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1) Alien
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Alien: Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discovers a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind.
Species: A beautiful human-alien hybrid escapes from observation to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind.
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In 2029, giant super-computers dominate the planet and to destroy man's future by changing the past, they send an indestructible cyborg, a Terminator, back in time to kill a woman whose unborn son will become mankind's only hope. Can Sarah Connor protect herself from this unstoppable menace?
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"Experience mankind's greatest adventure. This thrilling sci-fi original is a breathtaking ride. Charlton Heston stars as Taylor, an astronaut who crash-lands on a mysterious world where intelligent apes rule, and hunt primitive, speechless humans for sport. Soon, Taylor's life depends on the kindness of the chimpanzee scientists Cornelius and Zira and his escape to the Forbidden Zone, where he uncovers an earth-shattering secret that may hold the...
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Los Angeles, 2019: Rick Deckard of the LAPD's Blade Runner unit prowls the steel & microchip jungle of the 21st century. His job is to track down and eliminate assumed humanoids known as 'replicants.' Replicants were declared illegal after a bloody mutiny on an Off-World Colony, and are to be terminated upon detection. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 6 "skin jobs," theslang for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth. The...