Need some good Sci-Fi Recomendations

[bac0n]

Hi all. I'm looking for some good sci-fi movie recommendations. I'm not looking for sci-fi action, Star Warsy type shit; rather, I'm looking for moody sci-fi, rife with a sense of wonder and foreboding, movies that suggest that outer (and in some cases inner) space can a very mysterious, and at times dangerous place.

Movies I think of include:

* Forbidden Planet (the benchmark)
* The Incredible Journey
* The Black Hole
* Sunshine
* Bladerunner
* 2001: A Space Odyssey

Are there any other movies along these lines that I need to check out?

[dreamdead]

Fantastic Planet was as dizzingly delirious as anything you've listed.

I can't vouch for the Korean film Natural City, but I know some people who rave about it.

[D_Davis]

I've tried to watch Natural City about 8 times, but I can't get past the 40 minute mark.

Not all strictly space SF, but good none the less:

Time Masters (Rene Laloux)
Ghost in the Shell Innocence
Patlabor the Movies 1-3
Angel's Egg
(Basically almost anything directed by Oshii)
A Scanner Darkly
Galaxy Express 999 (more space opera)
Pi
Mind Game (talk about inner space!)
Tekkonkinkreet
Solaris

I'm sure there are some others, but I just can't think right now.


Unfortunately, the more SF I read, the more I realize how very few really good SF movies there are. I mostly find that the good examples of SF are animated.

[Grouchy]

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[Morris Schæffer]

Event Horizon
The Final Countdown (not outer space however)

[balmakboor]

I quite enjoyed the directors cut of Dark City.

[Grouchy]

Oh, and I'm assuming you've seen Akira.

[D_Davis]

Also, if you can get past some of its flaws, Christmas on Mars contains a surprisingly thoughtful SF narrative, and deals with classic SF themes such as loneliness and isolation.

[Fezzik]

The Incredible Journey

Do you mean The Fantastic Voyage?

The Incredible Journey is the movie about the two dogs and cat that go on a trek in search of the family they think left them behind. A good movie in its own right, but not what I'd call sci-fi. :)

Of course, if there is a sci-fi movie called The Incredible Journey, then I've just proved myself to be a clueless noob and will go back into my hole. :P

[D_Davis]

The Incredible Journey is the movie about the two dogs and cat that go on a trek in search of the family they think left them behind. A good movie in its own right, but not what I'd call sci-fi. :)


You must have missed the part at the beginning when we see that the dogs and cat are actually martians.

[Yxklyx]

Minority Report
AI
12 Monkeys
Pi
The Matrix
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The Day the Earth Stood Still

You could probably also throw in:

Being John Malkovitch
The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[Stay Puft]

Primer (Shane Carruth)
Tetsuo (Shinya Tsukamoto)

And I'm surprised D failed to mention:

The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Makoto Shinkai)

[Raiders]

The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Makoto Shinkai)

Indeed!

[bac0n]

Do you mean The Fantastic Voyage?

The Incredible Journey is the movie about the two dogs and cat that go on a trek in search of the family they think left them behind. A good movie in its own right, but not what I'd call sci-fi. :)

Of course, if there is a sci-fi movie called The Incredible Journey, then I've just proved myself to be a clueless noob and will go back into my hole. :P

um. Oops. :crazy:

[D_Davis]

And I'm surprised D failed to mention:

The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Makoto Shinkai)

Thanks!

[Russ]

I’m assuming you have the biggies covered, so here’s some lesser discussed, but still darn good, sci-fi:

The Quiet Earth
The Day of the Triffids
The Quatermass films (The Quatermass Xperiment, Quatermass 2, Quatermass and the Pit)
The original The War of the Worlds

I don’t know if Slaughterhouse-Five qualifies, but I’d recommend it nonetheless.

I’ll be sure and add more as I think of them.

[Sycophant]

This is not what you're looking for, but it's just about my favorite time travel movie ever.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

[Russ]

A sci-fi musical comedy that I think D Davis would really like: The American Astronaut.

[Dead & Messed Up]

I really got a kick out of The Day the Earth Caught Fire. It's a great nuke-scare sci-fi that finds a nice spin on the concept of mutually assured destruction.

[Ezee E]

Strange Days.

[Qrazy]

Recommend:

Kin Dza Dza
Stalker
Solaris
2001: A Space Odyssey
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Star Trek II: Wrath of Kahn
Star Trek VI: Undiscovered Country
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (original)
The Abyss
The Second Circle
Days of Eclipse
Brazil
Gattaca
Twelve Monkeys
A Clockwork Orange
Alphaville
Minority Report
AI
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
THX - 1138
Escape from New York
The Fly
The Thing
The Truman Show
Children of Men
Metropolis (Lang)
Sleeper
Alien
Aliens
Blade Runner: Final Cut
Primer
Seconds
Sunshine
Terminator
Terminator 2
The Matrix
Star Wars IV-VI
La Jetee
Le Dernier Combat
Forbidden Planet
The Trial
Red Desert
Playtime
Eraserhead
Sans Soleil
2046
Dead Ringers
Wings of Desire

70's Fun

Logan's Run
The Andromeda Strain
Soylent Green
The Omega Man
Planet of the Apes (original)

Animated:

The Iron Giant
Akira
Metropolis
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Rebuild of Evangelion
Cowboy Bebop
Paprika
Ghost in the Shell Trilogy
Nausicaa
Castle in the Sky
Place Promised in Our Early Days
Angel's Egg
Five Centimeters per Second
Fantastic Planet

Mediocre worth seeing once:

Things to Come
When Worlds Collide
War of the Worlds (original)
Contact
The Time Machine (original)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Disrecommend:

Silent Running
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Mars Attacks
Zardoz
Barbarella
Dune

[megladon8]

The Clooney Solaris, without a doubt.

[B-side]

Recommend:

Stalker
Solaris
2001: A Space Odyssey
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Twelve Monkeys
A Clockwork Orange
AI
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
THX - 1138
The Thing
The Truman Show
Children of Men
Metropolis (Lang)
Blade Runner: Final Cut
Sunshine
Terminator 2
Star Wars IV-VI
The Trial
Playtime
Eraserhead
2046
Dead Ringers
Metropolis
Paprika
Nausicaa

I, too, recommend all of these.

[transmogrifier]

The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey

[KK2.0]

Disrecommend:
Mars Attacks


i'll still give you rep despite this.

but no dinner and you're grounded.

[Grouchy]

Disrecommend:

The Man Who Fell to Earth
Mars Attacks
Barbarella
For what it's worth, I recommend all three of these.

The Roeg/Bowie one because it's great, the two others because they're fun.

[Qrazy]

i'll still give you rep despite this.

but no dinner and you're grounded.

*covets rep in bedroom*

[Qrazy]

There's also a film called Morning Patrol that Epistemaphobia talked up on RT... oh and Black Moon but I haven't seen either yet.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Also, The Brother from Another Planet is a great li'l flick.

[D_Davis]

There's also a film called Morning Patrol that Epistemaphobia talked up on RT... oh and Black Moon but I haven't seen either yet.

What was the name of that Russian cyberpunk film I need to watch?

[Qrazy]

What was the name of that Russian cyberpunk film I need to watch?

Kin Dza Dza

It's on google video.

[Yxklyx]

Alive in Joburg is a 6 minute short available on youtube. You might find it interesting - sort of like Cloverfield in style.

[D_Davis]

Kin Dza Dza

It's on google video.

Great - thanks.

[SirNewt]

The original "Time Machine" is fantastic.

[Qrazy]

The original "Time Machine" is fantastic.

I found it to be alright, wasn't that impressed. It was much better before they get to the far future methinks.

[Dead & Messed Up]

I found it to be alright, wasn't that impressed. It was much better before they get to the far future methinks.

I like the far future bits just fine, and there are some unexpected (and welcome) moments of poetry in this film. That flower at the end is a lovely touch.

It's easily the best George Pal flick that I've seen.