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The Hourglass Sanatorium
The Hourglass Sanatorium (Sanatorium pod Klepsydrą) is Wojciech Jerzy Has's 1973 Polish surrealist film adapted from Bruno Schulz's 1937 story collection, about Józef visiting his father in a sanatorium where time bends; it won the 1973 Cannes Jury Prize, and Has was banned from directing for defying censors.
The Man Who Fell to Earth
The Man Who Fell to Earth: 1976 Nicolas Roeg science fiction film, also a Walter Tevis 1963 novel and 2022 Showtime series; stars David Bowie in his debut as alien Thomas Jerome Newton, cut by 20 minutes for its US release.
The Omega Man (Ωmega)
The Omega Man (stylized The Ωmega Man) is a 1971 Boris Sagal sci-fi film starring Charlton Heston, the second adaptation of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend, set in plague-ravaged 1977 Los Angeles.
THX 1138
THX 1138 is George Lucas's 1971 dystopian feature debut, expanded from his USC short Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, starring Robert Duvall in a drug-sedated underground society where love is illegal; a Warner Bros. failure later reissued in 1977 and as a 2004 director's cut.
Time After Time (1979 film)
Time After Time (1979) is Nicholas Meyer's directing debut, a science fiction adventure in which H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) chases Jack the Ripper (David Warner) from 1893 London to 1979 San Francisco, falling for Mary Steenburgen's Amy Robbins.
Unidentified Flying Oddball
Unidentified Flying Oddball, also released as The Spaceman and King Arthur, is a 1979 Walt Disney Productions sci-fi comedy directed by Russ Mayberry, loosely adapting Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, with astronaut Tom Trimble and his android Hermes in Camelot.
Zardoz
Zardoz (1974) is a science fiction film written, produced and directed by John Boorman, starring Sean Connery as Zed and Charlotte Rampling; its title contracts The Wizard of Oz, and it depicts immortals ruling post-apocalyptic Brutals in 2293.