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Ridley Scott • Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm
Body Horror • Cyborg / Android / Robot • Horror
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Jonathan Demme • Starring: Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn, Anthony Hopkins
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Cannibal Film • Crime Thriller
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Stanley Kubrick • Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ghost Film • Haunted House Film
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Charles Laughton • Starring: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime Thriller • Crime
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James Cameron • Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn
Action • Body Horror • Cyborg / Android / Robot
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Psychological Horror
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Steven Spielberg • Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Adventure • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror
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Elem Klimov • Starring: Aleksei Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Lauciavicius
Anti-War Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Coming-of-Age
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John Carpenter • Starring: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter
Alien Invasion Films • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Body Horror
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Henri-Georges Clouzot • Starring: Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime • Foreign Language Film
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James Whale • Starring: Boris Karloff, Elsa Lanchester, Colin Clive
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • Gothic Film • Horror
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M. Night Shyamalan • Starring: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
Childhood Drama • Drama • Ghost Film
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William Friedkin • Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Mercedes McCambridge
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Drama • Horror
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Dario Argento • Starring: Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci
Fantasy • Gothic Film • Horror
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Jack Clayton • Starring: Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, Martin Stephens
Based-on-19th-Century-Literature • British New Wave • Ghost Film
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Roman Polanski • Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser
Horror • Psychological Horror • Psychological Thriller
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Tomas Alfredson • Starring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar
Based-on-21st-Century-Literature • Childhood Drama • Coming-of-Age
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James Whale • Starring: Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles
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Roman Polanski • Starring: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • New Hollywood
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Georges Franju • Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Edith Scob
Body Horror • Drama • Foreign Language Film
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Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Kassie Wesley, Lou Hancock
Black Comedy • Haunted House Film • Horror Comedy
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Michael Powell • Starring: Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey
Crime Thriller • Crime • Psychological Thriller
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F.W. Murnau • Starring: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schröder
Costume Horror • Foreign Language Film • German Expressionist Film
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John Landis • Starring: Jenny Agutter, John Woodvine, Griffin Dunne
Black Comedy • Body Horror • Horror Comedy
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Robert Wiene • Starring: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher
Costume Horror • German Expressionist Film • Gothic Film
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Danny Boyle • Starring: Megan Burns, Christopher Eccleston, Cillian Murphy
Dystopian Film • Horror • Monster Film
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George A. Romero • Starring: Duane Jones, Karl Hardman, Keith Wayne
Apocalyptic Film • Horror • Monster Film
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David Cronenberg • Starring: James Woods, Sonja Smits, Deborah Harry
Body Horror • Cyberpunk / Tech Noir • Horror
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Tod Browning • Starring: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova
Drama • Horror • Melodrama
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Dario Argento • Starring: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia
Foreign Language Film • Giallo • Horror
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Tippi Hedren, Suzanne Pleshette, Rod Taylor
Horror • Natural Horror
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Sam Raimi • Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker
Haunted House Film • Horror • Monster Film
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Nicolas Roeg • Starring: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Horror • Mindbender
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George A. Romero • Starring: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger
Horror • Monster Film • Post-Apocalyptic Film
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Andrzej Zulawski • Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Sam Neill, Margit Carstensen
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Horror
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Don Siegel • Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates
Alien Invasion Films • Apocalyptic Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
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David Lynch • Starring: Jack Nance, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts
Avant-garde / Experimental • Body Horror • Dystopian Film
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Masaki Kobayashi • Starring: Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Keiko Kishi
Anthology Film • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Costume Horror
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John Carpenter • Starring: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes
Horror • Slasher Film • Teen Movie
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Stuart Gordon • Starring: Jeffrey Combs, Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Black Comedy • Body Horror
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Robin Hardy • Starring: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Diane Cilento
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Folk Horror • Horror
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Guillermo del Toro • Starring: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
Foreign Language Film • Ghost Film • Gothic Film
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Philip Kaufman • Starring: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright
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David Cronenberg • Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Body Horror • Horror
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Robert Wise • Starring: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Ensemble Film • Ghost Film
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Jacques Tourneur • Starring: Simone Simon, Kent Smith, Tom Conway
Horror • Mystery • Romance
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Bob Clark • Starring: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder
Canuxploitation • Holiday Film • Horror
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Tobe Hooper • Starring: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke
Ghost Film • Haunted House Film • Horror
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Tobe Hooper • Starring: Marilyn Burns, Jim Siedow, Paul A. Partain
Cannibal Film • Exploitation Film • Horror
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George Sluizer • Starring: Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Gene Bervoets, Johanna ter Steege
Foreign Language Film • Mystery • Psychological Thriller
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