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The Day the Earth Stood Still

United States of America, 1951
film

The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction film about an alien visitor named Klaatu that comes to Earth, accompanied by ..

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The Day the earth stood still

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Independence day (Captioned)

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The Universe and I: the future

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United States of America, 1982
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United States, 1988
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The Survivor

Australia, 2006
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The Thing

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