Considering most are Sci-Fi it's easy to make a stab at them
2001 (Is it bad that I have often interpreted this film in this manner)
Alien
Aliens
Alien 3
Avatar
Back to the Future
Robocop?
Cloverfield
Escape From New York (I only watched it on TV a couple of weeks ago)
E.T.
Taxi Driver?
Inception
Independence Day
Jurrasic Park
Logan's Run
Men in Black
Planet of the Apes
Star Trek the motion picture
Star Trek the voyage home
A film Jens claimed was the Citizen Kane of our time, Episode I
Episode II
Episode III
The Fly
The Matrix
Matrix Reloaded
The Terminator
The Thing
Transformers
Wall e
A well-meaning computer's attempt to fulfill its mission runs afoul of a human crew with other plans.
2001 (Is it bad that I have often interpreted this film in this manner)
A rambunctious alien child invites itself aboard a human cargo ship; a memorable game of hide-and-seek follows.
Alien
Humans and aliens join together to raise alien youth, but the marines take exception to their methods.
Aliens
A lady and a stowaway change the lives of lonely prisoners forever.
Alien 3
A company attempts to solve the Earth's ecological woes; unhelpful aliens interfere with the task.
Avatar
A bewildered teenage boy fends off his mother's disturbing and unnatural attraction to him.
Back to the Future
Poor product design leads to trouble for a manufacturer and one exasperated policeman.
Robocop?
A group of hipster Manhattanites find their plans for the night completely overturned thanks to an unexpected visit from an out of towner.
Cloverfield
A former soldier tries to find someone in the Big Apple but is frequently distracted by the colorful locals and their interesting lifestyle choices.
Escape From New York (I only watched it on TV a couple of weeks ago)
An interloper endangers the life of a small boy in a desperate attempt to get home.
E.T.
A New Yorker has trouble getting along with his neighbors, especially at night.
Taxi Driver?
An eclectic group of dreamers meet a poor little rich boy and try to change how he feels about losing his father.
Inception
Humans and aliens engage in a dispute over resource management.
Independence Day
A couple tries to have a good day at an amusement park and is thwarted by faulty ride management.
Jurrasic Park
A young man seeks to discover if he can ever trust someone over 30.
Logan's Run
A cop joins the immigration service and loses his sense of identity and his place in the universe.
Men in Black
An astronaut shows a civilization the errors of its prejudiced ways but discovers that the ways of his own people aren't always perfect.
Planet of the Apes
A child's attempt to find his parents leads to misunderstandings on a galactic scale.
Star Trek the motion picture
Time travelers attempt to steal an endangered species just to save their own behinds.
Star Trek the voyage home
A floppy-eared alien meets two robed humans who take him on a series of increasingly disturbing adventures, including an attempt to acquire a small boy on a bet.
A film Jens claimed was the Citizen Kane of our time, Episode I
A budding romance between a man and a woman is threatened by her political career and his job in a paramilitary operation.
Episode II
An ambitious young man's career choices confound his wife and his immediate supervisor.
Episode III
Lax operating standards in a laboratory lead a scientist to change the way he lives his life.
The Fly
A lonely programmer discovers he's spending more time in a massive multiplayer online game than he ever suspected.
The Matrix
The owners of a popular immersion video game fight outside attempts by technophobes to shut it down.
Matrix Reloaded
A robot with a funny accent goes looking for a woman in eighties Los Angeles.
The Terminator
A visitor tries to blend in with the crew of an Antarctic base but find attempts to become one of the guys is met with suspicion and resistance.
The Thing
A young man's desire for a car involves him in a philosophical dispute between two metalheads.
Transformers
An employee at a garbage dump abandons his job to pursue a woman he's just met.
Wall e
Once known as Hochopepa
You cannot kill a vampire with an MDF stake; werewolves can't fly; zombies do not run. - Simon Pegg
You cannot kill a vampire with an MDF stake; werewolves can't fly; zombies do not run. - Simon Pegg
Accurate but Misleading Movie Descriptions
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