Sci Fi movie recommendations

helimachoptor

Sunshine
Battle Beyond the Stars (cheesey but enjoyable imo)
Tron(original)
Fortress (cheesey but enjoyable imo)
Alien Nation (the film)
Timecop
Equillibrium

The_Valeyard

Equilibrium
Edge of Tomorrow
Childhoods End
Event Horizon
Battlestar Galactica reboot
Serenity

Jimbob1977

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Alien

Oblivion

Gattaca

Lonely Planet

The Day the Earth Stood Still (Lucas paid homage in Star Wars by naming three characters Klaatu, Barada and Nikto)

Star Wars IV, V and VI

Star Trek

Event Horizon

Minority Report

28 Days Later

The Martian

Interstellar

Dirty Dingus McGee

Source Code is a brilliant film.

seamusk84

Another mention for Europa Report here. It's fantastic and for the budget they had it is some feat.

Elysium is great film too, and a great encore to District 9.

The film version of Stephen Kings The Mist is definitely worth a watch. Not sure if it is on netflicks but I think the full film is on YouTube.

Moon is fantastic. I love the final scene.

Skerries

degrassinoel wrote: »

The Thing (John Carpenter's one, not the re-remake)

that is actually a remake itself

Quandary

Westworld - starring Yul Brynner

Really enjoyed that movie. Genuine eerie feel to it.

degrassinoel

Skerries wrote: »

that is actually a remake itself

yep, from a 1950's classic

shrapnel222

we forgot to mention mad max 1 and 2

Kolido

Transcendence

And mentioned earlier, Sunshine (actually didn't like this one when it came out but watched it again recently and really liked it)

KrakityJones

Didn't see it mentioned yet : Looper (Bruce Willis time travel movie)

Another excellent time travel movie - Predestination with Ethan Hawke is well worth a watch, one of the few time travel movies where it's very hard to pick holes in (well I thought anyway)

saneman

Some great recommendations already and only cos I haven't seen them mentioned:

Contact (or "Jodie Foster & the signal from space")

2010 (2001's sequel with Roy Scheider, a solid movie it it's own right, and ties up some of the loose ends)

Enemy Mine (Dennis Quaid does "Hell in the Pacific" with an unrecognisable Louis Gossett Jr)

Dark City (Matrix-esque, actually vice versa, Dark City was out first)

Outland (Sean Connery's marshal keeps the peace on a mining facility on Jupiter's Io)

Animatrix (a collection of animated shorts based on The Matrix universe, put the sequels to shame...even more)

force eleven

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. You can argue this one but technically it has a science fiction premise.

Into The Blue

Flight of the Navigator.



I win.

pinksoir

saneman wrote: »

Some great recommendations already and only cos I haven't seen them mentioned:

Contact (or "Jodie Foster & the signal from space")

2010 (2001's sequel with Roy Scheider, a solid movie it it's own right, and ties up some of the loose ends)

Enemy Mine (Dennis Quaid does "Hell in the Pacific" with an unrecognisable Louis Gossett Jr)

Dark City (Matrix-esque, actually vice versa, Dark City was out first)

Outland (Sean Connery's marshal keeps the peace on a mining facility on Jupiter's Io)

Animatrix (a collection of animated shorts based on The Matrix universe, put the sequels to shame...even more)

All great shouts here. Outland is a sort of remake of High Noon and I really enjoyed it. For camp value and sticking with the Sean connery theme, Zardoz is pretty entertaining and has been riffed on by a bunch of stuff including Rick and Morty.

Any fans of Sci-Fi could do well to check out the documentary Jodorowsky's Dune - what might have been but wasn't, and the legacy it left in all the Sci-Fi movies that followed is pretty special.

Kiith

Don't think it's been mentioned, but i'd recommend Pandorum. It's sci-fi horror, with the always good Ben Foster. Set on an abandoned ship after a crew member wakes up from cryo.

It's probably not a good movie, but i enjoyed it :P

Greys0n

I Robot is the best

Doodah7

I don't see Logan's Run mentioned?? All hail The Carousel!!!

henryporter

Primer - lowest budget possible with highest amount of concentration needed to follow it.
Upstream Color (Same Director as primer - equally as great)
Melancholia (technically Sci-fi-ish!)
Cloverfield (Sci-fi / Horror or both?)
Coherence - great parallel universe drama done Cloverfield style.

shrapnel222

We forgot Cronenberg

The Fly
Videodrome
existenz
scanners

Lemming

Edward Hopper wrote: »

Dredd is very good, gets Judge Dredd pretty spot on compared to Sylvster Stallones attempt at it.

Sorry, but you must be mistaken; there is only one Judge Dredd film. No such attempt was made back in the 1990s.

Also, nobody has yet mentioned:

• The Matrix (the Animatrix has been mentioned though).
• The Black Hole
• The Abyss

Also, for those of you who likeed Battlestar Galactica, Blood & Chrome is worth a look. A crying shame that ScyFy axed the show before the pilot was even aired, so it's just a film in itself rather than the start of a series.

Technocentral

Original Russian "Solaris" and "2010: Odyssey Two" are great.

Fakman87

I'm sure it's been mentioned but Moon is an excellent film with a tiny budget for sci fi. It also features mainly practical effects which is very rare these days.

seamusk84

That 1902 French silent movie - a trip to the moon.
The colour version is on netflicks and YouTube with music by Air. It's only about 15 minutes long....love it.

D.S.

Some great recommendations here. A few potential 'below the radar' recommendations for people who get through the films in here so far. These are more the 'B' movie variety, for you once you get through the 'A' list.


THX 1138 - (1971) - George Lucas at his best. Storyline is fairly basic but the cinematography is fantastic. Dystopian thriller set a few centuries ahead - v Orwellian - echoes of Blade Runner.

'If you feel you are not properly sedated, call 348-844 immediately. Failure to do so may result in prosecution for criminal drug evasion.'


Attack the Block (2011) - Hilarious comedy set in London from the Shaun of the Dead crew with John Boyega of now star wars fame.

'Nobody is ever going to call you Mayhem if you keep acting like such a pussy'.

Solvent Green (1971) - Another dystopian thriller with Charleton Heston. His best movie.

Only quote worth giving is a huge plot spoiler!

Automata (2014) - does not get amazing reviews (like the rest on this list) but I liked it. Another dystopian thriller, v much channeling blade runner. Thought the cinematography / production value was great. Antonio Banderas was good though the state of Melanie Griffiths was worth the view alone. She's had a lotta work done (she plays two roles here, so not not referring to the robot version).

Also - disappointing that we are over 50 posts in and I am pretty sure i haven't seen Flash Gordon or Masters of the Universe mentioned yet!

longshanks

Anybody watched Love? It'd tick this threads boxes, low budget sky fai head melter and all that.

biko

I liked Ender's Game

magma69

Some that (I think) haven't been mentioned:

Total Recall: Typical Phillip K Dick paranoia fueled Sci Fi with Arnie.

The Thirteenth Floor: Late 90's flick that flew under the radar. Really enjoyed this one.

Bicentennial Man: Starring Robin Williams based on a story by another Sci Fi heavyweight, Isaac Asimov. Really pulled me in emotionally. Charming film.

Seconds - 60's film featuring the legendary Rock Hudson. Not sure if it can be entirely considered a sci fi but has some sci fi elements. Great look to the film.

Frequency - Time travel related movie. It's not amazing but I didn't regret watching it either.

Strange Days - Another 90s one directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Not a film but the Black Mirror television series has some terrific sci fi episodes. They're essentially a movie imo.

Lemming

longshanks wrote: »

Anybody watched Love? It'd tick this threads boxes, low budget sky fai head melter and all that.

Forgot about that! Totall flew under the radar and was very impressed with it.

Voltairey

I just got a mad urge to invent a trilogy

Equilibrium followed by In Time and finish it off with Gattaca.

I'll let you know how it goes but I'm loving it already.