Seven Days in May (1964)
Feb 14, 2001Political Thriller/Presidential Overthrow Plot
Stark black-and-white thriller from John Frankenheimer about a military coup in the US. Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling delivers a superb script
Rod Serling
Planet of the Apes (1968)
Apr 17, 2001Planet of Talking Apes
The film that started it all. This takes what could have been a jokey premise and delivers it in bold, exciting stokes. What elevates the film is Rod Serling’s script. filled with embittered soliloquies that become a biting commentary on the human condition, before the film reaches one of the great cinematic twist endings
The Man (1972)
Jun 4, 2006First Black US President
Strong political What IF drama from a Rod Serling script that has James Earl Jones as the first Black President of the USA (something that did not occur in reality for another 36 years with Barack Obama)
The Time Travelers (1976)
Feb 18, 2010Time Travel
Unsold tv pilot that was a collaboration between Irwin Allen and Rod Serling where time travelers visit the Great Fire of Chicago
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Dec 16, 2000Fantasy Anthology/TV Series Remake
Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, John Landis and George Miller came together to make this homage to tv's The Twilight Zone. The episodes are variable but the standout is Miller's Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
A Town Has Turned to Dust (1998)
Oct 9, 2003Post-Holocaust Racism
Adaptation of an old Rod Serling script about racial prejudice and lynch mobs. The original was a non-genre work that took place in a Western setting but this has transplanted the milieu to an alien planet.