Featured on Cinema Insomnia
A list of titles featured on the "Cinema Insomnia" TV-series.
It is interesting to note that, unlike TV series with a similar approach, "Mystery Science Theater 3000" and "Elvira's Movie Macabre", C.I. also features other films besides Horror and Sci-Fi, like comedy films and actions films.
There are several titles that were featured twice; in different seasons of the series. There are also four titles on this list that were featured on all three of these series. So apparently they are popular subjects for [witty remarks] / [ridicule] (pick one). These are "The Brain That Wouldn't Die", "Santa Clause Conquers The Martians", "Eegah" and "The Giant Gila Monster". See also the notes beside the specific entries.
Default sorting order is the order in which they aired.
It is interesting to note that, unlike TV series with a similar approach, "Mystery Science Theater 3000" and "Elvira's Movie Macabre", C.I. also features other films besides Horror and Sci-Fi, like comedy films and actions films.
There are several titles that were featured twice; in different seasons of the series. There are also four titles on this list that were featured on all three of these series. So apparently they are popular subjects for [witty remarks] / [ridicule] (pick one). These are "The Brain That Wouldn't Die", "Santa Clause Conquers The Martians", "Eegah" and "The Giant Gila Monster". See also the notes beside the specific entries.
Default sorting order is the order in which they aired.
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- DirectorAndrew SheaStarsTina MajorinoGary ColeSheila KelleyPaul Thomas is an ex-cop who happened to be the sole survivor of a mass cult suicide in Wyoming. He returns to his home town of Santa Fe in order to put his life back together. However, soon he realizes that his ex-wife is sucked into new-age philosophies. Trying to save his daughter from the cults, he finds self-help guru Eleanor who happens to be a very attractive woman.
- DirectorSergio MartinoStarsJason ConneryFrancesco QuinnJinny SteffanIn 1942, a commando is assigned to protect Winston Churchill when it is learned that the Nazis are plotting to kidnap him.
- DirectorPeter LiapisStarsNick MancusoAndrew DivoffLinda HoffmanA car thief breaks into a man's house who is on a low because his career is being taken away. The man locks up the thief in the car, and tortures him.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.This one was featured twice: in the 1st and in the 2nd season.
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsCarole LombardJames StewartCharles CoburnWhile on a business trip, an ambitious young lawyer meets and immediately falls in love with a stranger. They wed the following day, and tragedy soon strikes.
- DirectorRoger CormanFrancis Ford CoppolaJack HaleStarsBoris KarloffJack NicholsonSandra KnightA young French soldier cut off from his unit is beguiled by a mysterious woman, whom he learns is the wife of the local Baron - and that she seemingly died twenty years earlier.This one was featured twice: in the 1st and in the 2nd season.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsFred AstaireJane PowellPeter LawfordA brother and sister dance act encounter challenges and romance when booked in London during the Royal Wedding.
- DirectorMike MarvinStarsCharlie SheenNick CassavetesSherilyn FennIn a small town in Arizona, a mysterious man/spirit descends from the sky and manifests in a sports car and targets a local violent road-racing gang of motor heads, headed by a ruthless bully who'll do anything to get what he wants.
- DirectorLeon IchasoStarsChristine LahtiDylan McDermottJennifer RubinAn agoraphobic children's book illustrator is trapped inside her home by two young psychos-in-love, who terrorize her. It is only when her young son is threatened that she manages to overcome her paralyzing fears and attempt to leave her home to save him...
- DirectorBozidar 'Bota' NikolicStarsGuy BoydBrad PittCheryl PollakTraveling in search of a cure for a rare skin disease, a man finds freedom and love along the way.
- DirectorElliott NugentStarsBob HopeDorothy LamourPeter LorreShortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson tells reporters how he got there.This one was featured twice: in the 1st and in the 2nd season.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsZachary ScottBetty FieldJ. Carrol NaishThe life of the poor Tucker family who worked as cotton pluggers and decided to get their own ground, but nature was against them.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsGene TierneyBruce CabotGeorge SandersIn 1941, a mysterious Somaliland woman helps the British against the Germans.
- DirectorRowland V. LeeStarsCharles LaughtonRandolph ScottBarbara BrittonThe unhistorical adventures of pirate Captain Kidd revolve around treasure and treachery.This one was featured twice: in the 1st and in the 2nd season.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsCarol WhiteAlan RothwellCavan MaloneBoy and girl find in their true love for each other an escape from boredom and crime.
- DirectorMenahem GolanStarsMichael ParéClaudette MinkJan-Michael VincentEx-Navy SEAL Brad Cartowski is injured during an attack at Athens airport by terrorists who kidnap his wife and fly her on a hijacked plane to North Africa. Cartowski goes in pursuit, aided by another ex-SEAL, Cody Grant. Cartowski soon finds the terrorists' hide-out but is captured and electro-tortured before he manages to escape. He soon returns with reinforcements to rescue his wife and to wreak vengeance on Carlos, head of the terrorist ring.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsEdward G. RobinsonJoan BennettDan DuryeaA man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsJohn GarfieldClaude RainsThe Dead End KidsA champion boxer on the lamb, believed to have committed murder while drunk, takes refuge and finds redemption at a farm for delinquent youths.This one was featured twice: in the 1st and in the 2nd season.
- DirectorEdward L. CahnStarsChester MorrisTom ConwayCathy DownsA mysterious hypnotist reverts his beautiful assistant back into the form of a prehistoric sea monster that she was in a past life.This one was featured twice: in the 2nd and in the 3rd season.
- DirectorKôji OhtaStarsShin'ichi ChibaRyûko MinakamiMitsue KomiyaClumsy invaders from Neptune are thwarted by hero Space Chief and a nondescript group of microshort-wearing Japanese kids.This one was featured twice: in the 2nd and in the 3rd season.
- DirectorEijirô WakabayashiStarsTatsuo UmemiyaHiroko MineTakashi KandaWhen an alien force tries to invade Earth to steal a powerful new rocket fuel, a mysterious hero intervenes.This one was featured twice: in the 2nd and in the 3rd season.
- DirectorBernard L. KowalskiStarsKen ClarkYvette VickersJan ShepardA backwoods game warden and a local doctor discover that giant leeches are responsible for disappearances and deaths in a local swamp, but the local police don't believe them.This one was featured twice: in the 2nd and in the 5th season.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl HardmanA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.This one was featured twice: in the 2nd and in the 3rd season.
- DirectorHerk HarveyStarsCandace HilligossFrances FeistSidney BergerAfter a traumatic accident, a woman becomes drawn to a mysterious abandoned carnival.This one was featured twice: in the 2nd and in the 3rd season.
- DirectorMotoyoshi OdaIshirô HondaStarsHiroshi KoizumiSetsuko WakayamaMinoru ChiakiScout pilots for a fishing company are startled to discover a second Godzilla, whose battle with rival monster Anguirus threatens to destroy Osaka."Gigantis: The Fire Monster"
This one was featured twice: in the 2nd and in the 3rd season.