Truth Hidden In Plain Sight
Movies ahead of their time exposing partial truths about the reality we live in, either based on technology advancements, Fortean phenomena, esoteric books, ancient knowledge or UFO literature. Ready for those who are ready, invisible for those still living in a dream.
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1.
The Matrix
(1999)
A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against its controllers. (136 mins.)
Director: The Wachowski Brothers, The Wachowski Brothers
“ What is real? Are we just someone's farm animals? ” - Blindabuser
2.
Dark City
(1998)
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun. (100 mins.)
Director: Alex Proyas
“ Is our life already scripted? Does free will actually exist? ” - Blindabuser
3.
Hellboy
(2004)
A demon, raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness. (122 mins.)
Director: Guillermo del Toro
“ Nazis and dark occultism, the "new man", operation Paperclip. ” - Blindabuser
4.
The Terminator
(1984)
A human-looking indestructible cyborg is sent from 2029 to 1984 to assassinate a waitress, whose unborn son will lead humanity in a war against the machines, while a soldier from that war is sent to protect her at all costs. (107 mins.)
Director: James Cameron
“ Artificial Intelligence and the probable outcome on our society. ” - Blindabuser
5.
Jurassic Park
(1993)
During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. (127 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
“ Scientists tampering with DNA, not for the common good. ” - Blindabuser
6.
RoboCop
(1987)
In a dystopic and crime-ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg haunted by submerged memories. (102 mins.)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
“ Transhumanism galore, to "serve and protect". ” - Blindabuser
7.
Runaway
(1984)
In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target. (99 mins.)
Director: Michael Crichton
“ Drones and pervasive technology: rings a bell? ” - Blindabuser
8.
Blade Runner
(1982)
A blade runner must pursue and try to terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator. (117 mins.)
Director: Ridley Scott
“ Synthetic humans: not so far away, are they? ” - Blindabuser
9.
Men in Black
(1997)
A police officer joins a secret organization that polices and monitors extraterrestrial interactions on Earth. (98 mins.)
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
“ Entertaining mockery of an actual phenomenon. ” - Blindabuser
10.
Enemy of the State
(1998)
A lawyer becomes a target by a corrupt politician and his NSA goons when he accidentally receives key evidence to a serious politically motivated crime. (132 mins.)
Director: Tony Scott
“ You (purposely) came so late, Assange and Snowden. ” - Blindabuser
11.
The Thirteenth Floor
(1999)
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague... (100 mins.)
Director: Josef Rusnak
“ A somehow romantic take on quantum physics. ” - Blindabuser
12.
2001: A Space Odyssey
(1968)
Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest. (149 mins.)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
“ Ancient visitors improving our ancestors' DNA, plus a truly evil A.I. ” - Blindabuser
13.
X-Men
(2000)
Two mutants come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers. (104 mins.)
Director: Bryan Singer
“ Genetically enhanced humans and naturally gifted "new men". ” - Blindabuser
14.
Minority Report
(2002)
In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder. (145 mins.)
Director: Steven Spielberg
“ Clairvoyance or predictive analytics? Same results. ” - Blindabuser
15.
Back to the Future
(1985)
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. (116 mins.)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
“ Non-linear time, time travel and timeline jumps. ” - Blindabuser
16.
Total Recall
(1990)
When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real - or does he? (113 mins.)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
“ Virtual reality and its disturbing implications. ” - Blindabuser
17.
Twelve Monkeys
(1995)
In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet. (129 mins.)
Director: Terry Gilliam
“ Which came first, the chicken or the egg? ” - Blindabuser
18.
I, Robot
(2004)
In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity. (115 mins.)
Director: Alex Proyas
“ With the compliments of Mr. Asimov ” - Blindabuser
19.
The X Files
(1998)
Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth. (121 mins.)
Director: Rob Bowman
“ Whistle-blowers and UFO researchers would say this is not just a movie. ” - Blindabuser
20.
The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
(2002)
Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, because he feels disconnected with the values about work he learned from his father... (105 mins.)
Director: Mick Jackson
“ Olographic devices we should be already using, and the ominous Cloud Computing. ” - Blindabuser