Intellectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

Ronnie012

Earthling
I, like uncountable and numerous number of humans across the globe, am an ardent follower of science fiction movies. So why not launch a thread dedicated toward the same?


So, my dear ladies and gentlemen, here it is!


1. Primer - Loved it. Spent hours trying to decode it. Couldn't. Primer (2004) - IMDb

2. 2001 A Space Odyssey - A visual and intellectual treat! 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - IMDb

3. Gattaca (1997) - Gattaca (1997) - IMDb

4. K-Pax - Loved Kevin Spacey. Tops the list of budget sci-fi. K-PAX (2001) - IMDb

5. Looper (2012) - Looper (2012) - IMDb

6. Slipstream - Good film. Released in the year 2005. www.imdb.com/title/tt0381601/

7. Signs - M Night Shyamalam www.imdb.com/title/tt0286106

8. The Terminator www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064

9. The 6th Sense www.imdb.com/title/tt0167404/

10. Predestination (MW - Short for Must Watch!) www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/

11. Inception - www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/

12. Dark City - www.imdb.com/title/tt0118929

13. Prometheus - www.imdb.com/title/tt1446714

14. Alien series - www.imdb.com/list/ls009885462/ For Entertainment!

15. Oblivion - www.imdb.com/title/tt1483013/

16. The Man from Earth (MW!) - www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/

17. The Day the Earth Stood Still - www.imdb.com/title/tt0970416/

18. The Silent Earth - Awe inducing. Mind boggling. Earth shattering! www.imdb.com/title/tt0089869

19. Soylent Green - Is People! www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/

20. Brazil - Ain't about Brazil. (Another MW!) www.imdb.com/title/tt0088846/

21. Edge of Tomorrow (Check out the Comic based on this one - All You Need is Kill)

22. Avatar (mainly for visual appeal. The game based on this movie is also pretty neat!)- www.imdb.com/title/tt0499549

23. Interstellar - www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692

24. Planet of the Apes - www.imdb.com/title/tt0133152/

25. Lucy (2014) - (Cool movie. Cool Visuals)www.imdb.com/title/tt2872732/

26. The Time Machine 1960 & 2002 - The Time Machine (1960) - IMDb , www.imdb.com/title/tt0268695/

27. I Robot - I, Robot (2004) - IMDb
www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/

28. I am Legend - I Am Legend (2007) - IMDb

29. In Time - www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/

30. Cabin in the Woods (another MW) -www.imdb.com/title/tt1259521/

31. Marvel - Agents of Shield - www.imdb.com/title/tt2364582/ For Entertainment!

32. Star Wars - www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/

33. Star Trek - www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/

34. The Abyss - www.imdb.com/title/tt0096754

35. HARDWARE 1990 (Movie to watch) - www.imdb.com/title/tt0099740/

36. Matrix series - www.imdb.com/list/ls056840549/

37. Back to the Future - www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/

38. Source Code - www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/

39. Tron Legacy - Also check out the game on this one! www.imdb.com/title/tt1104001/

40. Dark Star (Must watch. Haven't seen it yet though)- www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/

41. Starman (Movie to watch)- www.imdb.com/title/tt0088172/

42. Mass Effect Movie - www.imdb.com/title/tt1482455/

43. Artificial Intelligence - www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/

44. Minority Report - www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/

45. War of the Worlds - www.imdb.com/title/tt0407304/

46. Time traveller's wife (neat premise. cool theory. cooler story) - www.imdb.com/title/tt0452694/

47. Bill & Ted excellent adventures (Not seen yet.But heard of this movie a lot) - www.imdb.com/title/tt0096928/

48. Groundhog day - www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/

49. Run Lola Run - www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/

50 . Blade Runner Blade Runner (1982) - IMDb

51. Contact 1997 Contact (1997) - IMDb

52. Moon 2009 Moon (2009) - IMDb

53. The Prestige The Prestige (2006) - IMDb

54. La planète sauvage AKA Fantastic Planet 1973 La planète sauvage (1973) - IMDb

55. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)-Who is Buckaroo Banzai? A brain surgeon, a rocket scientist and a rock star.
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) - IMDb


56. The Last Starfighter (1984) Boy playing video games finds out that he gets to pilot a starship and kill aliens The Last Starfighter (1984) - IMDb For Entertainment!

57. Enemy Mine (1985) Slow, it shows relationship between two soldiers, an alien and human who were fighting on opposite sides Enemy Mine (1985) - IMDb

58. Kin-dza-dza! (1986) Sci fi social satire. It is a little bit of steampunk, cyberpunk and dieselpunk Kin-dza-dza! (1986) - IMDb

59. Twelve Monkeys (1995) Twelve Monkeys (1995) - IMDb

60. Aeon Flux Æon Flux (2005) - IMDb For Entertainment!

61. Equilibrium Equilibrium (2002) - IMDb

62. Ultraviolet Ultraviolet (2006) - IMDb

63. The Fifth Element www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/

64. Event Horizon www.imdb.com/title/tt0119081/

65. Europa Report www.imdb.com/title/tt2051879/ For Entertainment!

66. The Fountain www.imdb.com/title/tt0414993/

67. Sunshine www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/

68. Serenity - Pretty neat. www.imdb.com/title/tt0379786/

69. District 9 - Not forgetting... www.imdb.com/title/tt1136608/

70. District B13 - How can we ever forget District B13? www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852/

71. The Machine (2013) - www.imdb.com/title/tt2317225/ For Entertainment!

72. Transcendence (2014) - www.imdb.com/title/tt2209764/

73. Dredd (2012) - Check out the action and theatrics on this one..www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/

74. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - IMDb

75. Cloverfield (2008) - Cloverfield (2008) - IMDb

76. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - IMDb

77. Gravity 2013 - Gravity (2013) - IMDb

78. Jurassic Park - Jurassic Park (1993) - IMDb

79.The Fifth Element - Le cinquième élément (1997) - IMDb

80. Iron Man - www.imdb.com/title/tt0371746/ For Entertainment!

81. Total Recall - www.imdb.com/title/tt0100802/

82. Donnie Darko 2001 - Have you seen it? - www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/ If you ain't seein donnie darko u ain't seein nuthin.

83. Frequency (2000) - See it to believe it! - www.imdb.com/title/tt0186151/

84. Enders Game - OXV: The Manual (2013) - IMDb

85. Limitless (2011) - www.imdb.com/title/tt1219289/

86. I Origins 2014 - I Origins (2014) - IMDb

87. Frequencies 2013 - OXV: The Manual (2013) - IMDb

88. The Happening - www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/

89. They Live - Yes, they Live! www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/

90. V for Vendetta - www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/

91. Groundhog Day - Groundhog Day (1993) - IMDb

92. Ex Machina - Ex Machina (2014) - IMDb For Entertainment!

93. Her - www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/

94. Chappie - www.imdb.com/title/tt1823672/ For Entertainment!

95. The One I Love (2014) - www.imdb.com/title/tt2756032/

96. GODZILLA - www.imdb.com/title/tt0831387/ For Entertainment!

97. COHERENCE - www.imdb.com/title/tt2866360/

98. BICENTENNIAL MAN - www.imdb.com/title/tt0182789/

99. City of Ember - www.imdb.com/title/tt0970411/

100. Unbreakable (2000) - Unbreakable (2000) - IMDb

101. Mad Max Series -1979 Mad Max (1979) - IMDb, 1981 - Mad Max 2 (1981) - IMDb, 1985 - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) - IMDb
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - IMDb For Entertainment!

102. Children of Men (2006) - Children of Men (2006) - IMDb

103. Divergent 2014 - Divergent (2014) - IMDb &
Insurgent 2015 - Insurgent (2015) - IMDb

104. Mr. Nobody (2009) - Mr. Nobody (2009) - IMDb

105. Cube (1997) - www.imdb.com/title/tt0123755/

106. Timecrimes - www.imdb.com/title/tt0480669/

107. Mulholland Drive (2001) - Mulholland Dr. (2001) - IMDb

108. Triangle (2009) - www.imdb.com/title/tt1187064/

109. The Butterfly Effect - The Butterfly Effect (2004) - IMDb

110. Cloud Atlas - Cloud Atlas (2012) - IMDb

111. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/

112. The One - The One (2001) - IMDb

113. Solaris (2002) - Solaris (2002) - IMDb

114. Waterworld (1995) - Waterworld (1995) - IMDb For Entertainment!

115. Galaxy Quest (1999) - Galaxy Quest (1999) - IMDb For Entertainment!

116. The Signal (2014) - www.imdb.com/title/tt2910814/

117. John Carter (2012)- www.imdb.com/title/tt0401729/ For Entertainment!

118. Armageddon (1998)-How come nobody mentioned Armageddon? www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/

119. Without Warning (1980) - www.imdb.com/title/tt0081764/ - Did I mention Without Warning

120. Jupiter Ascending (2015) - www.imdb.com/title/tt1617661/ - is an Intellectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIE!!

121. The Martian (2015) - www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/

122. Project Almanac - m.imdb.com/title/tt2436386

123. Another Earth - Another Earth (2011) - IMDb

124. The thirteenth floor - The Thirteenth Floor (1999) - IMDb

125. Truman Show - The Truman Show (1998) - IMDb

126. Pi - Pi (1998) - IMDb

127. Passengers - Passengers (2016) - IMDb

128. Arrival - Arrival (2016) - IMDb

129. Synchronicity - Synchronicity (2015) - IMDb - A definite mind bender!

130. 10 Cloverfield Lane - 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) - IMDb

131 . The Maze Runner - The Maze Runner (2014) - IMDb

132. Paul 2011 - Paul (2011) - IMDb For Entertainment!

133. Under the skin 2013 - Under the Skin (2013) - IMDb

134. The Chronicles of. Riddick -*www.imdb.com/title/tt0296572/ - For Entertainment!

135. Guardians of the Galaxy -*www.imdb.com/title/tt2015381/ - For Entertainment!

136. Starship Troopers -*www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/ - For Entertainment!

137. Life 2017 - Life (2017) - IMDb

138. Pandorum 2009 Pandorum (2009) - IMDb

139. Mr. India Mr. India (1987) - IMDb - Overall entertaining Sci fi action comedy Indian style!

140. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) - IMDb -Omitting a movie such as this from the list should be an unforgivable crime!


P.s - This thread is about science fiction movies in general. And any movie belonging to the science fiction genre may be added to it.


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Faun

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Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

Gattaca is my favorite.
 

Nerevarine

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Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

Come on, you missed out Interstellar and Inception
 

Flash

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Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

The man from earth.
 

jackal_79

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Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

What about aliens, Prometheus and oblivion ?
 
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Ronnie012

Ronnie012

Earthling
Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

Gattaca is my favorite.

+1 to that!

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Come on, you missed out Interstellar and Inception


Interstellar - Haven't watched it yet.

Inception - Great movie. Will add it. But if you watched Inception, you'll love Dark City.

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The man from earth.


Fantastic Movie! Thanks for the reminder.

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What about aliens, Prometheus and oblivion ?


Thanks. Adding them too in the list.
 

SaiyanGoku

kamehameha!!
Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

Add Edge Of Tomorrow (based on All You Need Is Kill)
 

jackal_79

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Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

Terminator, abyss, star wars and star trek series
 
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Ronnie012

Ronnie012

Earthling
Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

nope a movie of ~44*42minutes...just a lengthy one. but season 3 will be aired in september extending by another 22*42mins


Ok. Added.

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Terminator, abyss, star wars and star trek series


Terminator - Already added.

Star wars & Star trek added

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Terminator, abyss, star wars and star trek series


Terminator - Already added.

Star wars & Abyss added
 

image

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Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

TRON Legacy

Superb audio and visual effects.
 

Gen.Libeb

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Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

Gattaca is my favorite.

Gattaca is brilliant. Don't know how it wasn't till this year that I saw it.

If you have all those movies, I'd also add Matrix & Back to the Future to the list.
 
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Ronnie012

Ronnie012

Earthling
Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

Source Code.

Awesome. Added.

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TRON Legacy

Superb audio and visual effects.

Added

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Gattaca is brilliant. Don't know how it wasn't till this year that I saw it.

If you have all those movies, I'd also add Matrix & Back to the Future to the list.

Added
 

true_lies

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Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

not a movie but .. Mass Effect series can be included as well
maybe need a new thread for video games



plus add the imdb links for each movie in the first post
 

jackal_79

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Re: Intelectually inspiring, thought provoking, mind boggling SCI FI MOVIES!

Artificial intelligence, minority report and war of the worlds.
 
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