Linden Chiles as TV Anchor

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows. Amy is miserable in her new life... until she discovers a nest of goose eggs that were abandoned when a local forest was torn down. The eggs hatch and Amy becomes "Mama Goose". When winter comes, Amy and her dad must find a way to lead the birds South.

Flubber

1997

English

5.3

♡ 81

24%

Les Mayfield Director

Raymond J. Barry as Chester Hoenicker

Robin Williams as Professor Philip Brainard

Clancy Brown as Smith

Ted Levine as Wesson

Professor Phillip Brainard, an absent minded professor, works with his assistant Weebo, trying to create a substance that's a new source of energy and that will save Medfield College where his sweetheart Sara is the president. He has missed his wedding twice, and on the afternoon of his third wedding, Professor Brainard creates flubber, which allows objects to fly through the air.

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Master of the World

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Star Trek: First Contact

Wild Wild West

Tomorrowland

The Games Maker

Splashback

The Great Race

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves!

Steamboy

The Thinking Game

Dear Family

Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out

Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave

Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers

The Absent Minded Professor

Fly Away Home

Flubber