Thomas A. Anderson (Keanu Reeves) is a man living two lives. By day he is an average computer programmer and by night a hacker known as Neo. Neo has always questioned his reality, but the truth is far beyond his imagination. Neo finds himself targeted by the police when he is contacted by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), a legendary computer hacker branded a terrorist by the government. Morpheus awakens Neo to the real world, a ravaged wasteland where most of humanity have been captured by a race of machines that live off of the humans' body heat and electrochemical energy and who imprison their minds within an artificial reality known as the Matrix. As a rebel against the machines, Neo must return to the Matrix and confront the agents: super-powerful computer programs devoted to snuffing out Neo and the entire human rebellion. Written and directed by the Wachowskis. "Have you ever had a dream, Neo, that you were so sure was real? What if you were unable to wake from that dream? How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real world?" (1999)

This is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between the HAL 9000 computer and Dr. David Bowman to reach the monolith placers, presumably near Jupiter. The winner will achieve the next step in evolution, whatever that may be. "Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over." (1968)

Young Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) is left home alone by her parents and she has to babysit her little brother Toby. But the baby keeps crying and Sarah, while telling him a story to make him sleep, inadvertently conjures from a fantasy world Jareth the Goblin King (David Bowie) who steals the child and brings him to his castle in the middle of a labyrinth. Sarah has to rescue him before midnight, or the baby will became a goblin! Directed and co-written by Jim Henson. "I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave." (1986)

When trucker Jack Burton (Kurt Russell) agreed to take his friend Wang Chi to pick up his fiancee at the airport, he never expected to get involved in a supernatural battle between good and evil. Wang's fiancee has emerald green eyes, which make her a perfect target for an immortal sorcerer named Lo Pan (James Hong) and his three invincible henchmen. Lo Pan must marry a girl with green eyes so he can regain his physical form. Now, Jack must save Wang's fiancee and green-eyed stranger Gracie Law (Kim Cattrall), who also wandered into the dicey situation. Plus he needs to get back his stolen truck - the Porkchop Express! But how can he defeat an enemy who has no body? Directed by John Carpenter (who also did the soundtrack). "I'm a reasonable guy. But, I've just experienced some very unreasonable things." (1986)