Universal Soldier (1992)
Nov 19, 2000Undead Super-Soldiers/Action
The first studio film from Roland Emmerich, a loud, noisy action featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren as Vietnam Vets resurrected as super-soldiers
Dean Devlin
Stargate (1994)
Apr 26, 2001Intergalactic Portal/Planetary Adventure
The first of Roland Emmerich's special effects epics. Emmerich rehashes Erich von Daniken's Ancient Astronauts theories but casts it as a planetary adventure on an epic canvas with surprisingly entertaining results
Independence Day (1996)
Apr 12, 2003Alien Invasion
The film that made Roland Emmerich's name as a specialist in mass destruction spectacle. At heart, this rehashes a 1950s alien invasion film on a big-budget and adds blatantly sentimentalised American flag-waving
Godzilla (1998)
Jul 16, 1999Giant Atomic Monster
Much disliked English-language version of Godzilla from Roland Emmerich is a more watchable film than one might think. Emmerich does well when the film allows him to do what he does best - being a big, budget, massively scaled epic of mass destruction
Eight Legged Freaks (2002)
Oct 19, 2002Giant Spiders
Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin turn their attentions to revamping the 1950s giant insect film. They bring top-drawer effects to bear but everything else plays to standard formula
The Triangle (2005)
Dec 10, 2014Solving the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
An impressive line-up of genre names came together for this big event mini-series that sets out to offer a conclusive explanation for the Bermuda Triangle in a plot that juggles an entertaining stew of wild ideas involving timewarps, alternate timelines and government cover-ups
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon’s Mines (2006)
May 23, 2023Adventure Film
The second of The Librarian tv movies featuring Noah Wyle as an Indiana Jones-modelled adventurer in search of mythical artifacts - here a map to King Solomon’s Mines
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Jul 2, 2016Alien Invasion
Roland Emmerich returns with more of the same. The problem is how to top the first film and here everything is so big and with so much happening that it cannot be taken in and slips into tedium
Geostorm (2017)
Dec 3, 2017Weather Control/Disaster Movie
Directorial debut of Roland Emmerich's regular screenwriter Dean Devlin who has clearly been given orders to make another Emmerich film. Thus we get all the same effects-driven mass destruction spectacle, absurd science and pro-environmental messages
Bad Samaritan (2018)
Feb 2, 2021Burglar Tries to Rescue a Woman Imprisoned by a Serial Killer
Roland Emmerich's former writer Dean Devlin makes a film where a burglar discovers that David Tennant is a serial killer holding a girl prisoner and sets out to rescue her. Tennant does an entertaining turn as a bad guy