5 Intriguing Films from 1985 to 1996

 1. Cat City is a Hungarian animated movie made in  1996. Directed by Bela Ternovszky and written by  Jozsef Nepp, it is supposedly a parody of the James  Bond series. The plot revolves around a spy who  travels to "Pokyo" City in order to acquire a secret  plan of a machine that would ideally save the entire  mouse civilization. A sequel, Cat City 2: The Cat of  Satan, was released in 2008.

2. The Quiet Earth is a 1985 science fiction movie that is also post-apocalyptic. It is directed by Geoff Murphy and is loosely based on the 1981 Craig Harrison sci-fi novel of the same name. The main character, Zac Hobson, notes on his tape recorder that a malfunction has happened with an experiment, and that it seems that he is the only person left on Earth.





 3. 12:01 is a 1993 HBO television film that is  supposedly being overlooked because it is somehow  similar to Groundhog Day. The movie is an  adaptation of the short story of the same name which  was written by Richard Lupoff and was published in  December 1973 in The Magazine of Fantasy &  Science Fiction. The story revolves around the main  character, Barry Thomas, reliving the same 24-hour  period.






4. Four Rooms is an anthology comedy film made in 1995 by directors Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, and Quentin Tarantino. The movie is loosely based Ronald Dahl's adult-oriented short fiction writings, especially Man from the South. The stories occur during New Year's Eve at the Hotel Mon Signor, with the segments entitled as The Missing Ingredient, The Wrong Man, The Misbehavers, and The Man from Hollywood, respectively.

 5. House of Games is the 1987 directorial debut of  Pulitzer Prize-winning David Mamet. The movie is  about Margaret Ford, a psychiatrist, who decides to  help a compulsive gambler and is then led to the world  of gambling, scams, and con men. Roger Ebert gave  the movie his highest rating of four stars, noting the  "diabolical and impeccable" structure of it. House of  Games also won as Best Film and Best Screenplay at  the 1987 Venice Film Festival.