“The Terminator” (1984)

Summary: Average, hard-working L.A. denizen Sarah Conner finds her world up-ended when she learns she has been targeted for termination by a futuristic A.I. waging genocide against humanity in the year 2029. Her crime? She will give birth to the future messiah.

Screenplay: James Cameron with Gale Ann Hurd

Director: James Cameron

Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn

“The Prestige” (2006)

Summary: Two magicians who are former partners stop at nothing to destory each other after a terrible accident divides them.

Screenplay: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Priest (novel)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson