Directed by Richard Fleischer, 1973
PG; 97 minutes

“Soylent Green is Edward G. Robinson's movie. As a man who remembers the wonders of civilization before it died, he is witty, cultivated and endlessly appealing.” —Alan R. Howard, Hollywood Reporter

A detective (Charlton Heston) and his partner (Edward G. Robinson) investigate the murder of a food-supply executive in an overpopulated, undernourished dystopian Manhattan. In the process they uncover a disturbing secret about the special ingredients that go into the making of the people’s dietary staple.

Directed by Nicholas Meyer, 1979
PG; 112 minutes

“A movie that's as sweet as it is clever, and never so clever that it forgets to be entertaining.” —Janet Maslin, New York Times

H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) travels from 1893 London to 1979 San Francisco in pursuit of Jack the Ripper (David Warner), who has stolen his time-machine invention and continued his murderous ways into the future.

Directed by George Miller, 1979
R; 93 minutes

“Some of the most determinedly formalist filmmaking this side of Michael Snow.” —Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

In a post-apocalyptic world, a police officer named Max (Mel Gibson) just wants to hang up his handcuffs. When a gang leader kills Max’s family in an act of retaliation, the lawman sets off across the barren wastelands to mete out his own special brand of revenge.

Michael Anderson, 1976
PG; 120 minutes

“Logan's Run is a vast, silly extravaganza that delivers a certain amount of fun, once it stops taking itself seriously.” —Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times