10 Memorable Donald Sutherland Sci-Fi, Horror, and Fantasy Movies

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Donald Sutherland has departed astatine the property of 88, but the acting powerhouse volition everlastingly unrecorded connected acknowledgment to his iconic array of performances. While a batch of his best-known works are not successful the sci-fi, fantasy, and fearfulness realms (think MASH, National Lampoon’s Animal House, JFK, Pride & Prejudice, and galore more)—he did venture into geekier territory on galore occasions. Here are 10 standouts specifically among his genre movies.

While Nicolas Roeg’s thriller, acceptable mostly successful Venice, became infamous for Sutherland’s realistic enactment country with co-star Julie Christie, fearfulness fans volition besides convey it for giving them a lifelong fearfulness of reddish raincoats, specifically precise small-sized ones. Streaming escaped with ads connected Pluto TV.

Philip Kaufman’s 1978 update of the Red Scare classical stars Sutherland arsenic a San Francisco antheral who falls for the pistillate he’s connected the tally with portion desperately trying to debar either of them becoming pod people. His “point-and-scream” absorption is 1 of the astir chilling last moments successful cinematic history. Streaming connected Prime Video.

Before the cult TV amusement came the cult movie, starring Kristy Swanson arsenic the Valley Girl who’s besides a once-in-a-generation monster killer, and Donald Sutherland arsenic the precise diligent antheral sent to hole the Chosen One for her destiny—no substance however overmuch she wholly does not privation the responsibility. Rent oregon bargain connected Prime Video.

This Robert Heinlein adaptation didn’t acceptable audiences connected occurrence backmost successful 1994, but considering the endowment down it (it was co-written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, who penned Shrek and aggregate Pirates of the Caribbean movies, and Dark Knight trilogy co-author David S. Goyer) and successful beforehand of the camera (along with Sutherland, it stars Keith David, Will Patton, and Yaphet Kotto, among others), possibly it’s clip to re-appraise. The crippled is, arsenic the rubric suggests, astir alien parasites who get connected Earth hellbent connected mind-control. Rent oregon bargain connected Prime Video.

Sorry for getting “Time Is connected My Side” stuck successful your caput for the remainder of the day, but that’s unavoidable erstwhile talking astir this communicative of a serial slayer who uses his occult know-how to unrecorded connected aft being executed—and proceed his crimes by possessing random people. Denzel Washington plays the detective tasked with this bizarre case, with John Goodman arsenic his spouse and Sutherland arsenic their skeptical boss. Rent oregon bargain connected Prime Video.

If you’re looking to beryllium entertained by an highly goofy sci-fi movie astir a salvage squad (Sutherland is the captain; Jamie Lee Curtis is portion of the crew) who recognize excessively precocious that the probe vas they’ve stumbled upon whitethorn beryllium missing its Russian occupants... but is inactive precise overmuch occupied by aliens aiming to cyborg-itize humanity—well, Virus is present to marque your B-movie dreams travel true. Rent oregon bargain connected Prime Video.

The fable of the Bell Witch—framed successful a deeply unsettling communicative astir kid abuse—comes to beingness successful this tale, which mostly takes spot arsenic an extended flashback acceptable successful the aboriginal 1900s, starring Sutherland and Sissy Spacek. The formed is admittedly amended than the movie itself successful this instance. Stream connected Starz.

Sutherland played the villainous President Coriolanus Snow crossed The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2. Sutherland brought gravitas to the analyzable character, truthful acold the lone Hunger Games instauration to get his ain prequel too. Stream the bid connected AMC+.

In 1 of his last roles, Sutherland stars arsenic the titular phone-owner alongside It’s Jaeden Martell successful John Lee Hancock’s Netflix fearfulness movie. The instrumentality successful question is an iPhone, but due to the fact that this is simply a Stephen King adaptation, well... you know it has a nonstop enactment to someplace distinctly supernatural. Stream connected Netflix.